MotionMaster user guide Registering your software Common tasks
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1. going to set the zero level on in this graph it is very easy to see our zero position it s the flat bit at the start LL LE S 5 a d TE JC CES0 UU 22 90 L OO Press the Zero button on the toolbar Click on the point in the graph where you wish to set the zero level You ll see the pitch and roll widgets level them selves You can re zero at anytime by repeating this process You re now ready to interpret your information PAR Zooming and navigating the graph The graph allows you to zoom in on any piece of data To zoom simply click on hold the left mouse button and drag a box around the data you wish to zoom and then let go of the mouse button The graph will zoom in and place scroll bars as necessary When zooming the graph will display a greyed out section highlighting the data youll be zooming in on You can also zoom in horizontally and vertically by cloicking and dragging on a horizontal scale or a vertical scale When doing this the graph will highlight the area either vertically or horizontally releasing the mouse button will then perform the zoom Standard zooming AM NU MotionMaster User Guide mi Mn Hi E MU m www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au master MotionMaster User Guide Horizontal zooming SS zooms to Fen en A E a nen menn i MAMA tant MNT kanna mo OUTI e R2. AA AA s 5 sm fon Lego CL p G0 00 oor ro 90 00 gan Lz an on CL Le 90 00 www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au master MotionMaster User Guide Verticle zooming 1r Meee SON SNS YN So un ko ENL A HER SA DR mci Lp 66 91 00 DUC C L EE 00 noe beso 00 eg AN LI OU zooms to CES g0 L OO 98 GE 91 00 Noe CL Z 00 a a 5 am La S La Toolbar functions lei ie Se Q lt ir Q Q All our functions are available on a main toolbar strip of buttons While some of these function are also available via the menus and shortcut keys the toolbar functions are where most people start Open a log file Open File Open a new log file and append it to 3 Append File the data already displayed on the graph Export data contained in the graph to a Export Data csv or xml file w 6 K Reload the last opened log file Reload File ANE master 44 etl pep gi Play Rewind Pause Stop Reset all zoom levels Set zero level Reset verticle zoom Save sreenshot Map zoom in Map zoom out Export map data www motionmaster com au support motionmaster com au MotionMaster User Guide Play from the last position clicked on the graph Rewind to the start of the last play beginning position Pause the currently playing simulation restart by pressing play again Stop the current simulation Reset the graph view to zoom out to a le
3. ctivities etc where there is no repeated action to be measured such as a paddle stroke on a kayak Accel Multiplier The multiplier to apply to the graphed acceleration values As the scale of acceleration vs speed can mean the data is not very easily aligned overlaid in the graph you can appky a scale factor to increase the amplitude of the acceleration data This doesn t affect any of the text based display information only the graph display This settings in applied each time a file is loaded 15
4. displaying information for that point When in replay mode the point moves as the track moves allowing you to see the how you have moved along the track You can select different map providers in th preferences of the MotionMaster software and the map will also cache the map images locally so you can still view the map later on even if you don t have a connection to the internet You can use the map zoom in out toolbar buttons to zoom To move the map around left click and hold with the mouse and then drag the map to move tt 12 www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au macter MotionMaster User Guide Editing preferences MotionMaster settings allow finer control over how your data is processed and displayed These settings are applied to the log fiel when it is read by the software and are not permanent in the log file So if you were to change the settings after viewing a logfile the output could be quite different Generally there is not a great need to change these settings often but they are available Preferences Common Review Log Path a Map type GoogleH pbrid Home Location Gyro filter M 0003 Angle filter 0 001 Cancel The common settings tab has some of the more general settings You can set a default folder to open when pressing the open file button this is useful if you copy your logfiles off the motionmaster device and store them in a common folder on your computer Map Type U
5. e 13 MotionMaster user guide Registering your software If you ve purchased a MotionMaster you ll have also received a serial number to register the software with 1 Launch the MotionMaster Software located under the start menu under the MotionMaster Folder Start gt MotionMaster gt MotionMaster 2 Once launched goto the About menu 3 Enter your serial number in the text field and press the Register button if your serial number is entered incorrectly you ll be prompted to enter it again 4 Once a valid serial number has been entered it will be saved If you need to re enter it you can at any time Common tasks Reading a log file There are two ways to open a MotionMaster log file You can either double click the log file in Windows Explorer or open it from within the MotionMaster software www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au master MotionMaster User Guide To open the file from within MotionMaster 1 Go to the File gt Open menu option or click on the Open File toolbar button By 2 Using the open file dialog window locate the log file you wish to open and double click on it 3 sat morning c1 and ki 53 sunday My Recent Dragon Boat 20s men mm VHS Dragon Boat 205 mixed mm E amp dragon boat sunday morning 2005 mixed mm gymnast 1 mm gymnast 2 mm sLog_1001 rm sLog_1002 rm SAMM 2010 4 3 12 12 43 ogfile mm A OCI river run mm SN OCE warmu
