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1. l B 2 210 80 B 5 35771 on the time zoom factor 20s It will change to a Sy 20s A a 3T distance range e g 500 Now as you scroll the data Aj Mircho00 mad E MitchO00 mqd both cars move the same distance down the track M 252358s y 360 6145 M 107 2MPH M 116 9MPH L 0 029 bd Select Plot by Time is more commonly used than Plot by ES Select 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 8 Plot The g g plot otherwise somewhat erroneously known d Vil 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 _ EE 200 par A You can see two major features with the g g plot The first M 258 038s M is the point
2. 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 Pocket PC Power Usage 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 viewin
3. B is plotted in dark red M 0 0005 M 0 0005 M 0 0MPH M 0 0MPH UO 0 00g Select There are a few small differences in the trackmap El Select d TUS 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 driver had a minor off at that point For the same reason there is no red trace coming back into the pits 60 The first thing to do is to import the beacon file saved previously This time tap and hold or right dick 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 will appear Tap Mitch001 My Documents Mitch001 mqd and then OK Now Mitch001 will be displayed on both the A side as well as the B side 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 File menu which gives you several options for generating files that are compatible with other applications or for generating reports of vari
4. 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 other 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 You must switch manually between drivers To do this you use the up down control on your Pocket PC The 28 Flight ex ME 4 57 Save As Name Detroit MMDD HHMIM Folder Mone Type MaxQData log files Location Main memory Y LI ERIS Y 4 8 50 ok Driver list Jack Kay Enter driver names separated by Filename is prefix drivers 3 mad Clear field to disable driver list EFIE alh j ix c v b nim 7 EMM A Flight Y ELLE My Document Detroita 000009600 GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 o 5M name of the current driver will be shown in grey in the background of the main screen like this Using the example of Detroit for the filename
5. 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 underneath 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 Y 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 You can set two marker positions specifically for this data trace using the Set Marker 0 and Set Marker 1 menu options This is used for calculating minimum maximum and average v
6. Outgoing email account data maxqdata com infclemaxqdata com 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 sender 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 max
7. RPM sensor and the Speed sensor Be sure to configure both of these sensors to get information from the appropriate sources 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 are west positive are east of the Prime Meridian 96 GPS Altitude Height above mean sea level GPS Satellite count Number of satellites used to compute the GPS position fix Should be atleastfour 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
8. TI225 TIS 1192 1228 1264 1300 L3374 1374 1412 1450 QOO NDOY OI JhNOPFOUIPFOPFO2U0 1O0OoPh20F2 Cor 00000 C0C0 OY O1 iQ OO DO o OY O1 OO S iO CO B OO iO JN NO U1 4S OS BNAIN O 0 000 00 OO C 0 2 0 2 OO 0 OO OO QD OO CO CO CO CO CO CO O OO CO CO OC CO CO CO Co OC C CC CU 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 87 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 Windows 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 Ti
9. end Plug the OBD II module into the OBD II end Plug the OBD II cable into the other end of the OBD II module Plug the OBD II cable into the OBD II port on the car Direct sensor inputs You may wish to tap into the vehicle s wiring harness to read sensors directly You will need to identify which wires to tap with the help of a service manual wiring diagram You can use tap in squeeze connectors e g Radio Shack 64 3053 to make the connection Be sure to protect the tap connection from moisture and corrosion by wrapping it with silicone tape or by using a sealant On cars with OBD II systems do not leave the MQ200 unpowered while the car is on if you have tapped into existing sensor wiring as this can trip fault codes 12V Power If you are not using OBD II you connect power to the MQ200 through the BAT and BAT screw terminals Calibration The internal 3 axis accelerometer and angular rate sensors if equipped were tested at the factory and the calibration constants stored in the file a factory calibration file This file is emailed to you from MaxQData and is named with the serial number of your MQ200 You must load this file for proper operation of the internal sensors as described later Do not lose this file 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
