Strato Flights STRATO4 Bedienungsanleitung

Datalog your space mission

Datalogger

STRATO4

Hier ndest du die deutsche Anleitung:

Here you can nd the German instructions:

Foreword

Thank you for your trust in our Datalogger STRATO4 and your interest in this

special mission. We would like to oer you the opportunity to experience an unfor-

gettable adventure with breath-taking video recordings of an altitude where planes

have not ﬂown for a while and the blackness of our space and the blue of our planet

become visible: The stratosphere! The Datalogger STRATO4 will collect ﬂight data

during your mission for you to unravel the secret of the reached altitude, the extreme

temperature and more.

Stratoﬂights has been carrying out ﬂights into the stratosphere since 2011. Initially

conceived as a single private ﬁlm project, our founding team has created with this

project the opportunity to make the stratosphere accessible to everyone. Whether for

research ﬂights, school experiments, commercials or just as a pure (family) adventu-

re- a stratosphere project is pure fascination and adventure. That’s a promise!

So that you can join the „Hall of Fame“ of STRATOnauts, we have put together the

best equipment for you from our experience of over 1,000 stratospheric ﬂights in our

shop to carry out your own research mission into the stratosphere. When we could

not ﬁnd the optimal equipment on the worldwide market, we have developed, with

the help our engineers, our own products to create perfect conditions for a successful

ﬂight. So far, we have developed parachutes, battery packs, dataloggers, the GPS tra-

cker STRATOﬁnder and even Weather Balloons according to our own requirements

and have them made to meet the needs of our customers from all over the world and

intended for a broad range of industry and applications.

In addition to high quality equipment, we oer you an instruction for recording the

data of your stratospheric ﬂight. This guide will not only help you to install and use

STRATO4 correctly but will also show you how to analyse and visualise the recor-

dings by using dierent tools.

To be well prepared for your stratospheric mission, be sure to check out the tutorial

on our website. You will also ﬁnd on the website helpful tools and a free app which

will support you during your mission with lots of little extras.

If you need more equipment or are simply interested in a detailed manual, which

describes in detail the

stratosphere mission on 100 pages and is accompanied by countless pictures as well

as tips and tricks, please have a look at the Weather Balloon guide in our shop.

We are wishing you a lot of fun, success, and great video recordings of your adven-

ture ‘stratosphere ﬂight’!

Your Stratoﬂights team

1 Table of contents

1 General notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.2 Measuring data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

1.3 Scope of delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.4 Product view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.5 Quick start guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 How to use the STRATO4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.1 Preparatory measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.2 Switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.3 Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.4 Switching on/o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.1 Attaching STRATO4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.2 Attaching the sensor board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4 Data analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

4.1 Analysing ﬂight data with a tool: Datalogger Evaluation . . . . . . . 21

4.2 Creating ﬂight curves on Google Earth as visualisation . . . . . . . . 24

4.2.1 Visualising a 2D ﬂight curve on Google Earth . . . . . . . . . . . 24

4.2.2 Visualising a 3D ﬂight curve on Google Earth. . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.3 Creating an animated ﬂight curve on Ayvri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

5 FAQ and solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

6 Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

7 Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

7.1 Signal words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

7.2 Proper use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

7.3 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

7.4 Battery mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

7.5 Electromagnetic compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

7.6 Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

7.7 Hazards for children and people in need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

7.8 Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

7.9 Disposal of packiging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

7.10 General notes about a stratospheric ﬂight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

8 Checklist: Perfectly prepared and thought of everything? . . . . . . . . . . 35

7General notes

1 General notes

Before using: Please complete reading attentively the instructions of the Datalogger

STRATO4 before operating with the Datalogger STRATO4 for the ﬁrst time. Please

follow the steps and order exactly as described here to ensure an error-free setup,

operation and analysis of the recorded data. Please keep the manual in a safe space.

If you lose the manual, you can download it again from your costumer account on

www.stratoﬂights.com.

1.1 Features

Your Datalogger STRATO4 comes with the following features:

• Unlocked GPS module: Stores data up to 50,000 metres altitude. Most GPS mo-

dules block from an altitude of 18,000 metres!

• Saves the data every 2 seconds on a micro SD card as a .csv ﬁle.

• Simple evaluation of the data by reading out the micro SD card.

• Simple operation, no programming knowledge required.

