Air Chrony MK3 – software

[brian_k]

Purchased the Air Chrony last week from BAR, so far working fine as a stand alone unit. Problem I’m having is connecting the chronograph to the downloadable software. Read everything on the website, watched the videos - not having any.

The software is reporting a COM 1 and COM3 port (tried both), but won’t connect and download any readings (the live screen is not working either). To be honest I’m a bit of a numpty when it comes to device drivers, COM ports and such – has anyone been able to connect the software to the Chrony MK3?

Brian

[PhatMan]

Brian,

Assuming you have a USB to serial port, or a native serial port on your PC.

In the software, set the COM port details as below :

Bits/s - 19200
Data Bits - 8
Parity - None
Stop Bits - 1
Flow Control - Hardware

After you have fired your string of shots over the chrono, save the shots to memory on the chrono.

(S2 --> S2 --> Shows the Eavg on screen, --> S1, then select S2 to write)

Where S1 = left most button on the chrono, S2 is the middle button)

Attach the chrono to the PC, set serial port details, and click connect.

On the chrono, read the data from the memory - ((S2 --> S2 --> Shows the Eavg on screen, --> S1, then select S1 to read)

This should load the data into the software.

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

[brian_k]

Thanks Russ, I have a USB to micro USB connector (does COM 1 and COM 3 sound correct?). Think I've done most of what you've suggested, but I'll go through it again later this evening.

Were you able to get the live screen working?

Brian

[PhatMan]

Brian,

Ah - I have an R2A - the Polish chrono, and that has an actual serial interface. I needed a USB --> RS232 cable.

Looking at the video, it looks like they just plug the USB leads in, select 'COM16' (only one COM port was listed), hit connect, and away you go !

I note they used :

Port : COM16
Bits/s : 19200
Data Bits : 8
Stops bits : 1
Flow control : none

Have fun

Best regards

Russ

[brian_k]

Yes, I have the Czech one, got all the numbers other than COM 16 (only 1 & 3). No worries, weather is to nice to bother with it at the moment, I'll have another look when it rains

Brian

[PhatMan]

Brian,

I take it you are running MS Windows ?

Have a peek in Device Manager --> 'Ports (COM & LPT) , right click and select properties --> Port settings, and set the bits per second to 19200.

Have fun

Best regards

Russ