10. 25 BAT in Expansion I O Port MQ200 MAX only Pin Function 1 A16 A17 3 A18 110 4 A19 5 A20 6 A21 7 A22 8 A23 9 A24 10 A25 11 A26 12 A27 13 A28 14 A29 15 A30 16 A31 17 no connection 18 no connection 19 no connection 20 no connection 21 GND 22 5V out 23 Vbat out 24 PWM0 output open collector current sink 25 PWMI output open collector current sink The pins are numbered on the connector Look carefully into the connector for the number markings at each end The top row is numbered 1 through 13 and the bottom row is numbered 14 through 25 The most common retail source for the DB 25 female connector you need to make your own wiring harness that attaches to the expansion port is Radio Shack 111 Voltage and Current Limits The following voltage and current limits must be respected in order to avoid improper operation or damage to the MQ200 and or damage to the attached devices In each case make sure to get the voltage polarity right when making connections BAT BAT power supply input 10 to 15 volts DC Power is normally supplied by an automotive 12V power connection You can also use 8 AA batteries in series lithium or NiMH recommended You can also use a 9 6V RC car battery Contact Info MaxQOData com for information on operating at lower voltages if you have a special application The continuous current draw from the battery is about 110 mA for the MQ200 PRO plus about 40mA for th
11. 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 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 48 Chart ec V 4x 5 06 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 EE pr a M 146 000s M 254 6565 M 119 0MPH d Select L 0 11g bd Select Select Select File Chart Map g g i Chart et Y dx 5 10 x Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 E 2 rr 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
12. if your system has the optional roll pitch and or yaw sensors GPS must be checked unless you choose not to use the GPS channels OBD2 must be checked if you are using the optional OBD II module PWM only applies to the MQ200 MAX and should be checked if you are using the PWM output channels Camera is for future expansion 70 Email and SMS Text Message Telemetry 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 You can also use SMS to send lap and segment times Please read the chapter on Telemetry for more information about these capabilities 7 MaxQData Setup 23 38 ok Outgoing email account ActiveSync Account ActiveSync or account name Recipients Max MaxQData com Separate recipients with Enable send MQD via email Enable send timing via email Caution phone data charges may apply MaxQDataSetup qe 23 39 ok Recipient phone numbers Separate recipients with Enable send via SMS Caution phone data charges may apply Advanced Options The Settings Advanced menu option reveals a screen
13. 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 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 described next instead of GPS Lap time if it is present m c Flight E Y 4 lt 10 34 X My Documents lun 000326600 002 301 BietoMiglsg o Oa Config Log 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 75 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 Sensors list Second it gives you a continuous measure of lap time as you drive around the track You can see
14. 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 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 d 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
15. that the car enters Turn 1 because it is only just leaving the pi di h no beacon no beacon e pits and is not up to speed 5o continue to advance the EJE 20s GD 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 E Select Select Step 4 Look at the blue MPH trace and find the peak El Select d Select MPH Drag the data traces so that the MPH peak is under file Chart Map 9 9 the vertical crosshair 36 At this point your screen should look like this You can read off the top speed directly which is 120 2 MPH 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
16. to turn off the A trackmap You will be left with just the MPH traces as shown here 49 Y do 5 14 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 O Sc p T KIA V 146 005 M 254 6565 M 119 0MPH M 115 7MPH 0 11g Select E Select fd Select File Chart Map g g ceu dx 5 17 X Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 EE rara T 7 Im 146 0005 M 254 6565 M 119 0MPH M 115 7MPH 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
