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1. LL et Vi 4x 1 35 X Raw no beacon no beacon E emer 4 I M 158 275 M 158 927s M 88 6MPH Select M 0 06g Select E Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g Raw et Yj 4x637 X Smooth no beacon no beacon E 2 RAS I OD M 158 275 M 158 9275 M 88 6MPH Select M 0 22g Select E Select Select File Chart Map g g Smooth You can see the minute instantaneous variations all along the LatG trace in the Raw plot These small fluctuations are meaningless In the Smooth plot you can see that these fluctuations are gone but the excessive smoothing erased evidence of a mid corner correction right where the arrow is pointing Still this amount of smoothing is sometimes helpful Notice that in the right half of the plot where LatG goes to about 1 0 g corresponding to the right hand Turn 2 smoothing makes it 67 immediately clear that the driver gradually increased his lateral acceleration through the turn as if feeling for the limit This is less obvious in the Raw plot due to the noise Landscape Mode User Interface Pocket PCs based on Windows Mobile 5 0 and later are able to rotate the screen into either portrait or landscape mode Here is an example of landscape mode In landscape mode in order for the numeric values to still be readable it is necessary to maintain the font height of the numeric values squeeze the plot Unfortunately this makes the trackmap
2. H Gold means slower green means faster for example the front straight is colored in gold for laps 1 3 4 5 and 6 which means that the car went faster down the front straight on the reference lap lap 2 in this example than any other lap Notice that the outline color for lap 2 is white which is a result of comparing the reference lap to itself white meaning no difference in speed 92 Loading a CSV File The File Load CSV menu option allows you to load data files created with other data acquisition systems that support the CSV Comma Separated Variable file format These files are simply text files with data values arranged in a table format separated by commas Here is an example of a CSV file Time s Position X m Position Y m GPS Speed mph Accel Lateral g Accel Longitudinal g 0 000 0 000 0 000 0 2 0 00 0 01 0 100 0 000 0 000 0 2 0 00 0 00 0 200 0 000 0 000 0 2 0 00 0 01 0 300 0 000 0 000 0 2 0 00 0 00 0 400 0 000 0 000 0 3 0 00 0 01 A CSV file must have certain characteristics to be loadable into Chart e The file must consist of one or more header rows followed by the data rows in chronological order e The first one or two header rows must contain the name that uniquely identifies each data channel column e The header rows must contain no more than 2047 characters including newlines e The first column in each data row must be the sample time measured in seconds Most data acquisitio
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4. field and you will see this Chart et WX 11 03 ok Select parameter to view Flight recording trigger 0 1 GPS Altitude Ft 300 15000 GPS Altitude m 100 5000 GPS Beacon timestamp s GPS Distance 1 4 mile GPS Distance ft Eq Raw D Smooth 60 Scroll down to GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 select it Chart and tap OK Now you get this User Interface This is a good time to describe the user interface no beacon HE 20s CE A K A MitchO00 mad M 0 000s M 0 0MPH Select Select File Chart Map g g numbered the various areas of the screen you need to learn about 61 en Ye 11 05 X 11 2 no beacon 12 no beacon IE 2050 49 c 0 000s v 0 0005 TE 0 D 0MPH Select Select Select E Select E Select File Chart Map g g WM 11 05 x Here we have expanded the screenshot and In order to get the most out of the small screen on a Pocket PC we made the display elements respond to screen taps in order to access related functionality You are encouraged to try these out to learn how to access all of the features of the software The Pocket PC takes advantage of the tap and hold feature from the Pocket PC user interface Tap and hold means to hold the stylus down for a couple of seconds A ring of colored dots will circle around the tap point and then something happens either a menu pops up or a value u
5. 0 19 0 89 0 56 0 77 0 91 0 61 0 63 0 67 0 61 0 57 0 27 0 15 439 TO 51 452 76 i79 68 SLT 222 88 295 04 192 30 20 25 1 06 1 43 0 93 1 29 0 57 0 94 0 29 0 66 0 37 MPH 32519 61 76 79 00 92 99 46 83 Run 103 0 42 91 MPH Or pP o 18 21 Z5 28 32 35 36 37 00 06 94 03 26 25 58 05 69 02 17 62 43 1 78 1 65 1 29 1 01 0 72 0 35 2 17 2 04 1 68 1 40 1 11 0 74 0 39 ON 00 00 r2 01 S WOW Oy S CD ct 3 44 3 30 2 94 2 67 2 37 2 01 1 66 1 27 0 51 us OO CJ 6X C9 Oo 63 0 OQ 0 C3 HH 3 95 3 82 3 46 3 19 2 89 2 52 2 17 1 78 1 08 0 52 4 71 4 58 4 22 3 94 3 65 3 28 2 93 2 54 1 79 1 27 0 76 5 50 5 37 5 01 4 73 4 44 4 07 3 72 3 33 2 58 2 07 1 55 0 79 6 18 6 05 5 70 5 42 5 12 4 76 4 41 4 02 3 26 2 75 2 23 1 48 0 68 6 95 6 82 6 46 6 18 5 89 5 52 5 17 4 78 4 03 3 52 3 00 2 24 1 45 0 77 8 17 8 03 7 68 7 40 7 10 6 74 6 39 6 00 5 24 4 78 4 21 3 46 2 67 1 98 1 22 9 05 8 92 8 56 8 28 7 99 7 62 7 27 6 88 6 13 5 62 5 10 4 34 3 55 2 87 2 10 0 88 10 00 9 86 9 51 9 23 8 94 8 57 8 22 7 83 7 08 6 56 6 04 5 29 4 50 3 81 3 05 1 83 0 95 11 04 10 90 10 55 10 27 9 97 9 61 9 26 8 87 8 12 7 60 7 08 6 33 5 54 4 85 4 09 1 99 1 04 12 55 12 42 12 06 13 79 11 45 11 13 10 77 10 39 9 63 9 12 8 60 7 84 7 05 6
6. If you are using a notebook PC you may be able to mount it by simply squeezing it between the seat cushion and the center console or place it in a map pocket Step 6 Trial Run With the Quantum turned on and the Pocket PC or laptop running Flight do a test run Be sure to reach a speed above 20 MPH in order to trigger a flight recording After your run come to a stop then run MaxQData Chart and load the file you just created which should be named Run000 Tap Map gt Full GPS Map if necessary to see your complete GPS trackmap Your car is at the sign Tap one of the fields which reads Select and choose GPS Vehicle speed This will bring up a vehicle speed data trace on the screen in the crosshair plot area To move the data forward in time tap and drag the plot area to the left As you move the data forward in time you will see the sign move around the trackmap 22 Quantum and Quantum Dot Quickstart Guide Connected Operation WiFi Models Thank you for purchasing a MaxQData Quantum system If you have any problems getting started you can send email to Info MaxQData com PLEASE NOTE IF YOU PURCHASED YOUR QUANTUM AS PART OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM FROM MAXODATA DO NOT FOLLOW THIS QUICKSTART GUIDE THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY SET UP FOR YOU Connected operation means that the Quantum will capture data and immediately send it to a Pocket PC or laptop via Bluetooth This is also the normal
7. Map gt Overlay The B file is plotted on top of the A file This obscures the A file but tends to make differences in line more obvious In this case it looks like the driver turned in earlier on lap 2 83 et Y 4x6 27 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 El 10s paar jy I M 1573265 M 265 9825 M 83 6MPH M 86 1MPH 0 729 Select E Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g x Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 CIE 10s paar I M 1573265 M 265 9825 M 83 6MPH M 86 1MPH 0 729 Select E Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g This becomes even more obvious if you turn off Qview tm in Zoom Notice how the green trace stays wide on the entry to turn 1 while the red trace takes an inside line You should use this information cautiously GPS is frequently not accurate enough to show differences in line At a minimum using an MOGPS Bluetooth v 2 you need to have 8 satellites or more with GPS HDOP below 1 20 throughout a given section of track to get trackmaps this accurate Showing Lap and Segment Timing You can also view the current lap and segment time in the plot area if you pull up the beacon context menu and tap Show timing You can do this for the A and B files separately We see here that at this point on the track the blue car was on lap 1 segment 1 and the red car was on lap 2 segment 1 84 Chart e
8. Overwrite when memory full Erase after download Erase now iv Preserve NMEA Preserve BIN MQGPS TraQr Manager v 2 8a Copyright 2008 MaxQData LLC bg Although these are advanced features you should familiarize yourself with them to gain a better understanding of how the TraOr works 43 Speed threshold The default configuration of the TraOr records data when the car is traveling above 20 MPH You can change this speed threshold here Below the speed threshold the TraQr is still active and consuming battery power but itis not consuming memory This is the recommended setting for road racers Log regardless of speed If this is unchecked the TraQr simply logs data when the car is traveling above the speed threshold set above This is however not suitable for some types of racing such as autocrossing or drag racing where it is important to record data when the car starts from a standstill For such applications you want to record data all the time whether the car is stopped or moving so you need to check this box Beware though this means that whenever the power switch is in the LOG position it is recording data You have six hours of recording time before memory runs out If you use this mode you will want to turn the TraQr on immediately before each run and off immediately afterwards Please note that for some models of TraQr if you enable Log regardless of speed and set the Speed Threshold to
9. Removing the storage card while there is a preopened file on it can cause Flight to lock up If you need to swap cards during a pit stop while Flight is running follow these recommendations First enable the automatic Flight Recording Trigger to both start and stop the flight recording automatically Ensure that the Stop Speed and Off Delay are set so that the flight recording is closed before the car stops in the pit For example if the pit speed limit is 35MPH and the slowest point on the track is 50MPH a good choice for Stop Speed would be 40MPH and for Off Delay would be 5 seconds If you were to choose 30MPH for the Stop Speed then the flight recording wouldn t begin to close until the car is pulling into its pit Since it takes several seconds to close even 56 of Off Delay is 0 the flight recording might still be active when the storage card is removed A good choice for Start Speed in this case would be 45 MPH Second turn off the Open before trigger option in MaxQData Setup This is found under Settings Advanced When this box is unchecked Flight will no longer preopen a new flight recording immediately after closing an old one Instead it will only open a new flight recording when triggered With this setup Flight will stay running when the car is stopped but will not be recording data and will have no open file Then you can eject the Storage Card and insert a second Storage Card without problems
10. Segment 2 then Go To and Char t will go back to the main view with the flight recording positioned at the beginning of Segment 2 on Lap 3 Comparing Two Laps In order to overlay data for the purpose of comparing laps out of the same flight recording or from different flight recordings it is important to understand the meaning of the A and B sections of the display In all the screenshots used so far you see that Mitch000 mqd is listed in both the A and B sections of the display This means that you are viewing the same file twice The important thing to note is that you can view the same file from two different time positions 75 We ll compare lap 1 to lap 2 Start by bringing up the beacon context menu Tap and hold on the beacon counter field on the left side of the screen it will read either no beacon or Beacon followed by a number and a time Then choose Lap times Tap on Lap 1 and tap the Go To button Now tap and hold on the beacon counter field on the right side of the screen Again choose Lap times Tap on Lap 2 and tap Go To The screen will look like this You are now viewing the same file from two different time positions File A is at 146 000 seconds the beginning of lap 1 and file B is at 254 656 seconds the beginning of lap 2 A good place to start when comparing laps is vehicle speed Tap the red Select field just under 254 656 and select GPS Vehicle
11. Serial Port Settings e MOQ Port must be NONE all caps no quotes e Ts Bluetooth under MQ Port does not matter e MO Baud Rate does not matter e Delay Bluetooth Init should be checked on a Pocket PC unchecked on a notebook PC e GPS Port must be the COM port assigned earlier during Bluetooth pairing e Ts Bluetooth under GPS Port should be checked e GPS Baud Rate does not matter e Enable GPRGH must be checked e GPS Hz should be set to Default 20 Settings MO Module Configuration e System type must be Quantum e The GPS box must be checked e Allother boxes must be unchecked Settings Advanced e The unlock code must be entered You must contact MaxQData by email or phone and provide the number in the grey box at the top of the screen the challenge code in order to receive your unlock code If you do not enter this you will have only 1 Hz sampling e Racing type should be set to the kind of racing you will be doing e Log type 1 records only must be unchecked e Open before trigger should be checked e Debug mode and Log serial should be unchecked e MO ticks s must be 1000 e The remaining settings may be left at their defaults values Step 4 Verify the Connection Exit from MaxQData Setup on a Pocket PC use File gt Exit do not use the X button Place the Quantum where it has good visibility of the
12. Timeslips When Racing Type is set to Drag Race in Setup the Timeslip option will appear in the Config menu When enabled a 1 4 mile timeslip will be automatically generated at the end of your run Launch Chart at End of Run When Racing Type is set to something other than Drag Race the Timeslip option will be replaced with Launch Chart If this option is enabled Chart will be launched at the end of your run and the flight recording you just collected will be displayed allowing for immediate access to your data Display Report The Display Report option in the Config menu affects the Timeslip and Launch Chart options If Display Report is unchecked then after generating the timeslip or loading the last flight recording in Chart you will automatically returned to Flight after a few seconds But if checked then the timeslip or Chart will remain in the foreground Flight however is still running in the background while the Timeslip or Chart is displayed You can continue to record data assuming you have the Flight Recording Trigger enabled Course Walk Beacons Under the Config menu you will find Add beacon Use this while walking the course to add beacons to the flight recording during the course walk There are two main reasons for this feature 1 to mark individual cones on an autocross course so you can see orange cone marks when you load flight recordings into Chart and 2 to mark the finish line and o
13. e Chart gt Produce video overlay A lets you produce an overlay for the video file using the data from the A file currently loaded 116 e Chart gt Produce video overlay B lets you produce an overlay for the video file using the B file e Chart gt Produce video overlay A using t tA lets you produce an overlay for just a portion of the A file e Chart gt Produce video overlay B using t tB lets you produce an overlay for just a portion of the A file To enable these features turn on Enable video load then load a flight recording file along with its associated video file of the same name If necessary align the video to the data manually If you want to produce a video for only a portion of the data file mark the beginning of the section you are interested in with Chart Set tA or Set tB then scroll to the end of the section Now select one of the Chart Produce options You will be prompted with a dialog box like this Save in E My Documents fe mg Ej My Google Gadgets B My Music My Recent My Pictures Documents Run My Network Save as type Windows Media video files wmv Cancel Places Overlay type Road Race Bitrate 4 0 v E HQ Preprocess Specify the file name for the overlay file The format for the output file will be WMV The Overlay type selection determines what will be plotted in the overlay area If the data for any over
14. leave password blank Use recommended settings for Automatic Update set time and time zone if known OPTIONAL Uninstall any software that is not desired using Start gt Control Panel gt Uninstall a program Control Panel gt search for Power Options gt select High Performance change plan settings gt Change advanced settings for High Performance as follows Hard disk Turn off hard disk after Never for both Sleep Sleep after Never for both Sleep Hibernate after Never for both Power buttons and lid Lid close action Do nothing for both Processor power management Minimum processor state 100 for both Disable the screensaver Control Panel gt Appearance gt Display gt Change screen saver gt change to None Insert the USB memory stick containing the software and drivers needed for installation into the USB port on the left hand side unless using an external LCD display in which case plug it into the forward port on the right side Install the MaxQData software from the memory stick Do not install TraQr Manager or Codes software Make sure WiFi is on Unbox WebCam Pro 9000 camera Attach camera to suction cup mount so that it will be rightside up when installed to the inside of the windshield Run Logitech WebCam Pro 9000 camera installer Attach camera to the rearward USB port on the right side when prompted Install the webcam application and drivers Open the QuickCam Ribbon utility Under WebCam Settings set Manual
15. uReremo p T a V 146 0005 M 254 6565 M 119 0MPH M 115 7MPH O 0 11g Select E Select fd Select File Chart Map g g ceu dx 5 17 X Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 66s EE uRergmo T T417 Im 146 0005 M 254 6565 M 119 0MPH M 115 7MPH O 0 11g Select E Select fd Select File Chart Map g g We d like to see just how much of a difference there was in speed between turns 1 and 2 To do this first slide the data over until the smaller peaks on the right are centered in the plot Then tap the next to 20s to zoom into the 10s range You can see that the peak speed on lap 1 at this point was only 88 6 MPH while on lap 2 it was 94 5 MPH Determining Time Lost Gained How much time did the driver gain in this short section due to his higher speed First turn the A and B trackmaps on Now move both cars to the apex of turn 1 Do this by dragging the data traces back until the red car is at the apex of turn 1 The blue car will be slightly displaced from the red car Uncheck the B file time counter the checkbox directly under the B which will freeze the location of the red car Then by tapping the small left right arrow buttons move the blue car until it is directly under the red car Then put a check back in the B file time counter so the red car can move again 78 eu dx 520 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 E macies T 4T M 1
16. 11 Termination Termination is automatic at the time you violate any of the provisions in this EULA MaxQData may terminate this EULA at any time with or without cause and with or without refunding any license fees You may terminate this EULA at any time with or without cause by destroying all copies of the Software and notifying MaxQData In the event of termination you agree to destroy all copies of the Software The provisions of section Intellectual Property section Suggestions section Data section Indemnification section Disclaimer of Warranties and section Governing Law shall survive termination 12 Governing Law This EULA is governed by the laws of the State of Washington 13 Version Supersession Other Provisions This EULA is version 5 revised February 28 2009 and supersedes all previous EULAs upon installation or download of any accompanying Software If any provision of this EULA shall be held to be invalid unenforceable or void the remainder of this EULA shall remain in full force and effect Cautions Warnings and Disclaimers eee eee ee teen enn ent tntn tn enstn ette thin insiste tutu sns inenin 11 Battery Safety Lithium based Batteries tenere 11 Measurement BEfOIs euee qe ete e n e t viii dee ved e PE ie E ee ERE e FAC TEE ero Svea 11 Use on Publie Ro ds i die et ee ette e de oe tete e e Es 11 Survivability of Hard Drives In Vehicle sese nene 12 Quantum
17. 147 On the Quantum only the GPS VertG value comes directly from the inertial accelerometer Calibration values e None Dependencies e None Sensors for Quantum WiFi V2 Roll Rate Pitch Rate Yaw Rate These values are produced by the internal gyro cluster The value is the number of degress per second of rotation about the corresponding vehicle axis Calibration values e None calibrated automatically and constants save in quantum config txt on the Quantum itself Dependencies e None Drift This value estimates how far the car steps out or pushes during cornering A value significantly above 1 0 indicates oversteer A value much below 1 0 indicates understeer Calibration values e None Dependencies e Based on Internal LatG Vehicle Speed and Yaw Rate Lean Angle Applies to motorcycles only when MotionModel 1 is set in quantum_config txt This value estimates the lean angle of the motorcycle 148 Calibration values e None Dependencies e Based on Internal LatG Vehicle Speed and gyro data 149 Voice Output MaxQData systems are the first on the market to provide voice output This is a standard feature of the software and is currently available on Windows XP and Windows Vista platforms Voice Output is enabled in Flight There are three options under the Config menu Speak MPH Your most recent top speed will be announced when you apply the brakes You must brake reasonably hard
18. 7 Data You grant MaxQData a fully paid up perpetual unrestricted transferrable irrevocable license to any flight recordings data files telemetry data images video or debug logs collectively Data related to or deriving from your use of the Software or Hardware which you transmit to MaxQData or post on any forum or Wiki owned or managed by MaxQData whether solicited or unsolicited 8 Indemnification You agree to indemnify and hold harmless MaxQData for any claim against it regarding all a injuries or damages occurring during or resulting from your use of the Hardware and or the Software and b injuries or damages occurring during or resulting from third party use of Hardware owned by you and or Software licensed to you You agree this indemnification shall hold if your use of the Hardware and or Software is not properly licensed or is in violation of other terms of this EULA You agree this indemnification shall hold under any circumstances and in any place including but not limited to injuries or damages occurring while racing while on public or private roads or property while on a body of water or while airborne and even when such injuries or damages are claimed or proven to have resulted from correct incorrect unexpected distracting or erroneous operation or inoperation of the Software or Hardware and even when such injuries or damages were foreseeable or not foreseeable by you or by MaxQData and even when an agent of Max
19. File menu which gives you several options for generating files that are compatible with other applications or for generating reports of various types To perform an export you first tap on the filename of the file you wish to export this is the list of files currently loaded then select the export type then tap the Export button The export types are Timeslip This is for straight line testing and drag racing and is more fully described in a later chapter O Timeslip Power report CSV Comma Separated Variable is one of the most Csv TXT universal data formats for spreadsheet and mathematical GPx Trackvision analysis software Exporting to CSV creates a file with all O Excel 5 0 95 of the data organized as one column per sensor value one row per sample interval If the resulting file would be more than 65000 rows it will give you the option of 89 splitting it into several successive files for compatibility with some applications GPX This is a standardized XML format for GPS information It encodes Latitude Longitude Altitude Time Course Made Good Speed Satellite Count and HDOP into a XML file You can use this file in various third party applications A later chapter will describe how to create a Google Earth plot of your data using the GPX Export feature Excel 5 0 95 This creates an XLS file from your data suitable for use in Excel or Excel Mobile on your Pocket PC Power report Th
20. The 120 right lower corner of the dialog is occupied by the progress control which displays the upload progress If you do not want to enter your YouTube password each time you open the upload dialog you can ask Chart to save it by checking the Save password checkbox For greater security leave this unchecked Press the Log out button if you wish to use another YouTube account then log in again following the above instructions Once the file is successfully uploaded you may see a status message like YouTube is still processing the file which means that although the file has been uploaded YouTube has not finished its own processing of the file In this case you will need to manually check on YouTube to see if the video was accepted or rejected by YouTube Note You will not be able to use the and gt characters for the title tags and description since these characters are reserved Also there are some rules which determine how to edit the contents of the tags text field e Each tag is separated by a comma Multiple white spaces are allowed before the tag and after it These spaces are not considered to be a part of the tag There can be only one tag between two successive commas there can be only one tag before the first comma and only one tag after the last comma e The tags are not allowed to have white spaces e Each tag must be at least two symbols long 121 Using the MOGPS for Road Racing Ro
21. To determine the entry speed for Turn 1 we first need to figure out where the corner begins We will say that the corner begins when the car turns in and the lateral acceleration builds In this case the car is entering a left hand turn and the lateral acceleration will go negative You can see this in the green trace just a few seconds to the right of the vertical crosshair So drag the data traces to the left until the vertical crosshair is over the point where LatG starts to go steeply negative e g where LatG goes below 0 10 g Here is the new screenshot The data is aligned to the corner entry signified by the first point where the LatG trace goes below 0 10 g it is 0 14 g in this image You can read off the corner entry speed which is 84 9 MPH Now we will set several markers e tap Chart Set tA e tap and hold on 84 9MPH and select Set Marker 0 e tap and hold on 0 14g and select Set Marker 0 65 s Chart E Yj d 11 17 ix no beacon no beacon EE meres GD V 1465665 M 146 5665 M 120 2MPH 4 Select M 0 069 bd Select Select Select File Chart Map g g s Chart EJ Fi 4 lt 12 00 x no beacon no beacon E ezs REE TI M 151 830 M 151 830s M 84 9MPH d Select M di4 4 Select Select Select File Chart Map g g Next we will scroll forward in the data until we find the corner exit We will define the corner exit a
22. much smaller and the data traces shorter and area You can turn off the bottom three lines the ones containing the numeric data values by unchecking Chart Show numerics Then the display will look like this This makes the trackmap and data traces easier to view The feature also works in portrait mode and can be useful when the track is tall North South and skinny East West This feature is not enabled and is not necessary on the PC version of Chart Using GPS Beacons Yij4x2 19 X no beacon no beacon E 20s KEREK M 158 275 M 158 9275 M 88 6MPH d Select M 0 069 bd Select Select Select File Chart Map g g e Y 4x2 24 X no beacon no beacon CIE 20 T ET M 158 275 M 158 9275 File Chart Map g g GPS beacons allow you to get lap and segment times without having to set up trackside optical beacons They can also be set up to give you real time lap and segment times while driving They are far more convenient than optical beacons It is expensive and time consuming to set up three or four optical beacons around a typical racetrack whereas you can set up ten GPS beacons with just a few screen taps GPS Beacons are also used for marking cones during a course walk see the section Marking Cones later in this chapter 68 The accuracy of GPS beacon lap timing is about as good as a handheld stopwatch or better typically down to a few hundredths of a sec
23. 0 MPH you will not get 5 Hz sampling Instead you will get one sample every five seconds To avoid this do not set the Speed Threshold to 0 MPH Overwrite when memory full By default the TraQr will stop recording any more data when the six hour limit is reached That way you don t lose any of the data you collected In some cases though the most important data might be the most recent and if you fill up memory you d like it to overwrite old data with new data Check this box if you want to use this overwrite mode Erase after download Most customers should allow TraQr Manager to automatically erase the module after downloading the data Some customers will benefit from disabling the auto erase capability One example is when downloading from many units in sequence during a weigh in impound It takes 30 40 seconds to erase the TraQr which might be too long to wait between cars as they go through impound You can uncheck this box to prevent the automatic erase and save the time Just be aware that the next time you download you will still be downloading the old data The old data can grow to be big enough so that there is no advantage to skipping the erase step The other reason to prevent Erase after Download is if you simply want to retain the data in the unit and manually erase it later Erase now This starts the memory erase process immediately skipping the data download You should never interrupt the memory erase process if you do
24. 0 indicates understeer 148 Epi 148 Applies to motorcycles only when MotionModel 1 is set in quantum config txt This value estimates the lean angle of the motorcycle sess 148 ATAO L ia J k ER 150 Quantum Tips amd Tricks ideo Nep eet Ute erts erred 151 Quantum Configurations cscsdscissaslesssedscacesscssesesseacsitessadeseuacossendssssedsnsanlocaeesstsvedbandovepsisesdoessssdedugistoouss 152 VEO EPL Tips and Tricks cssscececeescidscutetosetpstedsecesseospsdeceudodssscosndesdaadessvacednsvssuobs cpsidesutendubtesationdecdeseesscdavsessbe 159 VeQtr DIY Setup and Configuration Windows XP seesesseseseseseeseeseseseseerereeesesesseneseeseseseoseseseesesesee 160 VeQtr DIY Setup and Configuration Windows 7 eese tete tete ent nennen ensnentn 162 About Max OD ata REM 164 Revision 19 10 Cautions Warnings and Disclaimers Any activity involving moving vehicles may be dangerous to health life or property even when all the rules and safety procedures are followed MaxQData disclaims responsibility for anything adverse that happens while you use a MaxOData product Your use of the product indicates your assent to this disclaimer Please review the End User License Agreement for more details Battery Safety Lithium based Batteries Most modern Pocket PCs Smartphones PDAs and laptop or notebook computers employ lithium battery
25. Do not install ActiveSync Instead you need to use Windows Mobile Device Center First be sure that your PC is connected to the Internet Then connect your Pocket PC to your PC using the USB cable that came with it Windows Vista will recognize the device and automatically download and install Windows Mobile Device Center from Microsoft Follow the on screen instructions for setting up a partnership with your Pocket PC From then on Windows Mobile Device Center will run automatically when you connect your Pocket PC You can also access it from the Control Panel 27 You can transfer files by clicking Browse the contents of your device under File Management The initial file explorer window shows the root folder V and may also show a Storage Card folder Double click on then double click on My Documents This is the folder where you will find all your data files unless you change the location later Step 2 Software Download and Installation Pocket PC Download the latest software from the MaxQData website You will need the file labeled as the Pocket PC Complete System Software The name of the file will be similar to MaxQData 31a PPC Software exe Transfer this file to the My Documents folder on your Pocket PC using ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center as explained above Then on the Pocket PC tap Start gt Programs gt File Explorer it may also be found on the Start menu You should see the V My Documents f
26. File Chart Map g g Comparing Two Laps with Qview Qview is an innovative way to visualize the performance of a car as it drives around the track It combines lateral acceleration longitudinal acceleration and speed differences into a single graphic that is easy to grasp QView requires the following values to be in the flight recording e GPS Latitude e GPS Longitude e GPS LatG e GPS LongG e GPS Track Made Good Tap Map gt Zoom GPS map Also tap Map and make sure Qview tm in Zoom is checked Finally tap Map and make sure Overlay is unchecked to be consistent with this example Immediately you can see where lap 2 was faster than lap 1 It is outlined in green You can also see that the upcoming turn turn 2 was actually slower on lap 2 than on lap 1 because it is outlined in orange Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 FE 10s 31 M 162 7265 270 3825 M 76 0MPH M 76 1MPH 0 89 4 Select Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g Notice that we have switched to a view directly over the car as if you are a helicopter flying and turning with it As you scroll forward in time the track will pass underneath you The top of the display is the forward direction of the car 80 As before to move forward in time you either drag the Yj dx5 51 X LU plot area to the left with the stylus or you use the arrow buttons Here we have gone backwards exactl
27. Focus verify that the Zoom slider is all the way at the bottom Under Right Light Settings turn off Right Light enable automatic exposure and gain settings Under Advanced Settings owl check Use Automatic Settings Anti Flicker Off Mirrored and Upside Down LED Control On Under Application Preferences uncheck Keep QuickCam on top uncheck Auto preview check Show WebCam icon Close the QuickCam Ribbon Unplug Logitech camera from the USB port If using Microsoft VX 5000 or LifeCam HD Unbox camera Connect the netbook to a network for Internet connectivity Install LifeCam 3 0 software this will download additional software from Microsoft Plug camera into the rearward USB port on the right side Allow drivers to install In the LifeCam Dashboard set ClearFrame to Off adjust advanced settings and set Focus to manual infinity Create a label for the USB ports that identifies the forward port as Logitech and the rearward port as Microsoft and apply it to the netbook Start gt Control Panel gt Hardware and Sound gt Sound gt Recording gt select Realtek High Definition Audio microphone gt set as both default device and default communication device 163 15 16 17 18 19 Click on Properties go to Enhancements tab uncheck Acoustic Echo Cancellation uncheck Auto Gain Control Go to Levels tab set Microphone to 100 set Boost to 20 0 dB Click OK Please be sure the Quantum is turned off at this state Cli
