Added in ACE3 v3.0.0

MicroDAGR

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1. Overview

Military operations rely on the position, navigation and timing (PNT) data that GPS can provide. In combat, the accuracy of PNT data can mean the difference between life and death. Non-military GPS receivers simply aren’t good enough when lives are on the line

(Extracted from the real life manual)

Here’s a list of the MicroDAGR’s features (in Arma 3):

  • Compass and headings
  • Date and hour synced to the mission
  • Elevation (above or below sea level)
  • Current speed
  • GPS with topographic and satellite view
  • Creating, naming, deleting waypoints
  • Friendly identification (BLUFOR tracker need to be on)
  • The MicroDAGR is also able to connect to your vector to retrieve data from it

2. Usage

Please note that the numbers in 2.1 are going to be referred to as 1, 2, etc. … when explaining how to use the MicroDAGR.

The MicroDAGR position on the UI is where your GPS is, you can modify it in Options → Game → Layout.

2.1 Bringing the MicroDAGR

  1. Self interact Ctrl+⊞ Win.
  2. Select Equipment.
  3. Select configure MicroDAGR.

2.2 The MicroDAGR interface

main menu
compass view
map view
options menu
Number Function
1 Options menu and hour display
2 Grid position e is west to east n is south to north
3 Elevation above sea level in meters
4 & 11 Compass heading
5 & 10 Current speed
6 Date (mission)
7 Main menu button
8 Compass menu button
9 Map menu button
12 Compass
13 Player heading (your eyes)
14 Center the map on your position
15 Map zoom
16 Map dezoom
17 Your position
18 Waypoint creation menu
19 Waypoint editing menu
20 Connection menu
21 Settings menu

2.3 Waypoints

2.3.1 Adding waypoints

There are three ways of adding a waypoint.

First way: Using the waypoint creation menu.

  1. Find the position you want to mark on the map.
  2. Get it’s map grid.
  3. The grid is composed of 6 digits.
  4. The first three digits are read west to east. (Top of the map screen).
  5. The last three are read south to north. (Left side of the map screen).
  6. Go to the options menu (Click in 1 area, above the bar).
  7. Click on Mark(18).
  8. Enter the grid number.
  9. Press OK.
  10. Enter the desired name of the waypoint.
  11. Press OK.

Second way: Using the waypoint menu

  1. Find the position you want to mark on the map.
  2. Get it’s map grid.
    1. The grid is composed of 6 digits.
      1. The first three digits are read west to east. (Top of the map screen).
      2. The last three are read south to north. (Left side of the map screen).
  3. Go to the options menu (Click in 1 area, above the bar).
  4. Click on Waypoints (19).
  5. Click on Add.
  6. Enter the grid number.
  7. Press OK.
  8. Enter the name of the waypoint.
  9. Press OK.

Third way: Using the map menu.

  1. Go to the map menu (click on 9)
  2. Double left click on the position where you want your waypoint.
  3. Enter the name of the waypoint.
  4. Press OK.

2.3.2 Setting a waypoint

  1. Go to the options menu (Click in 1 area, above the bar).
  2. CLick on Waypoints (19).
  3. Select the waypoint.

  4. Click on SetWp.

  5. Once a waypoint is set:
    1. It’s heading, elevation and distance are marked on the main menu. (7)
    2. It’s heading, direction, grid position and name are marked in the compass menu (8)
    3. A marker appear at the waypoint grid location in the map menu (9)

2.3.3 Deleting a waypoint

  1. Go to the options menu (Click in 1 area, above the bar).
  2. Click on Waypoints (19).
  3. Select the waypoint.
  4. Click on Delete.

2.4 Switching between mils and degrees

  1. Go to the options menu (Click in 1 area, above the bar).
  2. Click on Settings (21)
  3. Double left click on the unit next to Angular unit:

2.5 Switching between topographical and satellite view

  1. Go to the map menu (9)
  2. Click on the map menu button again (9)

2.6 Retrieving data from the vector

  1. For this you need a Vector 21.
  2. Go to the options menu (Click in 1 area, above the bar).
  3. Click on Connect to (20).
  4. Pull out your Vector 21.
    1. Press and hold both R and Tab ↹ until the red pointing circle appears.
    2. Sight the circle on the object and release both keys.
  5. The data on the main menu now has changed, you can now see the azimuth the range and the elevation of the point you sighted.
  6. Note that the compass menu also changed and now features the azimuth, compass bearing, distance and grid position of the point you sighted.

Note that the results of the measure you took won’t change until you do an other measure.