STARLANE POLE STAR PRO Kurzanleitung
POLE STAR PRO
Installation and instruction manual.
POLE STAR PRO is an automatic chrono and rev counter
with a LED bar and Shift light which can be set,
an indispensable instrument for drivers of:
Go Karts - Cars - Motorbikes and Scooters.
Contents
Functions.
Installation of POLE STAR.
Front panel.
Connection.
Positioning the engine RPM reading wire.
Mounting the speed sensor.
Mounting the cooling liquid temperature sensor.
Installation of the magnetic sensor.
Installation of the Infrared Kit.
Turning on and off the device.
Coding the infrared receiver.
Multi-page menu.
Setting of the RPM reading parameters.
Setting of the LED Bar and of the Shift light.
Setting the speed reading parameters.
Setting the temperature alarm.
Selection of the units of measurement.
Selection of the initial screen.
Setting of the chrono functions.
Analysis of the stored times.
Max Values sub-menu.
Engine Time sub-menu.
Cancelling of the memory.
Setting of Energy saving and Auto shut-down.
Short keys.
Cleaning the surfaces.
Warranty.
Note.
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Functions
POLE STAR carries out the following functions:
• Analogical indication of the engine rev speed (RPM) with LED Bar and digital
LCD.
• Backlight of the display.
• Indication of the lap time.
• Storage and analysis of the lap times and of the practice sessions.
• Speedometer.
• Temperature and termocouple K gauge.
• Indication of the Lambda value.
• Engine time counter.
• Water-resistant.
Installation of POLE STAR
POLE STAR is easily installed in the windshield of a Motorbike, on the fork plate,
on the steering wheel of a Go Kart, or on the dashboard of a Car.
Fix POLE STAR with plastic strip fittings or O-Rings hooked up to the special
hooking points. In the case of installation on cars, 4 screws positioned at the
rounded ends of the hooking up points can be used.
To protect POLE STAR from vibrations, always put the special adhesive on the
back.
Front panel
The LED Bar, the Best Lap LED, the three blue high power LEDs of the shift light,
the back-lit display and the keypad with 5 keys are located on the front panel.
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Connection
Connect the Red power supply wire to the +12V of the battery and the Black GND
wire to the chassis or to any ground point, such as the Negative of the battery.
It is also possible to connect POLE STAR to a PP3 9V battery through the proper
adapter.
Positioning the engine RPM reading wire
Determination of the engine revs takes place inductively by means of the special
Violet wire which must be wound round the spark plug wire and fixed with a plastic
strip.
In the case of “cigar”coils inserted in the cylinder head, wind the Violet wire with at
least three turns round the input wire to one of the coils. If rev determination is not
correct, increase the number of winding turns and check the settings indicated in
the paragraph: Setting the RPM reading parameters in this manual.
If there are unexpected flashes of the lap counter or incorrect instantaneous
values, the violet wire must be checked to ensure that it does not receive any
interference from the wires of other cylinders, and therefore to make sure that the
wire passes points of the chassis which are away from other cylinders and, if
possible, it should be cut to the required length so that it does not receive any
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Attention! Never connect the RPM reading wire directly to the coil connector or
any other wire from the harness to prevent any inadequate voltage irreparably
damaging the instrument.
Mounting the speed sensor (optional)
The speed sensor detects the bolts of the brake disk passing in front of its
sensitive point. On the basis of the number of impulses and the wheel
circumference entered, POLE STAR calculates the speed.
Carry out the following installation stages:
1. Remove the 2 front wheel pin holding bolts at the base of the right shank of
the fork*.
2. Screw up and lock the bolts supplied.
3. On the threaded extending part, insert the support provided for the sensor
and fix it using the nuts supplied. (the support will bend slightly until it fits the
rounded shape of the fork).
4. Insert the sensor in the appropriate hole on the support and position it so
that the brake disk bolts run at a distance of about 1 mm. from the head of
the sensor.
5. Lock the sensor nuts so as to fix it to the support . Attention! Do not tighten
the nuts too much to prevent “ironing out” the sensor and damaging it
irreparably.