28. GPS Latitude and Longitude information if you need to add a missing beacon or if you wish to add or remove beacons at irregular locations use the beacon context menu To add a beacon position the flight recording at the point where you want a beacon and select Add beacon from the Beacon Context Menu After adding all your beacons select Configure from the Beacon Context Menu and enter the number of beacons per lap If this number is not correct your lap and segment times will be incorrect To remove a beacon position the flight recording just past the beacon that you want to remove and select Delete beacon This deletes the last beacon encountered before the current position in the flight recording If you make a mistake select Undo last change from the Beacon Context Menu Comparing Laps from Different Files Everything just discussed applies when you want to FE Chart md YI qx 7 221 X compare laps from different files In this screenshot we did a Chart gt Align to start of run to bring the A file Mitch000 mqd back to the beginning of the session and then a File gt Load to load Mitch001 mqd The second file loaded is automatically placed into the B section There are a couple of things to notice The red X symbols are gone That is because Lc m no beacon no beacon Mitch001 mqd does not have any beacons yet Remember EJE 20 KI the trackma
29. Info MaxQData com Mode Switch The power switch on the side of the unit has three positions OFF NAV and LOG OFF turns the unit off NAV enables NMEA data output via Bluetooth or USB for use by third party navigation software or by MaxQData Flight LOG enables on the built in logging function Please note that when in NAV mode the unit will go into standby when there is no Bluetooth connection but in LOG mode the unit does not go into standby Battery Installation and Charging Install the battery into the TraQr All MOGPS models have a standard 5V Mini USB charging port This allows you to use the charger that comes with the MOGPS or a USB sync cable or a Pocket PC charger Maximum charging time is about three hours Charging status is indicated by the LED Power Status Indicator TraQr LED Status Indicators LED Power Status Indicator Red Green e Solid Red battery power is low needs recharging e Solid Green battery is charging e Blinking Green battery is fully charged LED Bluetooth status indicator Blue e Solid Blue Bluetooth not connected or pairing initiated e Flashes once per second Bluetooth is connected e Flashes once every five seconds Standby mode e Blue LED will be off in LOG mode unless there is an active Bluetooth connection LED GPS Status Indicator Orange e Solid Orange no satellite lock searching for satellites e Flashing satellites locked Step 1 Software Download and Installation Lapto
30. Install SAPI from the Microsoft website to add better sounding text to speech engines Install the cameras according to the manufacturer s instructions Run MaxQData Setup Check the Camera checkbox under Settings gt MQ Module Configuration Configure cameras under Camera Capture Settings Logitch is primary 640x320 RGB24 VX 5000 is secondary upper left 160x120 YUY2 Cover the lens of the Logitech camera so it sees a dark image then verify operation in Preview When prompted answer Never apply RightLight technology Exit MaxQData Setup Turn on the MOGPS wait for satellite lock then run MaxQData Flight Config gt Sensors gt Standard gt OK Verify operation Exit MaxQData Flight Installation is complete 161 162 10 11 12 13 14 VeOtr DIY Setup and Configuration Windows 7 Put AA batteries into a Quantum Plug the Quantum into a USB port and open it as a USB memory drive Turn on the Quantum Open the file quantum config txt Write down the SSID of the unit Disconnect the Quantum and turn it off Leave the Quantum turned off until instructed to turn it on later in this setup procedure Download the latest software from http www maxqdata com downloads htm Complete MaxQData Software for PC Save it to a USB memory stick Unbox the netbook Install the battery Plug into 120 VAC Boot the netbook Proceed through Windows 7 setup user name MaxQData computername MaxQData PC
31. Quickstart Guide Standalone Operation eee estne tntntnennnnentn 14 Quantum Quickstart Guide Connected Operation Bluetooth Models 18 Quantum and Quantum Dot Quickstart Guide Connected Operation WiFi Models 23 MOGPS 5Hz and MOGPS HiDef Quickstart Guide eee eee eee ee eren ette ette ete eo neto ae 26 TraQr M Quickstart Guide rr eie aeter ieas AES cuts eaae ee eot eee ver rE ro o eub ede eC OTEREN ae 32 Mounting Considerations eee eee eese eene tn tnn spa De Eese tate tn ensis ts tain SS SESS rieka ONES 35 MOGPS 055 55 sates EE EES 35 Pocket PCAPhone oabtatieonnstendndeteatende etin qetetetansieetnitcn da a betae reas 35 Laptop iciatis da ce dere decree e re a Le Eeo edens stands ho EU DE Yee eto Lee de eee tede Eee va ie tue 36 Using the Quantum Standalone Operation eee eese eese inet tete instants tate ines ines tn no 37 Method of Operator ne eret perpe ier eene d e ran tere p esi tina 37 DeLU D sme ceste dated iet AI e ar ee tec ecd EEEE ise Cue ID s p trust LIP UU 37 Flight Recording Trigger Quantum Internal Trigger esee s 38 Flight Recording Trigger PUSH erosie eee eee nee ere ert od etes repe ie Te a wove 39 Using the Quantum Connected Operation eese eene esee tn ennt tn tn tn sn tneto tein ines enses 40 Using the Tra
32. Rays I MOGPS HiDef There may also be a checkbox titled Always use the selected device be sure to check this checkbox Then tap the icon for the MOGPS e Select Serial Port and Next A shortcut will be created e Go back to the Today screen and select Bluetooth Settings from the Bluetooth icon e Tap the Services tab e Tap Serial Port Check Enable service Uncheck the other checkboxes e Tap Advanced and make a note of the Outbound COM Port e Tap OK and OK again to get out of the Bluetooth Settings applet e Note if you are asked for a passkey for the Quantum it is 1234 Run MaxQData Setup and go to Settings gt Serial Port Settings For GPS Port enter COMx where x is the number of the Outbound COM Port Note if the port is COM10 or higher you will need to enter it as V V VCOMIO Select Is Bluetooth under GPS Port Step 2 Bluetooth Pairing with certain Windows Mobile 5 and 6 Pocket PCs such as the ASUS A626 and HP iPAQ series A few Pocket PCs based on Windows Mobile 5 or 6 use the same pairing process as the one above for Windows Mobile 2003 devices However the Bluetooth manager may not be available on the Today screen You can access the Bluetooth manager from Start gt Settings gt Connections gt Bluetooth Step 2 Bluetooth Pairing with other Windows Mobile 5 and 6 Pocket PCs Dell Axim X51 etc e Turnon the MOGPS e Tap the Bluetooth icon at the lower ri
33. and will be named RunXXX MQD where XXX is a sequence number Flight enables the following sensors in this mode e Flight recording trigger e GPS Altitude e GPS Latitude e GPS Longitude e GPS Satellite count e GPS HDOP e GPS Vehicle speed e GPS Distance e GPS LatG e GPS LongG e GPS VertG e GPS Track made good e GPS Seconds past midnight UTC e GPS Road power This is the configuration most customers need For special applications requiring other sensor values please contact MaxQData for instructions Flight Recording Trigger Quantum Internal Trigger By default the Quantum starts recording data when the car reaches 20 MPH When the car exceeds this threshold the Quantum first writes the previous ten seconds approximately of data to the file This is called the preroll buffer It ensures that you can get data going back to the launch of the vehicle even though the recording didn t start until 20 MPH 38 The Quantum stops recording once the car has slowed to below 15 MPH for more than 5 seconds When it stops recording it closes that data file and prepares to open a new one It will open a new one automatically when the car again goes above 20 MPH There is no practical limit to the number of recordings that can be made the only limit is the available memory in the Quantum which is quite large The purpose of the Flight Recording trigger is to capture racing data while ignoring slow speed driving arou
34. any problems getting started you can send email to Info MaxQData com PLEASE NOTE IF YOU PURCHASED YOUR MQGPS AS PART OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM FROM MAXODATA DO NOT FOLLOW THIS QUICKSTART GUIDE THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY SET UP FOR YOU This quickstart guide assumes you are using an MOGPS 5Hz or MOGPS HiDef with a Pocket PC TraQr and Quantum users should refer to the respective Quickstart Guides Battery Installation and Charging Install the battery into the MQGPS All MOGPS models have a standard 5V Mini USB charging port This allows you to use the charger that comes with the MOGPS or a USB sync cable or a Pocket PC charger Maximum charging time is about three hours Charging status is indicated by the LED Power Status Indicator MOGPS 5Hz LED Status Indicators LED Power Status Indicator Red Green e Solid Red battery power is low needs recharging e Solid Green battery is charging e Blinking Green battery is fully charged LED Bluetooth status indicator Blue e Solid Blue Bluetooth not connected or pairing initiated e Flashes once per second Bluetooth is connected e Flashes once every five seconds Standby mode LED GPS Status Indicator Orange e Solid Orange no satellite lock searching for satellites e Flashing satellites locked MOGPS HiDef LED Status Indicators LED Power GPS Status Indicator Red Green There are two LEDs in this indicator Red and Green Together they make Orange The Red LED blinks w
35. apparent bug in the Microsoft Windows Media Format qasf dll file uncompressed video recording may fail when using a version of this file that is more recent than version 9 Installing a newer version of Windows Media Player can cause this problem 2 Encode to Lagarith lossless This option compresses the video during capture using the free Lagarith codec available from http lags leetcode net codec html You must download and install this codec on your system before using this option Lagarith saves space while maintaining the same quality as uncompressed video It reduces the file size by 5076 or more in most cases This also reduces the write speed requirement for the disk drive However it does take significant CPU horsepower and it is only recommended for dual core CPUs running at least 1 6 GHz 112 In addition to Uncompressed and Lagarith other codec options are supported for special applications Contact MaxQData for technical details 113 VeQOtr Video Playback and Overlay Generation in Chart Chart is capable of playing video files along with flight recording data files The video files may be captured using the VeQtr video capture features or they may be captured by a standalone video camera Loading a Video File To use this feature check the Chart Load video menu option and load a flight recording file in Chart Chart will try to find and load a video file assuming that it is located in the same director
36. application 3 MQGPS TraQr Manager x General Advanced CATempiRun Download Set switch to LOG before downloading MQGPS TraQr Manager v 2 8a Copyright O 2008 MaxQData LLC bg This is all most customers will ever need to interact with 42 Save As This does two things it allows you to specify the folder where your flight recordings will be saved and it allows you to set the Filename Prefix for each file You can set the prefix to something generic such as the word Run or something a bit more informative such as SaturdayQualifying The flight recording files will be saved with a three digit sequence number suffix e g Run000 mqd Run001 mqd You also have the option to add MMDD and or HHMM into the prefix for example Nats MMDD HHMM If you do this the flight recording filenames will have the Month Day and or Hour Minute of the session embedded into the filename This makes it easy to determine which file was taken during which session Download To download from your TraQr connect it to the laptop using the USB cable turn the power switch to the LOG position then click the Download button After downloading the data the data in the unit will be erased You need to turn the unit off after downloading before using it again Advanced Tab Here is the Advanced Tab y MQGPS TraQr Manager Ex General 20 Speed threshold MPH Log regardless of speed
37. are west positive are east of the Prime Meridian 142 GPS Altitude Height above mean sea level GPS Satellite count Number of satellites used to compute the GPS position fix Should be atleast four Eight or more satellites gives the best results GPS Seconds past midnight UTC Based on global GPS time Not adjusted for local time zone Watch this value for a quick check to see if GPS is connected Also a good way to check the exact time between different runs If you have data files collected from two separate cars that drove at the same time you can align them according to this value and you will see their exact locations on the course relative to one another throughout the session GPS Track made good 0 degrees is due North 90 degrees is due East etc Note that this is the direction the vehicle actually traveled not the direction it was pointing GPS Vehicle speed The speed of the car in the direction of travel This is calculated using a highly accurate Doppler shift measurement from the GPS satellites instead of the change in Latitude Longitude GPS HDOP This value Horizontal Dilution Of Precision is a measure of the quality of the GPS fix It is based on the position of the satellites used to generate the fix Good HDOP values are below 1 2 If Satellite Count stays above 8 and HDOP stays above 1 2 the accuracy is typically good enough to do line analysis HDOP varies with the positions of the satellites position in th
38. backwards in its recording to find the most recent time that the vehicle has been at the same spot on the track Then it computes the time difference If you look at this value every time you cross the start finish line you will have lap time But it s a bit more powerful than that If for example you lose a couple seconds in the middle of the track you will see Time Since Last Here grow right away without having to wait until you hit a beacon You do not need to flight record GPS Time Since Last Here in order to calculate lap and segment times in Chart GPS Time Since Last Here does not generate virtual beacon timestamps Calibration values e None Dependencies e GPS Latitude e GPS Longitude e GPS Vehicle speed e GPS Track made good e GPS HDOP GPS LongG Measures longitudinal acceleration by calculating the change in velocity over each sample period On the Quantum the GPS LongG value comes directly from the inertial accelerometer reading Calibration values 145 e None Dependencies none for Quantum e GPS Vehicle speed GPS Jerk Measures the rate of change of GPS LongG Useful for identifying the exact point where the vehicle began to move and also shift smoothness Calibration values e None Dependencies e GPS LongG GPS LatG Lateral acceleration calculation based on speed and turning rate On the Quantum the GPS LatG value comes directly from the inertial accelerometer Calibration values
39. batteries should last about half that time Disposable lithium batteries should last about double that time Be sure to switch off the Quantum when not in use For endurance racing or other applications requiring continuous power you can omit the batteries and connect a 2 5V 3 0V 500 mA regulated and filtered power supply Status Light Models with Built In Battery e Red means charging e Flashing green means data is being received from the GPS satellites This flash will turn into a shorter quicker flash once satellite lock is achieved e Flashing blue means data is being transmitted over Bluetooth e When the unit is turned on the blue and green lights both turn on then the blue light turns off and then the green light turns off The green light will then begin flashing when GPS data is received Status Lights Models that use AA batteries e Red slow flash power is on 14 Red fast flash low battery Solid red Standby Green slow flash GPS searching unit not ready for use Green fast flash GPS locked unit is ready for use Blue slow flash Wireless is connected Blue fast flash Transmitting data Step 1 Software Download and Installation Laptop Desktop Download the latest software from the MaxQData website You will need the file labeled PC Complete System Software not the one labeled PC Chart Only The name of the file will be similar to MaxQData 34b PC Software exe Download the file to your lapt
40. by actual on track COP 85 File Chart Map g g acceleration braking and cornering The idea is that the fastest way around a racetrack is to always be on the edge of this ellipse or to transition across it quickly The bigger this ellipse the higher the all around capabilities of the car and the more the driver has extracted from it The second major feature is the mess of green lines in the center This is a trace of lateral and longitudinal acceleration based on the current zoom factor which in this case is 200s so the green lines cover the 200 seconds of data before and after the current file time The sharp peak in the upper left corner is most likely caused by noise in the data Zooming in to 5 seconds gives this plot You can see from the red and blue symbols that the car is entering turn 1 The light green trace also has a symbol on it which indicates where the car is inside the performance envelope at the current time See how the green trace descends from the center of the plot to the bottom of the point cloud That corresponds to the braking zone before turn one Then see how the green trace goes back up and over to the left That corresponds to the entry into turn 1 In this case we can see that the driver did not reach maximum braking going into turn 1 Also the green trace did not track around the edge of the point cloud going into turn 1 That means that the driver did not do as good a job of tra
41. car in this screenshot is on the front straight not pit lane We re going to pick t 146 000s as the location for the first beacon because it is shortly before the braking zone going into Turn 1 Adding Beacons On the Pocket PC to place a beacon you tap and hold or right click on the field which reads no beacon Do it on the A side for this example You will see the beacon context menu pop up as in this screenshot In version 3 0a and later of the PC software this is available from the main menu On a laptop you can simply click Beacon on the main menu and then select either the File A or File B beacon submenu You have two options 1 Add beacon This places a single beacon at this point 2 Add beacon each lap This places beacons on et Y 4x330 X no beacon no beacon EE maerens 5 T31 M 146 000 M 146 0005 M 119 0MPH 4 Select L 0419 bd Select E Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g et wp x332 X Show timing Configure Add beacon Add beacon each lap Delete beacon 146 0005 Select Select Select Delete all beacons Undo last change Import beacons every successive lap starting at the current file time but not earlier It also increments the beacons per lap count Typically you would use Add beacon each lap However you might use Add beacon for specialized timing or if you are add
42. computer on which it is installed passes from your control 4 Use You are permitted to use the Software and Hardware so long as your use of the Software and Hardware does not violate any laws including but not limited to traffic laws and noise ordinances You are permitted to use the Software and Hardware only when exercising due caution when using appropriate safety equipment and under circumstances that present no unusual or unexpected risk to life limb or property Usage and licensing restrictions mentioned elsewhere in this EULA supersede the provisions of this section 5 Third Party Use You agree that third party use of any Software licensed to you shall be on a short term basis e g for a racing event for a demonstration for instructional purposes where the scope of use is limited in duration to a racing event or less and the Software returns to your possession and control afterwards and only when you are present and aware of that party s actions Refer to section Indemnification for other relevant terms and conditions 6 Suggestions You grant MaxQData a fully paid up perpetual unrestricted transferrable irrevocable license to any recommendations improvements new product ideas designs copyrighted material or patentable methods you transmit to MaxQData or post on any forum or Wiki owned or managed by MaxQData whether solicited or unsolicited for use in its present or future products services or business methods
43. configuration for a VeQtr system If you wish to use Standalone operation where the Quantum does not use Bluetooth and instead records to internal memory please refer to the Quantum Quickstart Guide for Standalone Operation Batteries Models that use AA batteries Run time with rechargeable NiMH batteries is about 5 hours Alkaline batteries should last about half this time Disposable lithium batteries should last about double Be sure to switch off the Quantum when not in use For endurance racing or other applications requiring continuous power you can omit the batteries and connect a 2 5V 3 0V 500 mA regulated and filtered power supply Status Lights Models that use AA batteries e Red slow flash power is on e Red fast flash low battery e Solid red Standby e Green slow flash GPS searching unit not ready for use e Green fast flash GPS locked unit is ready for use e Blue slow flash Wireless is connected e Blue fast flash Transmitting data Step 1 Software Download and Installation Laptop Desktop Download the latest software from the MaxQData website You will need the file labeled PC Complete System Software not the one labeled PC Chart Only The name of the file will be similar to MaxQData 31a PC Software exe Download the file to your laptop and double click on it to run it Do not install the TraOr Manager application Also do not install any MOGPS drivers Step 2 WiFi Setup for Ne
44. contact MaxQData for ruggedized PC options 12 13 Quantum Quickstart Guide Standalone Operation Thank you for purchasing a MaxQData MQGPS system If you have any problems getting started you can send email to Info MaxQData com PLEASE NOTE IF YOU PURCHASED YOUR QUANTUM AS PART OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM FROM MAXODATA DO NOT FOLLOW THIS QUICKSTART GUIDE THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY SET UP FOR YOU Standalone operation means that the Quantum will capture data directly to its internal memory and later the user will extract the data to a Windows laptop PC for analysis If you wish to use Connected operation where the Quantum sends data to a Pocket PC or laptop PC in real time via Bluetooth please refer to the Quantum Quickstart Guide for Connected Operation Battery Charging Models with Built In Battery The Quantum charges from any USB port Use the included USB to mini USB cable for charging The status light will glow red while the battery is charging and will turn off when the battery is done charging Maximum charge time is typically 2 3 hours The battery is internal and should last the life of the system but can be replaced by the user if necessary contact MaxQData for details An optional double capacity battery is available Run time is about 8 hours Be sure to switch off the Quantum when not in use Batteries Models that use AA batteries Run time with rechargeable NiMH batteries is about 5 hours Alkaline
45. distance range e g 500 Now as you scroll the data both cars move the same distance down the track M 252 358 M 360 6145 M i07 2MPH M 116 9MPH L 0 023 d Select Plot by Time is more commonly used than Plot by ES ales Distance We feel that it s easier to see where one car falls behind or moves ahead Having to resync the data traces from time to time is a minor inconvenience But occasionally Plot by Distance turns out to be useful File Chart Map g g g g Plot The g g plot otherwise somewhat erroneously known e Til x 7 22 X as a friction circle plot is a way to gauge the overall performance of the car and driver Here is the g g plot for the Mitch000 mqd file You can access it from the g g menu Here we have turned on g g A and selected the 1 5g scale In this mode the top of the screen represents 1 5g acceleration and the bottom of the screen represents 1 5g deceleration The left edge of the screen is 1 5g left turn and the right edge is 1 5g right turn actually since the plot area is a bit wider than it is tall the left and right edges are somewhat more than 1 5g Beacon 3 254 665 Beacon 5 357 71s Eee qune TT You can see two major features with the g g plot The first IV 258 038s M is the point cloud of small square symbols in roughly an 58 0385 360 6145 ellipse shape These points represent the performance E 5 n envelope of the car as measured
46. double capacity battery is available contact MaxQData for details Second you can power the Quantum from an external USB power source such as a car power adapter or an external battery In order to do this you must turn on the Quantum before connecting the external power source otherwise the Quantum will boot in to USB Mass Storage Device mode Be sure to install the Quantum so that it is level and oriented in the correct direction The USB port points towards the rear of the vehicle The security code for the Bluetooth Quantum is 1234 The WiFi Quantum does not require a security code Like a USB memory stick from time to time you should run the Windows CHKDSK utility on the Quantum to clean up any lost sectors Windows Vista will offer to do this automatically for you Under Windows XP you will need to open a command line prompt and type CHKDSK F X where X is the drive letter assigned to the Quantum You can keep any files you want on the Quantum it works just like a USB memory stick Just remember to delete files you no longer need in order to free up space The memory inside the Quantum is a standard microSD card You can replace this card if you carefully open the case remove the four screws on the bottom The largest supported card is 2 GB In extremely harsh conditions of vibration and shock you may want to add a small piece of tape to hold the card in place as cheap insurance against disconnection Advanced users can read the n
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48. ground for best reception 20 degrees from level is a good rule of thumb except for the Quantum With the Quantum the best accuracy will be achieved with the accelerometers as close to level as possible If you are mounting the unit on the roof of the car pick a location where the roof itself is parallel to the ground nearly all cars have a level spot between where the roof slopes down to meet the front windshield and where it slopes back towards the rear Run Flight and watch GPS LatG and GPS LongG These values should be near zero though in practice they can be off zero by several hundredths of a g without causing any real problems It is often sufficient just to eyeball the installation But you can shim the module if necessary to zero these values Pocket PC iPhone There are numerous mounting solutions available for mounting Pocket PCs in cars Check with a vendor such as www mobileplanet com or www ram mount com to see if there is anything that suits your needs At MaxQData our favorite approach is to fasten the Pocket PC to the dashboard with Velcro A few judiciously applied strips on the back of the device and on the dashboard are usually enough to hold under hard driving Be careful when removing the Pocket PC so as not to pop off the battery door on the back of the Pocket PC If you have Flight set up to trigger a flight recording automatically then you can put the Pocket PC in a glove box center console or otherwise
49. in order to trigger the announcement Speak LatG In a corner your maximum LatG will be announced Speak Lap Times Your lap time and lap number will be announced if you have set up GPS lap timing beacons The announcements are normally made over the PC speakers but you have several other options For example you can plug an earphone into the speaker output jack on your notebook and have the sound sent directly to your ear You can also plug in an FM modulator for a CD player and have the announcements broadcast to your car stereo You can also use a Bluetooth headset Speech options can be configured using the Windows Control Panel Speech applet under the Text To Speech tab This enables you to select from different male and female voices You may install different text to speech voices from Microsoft and other vendors to customize your experience Some of these are available at no charge Here are some links to check http www bytecool com voices htm http ftp pcworld com pub new graphics_and_multimedia audio audio_tools msttsl exe 150 151 Quantum Tips and Tricks Be sure to turn the Quantum off when you are done using it for the day and place it on charge The Quantum does not have a standby mode Battery life on the Quantum is about eight hours using Bluetooth five hours WiFi ten hours when running standalone with Bluetooth or WiFi turned off Applications that require longer run times have two options First a
50. list for the selected frame size Colorspace is a technical term that describes how each pixel in the camera s video frame is encoded as raw data The colorspaces that a given camera supports are determined by that camera s hardware and driver software You may need to experiment with this setting as some colorspaces may not work properly or may cause performance problems In general RGB24 YUY2 and 1420 are the best colorspaces to work with It is OK to have different colorspaces for different cameras but it is helpful if they are all RGB24 Place the overlay in the specified corner click the appropriate button to indicate where the window for a secondary camera should be placed within the primary camera frame Frame size This list contains frame sizes supported by the selected camera in the Available cameras list Please note that the maximum frame size recommended for the minimum CPU guideline 1 6 GHz Intel Atom is 640x320 Larger frame sizes may be used but you will probably see a lower overall frame rate A faster CPU will allow for full speed video capture with a larger frame size You can also capture uncompressed frames see description later for optimal frame size rate and quality at the expense of hard disk space Upside down in the event that you need to mount a camera upside down you will need to make a change in its configuration software to both mirror and flip the image so that it appears rightside up in th
51. optional in that if they do not appear the Quantum will give them a default value This may or may not result in the desired behavior so be careful when removing values from the configuration file To see the default values you can make a backup of the quantum_config txt file delete the original and power cycle the module This will recreate the file with default settings FirmwareVersion 16 Reports the current firmware version number DeviceName Quantum Sets the name of the device which is used by Bluetooth and also as the basis name for flight recording log files The default is Quantum This may be changed to a different string of up to 12 Po nyl characters Valid characters are A Z a z and 0 9 plus hyphen and underscore EnableLogging 0O If the 0 is changed to a 1 the Quantum logs data to its internal memory The data goes into text files that begin with the word Quantum YYMMDD HHMM where Quantum is the DeviceName and YYMMDD HHMM is the year month date hour minute that the file was created MaxLogFileSize 0 When this is set to 0 there is no limit on the size of flight recording log files You can also set this value to a number which represents the kilobyte 1024 bytes limit for the size of each log file e g change it to 1024 to limit each file to 1024 1024 1 megabyte When a log file reaches this limit it is closed and a new file is opened for continued lo
52. possible to improve quality without increasing processing time by disabling HQ Preprocessing and choosing a higher bitrate setting Exporting During this phase Chart is generating the new video file The length of time this takes depends mostly on CPU speed 119 Direct upload to YouTube There is an Upload the video to YouTube option under the Chart menu which gives you an the ability to directly upload a video file to YouTube If you choose this option you will be shown an upload dialog which looks like this MM Upload to Youtube DIGWSE Upload To upload a video first of all you should log in Enter your YouTube username and password into the Account and Password text fields respectively Then hit the Log in button You will have to wait a little while for Chart to log you in Once you successfully log in you will be able to choose a video file for upload to enter its title tags and description then the Log in button will automatically toggle to the Log out button You should fill in all the text fields to be able to upload the video Once you provide enough information about the video file the Upload button will be enabled Hit the Upload button to start uploading You will be informed about the upload status by the lower left text field This field usually contains information about the current action being performed by Chart while logging in or uploading
53. recorded in the flight recording Enable video load PC only Use the File Enable video load option to cause Flight to automatically load a video file when loading an MQD data file The video will be shown in its own window one window for the A file and one for the B file As you scroll forwards and backwards through the data the video window will be updated accordingly You can also play the video from its window If the video was captured using Flight it will be automatically synchronized to the data Otherwise you will need to manually line up the data against the video file Please see the section on the VeQtr video features for more information Produce video overlay PC only These options allow you to generate a new video file that plots important data directly into the video frame as a data overlay Please see the section on the VeQtr video features for more information 96 Using Setup Setup is used to configure a number of things including e Calibration values e GPS Lap Time beacons e Bluetooth and serial communications e The unlock code e MQ Module type and configuration e Email and Text message telemetry e Debug settings Calibration and Sensors As you know from the explanation in the Flight chapter the Sensors are responsible for measuring all the different values that can be recorded by the MaxQData system For example GPS Altitude is a sensor that measures the height above mea
54. saves Bluetooth bandwidth and storage memory You may need to turn this option on to support other software that requires these sentences or to help with debugging PassthroughGSAGSV 0 The GSA and GSV sentences deliver helpful data about the location of the satellites and each satellite s signal strength When using third party software that requires this information you can turn this option on so these sentences are passed through Because the amount of data in these sentences is large and they do not change quickly the sent only once every 1800 milliseconds StopPassthroughAfterLock 1 When using either of the Passthrough options it is often desirable to turn off passthrough once the Quantum has achieved a solid satellite lock in order to reduce the amount of data captured Changing this setting to 0 disables this behavior DistinguishGPMQ 1 The Quantum generates standard GGA and VTG NMEA sentences To signify that these sentences are computed by the Quantum instead of coming directly from the GPS submodule unchanged when DistinguishMQ is set to 1 these sentences are reported with a different talker ID i e MOGGA and MQVTG whereas the direct sentences are GPGGA and GPVTG The MaxQData Quantum software uses only sentences with the MQ talker ID However third party software may not recognize talker id MQ The MQ can be changed to GP by setting this value to 0 However in this case you probably want to