17. to unclutter the screen 34 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 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
18. track mapping lap and segment times calculated from GPS position lap count continuous lap time measurement lime since last here acceleration braking cornering MPH etc Strip Street full magazine test performance calculations including o Time to speed e g 0 60 5 60 50 70 0 100 o Time to distance 60 330 1 8 mile 1000 1 4 mile speed at distance deceleration o Lateral acceleration 3 axis internal accelerometer Analog and Pulse inputs for direct sensor connections Optional OBD II Optional 5 Hz high performance GPS Horsepower Altitude GPS UTC time synchronized among all vehicles Automatic start and stop of flight recordings based on vehicle speed Color graphic real time display featuring four display modes bar graph strip chart X vs Y and numeric touch screen operation Recording time limited only by available memory 32 MB can hold more than 20 hours of data Color graphic timeslip images Excel spreadsheets web page result summaries Analysis software for both Pocket PC and PC including data file overlays lap segment time lists with min max average manual and automatic beacon placement GPS track map full zoom export to Excel and text files timeslip generation Automatic emailing of data files automatic text messaging of lap and segment times in real time requires Phone Edition device and a data plan from your wireless provider Automatic start and stop of flight recordings based on vehic
19. with several important options 72 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 response 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 MaxQData Setup M d Unlock 19387373 Road race Racing Type Log type 1 records only v Open before trigger 100 v Max lap count None OBD2 Bus 9 ISO init timeout 150 is 14230 1000 MO ticks s Debug mode _ Log serial 33 37 ok It must be unchecked for MOGPS use On the MQ200 checking this box does two things First it makes flight recording files somewhat smaller Second it ensures that the samples stored in the file have timestamps synchronized with the base sample rate you set in Flight If you leave this unchecked you will get asynchronous samples in addition to the base sample rate depending on exactly when GPS and or OBD II samples arri
20. 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 This is histogram data of the power output of the car as it drives around the course It is a specialized report and requires manipulation in Excel to generate usable horsepower plots TXT 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 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 Qview 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 plots 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 a
21. P5N inputs These inputs provide voltage conditioning that allows attachment of coil primaries or injector drive lines for RPM and Injector Pulse Width measurements The N line should be connected to the negative side of the signal usually ground and P line should be connected to the positive side PWM Outputs MQ200 MAX only These can be used to drive LEDs shift lights solenoids or relays as long as voltage and current limits are respected PWMO0 and PWMI are open collector outputs They can each sink up to 200 mA and can drive lights and small inductive loads e g relay coils The Expansion I O module contains two relays RO and R1 Use a PWM output to drive the coil of a relay by connecting the cl terminal to one of the PWM outputs The relays are double throw so the in terminal is connected to the nc normally closed terminal when the relay coil is off and the no normally open terminal when the coil is energized The current limit for the relay contacts is 2A 112 5V Out This is a regulated 5V supply used for powering sensors Current limit is 250mA Vbat Out This is a switched line to the BAT In terminal When BAT In BAT In are connected at the proper polarity Vbat turns on Current limit is 500 mA You can track Vbat voltage using the Vbat sensor driver 113 About MaxOData MaxQData is a leader in developing high value data acquisition solutions that bring advanced technology to
22. 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 work on those in the next session 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 77 78 Using the MQ200 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 befo