• Online tool: Datalogger evaluation to create graphs

• Online-Tool: Datalogger evaluation to create a 3D ﬂight curve in Ayvri

• Online-Tool: Datalogger evaluation for creating a 2D and 3D ﬂight curve in

Google Earth.

• UART data interface: For reading out measured values and GPS data

• Lightweight and space-saving design (72g) with large colour display.

• Battery operation (9V).

• Measured values from the Datalogger STRATO4 are covered in the Stratosphe-

ric Flight lesson series.

1.2 Measuring data

The following measurement data are recorded by your Datalogger STRATO4 and

are available for measurement data analysis:

• Current running time

• Time (UTC)

• Date

• GPS signal quality

• Number of satellites used

• GPS position (longitude and latitude)

8General notes

• Speed over ground

• Rate of ascent and descent

• Flight altitude

• Inside temperature

• Outdoor temperature

• Humidity

• Air pressure

• Light intensity white

• Light intensity red

• Light intensity green

• Light intensity blue

• Infrared

• UV-A radiation

• Battery voltage

• On-board voltage

• Input voltage I

• Input voltage II

• Input voltage III

• External input trigger I

• External input trigger II

• Output trigger I

• Output trigger II

1.3 Scope of delivery

The STRATO4 will be delivered with the following contents. After unpacking, im-

mediately check the contents to make sure that everything is there, using this list:

• Datalogger STRATO4

• Micro SD card

• Wired sensor board (already plugged in)

• Charging cable (already plugged in)

• Available at request: 9V batteries for the Datalogger

1.4 Product view

The following pictures are shown to provide a comprehensive impression of the Da-

talogger STRATO4:

9General notes

1.5 Quick start guide

To set up your Datalogger STRATO4, you can use this guide about quick starting the

Datalogger. Please keep in mind that all steps of the quick start are shortened, there-

10 General notes

fore it makes sense to have a look at the more detailed description, which contains

useful tips and tricks. If you are not making any progress, please view the following

chapter, where each step is explained fully.

1. First check if the Datalogger STRATO4 is connected to the sensor board via the

data cable (approximately 30m) at the white plug connection.

2. Insert the supplied micro SD card into the card slot until it clicks into place.

3. Check if the cable for power supply is in the socket. Connect the 9V-battery pack

(if delivered)

4. To turn on the Datalogger STRAO4, press the on/o button. The STRATO4 is

now switched on, active and starts to record from the beginning every two se-

conds all measured values. It saves the data on the micro SD card.

5. Attach your STRATO4 horizontally inside your stratospheric probe. For this

step, you can use double-sided adhesive tape or Tesa tape.

6. The sensor board with the approximately 30m long data cable must be attached

outside of the stratospheric probe to measure, for example, the temperature out-

side. Do not tape over the sensor board, otherwise the small sensors will be cove-

red and no or false measurement will be measured. Therefore, only use tape on

the data cable.

7. After your successful stratosphere ﬂight has been successful and you have reco-

vered your research probe, press for two seconds the menu bottom (button 1)

which is on the right hand side so that the Datalogger STRATO4 can save your

data and shut down. Only after you have shut down the Datalogger by pressing

button 1 and it signals that it can be switched o, you can press the on/o but-

11General notes

ton. If you press immediately the on/o button, data will get lost!

8. Remove the micro SD card from the Datalogger. Just to be safe, you should save

the data of your ﬂight to another storage medium.

9. The .csv ﬁle, written by the Datalogger, can be evaluated with Excel or directly

with the tool ‘Datalogger Evaluation’ on the website www.stratoﬂights. The Da-

talogger Evaluation tool gives you information about the extreme measurements

brieﬂy and allows you to correlate all parameters in dierent graphs and analyse

your stratospheric ﬂight in detail.

https://www.stratoights.com/en/tutorial/datalogger-evaluation/

12 How to use the STRATO4

2 How to use the STRATO4

2.1 Preparatory measures

First check if the approx. 30m long data cable is connected to the white connector

on the large blue circuit board of the Datalogger STRATO4. Please also check if the

plug for power supply is completely in the socket. Now connect the 9V battery to

the Datalogger. The measuring data of the Datalogger will be now saved every two

seconds on the supplied micro SD card. To ensure this, insert now carefully by pus-

hing the micro SD card into the card slot until the micro SD card is snapped in. The

following pictures are illustrating the steps mentioned above:

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