55. shipped with If Windows Media gets updated to later releases this can break some of the features of VeQtr video capture Windows Media may be updated by Windows Update or when installing software or hardware e g webcams from Microsoft You may receive no warning about the update The problems stem from the Windows Media ASF writer qasf dll Some of these problems have been acknowledged by Microsoft but have not been fixed and no workaround has been proposed One problem makes it impossible to reliably capture uncompressed audio and video Another problem causes audio breakup and a gradual reduction in pitch If you are experiencing these problems check your version of Windows Media technologies and revert to Windows Media Series 9 if necessary VeQOtr DIY Setup and Configuration Windows XP This section describes the process MaxQData uses to set up laptops used for VeQtr systems These instructions cover the Acer Aspire One and Eee PC 901 Other laptops may have some differences especially in the area of Bluetooth connectivity It is not possible to test all possible hardware configurations but hopefully the DIY user can figure it out using these steps as a guideline Plug laptop into a wall outlet and boot the machine If the laptop is brand new proceed through Windows XP setup set time zone say No to Automatic Updates keep default computer name do not register with Microsoft Acer Allow Acer Launch Tool configurat
56. the driver what to do only what he did They do not control the vehicle The driver is solely responsible for interpreting the information and applying the knowledge in a safe and legal manner Measurement Errors All measuring systems are subject to measurement errors Use caution and common sense when interpreting data collected by a measuring system Never use a MaxQData system for the purpose of controlling a moving vehicle Use on Public Roads Please be sure to comply with all laws regarding your use and operation of a MaxQData system Do not use the system in violation of traffic laws Some US States prohibit or restrict the use of cell 11 phones while driving Some US States prohibit the use of suction cup mounts on windshields There may be other prohibitions or restrictions in different States and Countries Survivability of Hard Drives In Vehicle Hard disk drives using rotating media are susceptible to permanent damage due to vibration and shock This can result in the loss of data or even prevent the computer from booting It is the user s sole responsibility to determine whether a hard disk drive is suitable for use in their vehicle and the environment in which it will be used Use common sense and shock mount the computer appropriately to help minimize the risk Solid State Disks SSDs are strongly suggested for vehicles with very harsh rides especially purpose built racecars Users with extreme requirements should
57. the same name as the log file except for it has an extension of asf e g if the log file has a name of Run001 mqd then the video file has a name of Run001 asf Notebook PC Requirements and Usage Notes Smooth high quality video capture depends on having a sufficiently powerful computer to process all the data quickly enough The standard video configuration is one primary camera capturing 640x320 widescreen video which becomes 640x480 after adding a data overlay section later and one secondary camera capturing 160x120 video Here are the minimum hardware guidelines for using the VeQtr video capture capabilities to support the standard configuration Operating System Windows XP or Windows Vista CPU 1 6 GHz Intel Atom 270 single core with HyperThreading enabled or 1 6 GHz Pentium M RAM 1 GB Hard Disk Space 1 GB or more depending on how long you want to record Hard Disk Type SSD recommended for vibration resistance USB 2 0 ports one for each camera Bluetooth for MOGPS connection or a USB port Third party software or hardware configuration settings can adversely affect the performance of a computer Older computers may not be powerful enough for the standard configuration but you can choose to record smaller video sizes to work around this Some notebook computers automatically adjust the CPU speed to conserve battery life In our testing this wreaks havoc with smooth video capture and Bluetooth operatio
58. then you should power cycle the module and do another Erase before using it Preserve NMEA and Preserve BIN During the data download process a number of temporary intermediate files are created One is a BIN file the others are TXT files The BIN file is a straight binary memory dump of the TraQr flash memory The TXT files are NMEA data that has been generated from the BIN file Advanced users may want to use these intermediate files for various purposes and you can prevent them from being automatically deleted by checking these boxes Download Process Here is what TraQr Manager does during the download process 1 Extract the binary data from the module and put it in a temporary BIN file This takes about 3 5 minutes for a full six hours worth of data over USB less time for less data Erase the module and resend the module configuration commands This takes 30 40 seconds regardless of the amount of data recorded Parse the BIN file to create temporary TXT files containing NMEA data A new TXT file is created where there is a ten second or greater gap in the data This step takes just a few seconds Process the NMEA files to generate MOD flight recording files This is done using the Flight application which is why you will see Flight launch one or more times during the download process Do not interact with Flight during the download process unless you know what you are doing The MQD generation takes about 1 2 minutes per
59. total of eight configurable screens for viewing data in real time There are eight data views you can watch There are two bar chart screens two strip chart screens two X vs Y screens and two numeric summary screens To cycle between the screens you use the left right buttons on the front of your Pocket PC You can also bring up the soft keyboard tap the little keyboard at the bottom and use the left or right arrows Here are examples of the strip chart X vs Y and Numeric Summary screens EG ex ME 4 52 X q 10 52 D Flight e545 XO Wy Document un 000203000 Hy Documenbllun 047 96342 ly Documenb irem 000172500 MAP psi 14 7 22 3 p os Satelite count 0 02 TICO 8sats 8 0 46 4 4 qe 112 6ps 1 GPS Seconds past midnight UTC L j 2761 25 2771 000s 2771 500 GPS Vehicle speed 0 0 6 0MPH 6 1 DELL NU ce GPS Distance 0 1 4 2 1 4 mile 4 5 15 2 12 9MPH a S690RPM 2175 0 479 3ft 4480 3 8 9 GPS Track made good GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 O5D2 RPM OXOC 0 8000 0 87 350 21 true 359 46 File Config File Config Log Ej File Config Log Ej The two numeric text summary screens Numeric A and Numeric B summarize the min current and max values from the other bar graph strip chart and X vs Y graphic screens Numeric A summarizes the A screens and Numeric B summarizes the B screens To see the numeric data you want on the numeric summary screens you need to set up the previous six scree
60. with the extension MOD Once the data is processed you load the MOD file into the Chart application to view it and add video Of course when operating the Quantum in standalone mode you will not have certain real time features such as a dashboard lap timing display although you will certainly be able to get lap and segment times after you download the data Method of Operation Here s the basic process for using the Quantum 1 Turnon the Quantum Wait for satellite lock Watch the status light carefully to see how it changes First both the blue and green lights turn on Then the blue light turns off and then the green light Then the green light will begin flashing at a steady pace This indicates that the module is receiving GPS data but has not locked to the satellites yet Once satellite lock is achieved the green light flashes faster with shorter flashes 3 Drive Data will be collected automatically when the car reaches 20 MPH depending on the setting of the flight recording trigger 4 Download the data to a laptop This is quite simple since the Quantum acts like a USB memory stick 5 Process the data with Flight This generates the MQD flight recording files used by Chart 6 View the data in Chart Setup Please follow the Quantum Quickstart Guide earlier in this manual to ensure proper setup Be sure to set the GPS Port setting in MaxQData setup to TXT Attaching the Quantum to a PC The Quantum emul
61. work on those in the next session 126 Most drivers especially at the amateur level will gain what they need to learn from these basic steps Drivers with excellent consistency will need to look at increasing levels of detail in order to gain further improvements At these more advanced levels you will want to look closely at corner exit speeds and braking points 127 Using the MOGPS for Autocrossing Autocrossers should go through the walkthroughs for Flight and Chart Although they are based on road racing examples the walkthroughs are essential in order to learn the basics of capturing and comparing data The MaxQData software has features specifically for Autocrossing Here are some tips and comments about using the system Racing Type Be sure to set the Racing Type to Autocross in MaxQData Setup under Settings gt Advanced In this configuration laps are assumed to be open ended The lap or run does not begin at the first beacon position Instead Chart will find the beginning of the run by looking for the top speed in the file and then working backwards to find the point where the car started moving This means that the segment time calculations will ignore any paddock driving burnouts or other motion before you get to the start line The Lap count will either be 0 all times before the start of the run or 1 when the car is making its run Certain other software settings such as zoom factors are autom
62. worst case Be sure to place the MOGPS outside for quickest satellite lock Position the MOGPS securely in the car or on the roof so it can see as much of the sky as possible for maximum accuracy Drive Data will be collected automatically as long as the car exceeds 20 MPH IF YOU PURCHASE THE MOGPS BY ITSELF YOU WILL NEED TO PAIR IT WITH YOUR POCKET PC AND SET UP THE SOFTWARE ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW Step 1 Partnering your Pocket PC with Windows 2000 or Windows XP Before you can connect your Pocket PC to your laptop or desktop PC you must first download and install the ActiveSync application from Microsoft You may also have ActiveSync on the CD ROM that came with your Pocket PC but it is recommended to download the latest version from the Microsoft website You can find this quickly by going to www microsoft com and searching for ActiveSync Install ActiveSync then follow the on screen instructions for connecting to and setting up a partnership with your Pocket PC From then on ActiveSync will run automatically when you connect your Pocket PC You can transfer files by clicking the Explore button in the ActiveSync window The initial file explorer window shows the My Documents folder on the Pocket PC which is where you will find all your data files unless you change the location later Step 1 Partnering your Pocket PC with Windows Vista Setting up a Pocket PC is automatic under Windows Vista
63. you want to focus on and then check the segment times for that area Start with comparing your best or second best segments with your average segments The worst segments are likely to be the result of either traffic or big mistakes you already know how to avoid Whenever possible get data from a better driver for comparison Align the A file to the start of your best segment Align the B file to the start of an average segment Then use Qview mode to immediately see where you were faster or slower on your average segment Pay attention to the acceleration information from Qview For example you may find you braked earlier and not as hard in an area of the slower segment or you didn t maintain the same LatG level through a turn Look carefully at your braking technique in the significant braking zones A common issue with many drivers is that they simply do not go as deep into the brakes as the car is capable Your average minivan can achieve 1 0 g braking but we often see race cars only hitting 0 7 0 8g under braking Of course track conditions and traffic need to be taken into account Look at your cornering technique If you are ragged through turns or pinching them two common mistakes this will be immediately evident in the Qview plot Also compare your technique to that of a better driver especially through transients You will probably learn something Pick the most significant one or two things you need to do better and
64. 05 M 62 4MPH id Select O 05 d Select 4 Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g 72 Here we have moved car forward on the track so you can see the beacon marks Notice that the beacon counter fields now show Beacon 2 210 80s instead of no beacon The beacon counter fields show the beacon number and timestamp of the most recent beacon position relative to the current position of the car Exporting Beacons Before going further export your beacon positions to a file so you can use them again in other flight recordings From the beacon submenu choose Export beacons assign a filename and save it You will then be prompted with the question Use these beacons for newly loaded flight recordings Answering Yes will cause an automatic import of this beacon file for each new flight recording you load into Chart This will continue until you exit Chart The next time you run Chart if you want to import beacons you will have to import them manually Importing Beacons E Ye x42 X Beacon 2 210 80s Beacon 2 210 805 EEs waezz380 J T ID M 223 5095 223 5095 M 98 3MPH d Select O 0673 d Select hA Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g Chart Hag il 4x 3 47 Use these beacons for newly loaded flight recordings Beacon 2 210 80s Beacon 2 210 805 EEs uAezssos p 315 M 223 509s 223 5095 M 98 3MPH d Select L 0579 4 Sel
65. 1 10 second forwards and backwards a slider which can be useful to quickly get to the certain point and four H M S MS spin controls which allow more precise navigation throughout the file Note that changing the position in the video causes the position in the data to change and vice versa For smoothest video playback with audio press the Play button in the video window For the smoothest data playback without audio choose a Chart gt Play option from the Chart main menu As shown in the example screenshot you can load the same file with the same video for both the A and B files and then view the video and data for each from a different point in the file This allows you to compare different laps within the same file Synchronizing Video and Data Chart provides several means of video with data synchronization The degree of automation of synchronization depends on the flight recording and the video file There are three variants 1 The video file was produced neither by Flight nor by Chart or it was produced by Flight but the log file has no Video Sync sensor data In this case you will have to synchronize the video and the data manually To do that you will need to uncheck the file time counter checkbox look for the checkbox immediately under the A or B position the video so that it matches the data pick a video sync offset and then check the file time counter checkbox Now the video Chart will use the video sync of
66. 2 0 34 844 L2 1 19 483 L 2S 3 0 28 989 If you are not recording all four lap time lap count segment time segment count values you will get a somewhat different message such as On L 3 Prv L 2 14 030 which means that the car is currently on Lap 2 and the lap time of the previous lap lap 2 was 2 14 030 Email of Flight Recording Files The other form of telemetry currently supported is the ability to automatically email your flight recording file when it is closed This is handy if you have racing buddies with whom you are sharing data they will also need Pocket PC Phone Edition devices or if you have a remote observer that is going to analyze your data for you Although this is not exactly real time telemetry you can send periodic flight recordings if you use the Flight Recording Trigger and set the Max Record Time calibration value to a value such as for example 600 which would send a new flight recording every 10 minutes During an endurance race this would allow a data analysis person to periodically check the data coming from the car and look for problems There are a few prerequisites for using this feature Data plan for your phone 139 Email account already set up contact your cellular provider or ISP for instructions and capable of sending email The Flight recording trigger does not need to be enabled the flight recording will email even on a manual trigger but it is recommended To set up email
67. 37 5 60 4 39 3 50 2 56 1 52 100 13 86 13 72 13 37 13 09 12 80 12 43 12 08 11 69 10 94 10 42 9 90 9 15 8 36 7 67 6 91 5 69 4 81 3 86 2 82 1 30 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 200 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 42 50 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 On 4B au S 4S C C0 C0 CO PO PO PO PO IR iP P ER CO CO CO CO 4 O OO iO WOW 0000 00 1 1 1 109 OY OY OY O1 O1 O1 Oi uS A uS BWW CO Accuracy Statistical testing has shown the 60 330 1 8 mile 1000 and 1 4 mile times to be generally within a few hundredths of a second of the official track timing system The measurement with the largest error is typically the 60 time The MPH numbers at 1 8 and 1 4 mile are slightly higher e g 1 than what the track timing system will report This is because the MOGPS reports the instantaneous MPH whereas the track timing system measures the average MPH over the preceding 66 feet The timing information is insensitive to any slope in the road although of course any slope in the road will have 136 49 45 44 47 41 42 s d 24 30 30 34 433 33 30 zod 28 429 21 03 19 23 26 26 26 25 24 PAS 23 24 2l 23 20 22 22 24 20 08 01 O0 OO O J XO 40 42 4
68. 4 47 69 48 T2 2 13 TDs 76 92 79 80 82 83 84 85 87 88 89 71 91 93 94 94 94 95 25 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 71 77 09 56 97 303 49 525 54 54 56 5375 59 61 63 64 66 80 11 T3 85 18 81 49 35 17 98 66 89 63 81 84 08 49 34 74 05 65 97 10 36 48 92 08 17 59 67 33 30 24 33 28 27 25 16 TII T2 143 161 179 198 218 238 259 280 302 324 347 SS 396 421 446 473 499 5265 553 581 609 637 666 696 726 JT ss 788 819 851 884 917 950 984 1018 1052 1087 1122 1157 1192 1228 1264 1300 13597 1374 1412 1450 O NDOY OI SHN D Ot NN GOO P0 r2 e DO OO OO CO CO OY UO CO O I OY O1 OO SR 0 CO 0 00 iO 1 PO 4S NO 01S 0S BNMAIN OO QOO OOcOcc000o000o0000co000c0c000000000co0o0coO0co0co0co0co0oooooooococoooccocooc a real effect on the speed of the vehicle Poor GPS reception caused by trees or poor GPS module placement can reduce this accuracy Errors inherent in the GPS satellite system can reduce accuracy in rare conditions for example if the GPS satellites are positioned poorly in the sky 137 Telemetry MaxQData is the first racing data acquisition company to bring telemetry down to the affordable end of the market by using smart cellular phone devices In order to use Telemetry you need to have a Pocket PC Phone Edition PDA based on Win
69. 58 8305 267 546s M 88 6MPH M 94 5MPH O 0123 d Select Select Select File Chart Map g g et Yj x526 X Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 66s EE o maersmes 1 M 154 005s 262 5615 M 710MPH M 72 5MPH L 1 11g Select Select Select File Chart Map g g Scroll the data forward in time until the red car reaches the entry of turn 2 You will notice in that the red car is now slightly ahead of the blue car Uncheck the B file time counter to freeze the location of the red car Now tap Chart gt Set tA to set a time marker for the blue car Finally using the small arrow buttons advance the blue car until it is directly under the red car or as close as possible You can then read the time difference from the t tA display In this case the red car gained 0 300 seconds in this short section due to the higher speed This is not an exact measurement but it is a reasonable estimate Put a check back in the B file time counter checkbox to continue with this example 79 E al dx 5 31 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 EE o Peaster T a M 162 965 M 270 3825 M 775MPH M 76 1MPH O 0333 d Select 4 Select E Select File Chart Map g g et Y 4x 5 35 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 c maeosus T 4T M 162 7265 270 382s M 76 0MPH M 76 1MPH L 0 48q d Select Select Select
70. ENNEN vane Ce Pa N SO bens 97 Calibration and Sensofs 4 n etae ae o m E DEREN ER EEG RE ER RR US 97 Lap Time BeacOnss s eene ed ed e E I RE Te a er d te e ER Det een eene 99 Saving the Ec lilosc E 99 Serial Communicatlons x e eter rre I ESTHER TTE PCR REEF oa cevucedacegucigs ERR VE EREE a Fee ee eee a YES 99 MO Module ConfiguratiQD under tnr iterare ore verae eet deese eee ese el a Pee uet esi ee voe are rando 100 Email and SMS Text Message Telemetry sse ee eee 100 Advanced Options utes ter tegit ite eria bx Ege aeta ebat erba se oer inel REEE RERE TEN RE RETES 101 Camera Capt re Setungs eni ee leider Pr ir tin rt weit poss Cas Dodo rd e irae ee Dope Edd 102 VeQtr Video Capture Features esee eee eese eite teta tetra tno ta tn tna A tata tasa tne se tata tn E se tata aeS 103 Video Capture Basic Concepts eene ennt nennen nennen nen 103 Camera Capture Setup said abu eA ERI e Fiet pb Et opt dob e perd iN Sash ead 104 Start and Stop Capturing ase o ry ttg e rte baee otio p i iet tete eb desea e Re Ree ee riae 108 Video Capture and the Flight Recording Trigger sss 108 Video Syng SENSOR ze D Be CURE ERROR MNT IRE MCI T rem OO QE teri re e 108 Video capture Output files iege ee n ee e Nr iele e reied ea ari E X eere etes etes 109 Notebook PC Requirements and Usage Notes sse eene 109 USB Camera Requirements and Usage Notes sse ee nennen 110 B
71. ERRENA dpa 138 SMS Text Messaging of Lap and Segment Times sse en 138 Email of Flight Recording Files sessed eet ee Hen ttt eee teer ttt tente te eene ato 139 Generating a Google Earth Satellite Plot esee eee entente inet tn tnus senes ente tnsnsnens 141 Sensor Referernce een eser e entier sieeieep esee ed bo seneee beth aeo inel eed oA ee entia pe bassi ep eese ed been ee pe ehaen 142 Elightrecording ttIgger ooh etta E ettet td e eh t RO er e eq 142 Standatd GPS values o etit te eei HE OARA da e E ene ein se NS 142 GPS Beacon timestamp 25 o certe oi teme te eene te ante iiie ie v ee hera ee TaS 143 GPS Distante 5 om e tercero tere e P Coe eR EP ERE EYE E axe RR Ch ee e Eo xcu ae been ORTI MET dua 144 GPS Hime Since Last Heres eth eee t ne re e e ee e Eme qeu eren Ce e EUR 145 ibl CE 145 GPS Je k eere ER C e e ER t ER RAT es 146 eI cT E A RR 146 GPS Power ratio e On den re HR e e eer bleue este y te ue lo eMe e ee Re sole snobs ee Fea de sete eon 146 GPS Road pOWet i 5 niae HO REG tige tr pe eo qa ee e p me EEG deb pee etti shes 147 GPS Turn tadis aoinne ionii IER Mf SUE e a m Lash abate OaS 147 GPS Verts cone RR IH He RD BA 147 Sensors for Quantum WiFi V2 sioe Gne EE it te ID OT 148 iplc 148 This value estimates how far the car steps out or pushes during cornering A value significantly above 1 0 indicates oversteer A value much below 1
72. GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 Satellite count before each run to ensure that the GPS 0 0 module is tracking at least four satellites 0 0 0M PH a EN Isats GPS Satellite count 0 20 T File Config Here is an explanation of what you see on the screen The Ex ME 4 50 X Max and Mod en Pi the Pp n ily Counentin Elapsed time 9 ns minimum values seen in the last few seconds either 10 or 20 seconds depending on the Config gt MinMax window GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 nu p 0 0 Max setting The Current numbers are the values right biis Current now Elapsed time is a number that basically tells you 0 0 Min I if the connection to the MQGPS is operational As long as this number keeps counting up you are connected Red bar graph There are two bar graphs in this image The red one is MPH and the blue one is Satellite count The length of P Blue bar graph the bar graph corresponds to the current value with a range that corresponds to the numbers in brackets For Current MPH the range is 0 to 150 MPH In this example the car 9 Max Qcats is not moving so MPH is 0 and the red bar graph hasa Q Min zero length The range on satellite count is 0 to 20 GDS Satellite count 0 20 X satellites We are currently seeing 10 satellites which is File Config half of 20 so the bar graph extends halfway across the screen 51 The Config Display Graphs option actually gives you a
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75. QData was present at the time of the injuries or damages and even when an agent of MaxQData was in control of or co driving or riding with the vehicle used at the time of the injuries or damages You agree to indemnify and hold harmless MaxQData for any claim against it by you or by third parties for intellectual property you transmitted to MaxQData covered by section Suggestions or section Data 9 Disclaimer of Warranties MaxQData provides the Software and Hardware AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS MAXODATA MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED OR STATUTORY AS TO NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS MERCHANTABILITY ACCURACY SAFETY LACK OF NEGLIGENCE LACK OF WORKMANLIKE EFFORT OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT WILL MAXODATA BE LIABLE TO 4 YOU FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL INCIDENTAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST SAVINGS TOWING CHARGES RACING DAMAGES EMISSIONS RELATED FAILURES OR VIOLATIONS OR TRAFFIC TICKETS EVEN IF A MAXODATA REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES WAS FORESEEABLE BY MAXQDATA OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY THIRD PARTY THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE QUALITY OF THE SOFTWARE ITS PERFORMANCE SIDE EFFECTS AND FORSEEN OR UNFORSEEN CONSEQUENCES OF USE REMAINS WITH YOU Some states or jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental consequential or special damages or the exclusion of implied warranties or limitati
76. Sensors requiring calibration Flight recording trigger Start Speed Stop Speed Off Delay Max Record Time GPS Beacon timestamp File Ea Settings 98 Tap the next to Start Speed to expand it Note that there is a brief explanation of the calibration value immediately above the value itself At this point you can edit the calibration value in this case the number 20 On a Pocket PC you need to tap it once to highlight it wait two seconds and then tap it a second time to open it for editing Lap Time Beacons You use the same process for pulling in the beacons for displaying lap times while driving Please refer to the section titles Using the MOGPS for Road Racing subsection Showing Real Time Lap and Segment Times for a detailed explanation Saving the Calibration Use the File gt Save calibration backup command to save EE Sensors requiring calibration Flight recording trigger Start Speed Speed above which flight r 20 Stop Speed File MaxQData Setup di 23 37 X Fa Settings a copy of the calibration to a file in case you need to reinstall or upgrade the software The calibration itself is saved in the system registry A calibration backup file only stores calibration points It does not save the unlock code or other Setup settings Serial Communications The menu option Settings gt Serial Port Settings reveals this screen e MOQ Port is the COM
77. a settings Available cameras contains a list of the cameras currently plugged into your system and available for use To use a camera click on its entry in this list set the other options as described below then click the Add to list button This moves the camera down to the Cameras that will be used list Cameras that will be used contains the list of the cameras that will be used by Flight for the video capture Each item in this list contains the name of the camera the frame size the bit depth the corner occupied by the overlay this parameter is not used for a primary camera in case you intend to use multiple cameras picture in picture and the sign indicating if this camera is primary The primary camera provides the background video stream The rest of the cameras in the profile are used as Picture in Picture windows Secondary cameras use frames with sizes not greater than 1 4 of the frame size used by the primary camera That is if the primary camera uses 640x480 the rest of the cameras use frames not larger than 320x240 You can add up to 4 cameras to your profile including the 106 primary camera To make a camera primary just double click on that camera in this list If there is only one camera available in your system then it will be automatically marked as primary as soon as you add it to the profile Bit count contains the names of colorspaces supported by the selected camera in the Available cameras
78. actual beginning of the run by starting at the top speed in the file and moving backwards until GPS Distance 0 It also does a Set zero time described next Set zero time The Chart Set zero time feature simply resets the current file times to zero Data before this point becomes negative time This is helpful so you can align two files to the same start point and then have that point be t 0 000 for both files Play The Chart gt Play feature sets the data in motion like a play button on a tape recorder according to the time factor selected Play 1x will play the data back in real time Play 2x will play the data back in double time etc To stop the playback simply tap the plot area Show Yaw Path Show g Path These features found under the Map menu have no function for data collected by an MOGPS system They apply only to MQ200 and earlier systems that have internal inertial accelerometers and yaw rate sensors For those systems they create a high fidelity plot of the path the car took based on yaw rate and or lateral acceleration 87 Copy t tA and Copy I t tB If you have set tA or tB time markers as described earlier this function found under Chart will copy the three numeric data values currently selected across the t tA or t tB time range to the Windows clipboard You can then paste this data into another application such as Excel Manual Beacon Editing in Chart If you do not have
79. ad racers should go through the Flight and Chart walkthroughs earlier in this manual The walkthroughs which use road racing data as an example show most of what a typical road racer would do with an MOGPS system Here are some specific tips and comments Racing Type Be sure to set the Racing Type to Road race in MaxOData Setup under Settings Advanced In this configuration laps are assumed to be closed ended and the first lap begins at the first beacon position Certain other software settings such as zoom factors and track widths are automatically set for typical road racing courses Pocket PC Mounting If your race car still has the factory interior then consider mounting your Pocket PC with Velcro on your dashboard or put it in your glove box or center console Be sure that nothing will tap the screen while driving since this could erroneously stop a flight recording in progress Some Pocket PCs e g Dell Axim X51 have a lock button on the side to lock out button presses and screen taps If your race car has been stripped of its interior you can mount the Pocket PC to the floorpan or center tunnel Putting it in a small plastic box or Pelican case is a good idea Do not mount the Pocket PC where it will get hot Watch for excessive exhaust heat and don t mount it in continuous direct sunlight on a hot day Some Pocket PCs will shut themselves off if they get too hot If the Pocket PC screen goes blank but comes on af
80. apacity battery is available Be sure to switch off the Quantum when not in use run time on a full charge is 8 10 hours Quantum Status Light e Red means charging e Flashing green means data is being received from the GPS satellites This flash will turn into a shorter quicker flash once satellite lock is achieved e Flashing blue means data is being transmitted over Bluetooth e When the unit is turned on the blue and green lights both turn on then the blue light turns off and then the green light turns off The green light will then begin flashing when GPS data is received Step 1 Software Download and Installation Laptop Desktop Download the latest software from the MaxQData website You will need the file labeled PC Complete System Software not the one labeled PC Chart Only The name of the file will be similar to MaxQData 31a PC Software exe Download the file to your laptop and double click on it to run it Do not install the TraOr Manager application Also do not install any MOGPS drivers Step 2 Bluetooth Pairing with a Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC 18 e Turnon the MQGPS e Tap the Bluetooth icon at the lower right of the Today screen and turn on Bluetooth e Run the Bluetooth Manager from the Bluetooth icon e Tap New and then Explore a Bluetooth Device The Pocket PC will search for new Bluetooth devices An icon should appear for the GPS module common names are iBT GPS MOGPS 5Hz or G
81. ates a USB memory stick making it very easy to move data off of it toa PC You must turn off the Quantum before you connect it to the PC If the Quantum is turned on and it does not have a USB connection it goes into data capture mode and stays there until it is turned off The Quantum appears as a removable drive You use the Windows File Explorer to open up the drive and browse the files 37 Files Created on the Quantum The Quantum stores the captured data in files with special names based on the date and time e g Quantum 090201 1621 txt means that the file was created on February 1 2009 at 4 21 PM These files are simple text files that contain the NMEA data from the GPS calculations It is necessary to run each file through Flight in order to create a usable flight recording file Flight recording files are named with the extension MQD Be sure to occasionally delete any files you no longer need Running Flight Because you configured the GPS Port setting in MaxQData Setup to be TXT and not a COM port Flight understands that it is operating in Standalone mode In this mode when you start Flight instead of attempting to connect to the Quantum over Bluetooth it presents a file explorer window that allows you to select one of the files captured by the Quantum Once you have done this Flight will process the data in that file to create the MOD flight recording file These files will be placed in your My Documents folder
