UltraBip : User manual & FAQ

Setup : Make a lark’s head knot with the attachment line to secure the UltraBip.

1. Pass the small loop of the attachment line through the handle of the UltraBip.
2. Pass the other end of the line (large loop) inside the small loop.

Installation on shoulder strap or cockpit is recommended.

Antenna positioning : Make sure the handle is facing up to get the best satellite reception.

Note:
Even when you are getting ready, make sure nothing covers UltraBip, and the antenna (behind the handle) is facing the sky.
Track recording will start 1 minute before take-off detection (if the GPS fix is done). Otherwise, in the Configurator, you can turn off take-off detection, and recording will start at GPS fix and run as long as the device is on.

Info: UltraBip has been designed to be used in paragliding. We cannot guarantee optimal performances in a car, at home, or in any constructed area.

Searching GPS : GPS fix is done in 30 seconds, in optimum conditions. The more it blinks orange, the more satellites are being acquired. Once GPS fix is done, it stops blinking orange.

UltraBip is a low-power and solar-powered device, it needs optimum conditions in order to have a GPS fix in less than 1 min : at take-off, in a wide open area, with a clear sky, handle facing the sky.

Notes :
Without GPS fix, your track will not be recorded, nevertheless, the audio vario will be enabled.
When acquiring satellites, the battery power consumption is important.

Volume : You can select from five different volumes with a simple click on the button, at any time.

Vario silent volume : voice volume and LED behavior configurable in the Configurator.

The vario is silent on the ground. On the ground, changing the volume will activate the vario which by default is silent as long as you have not taken off (configurable, see section “sink alarm settings”).

Note: Vario volume consumes battery power : when set to maximum, the battery power consumption is important.

Weak lift detector : brief modulations indicating a zone of very low lift, not strong enough to thermal but potentially close to a thermal (vario ranging from -30cm/s to the selected climb rate, default +15cm/s).
Threshold values can be configured in the Configurator.

To enable or disable this option, double click the button at any time when the instrument is switched on.

Note: You can also activate the weak lift buzzer always on at startup, see section “sink alarm settings”.
When vario is silent or disabled, vocal manual mode is enabled when double-click.

You can request flight information anytime by double tapping or double clicking (if vario is silent or disabled) on the device.

Note : Double-tap force, double-tap disabled on ground, and voice format can be configured in the Configurator.

You can enable or disable voice auto mode : announces flight information when any condition is met: distance, altitude or time trigger.

Voice flight information :

• Ground speed from GPS (if available)
• Altitude (ASL), calibrated from GPS at start up, barometric during flight
• Climb rate
• Heading
• Time (don’t forget to set the timezone in the Configurator System menu)
• Flight duration
• and more…

No need to install any software. Works on Windows, Linux, Mac with a web browser, even offline.
Use Chrome or Firefox. More info on the Configurator page.

To view your flight: Connect UltraBip with a USB cable to your computer, and retrieve the corresponding IGC file (in the tracks folder), upload it on an online viewer like IGC Webview, VisuGPS, CFD, or XContest.
Also, you can upload the KML file on Google Earth to view your flight in 3D.

UltraBip can connect via Bluetooth to your favorite flight app on Android or iOS (XCTrack, FlySkyHy, FlyMe, SeeYou, LK8000, and more)

In order to establish the connection between UltraBip and your flight app, there is no need to pair UltraBip to your smartphone in the Bluetooth menu.

Bluetooth connectivity:

1. Turn on the Bluetooth on your smartphone
2. Open your flight app
3. Turn on UltraBip
4. In your flight app, go to the menu, and find “external sensors” or “connections”
5. Choose Bluetooth sensor
6. In the list of Bluetooth devices, choose UltraBip

Make sure to do this within 2 minutes after turning on UltraBip, as after 2 minutes UltraBip stops advertising in Bluetooth.

Note: UltraBip works also as a standalone instrument. Connectivity is not necessary, as UltraBip records your track and gives you all the useful flight information by voice output.

The solar charge while in flight is guaranteed with the default parameters (volume mini or medium, default vario settings, voice auto, sink alarm and weak lift detector deactivated, …).

UltraBip runtime depends on the amount of sunshine and the activated options in the Configurator (see energy info for each parameter).

Note: If the battery is completely empty, UltraBip will do one beep when switched on, then play the shutdown melody, and the LED will flash red for a few seconds.

Proceed to a factory reset anytime : default settings will be applied and language selection requested.

Note : your previous configuration file will be saved under the name before-reset-config.ultrabip.

Languages : extra languages can be downloaded here.

Default parameters :

• 1 profile
• Voice manual mode : ON
  • announcement : altitude, speed, average climb rate
• Voice auto mode : OFF
• GPS : ON
  • take off detection : ON
  • Recording format : IGC et KML
• Instant Vario : ON
  • Up sensitivity : 15cm/s
  • Integration time : 50%
  • Sink alarm : OFF
  • Weak lift buzzer : OFF
  • Vario silent on ground : ON
• Connectivity : ON
• Auto power-off : after 30min of inactivity

Bluetooth connectivity :

Configuration :

Update :

Vario :

GPS :

Charge :