6. e a log file is recorded Due to the influence of gravity the accelerometer values can be thrown off the graph or they may be appart from each other These settings here are used to zero each data series allowing you to overlay them over each other Its very important to have the axis you ar analyzing zeroed out correctly so you can rely on the output figures for acceleration Most users will generally track trends form peak to peak not actual values from session to session which makes this less important To zero out a dataseries 1 Set all the zero values to 0 2 Attach your motionmaster device as you normally would and turn it on 14 www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au master MotionMaster User Guide 3 Record at least 30 seconds of information 4 Plug your motionmaster device in and read the log file 5 Click on the axis near a nice flat portion of the graph most of the graph should be flat Read the Impulse Force value this is the value to use to zero out the graph 6 X zero Y zero Z zero Anlyse Impulse cut The upper cut off range to stop displaying impulse figures Sometimes your impulse values can jump when the device is in a resting state any impulses above this value simply wont be displayed in their respective 1 3 5 7 impulse count fields Calc Impulses Whether or not to calculate impulses Its useful to turn this off when measuring the motion of things such as motorsport a
7. gives us a view similar to the following view www motionmaster com au support motionmaster com au MotionMaster User Guide 44 a Impulse Dynamics 7 GPS Point 10860 Pitch 0 7 Speed 6 3kmh Impulse time 1 13s Roll 12 Time 5 16 2010 10 45 40 664 Distance 3 4m Impulse force 0 1409g mis A ee Es ts Lat 37 81873 1 52 Time 3 52 4 Lng 144 93475 Total Dist 1 75 km Ht U LA Sn je il tt iii i no a LL LL OO Starting in the top right hand corner is the roll widget This show you roll front the point of view of looking forwards So when you are looking at this widget think of moving forwards If the widget was tilting downwards on the left then you would be rolling to the left and rightwards tilt means rolling to the right The following picture shows a roll to the left The next widget is the pitch widget its is a side on view with the motion movement happening from left to right So the right hand side of the widget is the front the left is the back lf the widget was pointing down on the left hand side you would be pitching up or point your nose towards the sky if it was tilting down on the right hand side you would be facing down or pointing towards the ground www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au master MotionMaster User Guide The following picture show an upwards pitch Continuing to move left we have three main panel
8. p short sprint mm ME prahran to bunnings mm n Run 12 04 2010 mm Desktop Mu Documents My Computer MA MyNewak Filename ken un t204200m pen ice Files of type IMationMasterfil s l Cancel 3 The log file will then be opened Depending on the speed of your computer and the size of the log file it may take a few seconds at least to open While the file is being opened a progress bar whows the file loading progress in the toolbar area 4 Once the file is loaded the loading progress bar will stop and the graphed data will be shown Setting a zero level This is one of the most important steps in interpreting your data You need to tell the MotionMaster software where a point on the graph lies that represents a stable level position This would be the position that your craft or body represents as stopped and level In a boat or kayak this would be an unloaded boat on calm flat water If you are measuring human movement this would be when standing still upright before doing your sport While finding this position is not absolutely necessary it does help getting an accurate pitch and roll measurement You ll still be able to view the pitch and roll data via the replay functions even if you don t get this perfectly right To set a zero level www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au master MotionMaster User Guide 1 Scroll or zoom to the location on the graph you are
9. point _ The speed in km h at the selected point _ point when in replay mode point point file Main Graph Display Data is displayed in one large graphing window Data for the different axes can be turned on and off You can zoom in and out and scroll as needed In the following screenshot we ve got the Y and Speed information showing Clicking on the name of any of the data series in the legend will toggle it between visible and hidden When the series is visible a green tick is displayed when a series is hidden a red cross is displayed When turning on and off series display you may need to use the verticle zoom button to fit the data in as it may not fit your current view Pressing this button adjusts the verticle size of the graph to include all data points with out adjusting the horizontal zoom 11 www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au master MotionMaster User Guide X X sideways aP Y front back X Z up down ZZ Speed Me fek Samii mm SI aaa l HD CCS 1 G0 0018 Map tab Replay Map re Citi a k v ester L Speed Okm h Force 0 0475g Roll 2 96 Pitch 0 te My Mrr a The map tab displays the recorded track from GPS models When viewing anon GPS enabled data file a default image of a map of the earth is displayed instead When clicking on a point in the Replay tab the corresponding point in the track on the Map is then highlighted with a small pop up