82. atically set for typical autocross courses When calculating segment times Chart assumes a narrower track than with other racing types When Chart Show timing is enabled Chart will show all of the segment times in the plot area rather than just the time of the current segment Finding a Racing Buddy Even more so than road racers our autocross customers tend to pair up in order to share data You can learn quite a bit from another driver even if that driver is not necessarily faster than you are Whenever possible get an instructor to ride along with you and help you review the data Flight Recording Trigger The default Start Speed is 20 MPH the default Stop Speed is 15 MPH and the default Off delay is 5 seconds That means that a flight recording will be created if the car reaches 20 MPH and it will be stopped once the car gets below 15 MPH for more than 5 seconds This is fine for most autocross courses However if you happen to be at a course which is very tight in the beginning preventing the car from exceeding 20 MPH until well into the course then you will want to change the Start Speed and Stop Speed values Run MaxQData Setup expand Sensors requiring calibration expand Flight recording trigger and change the values as necessary Please note the data that you capture does not begin at the 20 MPH point That would mean that you lose the data covering your launch and run up to 20 MPH Flight is smarter than tha
83. ck the Windows Start button Type the words ad hoc no quote into the start menu command box You should see an entry appear at the top called Set up an ad hoc computer to computer network Click this entry The ad hoc setup wizard will appear Click Next For the Network name type in the SSID of the Quantum that you wrote down in Step 1 case sensitive Set Security type to No authentication Open Check Save this network Click Next Wait for the Wizard to finish then click Close Make sure the Quantum is turned on and locked to the satellites fast flashing green light you may need to power cycle the Quantum if it has gone into standby Control Panel Network and Internet gt Network and Sharing Center gt Change adapter settings gt right click on Wireless Network Connection select Properties gt select Internet Protocol Version 4 click Properties gt Use the following IP address 169 254 1 2 subnet mask 255 255 0 0 leave Default gateway and DNS addresses blank OK and Close Network and Internet Connect to a network choose the Quantum network Connect Plug the Logitech camera into the forward USB port on the right side then plug the Microsoft camera in to the rearward USB port on the right side Run MaxQData Settings Settings gt Serial Port Settings GPS Port type in 169 254 1 1 2000 no spaces Leave the remaining settings at their defaults and close this window Go to Settings gt MQ Module Configurati
84. default setting It is the most flexible because it allows you to produce video overlays later using Chart However producing video overlays later using Chart adds several steps and additional processing time If you need to view video with a data overlay as quickly as possible after capture then choose one of the other overlay types 2 Footnote A user specified string is put in the upper right corner of the video See Notes for Advanced Users for details 3 Autocross A Qview plot is drawn in the left bottom corner of the video a full trackmap plot is drawn in the bottom middle On the right will be numeric overlays for user specified sensors RPM value speed LatG and LongG Sensors not in use will not be displayed The upper right corner is occupied by the user specified string as in Footnote 4 Road Race Same as Autocross but in additionally includes lap time lap count and a segment time numerics These numerics occupy the top of the video 5 Drag Race This shows only numeric overlays e User sensor 1 and User sensor 2 text fields allow you to specify two custom sensors from which you would like to have numeric overlays Please be precise when setting the sensors names you have to specify the exact names of sensors case sensitive e Video encoder settings Please see the section on Notes for Advanced Users Do not bypass the WMV compression without understanding the ramifications of this Once
85. desktop PC with an active Internet connection You must also have Google Earth installed on your PC Load the data file into Chart on your PC and choose File Export Select the file choose the KML option and click the Export button This will create a file with the same prefix but an KML extension e g Run000 kml Now run Google Earth and load the KML file just generated You can use Google Barth to pan across and zoom in on your trackmap If you zoom in close enough and if your satellite reception was good enough you should be able to see lap to lap variations in your racing line Please note that we have seen instances where the GPS Latitude Longitude data does not exactly match with the Google Earth satellite imagery so the trackmap won t line up with the satellite image Also Google Earth does not have high resolution imagery of all areas Tracks in remote locations will probably have fuzzy satellite images For off road rallys you can tilt the Google Earth map and see your trackmaps plotted against the terrain 141 Sensor Reference Following is a description of the sensor drivers supported by the MOGPS Flight recording trigger This sensor is used to start and stop the datalogging process in Flight automatically Be sure to select Flight recording trigger along with the other sensors being recorded in Flight otherwise it will only respond to manual commands Calibration values e Start Speed When t
86. dete reiu d erede eti e inn teris 57 Launch Chart at End of R n etenim RR ER i nOn EHE 57 Display Repott neci tuse twm er Uu ma C EASOBUT E aet Es 57 Course Walk Be acons 5h em ite e e e RUE ERN ir ie UIN ITANE OTS 57 USING Ch att ep 59 User Interface esi ceiiedsideds ads duck dott telaio ien te igh ome eiii td diii eda 61 Viewing Data Simple Corner Analysis eese nennen 64 Data SOO tin ee eee ete eee e Pet tek eee e e P UHR TE E R a 66 Landscape Mode User Interface ssssss seen ene nene nnne enn 68 Using GPS Beacons eiie DESIRES EDU TE He SI D HR RU RETE NAR I ERREUR Rn ee Horde 68 Example Placing Beacons sssssssesseeeeeeneeeeneeenennn nennen entretenir eee 69 Adding BEACONS etate eee ete edite in e e vene etes 71 Expor ne Beacorssxiiud anu atii ite idus d tnit n indie dst tide Ede ied tetas 73 Importing Bedono sikse rirni etant a ato eg iet in v e t E Od ri RET TEE EO ee EEADERS nasties 73 Viewing the List of Lap and Segment Times sss nnne enne 74 Comparing TW Lapsen ee oteren a ico egit nas ide eie a n cde ROE v PER erri EE Hout reddita 79 Determining Iime LFostGained een emen RU Done na OPROD ROI REIR en e 78 Comparing Two Laps with QviewTM see er e ep eiie tras 80 ZOOMING Iwon Qview M see io tases e re RD e o I tote ETEEN E aO erie 82 COM paring LINCS ac ete Ue Rn etti ege den toa rie abe etel ve d bet PIETAS ee tg e ke coda 83 Showing Lap and Segment Tim
87. dows Mobile 2003 or later and preferably based on Windows Mobile 5 0 or later Smartphone support is planned for a future release Our current telemetry capabilities include lap and segment times via SMS text messaging and emailing of data files You must have a text messaging component to your cell phone plan for SMS support and a cellular data component for email support Your cellular provider will probably charge you extra for them if you do not already have them as part of your plan SMS Text Messaging of Lap and Segment Times First you need to set up your beacons for GPS Lap Time and GPS Segment Time as described earlier These beacons need to be imported into the GPS Beacon timestamp calibration Then you need to ensure that GPS Lap count and GPS Lap time and optionally GPS Segment count and GPS Segment time are enabled in the configured list of MaxQData Set Yj 4x 1 24 ok Recipient phone numbers MaxQData Setup Enter the phone number s of the M 213555010d recipient s separated by semicolons Then check Enable send via SMS Please note that SMS text messaging is Separate recipients with Hi generally not free for either the sender or the receiver You would pay for these text messages as part of your regular plan with your cell phone provider MaxQData Caution phone data charges may apply does not bill you nor receive any revenue from this Be cautions as you can quickly overrun your text message l
88. e None Dependencies none for Quantum e GPS Track made good e GPS Vehicle speed GPS Power ratio Estimates instantaneous power to weight ratio actually weight to power ratio Ib hp or kg kw based on the weight of the vehicle how fast it is going and its acceleration Note that this is net horsepower which is considerably less than crankshaft horsepower because of losses due to wind resistance transmission and tire losses etc Calibration values 146 e Mass Set this to the weight of the vehicle in pounds including driver Dependencies e GPS LongG e GPS Vehicle speed GPS Road power Estimates horsepower output based on the weight of the vehicle how fast it is going and its acceleration Note that this is net horsepower which is considerably less than crankshaft horsepower because of losses due to wind resistance transmission and tire losses etc You should therefore compare power numbers only within the same speed range Calibration values e Mass Set this to the weight of the vehicle in pounds Dependencies e GPS LongG e GPS Vehicle speed GPS Turn radius Estimates the radius of the imaginary circle the car is traveling around as it goes through a corner When the car is going straight or nearly so this value gets very large and will flip from positive to negative as you turn slightly left or right Calibration values e None Dependencies e GPS Vehicle speed e GPS Track made good GPS VertG
89. e count liy Document lun 100326600 display using Config gt Display lap times The numbers are large and easy to read Again this shows that you are currently on lap 2 and the lap time for lap 1 was 2 33 017 Please note that the real time lap time calculation is the sum of the previous one lap of beacons which means that the reported lap time may change at each beacon This is a feature so that you can see earlier in your lap at each I display you are currently in segment 2 and your segment time for segment 1 was 1 07 790 beacon whether you are gaining or losing ground In contrast lap times calculated in Chart are based off the location of the first beacon encountered and do not change at successive beacons This display mode will show GPS Time Since Last Here File Config Log described next instead of GPS Lap time if it is present If the display shows N A then no lap time or lap count value is currently configured for recording and you will have to add them 124 Showing Lap Time without using Beacons Flight can also display continuous lap time without setting up any GPS beacons This function is called GPS Time since last here abbreviated TSLH It has certain advantages over using GPS beacons First of course is that you can use this value without going through any of the steps for setting up beacons You just need to select GPS Time since last here in the Config Sen
90. e download process to complete including the erase and configure step You should now see flight recording file s in the Save As location default is to save to your Documents folder using the name RunXXX mqd Double click on one of the flight recording files MaxQData Chart will launch and automatically load the file for analysis 34 Mounting Considerations MQGPS To maintain accuracy customers report that the best location for mounting the MOGPS is externally on the roof of the car Although an interior mount such as under the front windshield can work well there are a few drawbacks e The roof still blocks a big chunk of the sky which means fewer satellites visible on average which means lower accuracy e Some cars have an athermic infrared reflecting window glass or a heated windshield These windows have a thin conductive coating on the glass which dramatically reduces GPS signal strength If your car does not have a metal roof then an inside mount should work about as well as an external mount Just don t mount it down deep in a console box where visibility to the horizon is blocked Your MOGPS 5Hz TraQr Quantum or Quantum Dot is not waterproof You can seal it up with duct tape or put it in a plastic bag if necessary It is important to mount the MOGPS more or less level There are no inertial accelerometers inside the MOGPS that would be affected but the GPS antenna needs to be approximately level with the
91. e final video We strongly recommend using the camera configuration utility that came with your camera to set this option as it will preserve the overall capture performance However some camera configuration utilities do not provide this option If this is the case you can use the upside down checkbox to flip and mirror the image This comes with a significant performance penalty and is only advisable if there is no other option and the PC has a fast CPU Add to list use this button to add a camera with its settings to the profile The first camera to be added to this list when there are no primary cams becomes a primary camera automatically Remove use this button to remove the camera from the profile Preview use this button to preview a camera selected in the Cameras that will be used list You can use this feature to focus your cameras do some aiming etc Please note that this button stays pressed until it is pressed again so that you can easily switch between the cameras in the list During the live preview an FPS counter will be displayed so you can discover any performance problems actual video capture FPS may still be lower than the reported FPS during preview but this is a quick way to check for the biggest problems You may need to run the camera s own configuration utility during preview in order to set focus brightness exposure time and so forth 107 Output file settings tab Camera capture settings
92. e internal clock to correct for crystal inaccuracy Only very specialized applications should consider doing this The nominal speed of the clock is 6000 ticks per 0 1 millisecond 60 MHz tick rate You can set this value as high as 6600 or as low as 5400 giving a 10 adjustment range To set this speed accurately you must measure a time interval reported by the Quantum against a reliable source such as GPS itself compute the difference and then adjust the value 6000 to speed up or slow down the Quantum internal clock so the adjusted speed precisely matches the reference clock You can do this for example by logging both MQGGA and GPGGA sentences over a long period of time an hour or more and watching how far apart the GGA timestamps diverge during the test period XPlusigCal l1000 XMinuslgCal 1000 YPlusigCal 1000 YMinuslgCal 1000 ZPlusigCal 1000 ZMinusigCal 1000 PermitCalibration l These are the calibration values for the internal accelerometer The unit is calibrated at the factory before shipment but you can recalibrate it in the field Set PermitCalibration to 1 to reenable the calibration procedure Once the calibration procedure is completed the Quantum sets PermitCalibration back to 0 so the user cannot accidentally recalibrate the unit The calibration procedure is as follows Place the Quantum on a surface that is flat and level and the switch is facing up Turn on the unit and wait for the green light and blue lights to
93. e maximum values of each over the past 10 seconds LatG and LongG are also plotted as red and blue traces in the background At the bottom of the screen are the current satellite count the average sample rate over the past 10 seconds and the altitude above sea level 49 Eh AE 4 43 X My Documenbtun 000020200 0 0 Oo 0 00 4 0 00 AM 6 sats 5 0 Hz 29 t File Config Flight eh AE 4 54 X P Current 79 6 8 Max LongG trace Lats LatG trace _ _ _ 0 17 T Satellite count Sample rate Altitude 9 sats 5 0 Hz 18 tft File Config Display Graphs You can also use the user configurable graphs display eh 45 4 49 X mode Tap Config gt Display Graphs Initially you will see this screen My Document un 000034200 Flight recording trigger 0 1 7 0 0 0 Flight recording trigger O 1 File Config eL HET My Documents un 00036600 small down arrow Tap one and a list of values will appear Flight recording trigger 0 1 M To the right of Flight recording trigger 0 1 there is a ig GPS Altitude ft 300 15000 GPS Altitude m 100 5000 0 Flight recording trigger O 1 File Config 50 PM can scroll e ue ed ui a ise o pas z sE Flight de 4 50 X is screen we have chosen ehicle spee 0 Wy Document un 00047400 150 for the top red value and GPS Satellite count 0 20 for the bottom blue value It is useful to check GPS
94. e other minor functions will be different between the two such as how the Flight Recording Trigger works And of course you will not have a dashboard lap timing display although you will certainly be able to get lap and segment times after you download the data You can however use the TraQr with a Pocket PC and the Flight software via Bluetooth in exactly the same way you use an MOGPS 5Hz In fact you can log data to the internal memory of the TraOr while the Flight is running on the Pocket PC You might do this in order to have a failsafe backup of the data you collect Most customers though will not need to do this and will simply operate the TraQr standalone Method of Operation Here s the basic process for using the TraQr Turn on the TraQr by putting the switch into the LOG position Wait for satellite lock the orange light will flash Drive Data will be collected when the car is above 20 MPH Download the data to a laptop using the TraOr Manager application This generates the MQD flight recording files and erases the data in the TraQr 5 View the data in Chart PONS Setup Please follow the TraQr Quickstart Guide earlier in this manual to ensure proper setup In particular be sure to set the GPS Port correctly in Setup gt Settings gt Serial Port Settings otherwise TraQr Manager will not be able to communicate with the unit 41 TraOr Manager General Tab Here is the General Tab for the TraOr Manager
95. e segment times You need to set up beacons as described in the Chart walkthrough Import the beacons into your first flight recording and then allow Chart to use the same beacons for each new flight recording Review the segment times shortly after each run in order to learn what went well and what didn t When you see an improvement or mistake play through the data until you reach the segment in question then use Qview or the data traces to figure out what you did differently 131 Using the MOGPS for Drag Racing You can use the MQGPS to generate highly accurate timeslip information as well as analyze your driving technique Be sure to read the general walkthroughs for Flight and Chart Racing Type Be sure to set the Racing Type to Drag race in MaxOData Setup under Settings Advanced Log Options in Flight Enable Config Timeslip Optionally enable Config Display Report if you want to see your results immediately after your run Technically you do not need to enable timeslips in Flight since you can export to a Timeslip after your run from within Chart However enabling timeslips in Flight makes the timeslip generation automatic GPS Beacons Do not set any GPS beacons for drag racing The Timeslip data is calculated based on vehicle speed and distance traveled not beacons Recording Your Run We recommend using the automatic Flight recording trigger so that you will get one new flight recording per run
96. e sky which are constantly changing vehicle motion and satellite visibility GPS Fix quality This value is either 0 1 or 2 0 means no satellite fix 1 means standard GPS fix 2 means DGPS fix only when using a DGPS enabled unit Flight will disregard GPS data points where this value is 0 GPS Beacon timestamp You can use GPS to simulate trackside beacons See the Chart walkthrough for more details You must first make a flight recording of a lap of the course and then in Chart you must place beacons where you want them around the track Then you export the beacons which saves the first lap of beacon positions to a file After that go into the GPS Beacon Timestamp calibration and modify the setting for BeaconCount This will bring up a dialog that will ask you if you want to import the beacons from a file Answer Yes and then select the file you exported from Chart This will populate the beacon count and locations automatically You will have to change the beacon settings when you go to a new track so save the beacon export files Note you do not need to use GPS 143 Beacon Timestamp in order to place beacons in Chart but it does save you from having to add them later plus you get a lap time readout while driving the course Calibration values e MaxDistanceToBeacon This is the maximum allowable distance between the car and a beacon position in meters 1 meter is approximately 1 yard beyond which the beacon will not tri
97. ect Select Select File Chart Map g g If we had previously saved a beacon file or if we had copied one from a racing buddy rather than placing beacons we could have simply chosen the Import beacons option from the beacon context menu as shown earlier 73 Please remember that the GPS beacons are directional in order to reduce false triggering The direction the car is traveling when it passes a beacon position is a factor in determining if a beacon point has been crossed Viewing the List of Lap and Segment Times On the beacon context menu you may have noticed the FE A Yj dx 3 54 ou Lap times option In this example the Lap times option brings up the following screen Timing details Lap times The MQGPS 5Hz system samples intervals of 0 200 s and ii the MQGPS HiDef down to 0 100 s but the actual lap UE T timing accuracy is better than that Chart uses Lap Lap Lap Lap Lap Lap Lap interpolation to estimate lap times down to a typical accuracy of a few hundredths of a second This is about the same as or better than a handheld stopwatch By expanding the different areas of this tree view tap the signs you can see other interesting information as shown in the following screenshots In some cases the information is off the right edge of the screen and it is Fastest west necessary to scroll over to see it For example the Sum of miss sss_ ve fastest seg
98. ee the Working with Beacons section later in this manual for complete details The Standard sensor configuration enables automatic flight recording based on vehicle speed The default configuration causes a flight recording to start when the vehicle exceeds 20 MPH then stop when the speed drops below 15 MPH for more than 5 seconds Flight stores 25 seconds of data 12 5 seconds at 10 Hz from the time before the vehicle hits 20 MPH to ensure that you do not lose data from the launch 48 Flight ex ME 444 X 1 O0 0 00 Vy Do Sensors v Display dashboard Display graphs Display lap times Add beacon count 0 Screen tap Force recording Ready screen Start Launch Chart Display Dashboard Tap OK and you will return to the main screen This is the default Display Dashboard mode accessible with Config gt Display Dashboard If the MQGPS is connected the number in the upper right corner 000020200 in this case will be counting up If the MOGPS is not connected it will read time code Also note the My Documents Run in the upper left corner This is telling you that any flight recordings you log will go in the My Documents folder on the Pocket PC and they will begin with the word Run This image explains the elements of the dashboard display The larger numbers are the current values of MPH LatG and LongG The smaller numbers along the right side are th
99. emetry If you are running the software on a Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition or Smartphone you can do basic telemetry using the phone s data capabilities You can email your data files while driving and have your lap and segment times sent via email too If your email is handled by a Microsoft Exchange Server that supports Always Up To Date technology the delivery of the email will be nearly instantaneous 100 MaxQData Setup 7 23 39 ok System type L Pro System options so 43 C 416 419 _ 492 437 44 47 _ 420 423 48 411 _ 424 427 C 412 415 _ 428 431 Po P1 L rP2e L r3 L P4 Ps Roll L Pitch C Yaw GPS C oBD2 C PwM _ Camera MaxQData Setup 7 23 38 ok Outgoing email account Account ActiveSync or account name Recipients ActiveSync Max MaxQData com Separate recipients with Enable send MQD via email Enable send timing via email Caution phone data charges may apply You can also use SMS to send lap and segment times Please read the chapter on Telemetry for more information about these capabilities Advanced Options The Settings Advanced menu option reveals a screen with several important options 101 Unlock is where you enter your unlock code The number in the grey box is the challenge code The number in the white box is your response code You must provide the challenge code to MaxQData so that a unique res
100. ender and receiver for best performance At the time of this writing Windows Mobile 2003 devices are not recommended Although the email is constructed and placed in the Outbox the attachment is Base64 encoded into the body of the message and does not appear as an attachment making it very awkward to extract Also there is no operating system function to force the message to be sent Instead you have to set up your Inbox application to do a periodic send receive which reduces battery life The maximum supported flight recording size for this feature is 2 megabytes which is more than enough for most applications Please note that some cellular data plans charge per kilobyte We recommend using only an all you can eat data plan otherwise you can quickly rack up some expensive phone bills Note that once emailed a copy of the email including the attachment will be saved in your Sent mail folder on the Pocket PC Also the original flight recording will still be saved in the usual location This is good redundancy but it eats up more memory 140 Generating a Google Earth Satellite Plot In a few simple steps you can plot your track data on a satellite image like this In this graphic the color of the line is a function of vehicle speed With Google Earth software you can zoom in on the track and given excellent satellite visibility and low HDOP you can do line analysis against the actual course You will need a laptop or
101. enheit for your engineering units then you would set CSV conversion factor to 1 8 and CSV offset to 32 Course Walk Beacons and Cones In the chapter on Flight the section Course Walk Beacons describes how to add beacons to a flight recording while walking the course for the purpose of marking cone locations This creates an MOD flight recording file that contains GPS Beacons which are not used for timing but rather for plotting orange cone marks so you can see your driving line relative to the cones You must use the special File Load cones menu choice in order to load a cone file If you simply use File Load your cone file will load as a normal flight recording and instead of seeing orange cone marks you will simply see a trackmap with a lot of beacon marks When you load the cone file properly orange cone markers will be placed in the background of all flight recordings you load with File gt Load Please note that due to errors inherent in the GPS 95 system your cone marks may not line up perfectly with your trackmap GPS drift throughout the day can cause this to happen The cone markers are more for orienting yourself to the layout of the course and remembering key course features than they are for doing line analysis Slide map B The Map gt Slide map B feature allows you to slide the B map around with the stylus to adjust for GPS drift when comparing files The slide distance is not permanently
102. er than My Documents you can have Flight automatically save to another location such as a removable Storage Card Mulitple Driver Support The menu option File gt Set driver list allows you to further modify the filenames used for flight recordings in order to better organize the data you collect from multiple drivers Enter driver names separated by semicolons as shown here 55 Flight ex ME 4 57 Save As Mame Detroit MMDD HHMM Folder Mone Y Type MaxQData log files Location Main memory ne V 4f 8 50 ok Driver list Jack Kay Enter driver names separated by Filename is prefix driver 3 mad Clear field to disable driver list 231 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Tab a w e rjt vju i o D E T aP a s d f g h j k T z shift z x c v b n m 7 Cu jV S it t ea You must switch manually between drivers To do this Flight i 9 05 X you use the up down control on your Pocket PC The lly Documenti Deiter i 00009600 name of the current driver will be shown in grey in the C TE REESE GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 background of the main screen like this 0 9 Using the example of Detroit for the filename prefix i e 0 0 T MPH the event name and Jack Kay for the driver list and I with manually switching drivers between runs then your data files will be named DetroitJack000 mqd Detro
103. etup to the COM port name of the outbound Bluetooth serial port Note that Bluetooth download is about six times slower than USB download 46 Using Flight Flight is the application that records your data displays data in real time and shows lap and segment times You can start Flight either before or after you turn on your MOGPS You can even assign it to a button on the Pocket PC using Start Settings Personal Buttons TraQr users do not use Flight directly Instead Flight is launched automatically by the TraQr Manager software in order to process the collected data You can interact with Flight while it is processing TraQr data but this is generally not recommended in order to avoid interfering with the processing Initial Configuration Turn on your MQGPS and run Flight The first time you fx Flight ek f 4 49 X do this you will see ly Documenbl lun 00227800 No sensors configured File Config 47 Tap Config and a menu pops up Now tap Sensors and you ll be presented with a list of sensors that you can flight record To begin with tap the Standard button This will enable the most commonly used sensors Later you can add other sensors by clicking on them Flight will remember the sensors you pick and will automatically select them each time you restart Flight The Standard sensor configuration does not enable lap and segment timing You first need to set up beacons using the Chart application S
104. ext section to learn about different configuration options for special applications The Quantum will report over 20 satellites in normal operation The actual number of satellites visible is the reported number minus 20 The reason for the N 20 reading is that the software still works with normal GPS modules and ignores anything where you have less than 4 satellites visible but the Quantum can actually operate for short periods when there are no satellites visible e g through tunnels so 20 is added so it doesn t cause the software to make the wrong assumptions See the PassSatelliteCountInMOQGGA configuration value for more information Quantum Configuration The Quantum contains a text file named quantum config txt which stores important configuration and calibration information If this file is ever deleted it will be recreated with default values automatically you may need to then manually reset some values depending on how you intend to use the system This chapter documents the available settings There is only one setting per line The format for all settings is lt setting name gt lt setting value gt The lt setting name gt must be as shown including capitalization The lt setting value gt is either a number or a string of characters depending on the setting The order of the lines in the file is unimportant because the Quantum searches for each setting by name starting at the beginning of the file All settings are
105. fine but later versions have a problem with recording audio properly If you are having problems recording audio where the audio begins to break up and slow down revert your system to Windows Media 9 components This problem may not appear on faster machines If you are using the Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 camera and it is attached to your front windshield mount it upside down so that you have greater range of motion But be sure to flip and mirror the image using the Logitech camera control utility The Logitech Right Light setting can reduce frame rates under some conditions Probably best to disable it Do not use the Upside Down option under Camera Capture settings except as a last resort It uses a lot of CPU and will probably reduce your frame rate If you need to flip the image for a camera do it using that camera s control utility or the Camera settings button under Camera Capture settings To get the highest performance be sure that your CPU is set to the highest possible speed setting do not use an automatic CPU speed setting unless you have tested it and verified that it works correctly Use identical cameras when practical and select the same Bit count setting for each This reduces the amount of data shuffling required for each video frame Some Bit count settings do not work for certain cameras Test to be sure Under Windows XP be sure you are running Windows Media 9 Series technologies which is what Windows XP SP2
106. fset as a base for calculation of a new position in the log file relative to the position in the video file and as a base for calculation of a new position in the video file relative to the position in the log file 2 The video file was produced by Flight and the log file contains the data from the Video Sync sensor In this case you don t have to manually synchronize the video and the data Chart ny will do it for you You can still adjust the synchronization using the manual technique see above To get back to using the automatic synchronization you will need to reload the video by unchecking and checking back the Chart gt Load video menu option 3 The video file was produced by Chart see the Produce Video Overlay section In this case you won t have to manually synchronize the video and the data Chart will do it for you You can still adjust the synchronization using the manual technique see above To get back to using the automatic synchronization you will need to reload the video by unchecking and checking back the Chart Load video menu option Produce Video Overlay This feature generates a new video file that includes a graphic and numeric overlay You can generate a new video covering the entire original video or just part of it Please refer to the Basic concepts chapter for more information about what kind of overlays Chart can produce This feature can be found under the Chart main menu Options include
107. ft VX 5000 Microsoft VX 3000 Proper mounting of the camera is very important for video quality The primary camera needs to be rigidly mounted to a hard surface that itself does not vibrate The windshield is a good option where this is permitted and when the camera can be mounted without obstructing the driver s view Mounting the primary camera to the dashboard can work if the dashboard has not been stripped of internal structure and the suspension is not rock hard Otherwise flex in the plastics of the dashboard will cause unsteady video capture In some cases it is appropriate to build a rigid flange for the specific purpose of holding the camera An external mount can also work Protect the camera from rain and avoid flexible sheet metal surfaces A standard camera roll bar mount can be used just keep in mind that in general we recommend mounting the primary camera forward so that it is not viewing the inside of the car This reduces the brightness difference between the outside of the car and the inside of the car preserving image quality Use secondary cameras for interior views Because the secondary camera captures a smaller image it is far more tolerant to mounting problems You can often simply attach a lightweight camera such as the Microsoft VX 5000 to the dashboard or a roll bar with duct tape or wire ties If you use suction cup mounts follow the instructions for the mount to ensure secure placement Surfaces must be clean and smoo