23. RPM simply uses the one that you trust the most 106 RPM is important because other sensors such as Gear ratio depend on its value and do not use other RPM sources Calibration values e RPMSignalSource 0 use RPM Pulse 1 use OBD2 RPM 2 use RPM injector Dependencies e Depends on the specified base sensor RPM injector This sensor is used to measure RPM by tapping into an injector drive line This works for normal saturated circuit or peak and hold injector drives not continuous flow or direct injection The injector drive line must be attached to P4 or P5 due to the nature of the electrical signal coming off of the injector Do not connect the injector directly to a one of the P0 P3 inputs Calibration values e Channel Set this to the pulse input channel that the pulse conditioner circuitry is connected to e RevolutionsPerPulse Set this to the number of revolutions per pulse that your fuel injection system uses Sequential systems are normally 2 Double fire systems are normally 1 Dependencies e Depends on the base pulse input channel RPM pulse This sensor is used to measure RPM by using either a Hall effect or inductive crankshaft sensor or a Clean Tach Out output from an electronic ignition system Make sure the signal output is a 0 5V or 0 12V pulse train the trigger voltage is about 1V do not exceed the battery supply voltage Do not connect a puls
24. 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 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 second 40 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
25. 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 the 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 Be
26. 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 and cellular data services MaxQData the MaxOData logo MQGPS MOGPS 5Hz MOGPS HiDef MOGPS TraQr other MOnnn product names and QView are trademarks of MaxQData LLC Contact information MaxQData LLC 2526 229TH PL NE Sammamish WA 98074 Info MaxQData com 800 589 7305 425 562 3423 114
27. 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 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 7 Data You grant MaxOData 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 transmi
28. be between 0 and 5 volts The raw resolution on channels A00 A15 is 10 bits oversampled and averaged to 12 bits The raw resolution on channels A16 A31 is 12 bits The raw resolution on channels A32 A37 is 10 bits oversampled and filtered to 12 bits Channels that are not present e g A16 on an MQ200 RT will report undefined values Some channels are used internally e Al2is used to measure supply voltage e A13is the X accelerometer axis minor axis of the MQ200 e Al4is the Y accelerometer axis major axis of the MQ200 e Al5is the Z accelerometer axis vertical axis of the MQ200 e A32 is the raw roll rate input e A33 is the temperature sensor for roll rate e A34 is the raw pitch rate input e A35 is the temperature sensor for pitch rate e A36 is the raw yaw rate input e A37 is the temperature sensor for yaw rate which is the same as MQTemp Calibration values e None Dependencies e These inputs do not depend on any other inputs However other sensors such as MAP sensors or throttle position sensors may depend on these inputs Beacon lap counter Counts the number of laps completed when a beacon system is attached A beacon system must have a compatible square wave output and be connected to one of the PO P3 inputs Calibration values e None depends on the calibration for Beacon lap time Dependencies e Beacon lap time Beacon lap time Measures lap time when using an optical beacon system Calibration
29. comes on after 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 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 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 73 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 f MaxQData Sete 4 Til 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 instructions in the Chart MaxDistanceToBeacon walkthrough BeaconCount Number of valid virtual bead Export the beacons
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31. 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 E To change the time scale use the and buttons on the left This is how you zoom in or out on the data traces Here we have zoomed out to 1000 seconds Chart Y d 12 04 X To switch to plot by distance mode you tap and hold or right click on this field In plot by distance 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 exA 0 0015 gt J To switch back to plot by time mode tap and hold again M 0 0005 M 0 0005 on this field Y SOMER Bind Select d Select E Select Select File Chart Map g g 35 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
32. 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 10 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 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 You can transfer files by clicking Browse t
33. 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 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 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 star
