Starlane Athon GPS R Lap Timer W/Track Mapping
Its core is the new GPS system developed by Starlane with technology and process algorithms used in the most advanced military airborne systems, an essential choice in order to make a sharp and reliable product overcoming all the main limits known for the commercial GPS systems.
ATHON GPS surely is by full right the most innovative product in its branch for the philosophy of the idea and for how it has been projected, as well as for the technological condensate holded in a very painstaking design in compact dimensions. ATHON was born as simplicity and practical solution, cable less and self powered. It's installable on any vehicle even without electrical connections or external sensors.
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GPS RECEIVER AND ANTENNA INTEGRATED INSIDE THE INSTRUMENT: ATHON's shock tolerant ABS body holds both the GPS receiver and the antenna, such a solution makes it really handy in it's simplicity and doesn't require the installation of any additional part on the vehicle.
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YOU CAN SAY FAREWELL TO THE UNCOMFORTABLE INFRARED TRANSMITTERS ON THE PIT WALL:
the GPS system usage for the laptimer makes ATHON totally autonomous without the need of any reference on the side of the track like the transmitters used by the old generation systems based on the infrared technology.Everything becomes easier, without the bother of positioning the transmitter with the uncomfortable battery to be charged and the risk of forgetting it or to see it stolen.
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FINISH LINE AND 3 INTERMEDIATES MANAGEMENT:
by simply pressing one key it's possible to set, during the first lap, the coordinates of 4 lines (finish line + 3 optional intermediates), every time a line is passed ATHON displays the time and stores its value, so it's possible to quickly verify the performance also in parts of the track far from the main straight, something that would be expensive and uncomfortable with any other kind of chrono.
4) IDEAL TIME CALCULATION:
through the intermediates and splits management ATHON can calculate the Ideal Time reachable by the driver, this feature is obtained by adding the best splits.In this way it's easy to understand which could be the best laptime of the driver without traffic in a specific part of the lap or if he could run a lap at the maximum of his absolute performance.
5) DOUBLE FUNCTION "BEST LAP" LED:
the "BEST LAP" LED light on if the laptime is better than the previous one and blinks if the just closed lap is the session best lap, this solution allows to give the driver the necessary in formation without distracting him.
If you set the intermediates the LED will work also on each intermediate line, it becomes so a very useful tool to understand, without distraction, if you are making a better intermediate or if you have just closed that best intermediate for the session.
6) GPS SPEED READING:
the advantage in using the GPS system brings also the way of reading the vehicle speed with extreme precision and without the need of external sensor installation, it doesn't require any setting by the user and ,moreover, the value is always precise and not distorted by the vehicle lean angle or by possible wheel spinning.
7) TACHOMETER WITH LED BAR AND SHIFT LIGHT:
ATHON is not only a chrono and speedometer but also an engine tachometer that allows you to set the starting RPM for the LED bar that will grow till the shifting RPM indicated by the 3 ultrabright Blue LEDs of the shift light. It's also possible to show the engine speed on the display. The engine speed reading can be made by positioning the inductive wire near the ignition coil or wiring it to the factory instrument tacho signal wire.
8) DOUBLE HOUR METER FOR THE PERFECT VEHICLE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING:
ATHON has also two separate resettable hour meters to keep the scheduled maintenance of the vehicle, the hour meters will run by both the engine speed and the GPS speed signal, such as a solution makes the hour meters able to work even if the tacho wire is not connected.
9) 999 LAPS MEMORY WITH AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT OF 99 SESSIONS:
ATHON GPS-3 automatically creates a new session every time you start, in this way you can calmly start analyzing the lap times stored in separate sessions.The system stores Date and Time of every session and for each lap are also stored the lap time, intermediates, maximum speed, maximum engine speed and engine speed at the maximum vehicle speed.
10) STORAGE OF THE MOST USED TRACKS FINISH LINE COORDINATES:
it's possible to store the acquired finish line coordinates of the tracks you train most frequently, you can store till 16 tracks, so it becomes easy to load the current finish line info without setting it every time.
11)BLUETOOTH CABLELESS DATA LINK:
ATHON GPS-R integrates the Bluetooth module that allows the cableless link to download the data that will be analyzed, stored and printed by the supplied software package DigiRace-LE.
12) SELF POWERED BY 2 INTERNAL AA BATTERIES OR VEHICLE 12V BATTERY:
making it really autonomous and independent by any electrical connection, besides ATHON has powerful customizable power saving features and self power off to allow the maximum battery performance.The 12V version is supplied with a patch for the quick and easy connection to the battery and allows to remove ATHON just unplugging the power connector near the instrument.
13) WATER RESISTANT:
ATHON is water resistant, it's so possible to use it also while raining.
14) SUPPLIED WITH THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE DIGIRACE-LE:
ATHON GPS-R comes with the software DigiRace-LE that allows the storage, analysis and printing of the sampled data and the graphic representation of the paths of the rider with the acceleration and braking points allowing also the comparison lap by lap.