108. g locked Run MaxQData Flight If this is the first time you have run the software it will read No sensors configured Go into Configure gt Sensors select Standard then click OK You may be prompted to select a Bluetooth device If present check the Always use the selected device checkbox if it appears Next tap the icon for the MOGPS After a short wait the connection to the MOGPS will be established and you should see a satellite count greater than zero appear on the screen The system is now ready to use Note If the unit has been turned off for a long time or if it has been shipped across country it may take several minutes to achieve satellite lock 12 5 minutes worst case but normally under 5 minutes Step 7 Mounting Mount the MOGPS where it can see as much of the sky as possible and is approximately parallel to the ground The best location is on top of the car on the roof where nothing is blocking its view Under the front or rear windshield are also acceptable locations as long as your car does not have infrared reflecting glass Still these locations are not as good as a roof mount because the roof will block a big chunk of the sky MaxQData has magnetic roof mount covers for the MOGPS systems The Pocket PC can be mounted where the driver will see it for example by velcroing it to the dashboard or it can be stowed in a glove box as long as the screen lock or screen cover is on If you expect wet conditio
109. gger Adjust this value for tracks that are extremely wide or narrow or that fold back onto themselves tightly e BeaconCount The number of virtual GPS beacons in one lap maximum 10 e BeaconXXLatitude BeaconXXLongitude The latitude and longitude of the specified beacon Dependencies e GPS Latitude e GPS Longitude GPS Distance This is measures distance traveled based on GPS Vehicle Speed GPS Vehicle Speed is used instead of delta Latitude Longitude because it is more accurate This sensor value is important for many features of the MaxQData software Calibration values e GPSDistanceZero If set to 1 then the GPS Distance calculation is automatically reset to zero when the vehicle stops This is required for some software features Setting it to 0 is useful when calculating total distance traveled including stops Dependencies e GPS Vehicle speed e GPS Longitude GPS Lap count Lap time Segment Count and Segment time 144 If you have set up the GPS virtual beacons as described under GPS Beacon timestamp then you can view these values while driving to see your lap and segment times in real time Calibration values e None Dependencies e Depends on GPS Latitude and GPS Longitude GPS Time Since Last Here This provides a way to compute lap time on the fly from GPS information only without a trackside beacon Asthe car drives around the track the flight recorder constantly watches GPS position It searches
110. gging EnableBluetooth 1 152 If the 1 is changed to a 0 Bluetooth is disabled which improves battery life when operating standalone FRTStartSpeedKPH 32 FRTStopSpeedKPH 24 FRTOffDelay 5 FRTForce 0 These four settings control the automatic Flight Recording Trigger when the Quantum is operating in standalone mode and EnableLogging is set to 1 The Quantum will begin logging to a file only when the vehicle exceeds the FRTStartSpeedKPH threshold and will continue to log until the vehicle drops below the FRTStopSpeedKPH threshold for more than FRTOffDelay seconds However if FRTForce is set to 1 the Quantum will start logging immediately as soon as it is switched on and will not stop until the unit is turned off Each new flight recording is saved in a separate text file as decribed earlier under EnableLogging FRTStartSpeedKPH and FRTStopSpeedKPH must be entered in kilometers per hour 1 MPH 1 609 KPH There is a preroll buffer While the Quantum is waiting for vehicle speed to exceed FRTStopSpeedKPH it is recording the most recent ten seconds worth of data approximately Data older than ten seconds is discarded When the start speed is exceeded this preroll buffer is written to the text file before new data In this way you can capture the data going back to the point where the vehicle began moving You can disable the preroll buffer using the following setting DisablePrebuffer O0 Set this to 1 to disable the p
111. gher you must enter it using this notation COM10 GPS Baud Rate should be 38400 Enable GPRGH must be checked e Ts Bluetooth under GPS Port should be checked e GPS Hz must be Default for the MOGPS 5HZz or 10 for the MOGPS HiDef e Settings gt MO Module Configuration e System type must be MOGPS e The GPS box must be checked e All other boxes must be unchecked Settings gt Advanced The unlock code must be entered Different Pocket PCs will require different unlock codes You must contact MaxQData by email or phone and provide the number in the grey box at the top of the screen the challenge code in order to receive your unlock code If you do not enter this you will have only 1 Hz sampling e Racing type should be set to the kind of racing you expect to be doing most often e Log type 1 records only must be unchecked e Open before trigger should be checked but see the manual for details on how to use this option when hot swapping data cards during pit stops e Debug mode and Log serial should be unchecked e MO ticks s must be 1000 e The remaining settings may be left at their defaults values Step 6 Verify the Connection Exit from MaxQData Setup use File gt Exit do not use the X button Place the MOGPS where it has good visibility of the sky and turn it on Wait for the GPS LED indicator to go from solid searching to blinkin
112. ght of the Today screen e Check Turn on Bluetooth You can either check or uncheck Make this device discoverable e Go to the Devices tab and tap New Partnership The Pocket PC will scan for Bluetooth devices An entry for the GPS module e g iBT GPS MOGPS 5Hz or G Rays I MOGPS HiDef will appear Tap this entry and then Next e Enter 1234 for the passkey no quotes and tap Next e Check the Serial Port box and tap Finish e Go to the COM Ports tab e Tap New Outgoing Port e Select your Socket BT GPS module and tap Next e Choose a COM port to use for the connection COM7 is recommended if available Uncheck Secure Connection Tap Finish If an error is displayed indicating that the COM port is not available try another Note on a Pocket PC Phone Edition device your choice of COM port may interfere with the Wireless Modem function If you find that you 19 are unable to use the PPCPE as a wireless data modem after pairing the MQGPS delete the Outgoing Port and try a different COM port number Run MaxQData Setup and go to Settings gt Serial Port Settings For GPS Port enter COMx where x is the number of the Outbound COM Port Note if the port is COM10 or higher you will need to enter it as VV VCOMIO Select Is Bluetooth under GPS Port Step 2 Bluetooth Pairing with a Windows XP notebook PC Please note that there are many different Bluetoo
113. go into MaxQData Setup and select the PAMIZET s i x 1 46 bk Settings gt Email option First you need to type the Outgoing email account name of the email account already set up on your phone data maxqdata com you will use for sending email If this is a POP3 account type the name you assigned to it during setup this is Account ActiveSync or account name usually either POP3 or the email address If you are Recipients using an Exchange Server account common for corporate r 5 8 P infolmaxadata com email accounts use ActiveSync instead Separate recipients with Next type in the recipient email addreses separated by Enable send via email semicolons Caution phone data charges may apply Finally check the Enable send via email checkbox Each time a flight recording closes either at the end of a session or as a result of the Max Record Time for the Flight Recording Trigger an email message will be created the flight recording will be attached and it will be placed in the Outbox for the outgoing email account Assuming you have Windows Mobile 5 0 on your device the email will be sent immediately subject to cellular reception The attachment will arrive as a normal mqd file The delay time between sending and receiving is a function of your cellular connectivity file size and server delays but it can be as little as a few seconds Exchange users will want to enable Direct Push on both the s
114. he vehicle speed exceeds this value flight recording begins automatically e Stop Speed Once the flight recording has been started automatically it continues until the vehicle speed comes down below the Stop Speed and stays there for more than the time specified by Off Delay The Stop Speed must be less than the Start Speed e Off Delay This sets the delay before the flight recording is automatically turned off The value is the number of seconds for the delay Typically this value would be set to 2 4 seconds With such a delay momentary brake lockup will not turn off a flight recording e Max Record Time For long sessions it is sometimes desirable to break up the data file into chunks rather than save one huge file If Maximum Record Time is 0 the flight recording will be one big file Otherwise the flight recording will be broken up into chunks N seconds long where N is the Maximum Record Time Note that there will be a gap in the data between one data file and the next corresponding to the time it takes to close out the first file and open the second file This feature can be combined with Email Telemetry to send data files from a moving car Dependencies e Depends on the GPS Vehicle speed sensor Standard GPS values GPS Latitude Latitude 0 degrees is the Equator 90 degrees is the North Pole 90 degrees is the South Pole GPS Longitude Longitude 0 degrees is the Prime Meridian through Greenwich England Negative values
115. hen the battery is low On charge the Red LED is solid on When fully charged the Red LED turns off The Green LED is on when the unit is powered on It blinks once per second when the unit has satellite lock otherwise it is solid on LED Bluetooth status indicator Blue e Solid Blue Bluetooth not connected e Flashes once per second Bluetooth is connected e Flashes once every five seconds Standby mode NOTE The X in the upper right corner of the Pocket PC screen does not close an application It minimizes it Always use File gt Exit to truly exit from any MaxQData application 26 IF YOU ORDERED YOUR MOGPS WITH A POCKET PC YOU DO NOT NEED TO PAIR IT ALL SOFTWARE HAS BEEN LOADED AND CONFIGURED FOR YOU TO OPERATE Turn on the MOGPS Wait for satellite lock see status indicator description above Be sure the MQGPS is in a window or outside and has a good view of at least 50 of the sky If the MQGPS does not lock to the satellites before going into power saving mode proceed to step B anyways Find the record button on your Pocket PC On the ASUS A626 this is the button on the front of the device with the microphone icon Press this button The Pocket PC will turn on and Flight will run automatically You will see the blue LED on the MOGPS begin to blink After a short wait you should see live data on the screen If your MOGPS was just shipped a long distance it might take a few minutes for live data to show up to 15 minutes
116. hidden out of sight Be sure to flip the screen lock switch or close the screen cover to prevent the screen from being touched while operating 35 Protect your Pocket PC from water heat sources and dirt Use a protective case where necessary Laptop If you are using a laptop for data collection it will require a secure mounting solution For temporary use it may be sufficient to store it in a map pocket Other applications may require the installation of a permanent hardmount Keep in mind that the hard drives in laptops may become damaged from excessive shock and vibration and cushion the laptop appropriately Solid state drives SSDs are recommended for vehicles with extremely stiff suspensions Companies like www ram mount com provide vehicle mounting solutions for laptops If you are using a laptop to perform video capture be sure the laptop has plenty of ventilation because the intensive CPU usage will raise the internal laptop temperature significantly 36 Using the Quantum Standalone Operation The Quantum may be used as standalone GPS data acquisition module When properly configured it s extremely simple to use just turn it on and drive There is enough memory for over 120 hours of continuous datalogging Since you do not need to use a Pocket PC with the Quantum you do not need to learn much about using the Flight application Flight is only used to process the downloaded data in order to create a flight recording file
117. hour of data recorded Delete the BIN and TXT files Active Sensors and Flight 44 Because TraOr Manager calls on Flight to generate the MOD files the current Sensor configuration has a significant effect on the way flight recordings are generated Most users will be satisfied with the default configuration and won t need to change anything Advanced users may wish to run Flight and change the Sensor configuration to add or remove sensor values The default sensor configuration enables the following e Flight recording trigger e GPS Altitude e GPS Latitude e GPS Longitude e GPS Satellite count e GPSHDOP e GPS Vehicle speed e GPS Distance e GPSLatG e GPS LongG e GPS Track made good e GPS Seconds past midnight UTC e GPS Road power This is the configuration most customers need You can add the less common sensors such as GPS Turn Radius by running Flight and tapping Config gt Sensors Please refer to the chapter on Flight for more information on changing the Sensor configuration This needs to be done during a live connection to the TraQr with the switch in the NAV position Refer to the Sensor Reference at the end of this manual for technical details about each sensor Flight Recording Trigger By default the TraQr records data when the car is going at or above the speed threshold Below the speed threshold no data is recorded If the car s speed keeps going above and below the threshold you will get data with gaps i
118. ht configuration items Typically these items should not be changed from the default configuration sensor name gt This must be identical to a MaxQData sensor name including capitalization so that the MaxQData software recognizes the data channel engineering units This must be identical to one of the supported units for the given sensor For example MPH or KPH is valid for GPS Speed engineering format specification This is the C language printf format specifier that determines how the data value will be printed numerically 94 conversion factor and offset All data values are stored internally as an integer using carefully chosen units This is referred to as base counts To convert from base counts to the engineering value Chart uses the equation Engineering Value Base Counts Conversion Factor Offset For example temperature values are sometimes stored as degrees Celsius To convert from base counts to degrees Fahrenheit the Conversion Factor would be set to 1 8 and the Offset set to 32 range minimum value and maximum value This determines how this data channel will be plotted on graphs range is simply a string that describes the minimum and maximum values to the user minimum value and maximum value affect how the data trace is plotted in Chart minimum value is the bottom of the graph maximum value is the top of the graph For example speed in MPH is normally plo
119. if any Also if you tap and hold or right click on this box you will get the beacon context menu Please read the section on setting up beacons for more information Viewing Data Simple Corner Analysis Here we will walk through the steps to determine the following values in Turn 1 e Top speed before the turn e Entry and exit speed e Elapsed time from entry to exit e Mid corner average and peak lateral acceleration LI Turn 1 is shown in this screenshot e Chart Fil 4 10 49 X Step 1 Tap the blue Select field and select GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 Step 2 Tap the green Select field and select GPS LatG 2 2 Step 3 Drag the plot area to the left to start the car moving around the track We don t want to see the very first time Turn 1 that the car enters Turn 1 because it is only just leaving he pi di d d h no beacon no beacon the pits and is not up to speed So continue to advance the EJE 20s lp data until the car goes all the way around the track and comes back onto the front straightaway IM 0 0005 M ENS bd Select Select 4 Select Select Step 4 Look at the blue MPH trace and find the peak F IPM H Select MPH Drag the data traces so that the MPH peak is under the vertical crosshair File Chart Map g g 64 At this point your screen should look like this You can read off the top speed directly which is 120 2 MPH
120. il braking as perhaps he could have You need to interpret the g g plot with care The actual performance envelope of the car varies from corner to corner The fact that the car did not reach the edge of the et Yjj4x 7 33 X Beacon 3 254 55s Beacon 5 357 71s E ss aS T I IM 260 517s 363 0935 L 80 3MPH 85 3MPH L 0 22g Select Select Select File Chart Map g g envelope in a particular corner may be due to that corner being off camber for example It may also be due to the driver simply not having enough skill Braking can be excellent in some areas and compromised in others by a rough or slick surface The g g plot is a big picture guide to the performance of the car and driver 86 Show Grid The Chart Show grid feature turns on a light grey grid Ev that makes it easier to estimate the value of the data traces by eye The grid divides the plot area into tenths above and below the horizontal crosshair and to the left and right of the vertical crosshair Beacon 3 254 665 Beacon 5 357 715 E maeseusis T eT M 260 5175 363 0935 M 80 3MPH M 85 3MPH L 0 229 d Select E Select Select File Chart Map g g Align to Start of Run The Chart gt Align to start of run moves the A and B files back to the beginning When the data file is short however Chart assumes it is an autocross or drag race file In this case it tries to find the
121. imit on a long race A text message will be sent every time your lap count or ME abl segment count is incremented while logging data The sensors Next you need to set up the Settings gt SMS option in Enable send via SMS time delay between crossing a beacon position and a recipient receiving the text message is typically about 15 20 seconds but can extend to a few minutes and occasionally much longer than that This is due to delays in the cellular text messaging system that MaxQData has no control over In order receipt is not guaranteed Assuming you have enabled lap time lap count segment time and segment count the text message will look like this 138 L 1 2 15 692 L 2 S 2 0 28 989 The message is necessarily cryptic due to the limited size of text messages and the desire to be able to read the lap and segment times at a glance without having to open up the message Here s how to decipher it L 1 2 15 692 The most recently completed lap was Lap 1 The lap time was 2 15 692 L2 S 2 0 28 989 The most recently completed segment was Segment 2 on Lap 2 The segment time was 0 28 989 A sequence on a course with three beacons might look like this L0 0 00 000 L 0S 0 0 00 000 this is the initial messag sent when th car passes the first beacon L 0 0 00 000 L 1 S 1 0 16 094 L 0 0 00 000 L 1 S 2 0 35 435 L 1 1 20 933 L 1 S 3 0 29 404 L 1 1 20 933 L 2 S 1 0 15 650 L 1 1420933 L 2 S
122. in the Flight Recording Trigger calibration then you will continue to collect data beyond the last beacon which might include your complete trip back to the paddock or out to get lunch or whatever Then when you bring up your data the trackmap plot will be huge and full of irrelevant driving We recommend that you come to a stop for 129 a few seconds as soon as reasonably possible after the finish line or at least slow down to below the Stop Speed Obviously if you exceed the Start Speed on the way from the paddock to the start line you will start an unnecessary Flight recording MOGPS and Pocket PC Power Usage See the comments in the Road Racing section Autocrossers generally don t have much to worry about in terms of battery life during a 1 day event Real time Segment Time Display Although it is possible to use the GPS Segment count and GPS Segment time values while driving an autocross course they really aren t set up for autocrossing and will probably not work well At the very least you will not get a time for your first segment since there is no beacon at the start line Watching segment times while driving an autocross course is probably too distracting anyways Don t bother with it Autocrossing Data Analysis First enable Log gt Launch Chart in MaxQData Flight so that each new run will be automatically loaded into Chart Second get in the habit of reviewing your data immediately after each run while
123. ing a Flight Recording Screen Tap The next most common way to start a flight recording isto RGR Eh ME 4 44 X use Screen tap Tap Config then tap on Screen tap SEINE 000035000 to check it we recommend leaving it unchecked when P using the automatic Flight recording trigger to help prevent accidental triggering v Display dashboard e Display graphs Display lap times Add beacon count 0 Screen tap Force recording Ready screen Start if Launch Chart go rct 53 Now to manually trigger a flight recording tap anywhere in the middle of the screen and this will come up eh 45 4 45 ok The big Start Flight Recording button is what starts the flight recording The Zero button which is rarely used resets certain values Freeze Release allows you to freeze the values on the screen and then release them Cancel gets you out of this screen without creating a Start Flight Recording flight recording Zero Freeze Cancel Release Tap Start Flight Recording and you will be back at the Jem eX 4 53 X main display screen only this time you will be recording data When recording data the top line will be colored MP red In the upper left corner you will see the name of the 25 r temporary file used to hold the data a To stop the recording tap the center of the screen again After a short delay during which time Flight is 4 flushing its data buffers a
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125. ing in a missing beacon Note add a beacon means click the stopwatch Adding a single beacon clicks the lap timer stopwatch once at that point Adding a beacon each lap clicks the stopwatch each time the car comes around to that point 71 In this case choose Add beacon each lap You will now see several X symbols appear right around the point Chart e Yul 4x 3 36 X where you added the beacon These symbols are beacon markers one for each lap They do not always lie exactly on top of one another due to GPS drift but they should be close The first beacon you place determines the start of lap 1 Note that your lap times will not correspond to official timing if you do not put your first beacon at the start finish line However for analysis it is sometimes better to choose your own beacon position rather than try Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon i 146 00s to align it with start finish E 20s mAe14000 gt T M 146 0005 M 146 0005 M 119 0MPH 4 Select O 0 11g Select Select Select File Chart Map g g Now scroll the data forward until the car is at the location ed Til x 3 39 X shown here Although it is not on a straightaway the beacon location is good because speed is not changing rapidly at this point and it is not a sharp turn As before Add beacon each lap Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 1 146 005 E 2 mAezinsos T 4T M 210 8005 M 210 80
126. ion is on top of the car on the roof where nothing is blocking its view Under the front or rear windshield are also acceptable locations as long as your car does not have infrared reflecting glass Please note that the Quantum and Quantum Dot are not waterproof 24 If you have a Quantum Dot the mounting orientation is not critical as long as the top of the module is facing the sky If you have a Quantum be sure that the Quantum is mounted in the correct orientation The blue arrow must be pointing forward The top of the module must face the sky The module must be level Step 6 Trial Run With the Quantum turned on and the Pocket PC or laptop running Flight do a test run Be sure to reach a speed above 20 MPH in order to trigger a flight recording After your run come to a stop then run MaxQData Chart and load the file you just created which should be named Run000 Tap Map gt Full GPS Map if necessary to see your complete GPS trackmap Your car is at the sign Tap one of the fields which reads Select and choose GPS Vehicle speed This will bring up a vehicle speed data trace on the screen in the crosshair plot area To move the data forward in time tap and drag the plot area to the left As you move the data forward in time you will see the sign move around the trackmap 25 MOGPS 5Hz and MOGPS HiDef Quickstart Guide Thank you for purchasing a MaxQData MQGPS system If you have
127. ion to run to completion allow changes that are detected by McAfee and allow machine to reboot If McAffe requests registration answer remind me later Remove all unwanted preinstalled software ASUS Install touchpad driver from ASUS website Turn off Tap to Click to avoid accidental mistakes Set date and time Disable screensaver right click on the desktop click Properties click on Screen Saver tab change acer to None Control Panel gt Performance and Maintenance gt Power Options gt Power schemes gt Always On Advanced gt When I close the lid of my portable computer Do nothing Asus Enable Bluetooth disable WiFi and Camera Asus transfer Super Hybrid Engine shortcut out of Startup folder to the desktop This ensures that the system will boot into High Performance mode which is required Acer Insert Bluetooth module into left side USB port If default Windows XP Bluetooth drivers do not install automatically then install the drivers that came with the Bluetooth module Acer Insert the SD card that came with the notebook into Storage Expansion slot on left side and allow the driver to install Install the MaxQData software Set up the MOGPS 5Hz HiDef or Quantum according to the appropriate Quickstart guide and verify operation before proceeding 160 Optional Install Prism video converter from www nchsoftware com or other video conversion software Optional
128. ions in the Chart MaxDistanceToBeacon walkthrough BeaconCount Number of valid virtual bead Export the beacons to a file Run MaxQData Setup Expand Sensors requiring calibration then GPS Beacon timestamp then BeaconCount Tap the BeaconCount number 0 in this screenshot once to highlight it wait a moment then tap it again You will be asked if you want to import beacons from a file Tap Yes and then select the beacon file you exported earlier File ss Settings File Exit from Flight Your beacon positions are now locked and will be used until you again change them in Setup Run Flight go into Config Sensors and make sure the following sensor values are highlighted in addition to the Standard sensors GPS Beacon timestamp GPS Lap count GPS Lap time GPS Segment count GPS segment time 123 You can use the normal displays to show the lap and or segment timing information for example JUL 4 10 35 X Flight Fil 4 10 38 X My Document iun 0360600 My Documenbllun 0 17 46000 GPS Lap count GPS Segment count 7 0 spe 2330Ums s27 1 06 790m s Sr 33 017 1 06 790 IW VI GPS GPS Lap time m s time m s GPS Segment time m s File Config Log File Config Log In the first display you are currently on lap 2 and the lap time from lap 1 was 2 33 017 In the second Flight E Fi 4 lt 10 34 X Alternatively you can pull up a pure lap tim
129. ipTimeGraph png larger graph of speed and acceleration vs time Run000 Timeslip txt text file of results Run000 Timeslip xls spreadsheet of results Here are some samples of the data you will get from Timeslip generation 133 caer MAXDATA 0 10 0 49 sec MPH 0 20 1 06 60 1 99 32 8 0 30 1 78 330 5 74 61 8 0 40 2 92 l 8mi 8 87 79 0 0 50 3 95 1000 11 55 2392 5 0 60 5 50 l 4mi 13 81 99 8 0 70 6 95 Peak Launch Run 0 80 9 05 MPH 59 5 103 2 0 90 11 04 g 0 91 20 91 0 100 13 86 730 MPH oil g sec www MaxQData com 6 sec IM Brem001 Timeslip MAXQDATA 4jsjz005 13 04 oo Mr pue M eee m a an T E M 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 www MaxOData com Brem001 Timeslip 4 9 2005 13 04 Data acquisition by MaxQData LLC Minimum speed 0 0 MPH Maximum speed 103 2 MPH O 5 0 13 5 10 0 36 10 15 0 28 15 20 0 29 20 25 0 37 25 30 0 35 134 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 To 80 85 90 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 95 100 10 15 20 30 35 40 4s 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 95 60 330 1 8 mi 1000 1 4 mi Peak MPH Time CO NO OPD or LEE O0 0c 135 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 l2p LEO LCccOoOcOoccOoco 10 15 0 49 0 77 0 36 0 64 0 28 sec 1 99 5 74 8 87 TT 255 13 81 Launch 59 5 0 91 0 01
130. is generates a specialized Excel spreadsheet used for determining the maximum power output of the car during a session To use this correctly you must mark the course into segments The power reading will only be valid for segments that are straightaways so be sure to set up the beacons carefully so there is no significant cornering included in any straight segments The report includes a segment by segment lap by lap history of peak power IXT This is the same as CSV except the data values are separated by tabs rather than commas TrackVision TrackVision is third party software that will overlay a data display onto a digital video file collected from a video camera Contact www trackvision net for details The MaxQData video overlay features are integral to Chart so exporting is not required Qview See next section Qview Report This Export option is a powerful tool for summarizing your lap by lap and segment by segment results either within a given session or when comparing different sessions or drivers The Qview Report is shown on the following pages A full Qview report is a series of HTML pages that are viewed in a web browser Each report page is generated lap by lap and segment by segment At the top of the report is a Oview plot of the trackmap for the given segment with lap and segment times calculated Next is a time series graph of several important data values including speed and horsepower Finally individual Qview p
131. is window Go to Settings gt MQ Module Configuration If your module is a Quantum set System Type to Quantum but if your module is a Quantum Dot set System Type to MOGPS Make sure the GPS box is checked then close this window Go to Settings gt Advanced Enter the unlock response code under Advanced Settings send MaxQData the challenge code in the grey box in order to receive the response code Set Racing Type to the type of racing you expect to do Leave the remaining settings at their defaults and close this window Step 4 Verify the Connection Exit from MaxQData Setup Place the Quantum where it has good visibility of the sky and turn it on Wait for GPS lock fast short green blinks Run MaxQData Flight If this is the first time you have run the software it will read No sensors configured Go into Configure gt Sensors select Standard then click OK After a short wait the connection to the Quantum will be established and you should see a satellite count greater than zero appear on the screen The system is now ready to use Note If the Quantum has been turned off for a long time or if it has been shipped across country it may take several minutes to achieve satellite lock 12 5 minutes worst case but normally under 5 minutes Also if the unit sees less than half the sky initial lock may take a very long time Step 5 Mounting Mount the Quantum where it can see as much of the sky as possible The best locat
132. itKay000 mqd DetroitJack001 mqd DetroitKay001 mqd 10 Cd i 9 GPS Satellite count 0 20 Y File Config Log If you have multiple drivers driving multiple courses as in a ProSolo event you can also enter for example JackLeftKayLeft JackRight KayRight for your driver list Preopened Flight Recording File In order to reduce the time it takes to start a flight recording after pressing Start Flight Recording Flight by default will preopen a flight recording file While Flight is running if you look in the My Documents directory you will see a flight recording with a numeric name that begins with the character If a flight recording is started the data is stored in this file and the file is closed and renamed when the flight recording is stopped If a flight recording is never started this file goes away when you exit from Flight If Flight is abnormally terminated e g by a system reset or some error this temporary file will not be deleted automatically You can delete it manually however if it contains important data you may want to send it to MaxQData for recovery The Preopened Flight Recording File and Pit Stops Some users save their flight recordings to a storage card so that the card can be swapped during a pit stop in order to analyze data just collected This is typical in an endurance event The preopened flight recording file is a problem in this case because the preopened file resides on the storage card
133. lay value is not available it is not plotted Here are the overlay type options 117 e None No overlay is created only the bare video is copied This is useful for creating an small video clip e Footnote same as None but with the footnote string see below e Road Race Qview track map MPH LatG LongG lap time lap count segment time segment number RPM user sensor values 1 and 2 see below and the footnote string e Autocross same as Road Race but without lap or segment information e Drag Race same as Autocross but without Qview or the track map By default the footnote string is Video by MaxQData This can be changed by advanced users through the registry setting HKLM SOFTWARE MaxQData MaxQSetup V AdditionalTextForVideo User sensor 1 and User sensor 2 are set using the Camera Capture Settings dialog in MaxQData Setup gt Settings gt Camera Capture Settings gt Output file settings When set this enables the display of the specified numeric sensor values They must be set to the exactly display names of the desired sensor values The Bitrate option allows you to control the quality of the exported video A bitrate of 2 0M is generally sufficient for good quality 640x480 video The bitrate should be increased for larger frame sizes to maintain the same quality e g if the number of pixels in the frame doubles then double the bitrate You can also choose a lower bitrate if you would like t