34. gt Load Calibration Backup to load the factory calibration file Then expand Sensors Requiring Calibration and Internal LatG You must set Orientation under Internal LatG to match the orientation of the MQ200 as installed in the vehicle see the on screen tip or the sensor reference at the end of this manual for more information Step 6 Verify Operation Turn on the MQ200 From within MaxQData Setup choose Settings gt Get firmware version You may be prompted to select a Bluetooth device if so check the Always use the selected device box if it appears then tap the icon for the Aircable After a short wait you should be presented with a message box that displays a firmware code which ends in the serial number for your MQ200 Exit from MaxQData Setup Do not use the X button which only hides the application on a Pocket PC instead of closing it Use File Exit instead Make sure the GPS module has a good view of the sky Run MaxQData Flight Go into Configure gt Sensors select Standard and click OK Make sure the MQ200 is flat and level Pick Internal LatG from one of the two drop down selection boxes on the main screen Verify that it is reading very close to 0 00g Check Internal LongG as well to verify it is also very close to 0 00g Pick Satellite Count from one of the two drop down selection boxes on the main screen and verify that the GPS module is picking up a satellite count greater than 3
35. is a very simple linear model which will be increasingly inaccurate as the temperature gets far away from the calibration points Calibration values e Channel Specifies the analog input channel used for the signal e HighTempDegrees The high temperature calibration point in degrees C e HighTempVoltage The voltage output from the sensor at HighTempDegrees e LowTempDegrees The low temperature calibration point in degrees C e LowTempVoltage The voltage output from the sensor at LowTempDegrees Dependencies e None 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 the 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
36. 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 95 e Depends on the GPS Vehicle speed sensor Fuel Consumed Since Reset Total fuel consumed since the flight recording was started Calibration values e None Dependencies e Uses Fuel Consumption Rate Fuel Consumption Rate Estimates the fuel flow rate in cc min based on injector pulse width Calibration values e MaxFlowRate Set this to the flow rate of one injector at 100 duty cycle e InjectorCount The number of injectors on the engine Dependencies e Uses the Channel setting for InjectorPulseWidth Gear Ratio Estimates the gearbox ratio based on vehicle speed and RPM Calibration values e FinalDriveRatio Set this to the final differential drive ratio e g 4 100 e RevsPerMile Set this to the number of rolling revolutions per mile for the tire This can usually be found in the tire manufacturer s specifications Dependencies e Depends on both the
37. 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 ea T JA M 210 8005 M 210 8005 M 62 4MPH id Select O 05 d Select 4 Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g 44 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 Y do 3 42 X Beacon 2 210 805 Beacon 2 210 805 EEs ar AA 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 t
38. 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 12 After installing the software and pairing the MQ200 with your Pocket PC run MaxQData Setup and check the following settings Settings Serial Port Settings MQ Port must be the outgoing COM port that you set up earlier during pairing Ts Bluetooth under MQ Port should be checked MO Baud Rate should be 115200 Delay Bluetooth Init should be checked GPS Port must blank no spaces or any other characters Is Bluetooth under GPS Port should be unchecked GPS Baud Rate should be 38400 Enable GPRGH must be checked GPS Hz should be Default Settings MO Module Configuration System type must be MQ200 Check Pro if you are using either an MQ200 PRO or MQ 200 MAX For an MQ200 RT check the following boxes A0 A3 A12 A15 PO and P5 For an MQ200 PRO check the following boxes A0 A3 A4 A7 A8 A11 A12 A15 PO P1 P2 P3 P4 and P5 For an MQ200 MAX check the following boxes A0 A3 A4 A7 A8 A11 A12 A15 A16 A19 A20 A23 A24 A27 A28 A31 PO P1 P2 P3 P4 and P5 If you have any of the optional internal roll pitch or yaw rate sensors check A32 A37 Also check Roll Pitch and or Yaw appropriately Check GPS if you are using
39. prefix i e the event name and Jack Kay for the driver list and with manually switching drivers between runs then your data files will be named DetroitJack000 mqd DetroitKay000 mqd DetroitJack001 mqd DetroitKay001 mqd If you have multiple drivers driving multiple courses as in a ProSolo event you can also enter for example JackLeft KayLeft 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 ev