6. Fix the cable to the fork with the special clamps so that it is never under
tension during use.
7. Insert the connector in its counterpart, of same colour and type, positioned
on the POLE STAR harness.
8. Switch on
POLE STAR.
9. Check that the sensor works: every time a bolt passes in front of the
sensor, the yellow LED near the sensor cable output must turn on. If this
does not happen, bring the sensor slightly closer to the head of the bolt (the
bolts must be made of ferrous material), in case of hexagon socket screws
position the sensor with a little offset to avoid the sensor LED lighting up
twice for the hole in the screw head (see picture).
*If the fork has not the mentioned bolts create a proper support and proceed from
point 4.
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Wrong alignment:
Correct alignment:
Mounting the cooling liquid temperature sensor
The temperature sensor must be installed on the water connector between the
engine output and the radiator and fixed with two metal strips.
Connect the sensor to the fitting 2PIN connector on the POLE STAR harness.
Installation of the magnetic sensor
The CM POLE STAR versions use the provided magnetic sensor to recognize the
finish line on circuits with magnetic band. Yet it’s possible to install the Infrared Kit
as an accessory for these versions.
Carry out the following operations to install the magnetic sensor:
1. Make 2 holes of 4mm in diameter where the fairing is closest to the ground.
2. Fasten the sensor with the proper nuts so that it faces the ground.
3. Connect the sensor to the connector of the same colour and type of the
POLE STAR harness throgh the proper patch band.
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Installation of the Infrared Kit
The Infrared Kit accessory allows POLE STAR to identify the finish line and
therefore to calculate the lap time.
The Infrared Kit consists of a Transmitter which must be positioned in the pits
(normally on the wall) directed as perpendicularly as possible towards the path of
the motorbike along the straight, and of a sensor (IR Receiver) which must be
fixed onto the vehicle so that the small infrared sensor is directed towards the
Transmitter when passing along the straight. The IR Receiver must be positioned
so that visibility towards the Transmitter is not obscured by any part of the
motorbike or the driver.
Connect the IR Receiver to the connector, of the same colour and type, positioned
on the POLE STAR harness.
Turning on and off the device.
To turn POLESTAR ON press the PoleSTAR key on the keypad; to turn it OFF
keep the same key pressed for 2 seconds.
Coding the infrared receiver
To prevent interference between various different Transmitters, even of other
makes, which would cause detection of incorrect times, each Starlane Transmitter
is fitted with a personal code. Your IR Receiver must therefore be programmed to
recognise its own Transmitter:
1. Position the Transmitter ten metres in front of the IR Receiver mounted on
the vehicle and connected to POLE STAR.
2. Supply the Transmitter with power from a PP3 9V and turn the switch ON.
3. Make sure that POLE STAR is off.
4. Press the pushbutton on the IR Receiver and keep it pressed.
5. With the pushbutton on the IR Receiver pressed, turn POLE STAR on. The
Red LED on the IR Receiver lights up for a few seconds.
6. When the Red LED goes off, the Transmitter code has been stored in the IR
Receiver.
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7. Obscure the eye of the IR Receiver, passing your hand near the sensor
several times. The Red LED must go off and light up again when it is not
obscured and receives the signal from the Transmitter. (In closed rooms,
reflections of the walls might activate the sensor if it is directed in the
opposite direction in relation to the Transmitter. In this case, to check the
code, completely obscure the sensor by putting your finger over the
receiving “eye”). If the LED flashes at regular intervals, the code has not
been stored, so the procedure under point 3 must be repeated.
This procedure can be carried out with the IR Receivers installed on several
vehicles, still keeping the same Transmitter. This means that only a single
Transmitter has to be positioned on the wall for several motorbikes in the same
team.
Multi-page menu
Apart from the main screen, the multi-page menu can be accessed and this is
where the operating parameters of POLE STAR are set and the lap times
acquired are displayed.
Press the E key for 2 seconds to access the multi-page menu.