134. lots are generated comparing the given segment to the same segment in every other lap This is perhaps the most powerful feature since it gives the driver at a glance the ability to evaluate every segment of the course against any other segment to find differences in technique During the Qview export process you are asked for two files to compare You can compare the same file to itself or you can compare two different files In either case all report pages are linked together so you can browse through them quickly to find the track segments you are most interested in 90 MAX J JATA NASA0803 262 JoeC 001 mqd Lap 002 Seg 03 3 21 2008 11 33 Lap time 1 58 010 Seg time 42 993 Ee mB I LITT i A eee Ni X Brea rj 1 5 g LongG 1 5 g LatG 91 NASA0803 262 JoeC6 001 mad Lap 001 Seg 03 NASA0803 262 JoeC6 001 mqd Lap 002 Seg 03 3 21 2008 11 33 Lap time 2 04 194 Seg time 44 384 3 21 2008 11 33 Lap time 1 58 010 Seg time 42 993 X W En PM N SA0803 262 JoeC6 001 mqd Lap 003 Seg 03 NASA0803 262 JoeC6 001 maqd Lap 004 Seg 03 3 21 2008 11 33 Lap time 1 58 798 Seq time 42 998 3 21 2008 11 33 Lap time 1 59 393 Seg time 43 401 NA SA0803 262 JoeC6 001 mad Lap 005 Seg 03 NASA0803 262 JoeC6 001 mqd Lap 006 Seg 03 3 21 2008 11 33 Lap time 1 59 009 Seg time 43 613 3 21 2008 11 33 Lap time 2 00 991 Seg time 43 412
135. m the TraQr and review it Simply install the Pocket PC Complete System Software onto your Pocket PC The only way to extract data from the TraQr using a Pocket PC is via Bluetooth You will therefore need to pair the unit with your Pocket PC See the MOGPS Quickstart guide for pairing details Step 2 Software Setup Run MaxQData Setup and configure the software according to the following settings Settings gt Serial Port Settings e MOQ Port must be NONE all caps e Ts Bluetooth under MQ Port may be either checked or unchecked e MO Baud Rate does not matter e Delay Bluetooth Init should be unchecked e GPS Port must be set to the COM port you wrote down from Step 1 Please note if your COM port is COM10 or above you must enter it as for example COM10 e Is Bluetooth under GPS Port should be unchecked e GPS Baud Rate must be 115200 e Enable GPRGH must be checked e GPS Hz must be 5 Settings MO Module Configuration e System type must be MQGPS e The GPS box must be checked e All other boxes must be unchecked Settings gt Advanced e The unlock code must be entered You must contact MaxQData by email or phone and provide the number in the grey box at the top of the screen the challenge code in order to receive your unlock code If you do not enter this you will have only 1 Hz sampling 33 e Racing type
136. ments figure which indicates a theoretical fastest lap time scrolls off to the right Also the segment times include MPH at beacon and Max segment MPH information C c 9 o NHE t Man L rrr one te T ee TE TE i Chart PRICE 4x 4 02 ok Chart Yj 4x 4 03 ok q details Segment times Statistics Statistics By lap number Fastest 1 41 588 Segment Slowest 1 50 387 Lap Average 1 45 185 Lap Lap Lap 1 1 48 656 Lap 2 1 43 050 Lap 3 1 41 588 Lap 1 1 2 3 By lap number Lap 4 5 6 7 4 1 45 801 Lap 8 HR HH HH H H 74 d YI dx 4 04 ok Chart e Yi dx 4 05 ok e hl Segment times Fastest to slowest Statistics Segment 1 Segment 1 Lap Fastest 1 02 Lap Slowest 1 06 Lap Average 1 04 Lap 702 702 703 1 04 04 705 Segment 2 Lap Fastest 39 Lap Slowest 43 Lap Average 40 Lap By lap number Segment Segment 1 Lap HoH B oH HH HH H Oy CO s n HF OD DH Unchecking the m ss sss checkbox will give you timings in seconds rather than minutes and seconds The Copy button allows you to copy the data out and paste it into another application For example you can select an element of this tree view such as Segment 1 under Fastest to slowest then tap Copy then run Excel and paste all the Segment 1 times into a spreadsheet The Go To button jumps you to the selected location For example you can tap Lap 3 under
137. n We strongly recommend turning off automatic CPU speed adjustment Lock the CPU to the fastest supported setting When capturing video the CPU will be running near 100 utilization This is normal But it is crucial that the notebook receive enough airflow to keep the CPU cool Otherwise it can overheat and go into limp home mode severely compromising the video and data capture quality The key here is that you should not fully enclose the notebook Be sure any vents on the bottom or sides of the notebook are not blocked and don t put the notebook in a closed box unless the box is well ventilated For many users it is sufficient simply to put the notebook in a map pocket or under a seat Users with extreme requirements should contact MaxOData for embedded PC options Please pay attention to any cautions or warnings from the notebook manufacturer about the temperature limitations of the lithium based batteries used in your notebook computer Modern notebook and cell phone lithium based batteries contain internal safeguards but even so extreme heat manufacturing defects or physical damage e g in the event of a crash could cause the batteries to ignite and burn forcefully Be sure any fire suppression system in the car is suitable for extinguishing this type of fire Never use a water based fire extinguisher to put out an electrical or lithium fire Do not use any battery that has been physically damaged 109 Concerns about battery safet
138. n it which is to be expected The Flight Recording Trigger works differently It turns on at the StartSpeed threshold and the first thing it does is write out the 25 seconds worth of data before the StartSpeed threshold was exceeded Then it keeps recording until the car s speed slows to below the StopSpeed threshold for more than a specified amount of time the OffDelay The average user doesn t need to be concerned with this subtle difference but the advanced user may need to understand it The key is to remember that the TraQr records data only above the speed threshold and this data is then processed a second time through the Flight Recording Trigger For example if the speed threshold for the TraQr is 20 MPH the StartSpeed for the Flight Recording Trigger is 60 MPH and the car exceeds 20 MPH but never exceeds 60 MPH you will get no MOD files after downloading because the Flight Recording Trigger was never triggered On the other hand if you use the Log regardless of speed mode for the TraQr and then use the default calibration for the Flight Recording Trigger you will get a series of MOD files one for each time the 45 car crossed above 20 MPH and stayed above 15 MPH for more than 5 seconds and each MOD file will have the 25 seconds of data that was recorded before the car hit 20 MPH Bluetooth Download You can wirelessly download the data from an TraQr if you do a Bluetooth pairing first and set up the GPS Port in MaxQData S
139. n sea level GPS Altitude computes its measurement directly from GPS data with no input from the user But some sensors such as GPS Road power require you to configure or calibrate them before they can produce the value you want In the case of GPS Road power you need to enter the mass of the car Flight recording trigger is another sensor It measures whether the car is going fast enough to warrant starting up anew flight recording There are several calibration points that go along with the Flight recording trigger Start Speed Stop Speed Off Delay and Max Record Time You can view a complete list of sensors using Setup You can also edit the calibration points for those sensors that have them Here is a sequence of screenshots showing how to access the Flight recording trigger calibration points Here is the initial MaxQData Setup screen s MaxQDataSetup lt 2 3 36 X en Sensors requiring calibration Sensors not requiring calibration File fa Settings 97 Tap on the next to Sensors requiring calibration to PAKES NEN dp deers expand the list Sensors requiring calibration Flight recording trigger GPS Beacon timestamp GPS Distance GPS Jerk GPS Road power Sensors not requiring calibration File fa Settings Tap on the next to Flight recording trigger to MaxQData Setup 4 E expand its calibration point list
140. n systems that create CSV files use this general format However systems differ in terms of how they format the data rows It is therefore necessary for the user to adjust the CSV Parse Configuration in order to explain how the data rows are organized This configuration is displayed before the CSV file is actually loaded CSV Parse Configuration Click OK to accept configuration and continue see manual for information on changing this configuration Cancel 1 GPS Latitude d 11 7f 1 6666666666667e 6 0 C GPS Longitude d 11 7f 1 6666666666667e 6 0 GPS Speed MPH 5 1f 2 2356260e 3 0 0 MPH 0 Distance ft 7 3f 3 2815418e 2 0 0 ft 0 0 10000 Internal LatG g 964 4 2f 1 0e 3 0 0 g 2 2 2 This configuration can be modified to support the specific layout of the CSV file you are using Modifying the CSV Parse Configuration Before you attempt to modify the default CSV Parse Configuration you should check the MaxQData User Forums to see if anyone has published a parse configuration for the specific data system you are 93 using If so it is simply a matter of copying the configuration from the forum posting then pasting it into the CSV Parse Configuration box But if a configuration is not already available you may need to modify the default configuration The first line of a CSV Parse Configuration must contain just a single number This is the number of lines in the header secti
141. n through the turn on lap 2 with no mid corner correction You can see that the driver was faster on lap 2 from early in turn 1 all the way to the entry of turn 2 Finally you can see that the driver actually lost a little time on lap 2 in the braking zone before turn 1 it is outlined in orange 81 Zooming in on Qview The time zoom factor 10s determines how much data will be plotted in Qview mode Here is what you see if you zoom in to 2s And here is what you see if you zoom out to 50s This is perhaps a bit too much Chart tries to plot 50 seconds of track starting at the current position which means that the track plot goes off the screen and comes back on 82 ACE TSEMP Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 66s DE Eer Tq T T 17 V 1573265 M 265 9825 M 83 6MPH M 86 1MPH O 0 729 Select E Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g et Yjj 4x623 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 EEs meer q T 317 4 1573265 M 265 9825 M 83 6MPH M 86 1MPH O 0 729 Select hd Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g Under the Map menu you will see several distance zoom factors The plots so far have been at 200 yards This means that in zoom mode the distance from the center of the plot area to the top of the plot area is 200 yards Here is 100 yards 10 s Comparing Lines Zooming back out to 200 yards here is what you get when you check
142. nd closing the flight recording 0 07 8 8 a file you will hear a double beep and the red highlighting 9 sats 5 0 Hz 18 ft of the top line text will go away File Config Starting a Flight Recording Other Methods The Log menu also gives you two more methods to start and stop a flight recording The Log gt Start and Log gt Stop menu options start and stop a flight recording without using Screen tap The Log Force recording option causes a flight recording to start immediately as soon as you 54 launch Flight and it doesn t stop until you exit Flight We do not recommend using Force Recording except in special circumstances Changing the Default Filename Prefix The default filename begins with Run You can change this for example to give a different name to flight recordings taken on different days or at different tracks In order to do this chose File Set name prefix from the main menu Enter a new filename prefix You can use the special codes MMDD and HHMM in the filename prefix Flight will replace these codes with the month day hour and minute respectively For example Detroit MMDD HHMM will generate filenames with the month day hour and minute in the filename This is very convenient for determining which flight recording corresponds to which run or session When using MMDD HHMM Flight will not use the three digit numeric suffix By specifying a different folder oth
143. nd the paddock If you drive around the paddock at high speed above 20 MPH Flight doesn t know the difference between that and a racing lap so it will record it This means you may occasionally get extra data files that you don t want You can determine which files these are once you load them into Chart and look at the track map If you need to change the start and stop speeds for the Quantum internal flight recording trigger or the 5 second timeout period you may do so by changing the configuration file stored on the Quantum You can also force the trigger so that the Quantum is always recording while it is turned on Please read the section MOGPS Quantum Configuration Information for more details Flight Recording Trigger Flight The Flight software also employs a Flight Recording Trigger It works the same way but it filters the data based on speed after it has been collected not while it is being collected Normally you don t have to worry about it since the settings are the same as for the Quantum internal trigger But if you change the settings in the Quantum you may have to change the FRT settings so Flight operates the way you expect it to For example if you changed the Quantum to force the trigger so it always records regardless of speed and then you process the resulting data file in Flight Flight will based on its FRT automatically separate the data into individual runs based on speed This may or may not be what yo
144. nderneath the stylus changes On a desktop or laptop PC you would use a right button click to do the same thing 1 As you just learned tapping this field brings up a screen that allows you to select from a list of sensor values to view The current value is displayed here Tap and hold on this area to bring up a context menu as shown in this screenshot On a PC you would right click to get the menu Chart er Yip 11 28 X GPS ehicle speed The top line of the menu indicates the sensor value that is MPH 0 150 being displayed The next line shows the range in this case 0 to 150 MPH That means that the bottom of the plot area is 0 MPH and the top is 150 MPH Set Marker 0 Set Marker 1 Show Markers You can set two marker positions specifically for this data trace using the Set Marker 0 and Set Marker 1 menu dun no beacon options This is used for calculating minimum maximum EJE 205 and average values over a given time period or for calculating time deltas You would do this by scrolling 0 00 through the data to the first time position e g the entry to a particular corner setting marker 0 then scrolling to the second time position e g the exit of that corner and setting marker 1 Finally when you bring up this context menu after setting the two markers you pull up this menu again to read the values The maximum average and minimum values for that sensor reading ove
145. ns put the MOGPS and the Pocket PC in a watertight bag or plastic box 30 Step 8 Trial Run With the MOGPS turned on and the Pocket PC running Flight do a test run Be sure to reach a speed above 20 MPH in order to trigger a flight recording After your run come to a stop then run MaxQData Chart and load the file you just created which should be named Run000 Tap Map gt Full GPS Map if necessary to see your complete GPS trackmap Your car is at the sign Tap one of the fields which reads Select and choose GPS Vehicle speed This will bring up a vehicle speed data trace on the screen in the crosshair plot area To move the data forward in time tap and drag the plot area to the left As you move the data forward in time you will see the sign move around the trackmap Step 9 View Flight Recording on PC Reconnect your Pocket PC to your PC Using ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center open the VMy Documents folder on the Pocket PC You should see the Run000 mqd flight recording file Drag and drop this file to your desktop then double click on it MaxQData Chart will launch and automatically load the file Be sure to select the correct racing type under File Racing type You may need to exit and restart Chart for this to take effect 31 TraOr Quickstart Guide Thank you for purchasing a MaxQData MQGPS system If you have any problems getting started you can send email to
146. ns appropriately 52 Starting a Flight Recording Automatic Flight Recording Trigger You must trigger a flight recording in order to cause data to be saved to memory You can cause a flight recording to trigger automatically based on vehicle speed which is the easiest method Just ensure that you have Flight recording trigger in the list of sensors you have configured to record It is automatically selected when you pick the Standard sensor configuration This is the default setting when the software is first installed The Flight recording trigger works for road racing as well as autocrossing a drag racing In the default configuration it will start recording when the vehicle is above 20 MPH and then it will stop when the vehicle speed drops below 15 MPH for more than 5 seconds This is a good all purpose setting because it filters out driving around the paddock at slow speeds It works for autocrossing and drag racing because it will still capture 25 seconds 12 5 seconds at 10 Hz of data before the trigger speed is hit allowing you to see your burnout and launch Note For autocrossers who want to walk the course and get a course map with the MOGPS carrying it by hand you will have to disable the Flight recording trigger and use the Screen Tap method below You disable the Flight recording trigger by going into Config gt Sensors from the list Be sure to add it back in before you start your runs and removing it Start
147. nt in the overlay depends on the selected overlay type The names of the sensors are expected to be in the UserSensorl and UserSensor2 string values under the HKLM SOFTWARE MaxQData CameraCaptureSetup registry key You may also specify a custom text string to be put into the overlay by setting the AdditionalTextForVideo under the HKLM SOFTWARE MaxQSetup key This text string will 111 be put into the overlay independently from the type of overlay as you might have already noticed By default this string is Video by MaxQData You may set the video preroll buffer duration by setting the CaptureBufferDuration DWORD value under the HKLM SOFTWARE MaxQData CameraCaptureSetup key This values is measured in seconds and by default itis equal to 10 seconds The maximum value is 100 seconds Please be careful when setting this value a large buffer duration along with a high frame rate and large frame size will require a large amount of RAM and may cause the video software to refuse to work if the required amount of memory is not available Bypassing WMV Compression for Advanced Users By default video will be compressed with Windows Media 9 compression This high quality and efficient compression algorithm is recommended for most applications But the VeOtr system can also capture using different algorithms for special applications To enable these options first check the Bypass the WMV compression box The
148. o have a smaller video file at the expense of quality The Default setting uses the same bitrate as the original ASF file If the original file is not ASF or WMV then the bitrate you select is passed to Prism to control the quality of the transcoding process The HQ Preprocess option turns HQ Preprocessing on or off When it is on your video quality may be noticeably improved but the overlay processing can take twice as long due to the additional preprocessing step Click Save and Chart will start exporting the overlay A dialog with a progress bar will stay in front of the Chart main window during the process of exporting Exporting overlay Preprocessing LT The export process is divided into as many as four phases 118 Transcoding Initialization Preprocessing p ug Poa Exporting Transcoding Chart works with WMV and ASF files directly If your original video file is in WMV or ASF format then the transcoding phase is skipped However if your original file is in another format such as MOV or MPG it will need to be transcoded before Chart can produce an overlay file Chart will do this automatically if you have installed the free Prism video conversion software from NCH Software This can be downloaded from the NCH Software website at this URL http www nchsoftware com prism prismsetup exe If you install this converter on your system then Chart will use it to convert any video files Prism sup
149. of the video is measured in Frames Per Second FPS 30 FPS is the target although anything above about 20 FPS will look smooth to most people movies are 24 FPS The encoding quality setting is user selectable and determines how much memory will be used to store the video More memory is needed for higher quality though at some point higher and higher quality settings don t make a difference You can capture bare video or you can capture video that has a data overlay which is generated in real time The data overlay shows important values like speed and lateral G s a trackmap and other useful items If you choose to capture bare video you can add a data overlay later using the Produce Video Overlay options in Chart described later 103 Audio is captured too The microphone that is used depends on how you have configured the sounds system on your computer but it can be either a microphone embedded in a camera or a microphone plugged into the microphone jack of your computer Video capture begins whenever a flight recording begins This can be triggered either manually or automatically based on the Flight Recording Trigger Two files are created The first is the standard MOD file that contains the captured data The second is an ASF file which is a Windows standard media format the successor to the popular AVI format The two files have the same name e g Run000 mqd and Run000 asf You can play the ASF file directly in mos
150. older if not navigate to that folder Locate the installation file and tap its name to install the MaxQData software This will install the Chart Flight and Setup applications Chart is for data analysis Flight is for collecting the data and Setup is for setup and calibration After installing the software delete the install file from the Pocket PC Step 3 Software Download and Installation Laptop Desktop Again download the latest software from the MaxQData website You will need the file labeled as PC Chart Only The name of the file will be similar to MaxQData 31a PC Chart exe Download the file to your laptop and double click on it to run it This will install only the Chart software on your PC which is what you will need to do data analysis Step 4 Pairing with a Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC e Turn on the MOGPS e Tap the Bluetooth icon at the lower right of the Today screen and turn on Bluetooth e Run the Bluetooth Manager from the Bluetooth icon e Tap New and then Explore a Bluetooth Device The Pocket PC will search for new Bluetooth devices An icon should appear for the GPS module common names are iBT GPS MOGPS 5Hz or G Rays I MQGPS HiDef There may also be a checkbox titled Always use the selected device be sure to check this checkbox Then tap the icon for the MQGPS e Select Serial Port and Next A shortcut will be created e Go back to the Today screen and select Bluetooth Set
151. on set System Type to Quantum make sure the GPS and Camera boxes are checked all other boxes should be unchecked then close this window Go to Settings gt Advanced Enter the unlock response code under Advanced Settings send MaxQData the challenge code in the grey box in order to receive the response code Set Racing Type if known Leave the remaining settings at their defaults and close this window Go to Settings Configure cameras under Camera Capture Settings Select the Logitech camera 640x320 RGB24 and add it to the cameras to be used list VX 5000 is secondary upper left 160x120 I420 Click on the Primary camera then click Preview to verify operation of both cameras Close the Preview window close Camera Capture Settings then Exit MaxQData Settings Run MaxQData Flight Allow access on both public and private networks when asked Click Config gt Sensors gt Standard gt OK Verify that you are getting live data Exit MaxQData Flight About MaxOData MaxQData is a leader in developing high value data acquisition solutions that bring advanced technology to amateur and professional racers MaxQData is proud to be a technology leader and an early adopter of advanced technologies such as PDAs GPS OBD II solid state inertial sensors voice output and cellular data services MaxQData the MaxQData logo MQGPS MOGPS 5Hz MQOGPS HiDef TraQr Quantum other MQnnn product names QView VeQtr VeQtr 1
152. on of the CSV file before the data rows start The remaining lines of the configuration specify the format for each data channel There can be up to 32 of these lines The format is lt sensor name gt lt engineering units gt lt engineering format specification gt lt conversion factor gt lt offset gt lt range gt lt minimum value gt lt maximum value gt lt column number for this channel gt lt header line 1 gt lt header line 2 gt lt CSV conversion factor gt lt CSV offset gt Here is an example GPS Speed MPH 5 1 2 2356260e 3 0 0 MPH 0 150 0 0 150 0 1 GPS Speed mph 1 0 0 0 Notice that in the CSV file example there is a column named GPS Speed mph This configuration line maps that column to the GPS Speed sensor value Here is another simpler CSV file example Time Speed S MPH 0 000 0 000 In this example there are only two data columns one for time the other for speed There are two header rows The first row names each data column The second row specifies the units Here is the parse configuration for this example GPS Speed MPH 5 1 2 2356260e 3 0 0 MPH 0 150 0 0 150 0 1 Speed MPH 1 0 0 0 Notice that only the third and fourth items from the end have changed In many cases you will only need to change these items to tell Chart what column contains the specified data as long as the units used in the CSV file match the engineering units field Here are the rules for the first eig
153. ond You place beacons by starting with at least one full lap of data which you load into Chart then you scroll through the data until the car is at the position on the track where you want a beacon then you mark that position with either the Add beacon or Add beacon each lap function explained shortly You do not need to download a trackmap from anywhere since you make your own trackmaps You can place up to ten beacons The course can be open ended or closed You can use a flight recording generated by driving or by walking the course There are a few rules of thumb for successful GPS beacon placement In general try to place beacons on straightaways shortly before the braking zone This is not always practical but it gives the most consistent results Do not place too many beacons GPS beacons are not a reliable way to measure elapsed time over short distances use the time markers explained earlier Also it is hard to analyze data when segments are short Place your beacons to get the big picture For example many courses naturally break down into one fast and two slow sections or two fast and two slow sections That should be your guide for beacon placement Avoid placing beacons where the track folds back on itself tightly You might get erroneous triggers if the track folds back too close to a beacon position GPS beacons work by remembering the Latitude and Longitude of the beacon position and the direction the car was t
154. onfiguration command Sets the WiFi channel WiFiJoin WiFiJoinTmr WiFiLinkMon WiFiRate WiFiDHCP WiFi configuration commands Do not change these values unless directed to do so by MaxQData WiFiExternalAntenna 0 Set this value to 1 if using an external WiFi antenna connected to the internal MMCX connector WiFiOnlyMQ 1 When set to 1 only NMEA sentences beginning with MQ will be transmitted over WiFi LowVbatThreshold 2250 Sets the low battery threshold in millivolts which controls the point at which the red LED begins flashing quickly GPSModule 1 Do not change this value 157 Motion Model 0 The value 0 means the Quantum will assume it is attached to a car The value 1 means the Quantum will assume it is attached to a motorcycle which is necessary for Lean Angle estimation EnableGyro 1 Enables the internal angular rate gyro cluster NullGyroOnStartup 0 When set to 1 zeros out the Gyros when the module resets The module must be completely motionless during the first few seconds after reset in order for this to work NullGyroWhenStopped 1 When set to 1 zeros out the Gyros when the module comes to a standstill for more than a few seconds 158 159 VeOtr Tips and Tricks On a Windows XP machine turn off Windows Update or at least do not allow it to update Windows Media Player or any Windows Media Technologies The version of Windows Media Technologies that originally came with Windows XP SP2 works
155. ons on how long an implied warranty may last so the above limitations may not apply to you To the extent permissible any implied warranties are limited to ninety 90 days 10 Disclaimer of Accuracy and Reliability and Usage Restrictions THE ACCURACY OF THE MEASUREMENTS AND ESTIMATES PRODUCED BY THE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IS NOT GUARANTEED YOU ARE NOT LICENSED TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE INACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OR ESTIMATES COULD RESULT IN INJURIES OR DAMAGES TO ANY PARTY OR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW THE RELIABILITY OF THE SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE IS NOT GUARANTEED YOU ARE NOT LICENSED TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE FAILURE OF THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE COULD RESULT IN INJURIES OR DAMAGES TO ANY PARTY OR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW YOU ARE NOT LICENSED TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE IN ANY LIFE SUPPORT OR SAFETY SYSTEM YOU ARE NOT LICENSED TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE TO CONTROL A MOVING VEHICLE YOU ARE NOT LICENSED TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE IN ANY SITUATION OR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE OR MEASUREMENTS AND ESTIMATES GENERATED BY THEM IS USED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR HUMAN JUDGMENT OR HUMAN ACTION YOU ARE NOT LICENSED TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE IN ANY SITUATION OR UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE EVEN IF ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY ARE NOT AT ISSUE COULD RESULT IN INJURIES OR DAMAGES TO ANY PARTY OR VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW
156. op and double click on it to run it Do not install the TraQr Manager application Also do not install any MOGPS drivers Step 2 Software Setup for Standalone Operation Run MaxQData Setup and configure the software according to the following settings Settings Serial Port Settings MQ Port must be NONE all caps no quotes Is Bluetooth under MQ Port does not matter MO Baud Rate does not matter Delay Bluetooth Init should be unchecked GPS Port must be TXT all caps no quotes Is Bluetooth under GPS Port should be unchecked GPS Baud Rate does not matter Enable GPRGH must be checked GPS Hz does not matter Settings gt MQ Module Configuration System type must be Quantum The GPS box must be checked All other boxes must be unchecked Settings gt Advanced 15 The unlock code must be entered You must contact MaxQData by email or phone and provide the number in the grey box at the top of the screen the challenge code in order to receive your unlock code If you do not enter this you will have only 1 Hz sampling Racing type should be set to the kind of racing you will be doing Log type 1 records only must be unchecked Open before trigger should be checked Debug mode and Log serial should be unchecked e MO ticks s must be 1000 e The remaining settings may be left at thei
157. or G Rays I MOGPS HiDef will appear Tap this entry and then Next Enter 0000 for the passkey no quotes and tap Next Check the Serial Port box and tap Finish Go to the COM Ports tab Tap New Outgoing Port Select your Socket BT GPS module and tap Next Choose a COM port to use for the connection COM7 is recommended if available Uncheck Secure Connection Tap Finish If an error is displayed indicating that the COM port is not available try another Note on a Pocket PC Phone Edition device your choice of COM port may interfere with the Wireless Modem function If you find that you are unable to use the PPCPE as a wireless data modem after pairing the MOGPS delete the Outgoing Port and try a different COM port number Run MaxQData Setup and go to Settings gt Serial Port Settings For GPS Port enter COMx where x is the number of the Outbound COM Port Select Is Bluetooth under GPS Port Step 5 Setup After installing the software and pairing the MOGPS with your Pocket PC run MaxQData Setup and check the following settings Settings Serial Port Settings 29 MOQ Port must be NONE all caps Is Bluetooth under MQ Port may be either checked or unchecked MO Baud Rate does not matter Delay Bluetooth Init should be checked GPS Port must be set to the outgoing COM port you established earlier NOTE If the COM port is numbered COM10 or hi
158. p Desktop Download the latest software from the MaxQData website You will need the file labeled as PC Complete System Software not the one labeled PC Chart Only The name of the file will be similar to MaxQData 31a PC Software exe Download the file to your laptop and double click on it to run it When prompted be sure to install the TraQr Manager application 32 Next download and install the USB driver software for the TraQr from the MaxQData website Once the driver is installed connect the TraQr to your PC and wait for the USB installation to complete Then go into the Device Manager under Windows XP this is Start Settings Control Panel System gt Hardware gt Device Manager under Windows Vista this is Start gt Control Panel gt Device Manager Expand Ports COM amp LPT and look for CP210x USB to UART Bridge Controller COM21 The COM port name in parentheses COM21 in this case is the COM port used by the TraQr Write it down for use in Step 2 NOTE If you do not see an entry under Ports COM amp LPT then it is likely that you either have not installed the drivers properly or they may need to be reinstalled Unplug and replug the TraOr while watching the Device Manager list You should see it come up under Other The device will be shown with a question mark over the icon Right click on the icon and select Reinstall driver You can also use a Pocket PC to download the data fro
159. p for the A file is plotted in light blue and the trackmap for B is plotted in dark red M 0 0005 M 0 000s M 0 0MPH M 0 0MPH O 0 00g Select There are a few small differences in the trackmap E Select d Select compared to Mitch000 mqd There is a short tail coming file Chart Map 9 9 off of turn 1 because the flight recording ended when the 88 driver had a minor off at that point For the same reason there is no red trace coming back into the pits The first thing to do is to import the beacon file saved previously This time tap and hold or right click on the B side beacon counter field where it reads no beacon in pink Tap Import beacons and then select the beacon file saved previously Now you can access lap and segment times for Mitch001 mqd as you did before If you would rather have Mitch001 mqd displayed as the A file simply tap the A file selector This screen f will appear Tap Mitch001 My Select log file to view Documents Mitch001 mqd and then OK Now MitchDOD My Documents MitchOO0 maqq Mitch001 will be displayed on both the A side as well as__Mitch001 My Dacuments MitchO01 mqc the B side Chart Yi 4x 7 40 ok You can load up to 100 files at a time memory permitting To unload a file e g to make room for other files use the File gt Unload feature Exporting Data There is an Export option under the