40. 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 traveling 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
41. 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 procedure for placing beacons Take another look at the trackmap we have been using The track naturally breaks down into slow and fast sections 41 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
42. values e Channel Channel number 0 3 of the pulse channel where the beacon is attached 93 e BeaconCount Number of beacons around the track Dependencies e None Beacon segment time Reports the elapsed time over the last segment when using a beacon system Calibration values e None depends on the calibration for Beacon lap time Dependencies e Beacon lap time Beacon timestamp This value is the timestamp recorded when the car passes a beacon when a beacon system is attached One timestamp count is one millisecond Calibration values e None depends on the calibration for Beacon lap time Dependencies e Beacon lap time Distance Estimates distance traveled Used for time to distance calculations and plotting by distance Calibration values e SpeedSignalSource 0 Speed 1 OBD2 Vehicle speed 2 TransSpeed 3 GPS When using certain GPS modules in conjunction with the Enable GPRGH setting in the MaxQData Setup serial port settings Distance is calculated by Doppler shift This is generally the most accurate way to measure distance If GPRGH is not enabled then Distance is calculated from changes in Latitude and Longitude This is the recommended setting Dependencies e Depends on the specified base sensor ECT Engine Coolant Temp 94 Measures engine coolant temperature based on a standard thermistor based sensor You should calibrate the sensor near its operating point This
43. 0 FO 21 12 250 0 20 12 500 0 08 12 750 0 01 13 000 0 13 13 250 0 16 13 500 0 19 13 750 0 17 14 000 0 20 14 250 0 17 14 500 0 18 14 750 0 18 15 000 0 17 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 mile are slightly higher e g 1 than what the track timing system will report This is because the MQ200 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 86 40 42 44 47 09 56 97 53 49 52 54 54 56 oda 593 61 63 64 66 68 69 TY 132 quos 734 To 76 UES 79 80 82 83 84 85 87 88 89 90 9T 93 94 94 94 95 96 97 98 9293 100 101 102 103 80 11 13 85 18 81 49 35 T 98 66 33 89 48 63 81 84 08 49 92 34 74 05 39 65 97 10 36 48 71 92 08 17 59 67 35 25 30 24 33 28 27 25 16 TIT 127 143 161 179 198 218 238 259 280 302 324 347 371 396 421 446 473 499 526 553 581 609 637 666 696 726 757 788 819 851 884 9T 950 984 1018 1052 1087
44. 00 needs to be recalibrated Dependencies e Based on A34 voltage with temperature correction from MQTemp PWMO and PWMI control The MQ200 MAX has two PWM outputs PWM stands for Pulse Width Modulation The PWM outputs stay off until activated When activated they produce a square wave output The on time and off time of the square wave is calibratable The conditions that determine when the PWM outputs go active are also calibratable There are many threshold values that can be set such as RPM and Speed The PWM output is active only while all threshold values are exceeded In the event that the serial connection to the MQ200 is broken or if the Pocket PC fails the MQ200 will automatically turn off the PWM outputs after a short time The PWM output feature is not designed to control delivery of flammable or inflammable substances e g fuel or nitrous oxide or to control critical components e g electronic throttle In any application consider the effects of a PWM output getting stuck either on or off before deciding whether or not to use PWM control While this failure mode is unlikely the effects must be understood to make sure there is no possibility of damage or injury The state of the PWM outputs is updated at the sample rate set in Flight The value recorded in the flight recording is based on the OnTime OffTime and Timeout calibration values plus the on off state of the PWM output When this value is above 10
45. 00000000 the PWM output is active When it is below 1000000000 the PWM output is inactive Calibration values e Offlime Number of milliseconds per cycle that the output is off when the PWM output is active Set this to 0 to get an output that stays on continuously while active e OnTime Number of milliseconds per cycle that the output is on when the PWM output is active e Timeout Number of periods to cycle before shutting off if no update is received from the Pocket PC For most situations the value of Timeout multiplied by the sum of OffTime plus OnTime should be greater than the sample period For example if Flight is set to sample at 10Hz the sample period is 100 milliseconds Then if OffTime is 5 milliseconds and OnTime is 10 milliseconds the period of the PWM output square wave is 15 milliseconds At a minimum Timeout should therefore be set to 7 since 7 15 milliseconds 105 milliseconds This keeps the PWM output active until the next update To allow for software latencies it is best to increase Timeout by a factor of at least two or three over the minimum The maximum 105 value can be used by default 255 however the user must consider whether or not it is acceptable to have such a long timeout period in the event that the connection to the Pocket PC is broken e AOThreshold etc These threshold values govern when the PWM output is active A value of 0 for a threshold means that threshold is ignored All non zer