10. s of information Depending on the MotionMaster device you have not all of these will have data in them Dynamics GPS Pitch 15 66 Speed 10 37kmh ell 45 59 418 57 Time 5 16 2010 10 45 59 764 Distance mis 0 91m s 11432 Impulse time 1s Impulse force 0 0926g Lat 37 81874 Lng 144 93536 Total Dist 1 75 km Impulse rate 1 60 3 56 7 5 56 4 T 56 1 Time Ov all time Impulse panel Point The data point on the graph currently selected Impluse time The time between the last peak before the currently selected point and the next point after the current point Impulse force The force at the currently selected point Impulse rate The number of impulses per second averaged out over 1 3 5 and 7 of the previous impulses This will give you stroke rate or step rate for example 10 www motionmaster com au NIN support motionmaster com au macter MotionMaster User Guide Dynamics panel Pitch The pitch in degrees at the current point Rol 0 The roll in degress at the current point m s The acceleration in meters per second per second Time The time from the start point when using the replay function a simple stop watch function Ov all time The time from the beginning of the datafile for the currently selected point GPS panel For motionmaster files from a MotionMaster device fitted with a GPS unit the E a information is displayed Speed oo The The speed in km h at the selected
11. sed to set what mapping provider to use to generate the GPS map There are a lot to choose from all with their own pros and cons If you have a data file loaded with gps data select the map tab and then go into the preferences setting and try changing this settings You ll see it update in real time 13 www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au macter MotionMaster User Guide Home Location Not yet active in a future version will be used to set your home starting location in the map view tab Gyro filter Adjusts the gyrscope sensitivity Angle filter Adjusts the Angle sensitivity The gyro and angle filter settings are two of the most important settings in the software They control the relationship between how much we trust the accelerometers vs the gyroscopes In a fast moving motion with lots of angular change we d need to trust the gyros more than the accelerometers In a fast moving motion with very slight angular changes we d trust the accelerometers much more than the gyroscopes Contact us for more information on how to set these up as a minor change can have a big impact Preferences Common Rewiew ZETO 0 El Ea ta erat 0 4734 Z Zero 0 E a Analyse Y hd Impulse Cut L UU Cale mpulses M Accel Multiplier 100 All settings on the tab relate to the way data is displayed on the graph Often a device when used moany times is normally placed in the same position each tim
12. vel that show all data on the graph Zero level function Press this button and then click on the point in the graph where you would like to set a zero level Reset verticle zoom If you have selected another graph metric to view and it is off the verticle display of the graph this will resize to include all the new data Export the current graph view ina number of popular image formats Zoom the map view in Zoom the map view out Export map data for use in other applications www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au master MotionMaster User Guide Display data descriptions Below is a typical log file view of a dragon boat start sequence File Edit View Tools About 2e OOD S TnS aar Replay Map N A 1 r b Impulse Dynamics GPS opn Point 10860 ae Speed 6 3kmh p PN Impulse time 1 13s Roll 1 2 Time 5 16 2010 10 45 40 664 I 7 Impulse force 0 1409g aji vs Distance 3 4m Lat 37 81873 a L aal n de Ban n s 144 93475 ng Total Dist 1 75 km m n c Jo Impulse rate H 3 5 nt m U USS TH iii Lu cr n LL LL It displays a lot of information so its important to become familiar with this interface Main tabs Beneath the toolbar are two tabs The first tab Replay displays all the movement information for the data file the second tab Map displays mapping information for data files that have GPS data Replay Tab Selecting the Replay tabs
13. www motionmaster com au motion support motionmaster com au master MotionMaster User Guide Congratulations on your purchase of a MotionMaster device We hope that it helps improve your sport as much as it has helped us We re allways interested in any feedback you have we like our software and hope its very easy to use If you have any question or comments or would like to have some extra information added please let us know IVI OTT AS UC US NS SR a us de lay aie si ap tate l FENN TIME YOUN SOUD A gt ked pil at tk a pt et kat A ak a ks ko E e e al ep a e l Common tasks d nesan zna narra anaa araa aaa raan aaa aina aaa anaa aaa Anara l Ta AA Si A KO SE FI T e ate kk ata ian oi ye dit ae a et e e ta a ka ee aa l ke G l SONE As F LO VO tat E at ls a e it ke e A a ala e ee e e ka n a a a fa e e ek ee ka Bb 2 Zooming and navigating the graph 3 fl Woo eTo a e PEN TR NA NE FAN NA EY e ra ete nn ae e EN nn PA A de 6 DIS DAS A WeSC w ET 8 IV FAI AA WAS e oi kt it e ia nt ta ka e a ke n cena e tt e at e an a ata a e a a e da a 8 aR F A api Be a AN e RA E MO ene eee S 8 TAN AS panel ce aan aa e ti a a as e ia 10 DCS A pea epa ket pa sot e a a ol pe pp ki pa boy a e ian a bwase okap ess ge a shoe aaa 11 CS eee ee a te e 11 Main Graph Display ef se time ii on peior errn ba ale tt ia on Ena pe ta T 11 ND E S E E ean ON e Do Ek bl po a 12 Se TET PE KO F M T Ske ia in ne a ei re tt e e in at a a pr at en ee oi st Ra e e i
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