160. points to calculate lap and segment times we recommend doing a second course walk specifically for that purpose since there is no way to distinguish cone beacons from segment beacons Start a new flight recording manually and add a beacon at each desired point as you are walking past it do not stop If Racing Type is set to Autocross do not add a beacon at the start line since Chart calculates the start automatically unless the start line is also the finish line in which case add a beacon there only at the end of the walk After adding the last beacon manually stop the flight recording with Config Stop You now have a flight recording with beacons added in To save the results as a beacon file you need to load the flight recording into Chart and export the beacons to a flight recording file see the Chapter on Chart for more details Important be sure you are walking on line and in the direction of motion as you mark each beacon position since Chart will take into account the direction you are traveling at each beacon point in order to distinguish points that are closely spaced For this reason you may not want to add segment time beacons during a course walk Instead it is better to add timing beacons to the flight recording from your first run 58 Using Chart Chart is the app you use to review flight recordings that have been generated by Flight you load several files at once and view them either individually or t
161. ponse code can be generated If you do not have a valid unlock code entered you will be limited to 1 Hz sampling Racing Type should be set to the type of racing you are doing This adjusts a few internal values such as the threshold distance for GPS beacons Also when set to Autocross it tells Chart to assume that courses are open ended and that the start point should be calculated from acceleration not a beacon point Log type 1 records only is specific to the MQ200 It must be unchecked for MQGPS use MaxQData Setup dio 23 39 ok Recipient phone numbers fe E Separate recipients with Enable send via SMS Caution phone data charges may apply MaxQData Setup 4 Unlock 19387373 Racing Type o Log type 1 records only Open before trigger 100 v Max lap count None 7 OBD2 Bus ISO init timeout 150 is 14230 1000 v MQ ticks s Debug mode Loa serial P EIE E MEC Open before trigger should be unchecked if you are storing flight recordings on a memory card which will be hot swapped while Flight is running Max lap count should be set to a value above the maximum number of consecutive laps you expect to run OBD2 Bus is specific to the MQ200 ISO init timeout is specific to the MQ200 TSO is 14230 is specific to the MQ200 MQ ticks s is for backward compatibility with the MQ100 MQ125 MQ175 Debug mode and Log serial work together to gene
162. port for communicating to an MQ200 Must be NONE all caps for MOGPS use e MQ Baud Rate applies only to the MO100 MO125 MQ175 MQ200 e Ts Bluetooth under MQ Port should be checked if a Bluetooth module is being used with the MQ200 e Delay Bluetooth Init should be checked on Pocket PCs It delays opening the Bluetooth connection for a few seconds so that the Pocket PC has time to initialize the Bluetooth stack e GPS Port must be set to the COM port of the MQGPS If the COM port is COM10 or greater you must add to the beginning of the name e g COM10 e GPS Baud Rate only applies to the MQ200 e Enable GPRGH should be checked 99 MaxQDataSetup 7 23 39 ok a B ul gg NON v Is Bluetooth e p un uU a S ct come M Is Bluetooth Leave GPS Port blank unless MQ Port NONE MQ Baud Rate 115200 4 MQ Port NONE for GPS only v Delay Bluetooth Init GPS Baud Rate 38400 v Enable GPRGH MOGPS Hz Default Y e MOQOGPS Hz must be set to Default for the MOGPS 5Hz 5 for the TraQr and 10 for the MQGPS HiDef MO Module Configuration The menu option Settings gt MQ Module Configuration reveals a screen for specifying which MaxQData system is connected and which features are enabled For MOGPS applications System type must be MQGPS and the GPS system option checkbox must be checked Email and SMS Text Message Tel
163. ports to ASF video files before it starts overlay exporting All you have to do is to install Prism and any playback codecs required for the video format you have recorded Chart expects this converter to be installed in the NCH Software Prism subfolder of the Program Files folder of your system which is the default The conversion will be conducted mostly in the background except for when Prism encounters any errors Prism may prompt you to specify whether to rewrite a file if the file with the same name already exists If you choose not to overwrite Chart will try to produce overlays for this file anyways After transcoding to an ASF file Chart will rename that file and place it in the same folder as the MOD data file so that the data and video files can be accessed together For example if your data file is named Run000 MOD and your original video file is named FirstSession MPG the new video file will be named Run000 ASF Initialization During this phase Chart is performing internal initialization procedures HQ Preprocessing Preprocessing is intended to improve the quality and compression ratio of the output video file By default the preprocessing is turned on which may result in a noticeable improvement in video quality This is because by looking through the video first before trying to encode it the software can choose optimal settings However the overall overlay process can take twice as long by adding this step It is also
164. r defaults values Step 3 Module Configuration There is a text file stored on the Quantum that contains important configuration information This text file must be changed to enable Standalone operation Plug the Quantum into the USB port of a Windows PC The Quantum will install as a removable drive Open this drive in File Explorer and look for the file quantum config txt Open this file in Notepad by double clicking on it Read through the file and make the following changes EnableLogging 0 change the 0 toa 1 EnableBluetooth 1 or EnableWiFi 1 change the 1 to a 0 this disables wireless altogether if you still wish to use the wireless connection while logging to internal memory do not change this setting Save the file and exit from Notepad Please see the chapter titled Quantum Configuration for more information regarding configuring the Quantum Step 3 Mounting Mount the Quantum where it can see as much of the sky as possible and is level The best location is on top of the car on the roof where nothing is blocking its view Under the front or rear windshield are also acceptable locations as long as your car does not have infrared reflecting glass Please note that the Quantum itself is not waterproof Be sure that the Quantum is mounted in the correct orientation The blue arrow should be pointing forward The USB port should be at the back On models that do not have a magnetic base it is necessar
165. r during the burnout and staging will not be counted in the final timeslip calculation Technical note when generating timeslips if GPS Jerk and GPS LongG are present and there is a rolling start a standing start timeslip is calculated The time to go from 0 to the rolling start speed is estimated based on the acceleration of the vehicle immediately after the initial Jerk spike The total 0 to whatever time is therefore the estimated 0 to rolling start time plus the actual rolling start to whatever time This is good for measuring boat acceleration since it is hard to get a boat completely stopped on the water and also car acceleration if there is some initial roll due to slope in the road at the start line or GPS speed drift For most accurate results keep the rolling start speed low e g under 5 6 MPH for a boat under 1 2 MPH for a car In a car especially one with a clutch the jerk phase of a rolling launch will not resemble that of a standing launch if the car is already rolling so fast that a drop clutch engagement or sudden WOT produces little or no momentum transfer from the rotating mass of the engine to the forward momentum of the car For a data file named Run000 mqd the following files are created Run000 Timeslip htm web page with detailed performance information Run000 TimeslipSummary png graphic timeslip image suitable for emailing or posting to newsgroups standard png file format similar to gif Run000 Timesl
166. r the time between the two markers will be in the max avg and min positions The time between the two markers will be in the m1 m0 position m0 tA and m1 tA are used for calculating time deltas to the tA marker which will be discussed later Jump to Marker allows you to instantly shift the data to the specified marker point 2 This is the MPH data trace corresponding to the sensor value we enabled earlier Note that it is color coded to match the numeric value In this example you can see that the car is initially stopped and then after about 13 seconds the vehicle starts moving and the MPH trace rises 3 This checkbox turns on and off the corresponding data trace This is useful when you get so many data traces on the screen that you can t easily make them out Turn off the ones you don t need to unclutter the screen 62 4 This is the A file selector It shows the name of the file loaded on the A side You can load many files but you can only view two files at once You select the files you want to view by tapping on either the A or B file selectors Notice how the values are color coded A side files use bluish colors while B side files use reddish colors In this case we have the same file loaded on the A and B sides which is what you need to do in order to compare different laps within the same data file Tapping on this field brings up a screen that lets you choose
167. rate special debug files while Flight is running If you encounter a problem with the software you may be asked to check both of these checkboxes and run a test in order to collect additional data about the problem Be sure to leave these boxes unchecked if you have no need to collect debug data The debug files can grow to become quite large possibly affecting the operation of the Pocket PC so you should only use debug mode when necessary Camera Capture Settings Please see the section on VeQtr video features 102 VeQOtr Video Capture Features It is easy to capture video and data simultaneously when using a VeOtr MOGPS system with a small Windows based computer The video capture features are integrated into Flight and configured using Setup You can also play back the captured video on its own or alongside the data and produce video files that incorporate data displays directly in the video frame This is covered in the section on VeQtr Video Features in Chart Video Capture Basic Concepts A standard video capture system includes a small Windows notebook PC one or more USB cameras and an MOGPS Flight and Setup for video capture must run on a Windows notebook or embedded PC as opposed to a Windows Mobile PDA or Smartphone due to performance requirements Just like when using a Pocket PC or Smartphone with an MOGPS the notebook goes along for the ride because it does the actual video and data capture and stores every
168. raveling then finding the point where the car comes back closest to that position and is still heading in the same general direction If the car is too far away the beacon will be ignored However the software makes generous assumptions about track width so you do not have to worry about triggering a beacon if you happen to be way off line as you pass it Technical note When adding a beacon manually to a flight recording the beacon is actually marked by the time of the current sample therefore segment times for this file will be multiples of the base sample frequency e g 0 200 second for 5 Hz sampling This does not mean that the segment times are only accurate to the nearest 0 200 second The segment time is exact In effect it means that the beacon position you requested is adjusted slightly so that the segment time is precisely a multiple of 0 200 When exporting the beacon to a file the beacon Latitude and Longitude are taken from this sample and placed in the beacon file When this beacon is imported into a new file the Latitude Longitude samples will be slightly different from the Latitude Longitude samples as recorded for the first file So the beacon times are interpolated based on the closest that the car comes to the original beacon Latitude Longitude in order to preserve 0 001 second precision This is why the segment times for the new file are not multiples of 0 200 Example Placing Beacons Now we will walk through the procedu
169. re for placing beacons Take another look at the trackmap we have been using The track naturally breaks down into slow and fast sections 69 File Chat Map g g We ll place two beacons Segment 1 will be the slow section of the course and segment 2 will be the fast section We will show screenshots from the Pocket PC version of Chart but you can do the exact same process on a PC Start by moving back to the beginning of the run use Chart gt Align to start of run Bring up a GPS Vehicle speed data trace You see here that we are staring with the car just about to come out of the paddock onto pit lane Just to emphasize you do not place beacons by tapping on the trackmap where you want the beacon to be placed This is imprecise Instead you must move the data until the symbol is at the location where you want a beacon then add a beacon at that point Drag the data forward in time slide it to the left with your stylus or mouse Continue until the car is on its first hot lap This makes it easier to see braking points and place beacons relative to them The lap times on warmup laps are unimportant 70 eo Yjj4x3 16 X no beacon no beacon EE ASIST ID M 0000s M 0 000s M 0 0MPH Select O 0 00g Select hd Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g In this example you can see the driver is up to speed by the time he comes around for his first full lap notice that the
170. reroll buffer HoursAheadOfGMT 5 The Quantum knows what time it is from the GPS satellites It uses this time when naming datalog files But this is Greenwich Mean Time Coordinated Universal Time UTC To correct GMT UTC to local time change 5 to a number that represents the number of hours different between GMT UTC and your local time zone UselnertialData l Setting this value to 0 prevents the Quantum from using inertial accelerometer data to improve the accuracy of GPS data SendMQGGG 1 The Quantum reports raw accelerometer data using a special 5MOGGG sentence at 20 Hz This is required for the MaxQData software to operate and may be used by custom software applications 153 Set this value to 0 to turn this sentence off when using other software that could be confused by the message The format of the sentence is MQGGG lt timestamp gt lt XMillig gt lt YMillig gt lt ZMillig gt lt cs gt r n where timestamp is the timestamp of the measurement in milliseconds lt XMillig gt is the acceleration along the minor axis of the module lateral acceleration in thousandths of a g lt YMillig gt is the acceleration along the major axis longitudinal acceleration lt ZMillig gt is the vertical acceleration and cs is the standard NMEA checksum PassthroughAl1NMEA 0 In normal operation the Quantum blocks certain NMEA sentences coming from the GPS submodule because they are redundant or not useful This
171. ributed without an accompanying EULA You must agree to use any Hardware according to all terms and conditions in this EULA in order be licensed to use the Software 1 Intellectual Property MaxQData owns intellectual property rights in the Software and Hardware including but not limited to Copyright Patent Look and Feel Trade Dress Trademark and Trade Secret rights These rights are protected by U S and international laws and treaties You agree not to violate these intellectual property rights You agree not to copy the Software except as explicitly allowed herein You agree not to reverse engineer the Software or Hardware including data file formats and APIs 2 Terms and Fees You are not licensed until you have accepted all the terms and conditions of this EULA and paid the appropriate license and or purchase fees for the Software and or Hardware to MaxQData or its authorized distributor or reseller 3 Installation In the absence of a separate specific license agreement superseding this section you are permitted to install the Software on an unlimited number of computers as long as you own lease or rent each computer You may be required to purchase unlock or registration codes for each separate installation You are not permitted to install the Software on computers you do not own lease or rent except when you are acting as an agent of the owner and the owner is licensed under this EULA You must remove the Software before the
172. rker 1 mi mO0 7 097 s mO tA 0 000 s File Chart Mag mi tA 7 097s All data is noisy Noise meaning random unexplained or unimportant transient fluctuations in the value of the data makes data analysis difficult and misleading It would be wrong for example to conclude that your car has amazing cornering potential if you see a 1 5g spike on a corner where it otherwise only averages 1 0g That spike is unlikely to be real it might have resulted from hitting 66 a berm or from a GPS signal glitch or from something bumping the accelerometer or for any Chart EJ Yj 4x 1 28 ok Select parameter to view number of other reasons By default Chart smooths the data in the graphs somewhat to reduce noise and make the graphs less misleading You can control the amount of smoothing on each data trace When you select a data trace you are presented with a parameter selection screen On this screen as shown here there is a slider for controlling the smoothing of the data Moving the slider all the way to the Raw position disables smoothing Moving it to Smooth smooths it out considerably The default setting in the middle has proven to be a good all around setting The smoothing factor is separate for each data trace plotted The data in the previous examples was all shown using the middle setting Take a look at how the LatG green data trace varies from the Raw setting to the Smooth setting
173. s the point where LatG comes back above 0 10 g Here is the new screenshot Note the vertical green line in the left half of the plot area This line is the tA mark which we placed at the corner entry point You can read the elapsed time through the corner where it reads t tA which is 7 097 seconds You can also read the corner exit speed which is 88 6 MPH Now tap and hold on 88 6MPH and select Set marker 1 Do the same for 0 06g After setting marker 0 and marker 1 for a given sensor value you can get min max average information by doing another tap and hold or right click on the value For example if we tap and hold on the MPH value we get this display where we can read off these values Through Turn 1 our maximum speed was 89 1 MPH our minimum speed was 69 6 MPH and our average speed was 77 6 MPH Similarly we find that our maximum LatG was 1 21g our minimum LatG was 0 06g and our average LatG through the turn was 0 76g Data Smoothing Chart LSU M no beacon no beacon E ezs mAerass qp 41 M 158 9275 158 9275 M 88 6MPH d Select M 0 069 4 Select Select Select File Chart Map g g f Chart EJ Fi d 12 10 x GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 t0 ti max 89 1MPH tO ti avg 77 6MPH t t1 min 69 6MPH Set Marker 0 Set Marker 1 no beacon EJE 205 E v Show Markers Jump to Marker 0 M Jump to Ma
174. select it and click OK Flight will process the data and then exit You should now see a flight recording file in the My Documents folder with the name Run000 mqd Double click on this file to open it MaxOData Chart will launch and automatically load the file for analysis 17 Quantum Quickstart Guide Connected Operation Bluetooth Models Thank you for purchasing a MaxQData MQGPS system If you have any problems getting started you can send email to Info MaxQData com PLEASE NOTE IF YOU PURCHASED YOUR QUANTUM AS PART OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM FROM MAXODATA DO NOT FOLLOW THIS QUICKSTART GUIDE THE SYSTEM IS ALREADY SET UP FOR YOU Connected operation means that the Quantum will capture data and immediately send it to a Pocket PC or laptop via Bluetooth This is also the normal configuration for a VeQtr system If you wish to use Standalone operation where the Quantum does not use Bluetooth and instead records to internal memory please refer to the Quantum Quickstart Guide for Standalone Operation Battery Charging The Quantum charges from any USB port Use the included USB to mini USB cable for charging The status light will glow red while the battery is charging and will turn off when the battery is done charging Maximum charge time is typically 2 3 hours The battery is internal and should last the life of the system but can be replaced by the user if necessary contact MaxQData for details An optional double c
175. set PassthroughAIINMEA to 0 to ensure that no redundant GPGGA GPVTG sentences from the GPS submodule will be sent you can however turn on PassthroughGSAGSV BluetoothOnlyMQ l Since the MaxQData software only utilizes the MOGGA and MQVTCG sentences there is no need to send any other sentences Setting this option to 1 ensures that only sentences with a talker ID of 154 MQ will be sent over Bluetooth saving bandwidth and battery life GP sentences will still be logged if EnableLogging 1 To send all sentences over Bluetooth set this value to 0 DisableTimer0Correction 0 The Quantum maintains an internal clock and periodically corrects it based on GPS time information This results in almost zero clock drift over long periods of time However over shorter periods of time e g minutes the internal clock will speed up or slow down very slightly on the order of tenths of a percent in order to catch up to GPS time While this behavior is very hard to notice to the average user it might be unsuitable for certain extremely precise applications Changing this setting to 0 disables this behavior but then you are relying on the accuracy of the internal crystal oscillator to maintain the correct time You will then need to change the next setting Timer0ClockDivisor to set the speed of this clock Only very specialized applications should consider doing this TimerOClockDivisor 6000 This allows direct control of the speed of th
176. should be set to the kind of racing you expect to be doing most often e Log type 1 records only must be unchecked e Open before trigger should be checked e Debug mode and Log serial should be unchecked e MO ticks s must be 1000 e The remaining settings may be left at their defaults values Step 3 Mounting Mount the MOGPS where it can see as much of the sky as possible and is approximately parallel to the ground The best location is on top of the car on the roof where nothing is blocking its view Under the front or rear windshield are also acceptable locations as long as your car does not have infrared reflecting glass Still these locations are not as good as a roof mount because the roof will block a big chunk of the sky MaxQData has a magnetic roof mount cover available for the TraQr Step 4 Trial Run The TraQr comes preconfigured to log data at 5 Hz when vehicle speed is above 20 MPH So for a trial run all you need to do after mounting the unit is flip the switch to LOG wait for the orange light to flash indicating satellite lock and then drive Step 5 View Flight Recording on laptop desktop Be sure the power switch is in the LOG position Connect the TraQr to your PC using the USB cable Run the MaxQData TraQr Manager application Click the Download button The software will extract the data from the TraQr You will see MaxQData Flight run automatically to process the data Wait for th
177. sky and turn it on Wait for GPS lock fast short green blinks Run MaxQData Flight If this is the first time you have run the software it will read No sensors configured Go into Configure gt Sensors select Standard then click OK You may be prompted to select a Bluetooth device If present check the Always use the selected device checkbox if it appears Next tap the icon for the Quantum After a short wait the connection to the Quantum will be established and you should see a satellite count greater than zero appear on the screen The system is now ready to use Note If the Quantum has been turned off for a long time or if it has been shipped across country it may take several minutes to achieve satellite lock 12 5 minutes worst case but normally under 5 minutes Step 5 Mounting Mount the Quantum where it can see as much of the sky as possible and is level The best location is on top of the car on the roof where nothing is blocking its view Under the front or rear windshield are also acceptable locations as long as your car does not have infrared reflecting glass Please note that the Quantum is not waterproof Be sure that the Quantum is mounted in the correct orientation The blue arrow should be pointing forward The USB port should be at the back 21 If you are using a Pocket PC you can mount it to the dashboard or place it in a storage compartment Be sure that nothing can accidentally tap the screen
178. sors list Second it gives you a continuous measure of lap time as you drive around the track You can see where you lose or gain time almost immediately TSLH works by maintaining a history of the exact time you passed each Latitude Longitude point around your trackmap As you are driving the TSLH software searches backwards in the data for the most recent time that you passed the same point on the track where you are now It then calculates the time delta and displays it Every two tenths of a second it performs this calculation again In a sense it is like having an infinite number of beacons around the track and the lap time meaning the time since exactly one lap ago at the same point is updating every step of the way Assuming you are driving with excellent consistency the TSLH value will always be the same As soon as you make a mistake though the TSLH value will increase by the amount of the mistake Similarly the TSLH value will decrease if you make an improvement TSLH is especially effective for endurance racing where you are trying to maintain a consistent lap time target You do not need to wait until you complete a lap to get a lap time Just glance down whenever it is convenient to see how you are doing MOGPS and Pocket PC Power Usage The MQGPS 5Hz will last for about 15 hours of continuous data collection at 5 Hz and the MOGPS HiDef for about 10 hours at 10 Hz When not in use they go into a standby mode that significan
179. speed MPH You are now seeing the MPH trace in blue from lap 1 and the MPH trace in red from lap 2 at the same time You can immediately see some differences for example on lap 2 the driver reached a significantly higher speed between turns 1 and 2 than he did on the first lap Let s zoom into that to get a closer look 76 Chart ec V 4x 5 06 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 66s E ezs p amp eremo I M 146 000s M 254 6565 M 119 0MPH d Select L 0419 4 Select Select Select File Chart Map g g Chart et Y ex 5 10 x Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 E 2s mAeiemw T 4T M 146 0005 M 254 6565 M 119 0MPH M 115 7MPH O 0 11g Select Select Select File Chart Map g g First to unclutter the screen turn off the track maps Tap Map and then uncheck Show GPS map B You will notice the trackmap is now displayed in aqua rather than red That is because you only turned off the trackmap for the B file which is colored red The trackmap for the A file is still displayed Showing two trackmaps is useful when there might be significant differences between the trackmaps of two different flight recordings Tap Map and then uncheck Show GPS map A to turn off the A trackmap You will be left with just the MPH traces as shown here 77 Yj 4x 5 14 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 E
180. t While Flight is running it fills a buffer with up to 25 seconds worth of data 12 5 seconds at 10 Hz Once the car crosses 20 MPH the first thing Flight does is write this buffer to the flight recording file and then it continues with new data You do not lose your launch unless it takes a long time to get to 20 MPH 128 Flight Recording Trigger vs Manual Trigger The Flight Recording Trigger reduces the burden on the driver Use it It s fire and forget to ensure you get a flight recording on each run The software comes preconfigured to use the Flight Recording Trigger All you need to do is make sure Flight Recording Trigger is one of the sensors enabled under Flight Config Sensors Some drivers prefer to use a manual trigger mode to initiate a flight recording before they begin their run This allows them to visually verify that data is being collected before they start The downside of this technique is that in the heat of battle it is too easy to forget to do this Walking the Course and Placing Beacons A big advantage to the MOGPS system is that you can take it with you while you walk the course to generate a trackmap To be clear you do not place beacon marks while you walk the course You collect the data first and then use Chart to look at the trackmap and place beacons In software versions 2 6b and earlier if you are using the Flight Recording Trigger you will need to disable it before you start your walk aro
181. t Y x6o3 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 EE o mAeazws TT M 157 7265 265 9825 M 83 6MPH 4 86 1MPH 0723 4 Select hd Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g Yj 4x613 X 1 1 48 656 Lap 2 1 43 050 1 1 04 800 Seg 1 1 03 206 Lap Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 E faerie M 157 7265 265 9825 M 83 6MPH M 86 1MPH O 0 729 Select Select Select File Chart Map g g Plot by Time vs Plot by Distance In the previous examples we were using the Plot by Time mode This means that the data on the screen was plotted where the horizontal axis was measured in time 20s means that the right edge of the screen is 20 seconds into the future and the left edge is 20 seconds into the past Chart e Y 4x 6 41 X The problem with Plot by Time mode is that as you scroll forward in time the A and B data traces will get out of sync as one car moves faster than the other shown here To correct this you would uncheck one of the file time counter checkboxes scroll the other file until it is realigned and then recheck the time counter checkbox Alternatively you can use Plot by Distance mode You need to have GPS Distance recorded in your file for this to work To access this mode tap and hold or right click Beacon 2 210 805 Beacon 5 357 71s on the time zoom factor 20s It will change to a EA Pana 4T
182. t compromising software responsiveness 125 With the backlight turned off we typically see 4 6 hours of continuous use from a fully charged Pocket PC With the backlight turned on high this can cut the run time by about half You can try leaving your Pocket PC turned on with Flight running throughout the day You will need to recharge it at night and you should also recharge the MOGPS Bluetooth Alternatively you can turn off the Pocket PC between sessions With many Pocket PCs especially newer ones it is not even necessary to exit from Flight Just push the power button When you turn the Pocket PC back on it may take 30 seconds or so for Flight to reconnect to the MOGPS and for the MQGPS to reacquire satellites However if you find that Flight does not reliably reconnect to the MOGPS after turning the power off you will need to exit from Flight before turning the power off Some Pocket PCs have optional extended life batteries If battery life is a concern you can also use car charger cigarette lighter adapters for both the Pocket PC and the MQGPS This would be required for the longer endurance races Road Racing Data Analysis The procedures for comparing two laps as described earlier in the Chart Walkthrough are the basis for doing data analysis Here are some suggestions for zeroing in quickly on the important data Start by setting up your GPS beacons and getting your lap and segment times Decide which area of the track
183. t media players The MOD file is used with the Chart software and when it is loaded the ASF file will automatically be loaded in a separate window with playback controls Video capture consumes large amounts of disk space This depends on the video quality settings you choose The default setting is 2 0 megabits per second which works out to about 900 megabytes per hour This is a good setting for most purposes Camera Capture Setup To enable video capture you will need to do the following e Install the cameras using the third party software that came with them e Enable the Camera option checkbox under MaxQData Setup gt Settings gt MQ Module Configuration e Create a camera capture profile under MaxQData Setup gt Settings gt Camera capture settings described below e Ensure that the Video Sync sensor is enabled under MaxQData Flight gt Config gt Sensors 104 The Camera Capture Settings dialog looks like this 105 Cameras settings tab Camera capture settings xi Cameras settings Output file settings Available cameras USB Video Device Frame size Place the overlay inthe C specified corner cc Upside down Bit count z Cameras that will be used Add to list Remove Primary Camera Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 frame size 640x320 colc Camera Microsoft LifeCam VX 5000 frame size 160x120 color space YL Double click on item ko make it primary Camer
184. tance mode both data files scroll the same distance keeping them aligned according to track position You will then see for example 500 instead of 20s This means the right edge of the plot area is 500 feet ahead and the left edge is 500 feet behind The and buttons also change the no beacon no beacon distance scaling in this mode E 1000s etA O00is gt Jj To switch back to plot by time mode tap and hold again M 0 0005 M 0 0005 on this field I OS a Select d Select E Select Select File Chart Map g g 63 8 The large arrow buttons scroll the data forward or backward in increments of one tenth of the time scale or the distance scale 9 The small arrow buttons scroll the data in increments of one hundredth of the time scale or the distance scale 10 This is the time delta display As described later you can set a time marker for the A file and the B file The time delta between t the current time and either the tA or tB mark is shown here To switch from t tA to t tB tap on this field 11 The big red sign is where the car is at the current time If you scroll the data forward you will see the car move around the track 12 The grey box where it reads no beacon is called the beacon counter field It displays the timestamp of the most recent beacon before the current car position
185. tbooks 1 Make sure the Quantum is turned on and locked to the satellites fast flashing green light This can take 5 10 minutes the first time it is turned on after installing batteries You may 23 need to power cycle the Quantum if it goes into standby solid red light We recommend going outside for a clear view of the sky 2 Start gt Control Panel gt Network Connections Double click the Wireless Network Connection to bring up the Choose a wireless network wizard Look for the SSID of the WiFi Quantum in this list it will be something like MaxQDataQTM090820A Click Refresh network list if it does not appear Click on the list entry for the Quantum to select it then click the Connect button Once connected click Change advanced settings Scroll through the list to find Internet Protocol TCP IP Click on it to select then click Properties Select Use the following IP address IP address should be 169 254 1 2 and subnet mask should be 255 255 0 0 All other fields should be blank Click OK Click on the Wireless Networks tab In the Preferred networks box select the entry for the Quantum then click Properties Click the Connection tab then check the checkbox labeled Connect when this network is in range Click OK then click OK 3 Run MaxQData Settings Settings gt Serial Port Settings GPS Port type in 169 254 1 1 2000 no spaces Leave the remaining settings at their defaults and close th