By pressing the DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW keys, it is possible to scroll
through the items of the sub-menus:
• ANALYSIS
• MAX VALUES
• ENGINE TIME
• MEMORY
• DISPLAY
• CHRONO
• RPM
• SPEED
• ALARM
• TEMPERATURE
• POWER SAVING
Press E to enter the selected sub-menu.
Press C to return through the higher menus and back to the main screen. Page 7
Setting the RPM reading parameters
It is necessary to set the number of pulses received for each revolution of the
crank shaft in POLE STAR.
• For 2-stroke or 4-stroke engines, with non-phased ignition, set the number of
pulses to 1.
• For modern 4-stroke engines with phased ignition, the number of pulses
must be set to 0.5.
Carry out the following operations to set the parameter:
1. From the main screen, keep E pressed for 2 seconds.
2. Press DOWN ARROW 6 times to go over the RPM sub-menu.
3. Press E to enter the RPM sub-menu.
4. Press the DOWN ARROW twice and then E to change the number of pulses
for every revolution of the crank shaft - An asterisk on the right indicates that
the value can be changed with the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys.
5. Press the UP ARROW to increase the number of pulses, the DOWN
ARROW to decrease it.
6. Press E to confirm the value - The asterisk will disappear.
7. Press C twice to return to the main screen.
Setting the LED Bar and the Shift light
The LED Bar lights up from left to right according to the number of engine revs.
The lighting up speed rate of the LED Bar can be set as desired. The final setting
coincides with the one of the Shift light coming on which indicates the ideal shifting
RPM and this can be set by the user according to the characteristics of engine
output. The LED Bar is usually set to cover the ideal engine running conditions.
Carry out the following operations to set the parameter:
1. From the main screen, keep key E pressed for 2 seconds.
2. Press the DOWN ARROW 6 times to go over the RPM sub-menu.
3. Press E to enter the RPM sub-menu.
4. Press E to set the lighting up RPM of the LED Bar - An asterisk on the right
indicates that the value can be changed using the UP ARROW and DOWN
ARROW keys.
5. Set the lighting up speed rate - UP ARROW to increase it or DOWN
ARROW to decrease it.
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6. Press E to confirm the value - the asterisk disappears.
7. Press the DOWN ARROW to position yourself over the SHIFT LIGHT sub-
menu.
8. Press E to set the lighting up speed rate of the Shift light - An asterisk on the
right indicates that the value can be changed with the UP ARROW and
DOWN ARROW keys.
9. Set the lighting up RPM.
10. Press E to confirm the value - The asterisk disappears.
11. Press C twice to return to the main screen.
It is possible to set the LED bar according to the Lambda mV value, the Lambda
coefficient, the Termocouple K and the cooling liquid temperature (NTC).
Carry out the following operations to set the value chosen for the bar to light up:
1. From the main screen, keep key E pressed for 2 seconds.
2. Press the DOWN ARROW 4 times to position yourself over the DISPLAY
sub-menu.
3. Press E to enter the DISPLAY sub-menu.
4. Press DOWN ARROW to go over LED BAR.
5. Press E to set the value - An asterisk indicates that the value can be
changed using the UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys.
6. Press DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW to set the value.
7. Press E to confirm – The asterisk desappears.
8. Press C twice to return to the main screen.
●If the LED bar is set according to the Lambda mV value it will light up from left to
right when the value is from 50mV to 900mV.
●Yet if the LED bar is set according to the Lambda coefficient the first three LEDs
from the left will light up in case of lean carburation ( the first one with
coefficient = 1,3; the second one with coefficient = 1,2 and the third one with
coefficient = 1,1 respectively); in case of coefficient = 1 (stoichiometric value)
you’ll have the two central LEDs lit up and with rich carburation the last three
LEDs on the right will light up ( with coefficient = 0,9 the first one after the two
central LEDs; the second one with coefficient = 0,8 and the last one on the right
with coefficient = 0,7 respectively).
For the temperature it is possible to set the values of start/end for the LED bar to
light up from left to right as for the RPM.
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