186. technology MaxQData does not manufacture these batteries Given the wide range of potential applications MaxQData does not certify the appropriateness or safety of the use of lithium based batteries in moving vehicles or racing applications The responsibility for making this determination rests solely with the user Please pay attention to any cautions or warnings from the equipment manufacturer about the temperature limitations of the lithium based batteries used in your notebook computer Most lithium based batteries contain internal safeguards but even so extreme heat manufacturing defects or physical damage e g in the event of a crash or accident could cause a battery to ignite and burn forcefully Be sure any fire suppression system in the vehicle is suitable for extinguishing this type of fire Never use a water based fire extinguisher to put out an electrical or lithium fire Do not use any battery that has been physically damaged Concerns about lithium battery safety can also be addressed simply by removing the battery pack and running off of a car power adapter or an external non lithium battery pack Battery Safety Alkaline NiMH NiCd and other battery types Please be sure to respect all manufacturer s safety warnings and to use such batteries only under environmental conditions for which they are approved Instrumentation Only MaxQData systems record and display information about the motion of the vehicle They do not tell
187. ter you let it cool down for several minutes and press the power button then it got too hot A white sheet of paper covering the Pocket PC is often enough to keep it cool if sunlight is the problem Finding a Racing Buddy It is extremely helpful to be able to share and compare data files The ideal situation is to get a better driver to drive your car and capture the data But you can still lean a lot even if you are able to get the data from a driver in a different car so long as that car is in the same class as yours The portability of the MOGPS makes it easy to swap between cars Take advantage of this and collect data from other drivers Setting Beacons Road racers will typically use the data from their first session to set their beacons If you have beacons from a previous event on the same course you can reuse them Showing Real Time Lap and Segment Times 122 Flight can display real time lap and segment times as you drive the course provided you have properly set up the GPS beacons It is important to remember that you need to export the beacons from Chart and then load them into MaxQData Setup before you can get real time lap and segment times Here are the steps you need to perform Collect at least one complete lap worth of data HE MaxQData Sete il x 8 43 X Flight recording trigger Load the flight recording into chart and set up your GPS Beacon timestamp beacon locations according to the instruct
188. th Some mounts advise against the use of water or grease as a sealant since these can degrade the rubber cup and vacuum pump Periodically recheck the mount to ensure it is maintaining suction All suction cup mounts will eventually lose suction so a retaining strap and or duct tape is advised Some states do not permit suction cup mounts on windshields on public roads Please check your state and local laws 110 It is prudent to apply tape to all USB connections to ensure that they do not pull free during operation Contact MaxQData for information on special purpose cameras such as night vision or high speed cameras Notes for Advanced Users The preview feature can work in one of three modes Accessing different modes requires changing settings in the Windows System Registry If you are not familiar with using a registry editor do not attempt this There are two DWORD values in the registry which determine what mode the settings dialog should use for the preview These values are expected to be under the HKLM SOFTWARE MaxQData MaxQSetup key They are named as UseProfileForPreview and UseProfileForPreviewEx By default they all equal to 1 These values affect the preview the following way e If UseProfileForPreviewEx is set to something different than 0 then the settings dialog will use an advanced preview This advanced preview is intended to provide conditions most similar to those ones taking place when data and video acq
189. th vendors and they all too often use their own software instead of the Bluetooth software that is built in to Windows XP SP2 which can make it difficult for users to set up Bluetooth because of a lack of standard procedure Here we provide instructions based on the standard Windows XP Bluetooth software If your Bluetooth software is different you will need to figure out how to do the same procedure Consult your Bluetooth user s guide or online sources for assistance e Turn on the Quantum e Click Start gt Control Panel then double click Bluetooth Devices e On the Devices tab click Add to get the Add Bluetooth Device Wizard Proceed through the wizard and allow the wizard to search for nearby devices The icon for the Quantum should appear If it doesn t click Search Again Click Next e Enter 1234 for the security code and click Pair Now e On the next screen check the Serial Port Service checkbox click Configure write down the COM port number uncheck Secure Connection and click OK e Finish out the wizard Run MaxQData Setup and go to Settings gt Serial Port Settings For GPS Port enter COMx where x is the number of the Outbound COM Port Note if the port is COM10 or higher you will need to enter it as VV VCOMIO Select Is Bluetooth under GPS Port Step 3 Software Setup for Connected Operation Run MaxQData Setup and configure the software according to the following settings Settings
190. the run is fresh in your mind Here are three techniques for analyzing your autocross flight recordings that have proven useful to the best people in the sport Use Qview Qview gives us the best information in the least amount of time Compare each new flight recording to one of the best earlier flight recordings on the same course or even better to a reference flight recording from someone who is faster With the new file loaded as the B file and the reference file loaded as the A file in Chart simply tap Play 1x to scroll through the data and observe the outline coloring of QView Green is where you went faster orange is where you went slower This is often enough for you to figure out what you need to do on your next run In addition you can watch the shape and internal coloring of the Qview blocks to look for differences If you only have five minutes to look at your data use Qview Use the full track map instead of Qview Use Play 1x to start the cars moving around the course If the two runs are identical the red will stay on top of the blue But where they start to diverge tap the screen to stop playback then look at the GPS Vehicle Speed GPS LatG and GPS LongG traces to determine what you did differently Bring up Map Zoom GPS map with Qview turned off and Overlay turned on to see if there were any significant differences in line only valid with GPS HDOP below 1 2 130 Us
191. ther desirable beacon locations around the course To perform a course walk with Flight you will need to manually start a flight recording using Config Start You then walk the course and use the Add beacon option to mark specific points on the track You can also use the Action button on the Pocket PC to add in beacons without using the stylus the Action button is the button in the middle of the 4 way D pad We recommend wearing the MOGPS on your head or carrying it in your outstretched hand for best accuracy while walking 57 the course If you put it in your pocket the GPS module will be perpendicular to the ground and accuracy will suffer To use this feature for marking cones walk the course and stop at each cone of interest Put the MQGPS over each cone position e g by standing over each cone and tap Config gt Add beacon or press the Action button Then walk to the next cone of interest and repeat When you are finished stop the flight recording using Config gt Stop You may wish to rename the MQD file with a special name such as NatsNorthCones mqd You can then load this file in Chart using File gt Load cones see the chapter on Chart for more details When you use the special Chart File Load cones feature the beacon marks are not treated as beacon points but instead are used to plot orange cone symbols in the background of the track map If you also wish to mark the finish line and other beacon
192. thing to disk in real time At the end of your run you can immediately view both the data and the video by simply looking at it directly on the notebook Please be sure that the notebook meets the minimum performance requirements see the section on Notebook PC Minimum Requirements and Usage Notes The video capture uses one primary camera and up to three secondary cameras The secondary cameras are shown as picture in picture PiP windows within the larger frame of the primary camera Typically you would point the primary camera out the front windshield and then aim the secondary cameras at the driver instrument panel and or out the back window You can configure the sizes of all camera frames and the locations of the PiP windows Please consult the section on USB Camera Requirements and Usage Notes to ensure you are using suitable cameras Video quality is a function of camera quality the size of the video the frame rate of the video and the encoding quality setting Good cameras typically have glass lenses and adjustable focus This is important for the primary cameras but much less important for secondary cameras The size of the video capture frame is measured in pixels The standard video capture size is 640x320 height x width a widescreen format suitable for viewing on a PC TV or YouTube This is user selectable and larger or smaller sizes are possible depending on the capabilities of your computer and cameras The smoothness
193. tings from the Bluetooth icon e Tap the Services tab Tap Serial Port Check Enable service Uncheck the other checkboxes e Tap Advanced and make a note of the Outbound COM Port e Tap OK and OK again to get out of the Bluetooth Settings applet e Run MaxQData Setup and go to Settings gt Serial Port Settings For GPS Port enter COMx where x is the number of the Outbound COM Port Select Is Bluetooth under GPS Port Continue with the remaining setup as described below under MOGPS Setup If you are ever asked for a passkey for the MQGPS 5Hz or MOGPS HiDef it is 0000 no quotes 28 Step 4 Pairing with certain Windows Mobile 5 and 6 Pocket PCs such as the ASUS A626 and HP iPAQ series A few Pocket PCs based on Windows Mobile 5 or 6 use the same pairing process as the one above for Windows Mobile 2003 devices However the Bluetooth manager may not be available on the Today screen You can access the Bluetooth manager from Start gt Settings gt Connections gt Bluetooth Step 4 Pairing with other Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PCs Dell Axim X51 etc Turn on the MOGPS Tap the Bluetooth icon at the lower right of the Today screen Check Turn on Bluetooth You can either check or uncheck Make this device discoverable Go to the Devices tab and tap New Partnership The Pocket PC will scan for Bluetooth devices An entry for the GPS module e g iBT GPS MOGPS 5Hz
194. tional problems with the Quantum Do not change this setting unless directed to do so by MaxQData Disableldle 0 Do not change this setting unless directed to do so by MaxQData SendMQEVS 0 Do not change this setting unless directed to do so by MaxQData Settings only found in the Quantum WiFi Edition EnableCommandLine 0 Set this value to 1 to enable the Telnet command line advanced users only Telnet to the device IP address and type command line enables some useful features such as XMODEM file transfer to enter the command line mode this also stops any datalogging The ResetOnLogFileClose 0 If 1 forces a reset of the module when a log file is closed WiFiSet 0 If non zero sends WiFi configuration commands to the WiFi module on the next reset cycle If a value other than 1 the value is used as the baud rate for the UART Automatically changed back to 0 after reconfiguration WiFiSSID MaxQDataQTM091114A WiFi configuration command Sets the SSID of the module 156 WiFiLocalAddress 169 254 1 1 WiFi configuration command Sets the IP address of the module WiFiLocalPort 2000 WiFi configuration command Sets the port of the module for both UDP and TCP WiFiRemoteAddress 169 254 1 2 WiFi configuration command Sets the IP address to which the module will send UDP datagrams WiFiRemotePort 2000 WiFi configuration command Sets the port to which the module will send UDP datagrams WiFiChannel 3 WiFi c
195. tly reduces the battery draw allowing up to 2 weeks MQGPS 5z or 1 week MOGPS HiDef of standby We recommend starting your weekdn with a fully charged MOGPS turning it on Saturday morning and then leaving it turned on until Sunday evening Between sessions you should turn off the Pocket PC which will also put the MOGPS into standby Given that most users will only have at most two or three hours of total track time per day the MOGPS should last an entire race weekend without recharging If you can remember to recharge it at night so much the better The TraQr power switch needs to be in the LOG position in order to log data to internal memory When in LOG mode the unit does not go into standby In this mode the battery will last for up to 32 hours although the memory will run out in 6 So as long as you turn off the TraQr Saturday night you should not need to charge it during the weekend The Pocket PC battery life will depend on the Pocket PC type battery age and backlight setting If you are not viewing data or lap times while driving turn the backlight brightness down all the way to the off position Start gt Settings gt System gt Backlight gt Brightness If you are viewing data or lap times while driving turn the brightness down to the minimum setting where it is still visible in daylight Some Pocket PCs also have a processor speed setting for improved battery life You can turn this down to the lowest setting withou
196. tted on a range of 0 to 150 MPH Thus range 0 150 minimum value 0 maximum value 150 Here are the rules for the final four items These are the ones you will need to change to tell Chart how to find each data channel in the CSV file and how to process the numbers column number for this channel If the data for this channel always appears in a specific column in the CSV file then you can simply write in the column number here For example your data system may always place Speed in the second column in the CSV file If so just put a 2 in this field here However if the Speed data could appear in any column then you need to put a hyphen in this field This tells Chart to look at the header rows to locate the correct column header line 1 and header line 2 gt If column number for this channel is a hyphen then Chart uses the values in these two fields to find the correct column header line 1 is required header line 2 is optional and must be a hyphen if not used For example to tell Chart to find the GPS Speed value in the column that begins with Speed mph put Speed mph for header line 1 and for header line 2 gt CSV conversion factor and CSV offset These two numbers determine how to convert the data in the file to the specified engineering units For example if your data system writes out temperatures in degrees Celsius but you specified degrees Fahr
197. turn on and then go out at this point the green light may begin blinking You now have approximately 60 seconds to complete the calibration procedure Moving gently stand the unit on each of its six sides stopping for a few seconds on each side Finally stand the unit on one side so that the light is pointing towards you switch facing sideways towards you Wait until the green light begins to flash in this sequence seven flashes pause seven flashes pause etc If instead the blue light flashes in this sequence two flashes pause two flashes pause then you must turn off the unit and start over 155 PassSatelliteCountInMQGGA 20 If this value is set to 0 then the satellite count reported in the MOGGA sentence is fixed at 9 This prevents software from making assumptions about the accuracy of the data For example the Quantum will continue to output accurate position and velocity information even when the satellite count drops to 0 for short periods But software that uses satellite count information may erroneously cease to function in this case The drawback is that now you do not know how many satellites are actually visible Changing this value to a non zero number adds the value to the actual satellite count and reports it in the MQGGA sentence This allows the user to track the actual satellite count Debug O If the 0 is changed to a 1 the Quantum outputs specialized debug information that can be used by MaxQData to resolve func
198. u want To change the FRT settings you must change the Flight Recording Trigger calibration in MaxQData Setup Please refer to the Sensor Reference later in this manual for details 39 Using the Quantum Connected Operation Many users will choose to use the Quantum in conjunction with a Pocket PC or notebook computer for live data capture and display This configuration enables the real time display of lap times and speed and also special capabilities such as telemetry and speech notebook only Operation using connected mode is identical to using the MOGPS 5Hz or MOGPS HiDef with Flight Once you have set up the Quantum see the Quickstart guide you simply use Flight for real time data capture and display Please read the section on Flight for more details 40 Using the TraOr The TraQr is a standalone GPS data acquisition module with its own built in memory It s extremely simple to use just set the switch to LOG and drive No Pocket PC is required for in car operation There is enough memory for 6 hours of continuous datalogging Since you do not need to use a Pocket PC with the TraQr you do not need to learn how to use the Flight application unless you are an advanced user You only need to learn how to use the TraOr Manager described in this chapter and Chart described in a separate chapter Please note that since the TraQr operates without a Pocket PC a few advanced features such as telemetry are not available Som
199. uisition is being performed with picture in picture using all the cameras with profiles present in the Cameras that will be used list The only difference is that for preview the video is blitted on the screen rather than written on the disk e If UseProfileForPreview is set to something different than 0 then the settings dialog will use an ordinary preview In this case you will be able to preview a single camera selected in the Cameras that will be used using the profile specified for this camera Note that you can also switch between different cameras in this list just by clicking them while the preview is turned on If both UseProfileForPreviewEx and UseProfileForPreview are equal 0 then you will be able to use a simple preview mode In this case you will be able to preview a single camera selected in the Cameras that will be used in the 640x480 window at 10 fps Note that you can also switch between different cameras in this list just by clicking them while the preview is turned on The default overlay type used by the video software is None You can override this value manually by setting a new OverlayType DWORD value under the HKLM SOFTWARE MaxQData CameraCaptureSetup registry key The numeric representation for None is 0 for Autocross is 1 for Road Race is 2 and for Drag Race is 3 There are two numerics for which you may specify source sensors on your own Whether these two numerics will be prese
200. und the course You probably can t run through the course fast enough to keep the flight recording going In version 2 6c and later you can simply start a recording manually because the Flight Recording Trigger is ignored on a manual start You will then need to manually stop the recording after walking the course Don t place beacon at the start line The start line is determined by where the car starts moving for greater accuracy The software determines where the run begins by reading through the recording to find the top speed then working backwards from that point to find where the car was last stopped Do not place too many beacons or the information will become hard to analyze Two or three beacons creating three or four segments generally are enough Be sure to place a beacon at the finish line Do not place beacons too close to one another and do not place beacons where the track folds back on itself Back to Back Runs In some autocross competitions and especially in practice sessions you may have the opportunity to do back to back runs We encourage you to take advantage of the automatic Flight Recording Trigger This will automatically create a new flight recording for each run without need to tap the screen or do any other manual intervention Stopping after your Run This applies to the automatic Flight Recording Trigger If you do not stop shortly after your run or at least if you do not drop below the Stop Speed specified
201. video will still be captured to a standard ASF container file but the video will be encoded differently Two options are available when bypassing WMV compression 1 Uncompressed video This option enables the fastest frame rates the largest primary frame sizes the highest quality and the longest battery life It also enables video capture on computers with slower CPUs With the appropriate high end cameras it enables production quality HD video capture But beware that this option consumes enormous amounts of disk space 640x480 RGB24 at 30 FPS eats 1 5 GB per minute You must be sure to have enough free disk space to absorb this massive quantity of data and the disk must be formatted using NTFS to support very large file sizes Additionally you must be sure that your disk can sustain very high write speeds at least 27 megabytes per second in this example Many traditional rotating hard drives can do this but at the time of this writing few inexpensive solid state drives can manage it and no SD or SDHC cards can do it The Compress after capture option will capture the video uncompressed and then run a separate post capture compression process resulting in a high quality video compressed with WMV which takes up a tiny fraction of the space of the uncompressed video However the post capture compression process takes a long time to complete at least one to two times longer than the run time of the video Please note that due to an
202. which of the loaded files you want to view 5 This is the current file time t for the A file corresponding to the vertical crosshair To scroll the data forward in time you drag the plot area to the left of the screen with your stylus or with your mouse on a PC To scroll backward you drag the plot area to the right You can also scroll the data in specific time increments using the large arrow buttons 8 or the small arrow buttons 9 6 This checkbox when unchecked locks the data traces for the A file They are frozen in time allowing you to scroll the B file independently with your stylus This is useful for comparing laps The B file also has a lock checkbox so that you can hold it in place and move the A file independently 7 This is the time scale for the data traces In this example it is initially set to plus or minus twenty seconds That means that the right edge of the plot area is twenty seconds in the future and the left edge is twenty seconds in the past The middle of the plot area is the current time designated t which corresponds to the numeric values L To change the time scale use the and buttons on 2e the left This is how you zoom in or out on the data traces Here we have zoomed out to 1000 seconds Chart Y 46 12 04 x To switch to plot by distance mode you tap and hold or right click on this field In plot by dis
203. without needing to interact with the Pocket PC The default settings will work for most drag racers See the autocrossing section for additional comments If you do a running burnout as opposed to using line locks or not performing a burnout you may exceed the Flight recording trigger Start Speed and create a flight recording of your burnout This may or may not be desirable You can adjust the Start Speed if necessary in the flight recording calibration in MaxQData Setup As mentioned earlier your data does not begin when you exceed the Start Speed Your data actually includes up to 25 seconds 12 5 seconds at 10 Hz before the Start Speed threshold so you will not lose the beginning of your run Flight record at least the GPS Vehicle speed and GPS Distance sensors You may also flight record GPS LongG Do a clean run that begins with a standing start and accelerates continuously until the end of the run then decelerate You can also begin a run from a non zero speed but be sure to hold speed steady for a few seconds before beginning your acceleration 132 Timeslip Information The software generates a standing start timeslip by looking for the highest speed in the file then looking backwards from that time to find the time when the vehicle was at a standstill In a typical drag race scenario it is recommended that you start the flight recording when you enter the burnout box or even earlier The movements of the ca
204. wo at a time overlaid This section uses screenshots primarily from Chart running on a Pocket PC You can also run Chart on a desktop or laptop PC The functionality is the same with just a few minor differences in the user interface which will be discussed later The data shown here is the file Mitch000 mqd which is downloadable from the MaxQData website follow along with the examples by transferring it to your Pocket PC or using it on your PC You can Run Chart You do not need to have Flight running You will see this screen To ensure consistency with this example you should tap File Racing type and make sure that Road race is selected If not change it to Road race then File gt Exit from Chart and restart to make the change take effect Now tap File gt Load and select the file Mitch000 mqd The trackmap will be displayed in the plot area of the screen In this view Full GPS map North is always at the top of the screen 59 Chart lets LL J Chart 4n Yi 46 10 44 X Eees a eT pesce 4 4 4 d 4 4 I File Chart Map g g Chart Vi 4 10 49 X no beacon no beacon Eos m M 0 000s M 0 0005 E Select d Select E Select d Select Select Select File Chart Map g g On a PC it will look like this File Chat Map g g no beacon Tap the blue Select
205. xi Cameras settings Output file settings Bitrate 2 0m defaul Frame rate 30 fps Overlay type None Drop rate o User sensor 1 User sensor 2 video encoding settings Bypass the WMV compression Uncompressed video compress after capture Encode to Lagarith lossless Cancel Bitrate this dropdown list allows you to specify a bit rate for the target video file The higher the bit rate the better video quality within limits Remember that high bit rates lead to large video files 2 0 Mbps about 900 MB per hour is appropriate for 640x480 at 30 FPS Higher bitrates do not make much visible difference However if you choose a larger frame size you may need to increase the Bitrate setting to maintain quality Similarly if you choose a smaller frame size such as 320x240 you can dramatically reduce the Bitrate setting while still preserving overall quality Frame rate Use this dropdown list to specify an average frame rate you want the cameras to use for capturing Please note that high frame rates along with large primary frame sizes can easily overwhelm the CPU causing frame drops and possibly interfering with data capture Use Windows Task Manager during video capture to verify CPU utilization Overlay type This dropdown list allows you to specify a type of the overlay for the target video file 1 None The video is recorded as is with no overlay This is the
206. y as the flight recording file The supported video formats are ASF WMV MPEG 3GPP others can be loaded manually as explained below Chart looks for files in this order The base of the name of the video file must be the same as the base of the log file That is if you load a file with a name of Run123 mqd then Chart will look for Run123 asf then for Run123 wmv then Run123 mpg and finally Run1233gp If a video file with the expected name is not found Chart will ask you if you want to specify a video file manually This allows other video files with different names or extensions to be loaded as long as you have installed the appropriate codecs on your computer You may check or uncheck the Chart Load video menu option whenever you want Once checked it forces Chart to load videos if there are any both for the A and B flight recording files Once unchecked it forces Chart to unload videos both for the A and B files 114 When a video file is found it is loaded and a video window is shown For example Hi MaxQData Video A RunOi4 asf 115 0 11g 43 7MPH 48 0MPH 76550 800s 0 81g iol x MaxQData Video B RunO14 asi K ini x The video window has several controls which give enough control over the playback Besides the standard Play button once pressed it toggles to Pause button which once pressed toggles back to the Play button there are two stepping controls which allow you to step
207. y can also be addressed simply by removing the battery pack and running off of a car power adapter or an external non lithium battery pack Users with extreme requirements should contact MaxQData for embedded PC options Because the CPU uses so much power during video capture the batteries can be depleted much more rapidly than when in normal office use For example if the manufacturer claims three hours of battery life you may get only one actual hour of video recording That s fine for autocrossers and drag racers but limiting for road racers We recommend using either a car power adapter or a 12 VDC 120 VAC inverter to power the notebook instead of relying solely on batteries In addition to ensuring sufficient power the external power will usually send the notebook into maximum performance mode which is necessary for smooth video and data capture USB Camera Requirements and Usage Notes MaxQData has tested quite a few USB cameras with the VeQtr system Though just about any USB 2 0 camera should work some of them have quirks or odd incompatibilities that make them less desirable USB 1 1 cameras are not recommended The camera must have standard DirectX drivers Please contact MaxQData for our latest information on cameras At the time of this writing these cameras have been at the top of our testing Primary camera Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 Microsoft V X 6000 Secondary camera Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 Microsoft VX 6000 Microso
208. y five seconds to show turn 1 Qview works like this The width of each block is proportional to lateral acceleration The length in the direction of travel of each block is Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 proportional to longitudinal acceleration FE 10s rt m 4700s 4 I lt gt A Mitch D0 mqd B Mitch mqd The inside color is red for braking blue for accelerating M 1577265 M 265 9825 Intense red is hard braking intense blue hard acceleration M d m v 0 729 elect White means you are neither braking nor accelerating m Select d Select File Chart Map g g Blocks are 0 2 seconds apart The green outline indicates where the B file is faster than the A file orange where it is slower This coloring only appears when the A and B files are synced to approximately the same point on the track The blocks on left hand side for the A file are only outlined in grey because they are the reference data There is a minimum block size even if LatG and LongG are near zero There are a few things that are immediately apparent from the Qview plot Remember earlier we pointed out a mid course correction in turn 1 from the LatG trace That is obvious in the Qview plot in the middle of the corner where there is a small blue block Second just by looking at the overall greater width of the plot for the B file it is easy to see that the driver maintained high lateral acceleratio
209. y to devise your own mounting method This can be as simple as duct tape On models with a magnetic base please be aware that while the magnets are very strong the module could blow off the roof if you go fast enough especially with severe headwinds or crosswinds MaxQData does not guarantee that the magnets will hold under all conditions Some applications will still require duct tape or fasteners to hold the unit in place Step 4 Trial Run After changing the settings in Step 2 the Quantum will be configured to log data once the vehicle reaches 20 MPH including approximately ten seconds worth of data before this point and then stop logging when the vehicle comes below 15 MPH for more than 5 seconds So for a trial run all you need to do after mounting the unit is turn the unit on wait green light to begin flashing wait further until the green flash becomes short and quick and then drive 16 Step 5 View Flight Recording on laptop desktop Turn off the Quantum Connect it to your PC using the USB cable Turn on the Quantum The Quantum will install as a Removable Drive Open this drive and look for files named something like Quantum 090201 1534 txt There will be one file for each time the Flight Recording Trigger was activated Copy these files to your PC s My Documents folder Now run MaxQData Flight When Flight opens it will ask you to select a file that you want to process Find the first file you copied from the Quantum
210. you are done with the profile press the OK button in order to save the profile Please note that there must be a primary camera in the profile Start and Stop Capturing First be sure that you have added Video Sync to the list under MaxQData Flight gt Config gt Sensors To start capturing you simply run Flight and start data logging There is no video capture related user interface for Flight everything is configured using Setup Video Capture and the Flight Recording Trigger If you use the automatic Flight Recording Trigger this is the default setting video capture will begin automatically whenever the FRT triggers As with data capture video capture employs a preroll buffer which ensures that you will capture up to ten seconds of video before the actual trigger point As a result you can set the FRT to trigger at say 20 MPH without missing any of the data or video going back to when the car actually starts moving Video Sync Sensor The Video Sync sensor is a new sensor that synchronizes the output video with the data in the log file To start using it just select it for logging in the sensor picker dialog you may access it via the Config Sensors menu option of Flight It comes with a name of Video Sync 108 Video capture output files Flight captures video to video files using the standard Advanced Streaming Format ASF file format Captured video is stored in the same directory as the log file It has
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