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47. 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 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 gt 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 options create a high fidelity plot of the path the car took based on yaw rate and or lateral acceleration 59 Copy t tA and Copy 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 GPS Latitude and Longitude information if you need to add a mis
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49. D iine entities tii eee ie ete osse i e e tee edi edis e re e ridad diari HERES 102 WOARE m 103 8151 BPA TAIE IX P 103 OBD2 Generic PID amnre ias airoso te ee ree ae D RD RR e la rte idad ire pedet ast eie e a pr oig cd 104 POPS duty dentarias ib peii oot tile 104 POSPb period eene meto e mte E A seti teta atii d ED 104 PO Pb5pulsedcount iere ende A xe e Ree Rae REI ret EREE a 104 Pitch rate iced ie ete n RR a eee E EUER eae 104 PW MO and PWM controla tertie ied ette erre dese guerre ease eee rese 105 Road FOwetz uti eotetetn ce rin date 106 ROM sate ou sd atr tetetatih dei e reb ibit tetur d teet 106 RPM ste toile ttov otetetacdivit e bell tsddttos tutae cone ba 106 REM Meco tuitione id a LU Ue die ied eee 107 RPM pulse tp rte te ete e ea re tati d e eq te 107 Ell t 107 yun A 108 A ae dg e tidem Ua onse did igit e Ep eer i E eei te 108 Mb k ii ete ro eh m PD ete E gt et e a Rer nea 108 A 109 endo Nulli t M M 110 bUIErERDERniosdigbliicme T M 112 About MaxOData EE 114 Revision 4 8 MQ200 Quickstart Guide Thank you for purchasing a MaxQData MQ200 system If you have any problems getting started you can send email to Info MaxQOData co
50. Is Bluetooth MQ Port NONE for GPS only v Delay Bluetooth Init GPS Baud Rate COMS 38400 X ce TD un D a 2 ct v Is Bluetooth Enable GPRGH MOGPS Hz Default Y Leave GPS Port blank unless MQ Port NONE MO Module Configuration The menu option Settings gt MO Module Configuration reveals a screen for specifying which MaxQData system is connected and which features are enabled For MQ200 applications System type must be MQ200 and the Pro box must be checked for MQ200 PRO and MQ200 MAX systems The AO through A37 checkboxes enable groups of analog input channels The MQ200 PRO has channels A0 A3 A4 A7 A8 A11 and A12 A15 The MQ200 MAX has all channels through A31 If your system has the optional roll pitch and or yaw sensors then A32 A37 must be checked You may uncheck any group of channels you are not using However do not uncheck A12 A15 as these channels are used for the internal accelerometer and battery voltage sensor PO through P5 are the pulse input channels and should be checked unless you are not using any of these channels MaxQDataSetup qe 23 39 ok System options System type L Fro so 43 aieA19 _ 492 437 44 47 a20 523 C 48 411 _ 424 427 412 415 _ 428 431 Jero P1 Jr Jrs L P4 F Ps Roll L Pitch LC Yaw v GPS C oep2 C PwM Camera Roll Pitch and Yaw must be checked in addition to A32 A37
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53. PH 4 Select O 0119 bd Select E Select 4 Select File Chart Map g g et wp x332 X Show beacon marks Show timing Configure Add beacon Add beacon each lap Delete beacon 146 0005 Select Select Select Delete all beacons Undo last change Import beacons However you might use Add beacon for specialized timing or if you are adding in a missing beacon 43 In this case choose Add beacon each lap You will now see several X symbols appear right around the point Chart er Y 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 1 146 005 Beacon i 146 00s to align it with start finish E 20 tAe14000 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
54. Satellite count The length of EE 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 GPS 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 24 The Config gt Display Graphs option actually gives you a 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 Flight 3 ME 4 52 TX i d 10 52 D 2 Flight e545 XO My Document 000203000 ky Document 047 138347 Vy Document fem 000172500 GPS LatG g 1 1 IMAP psi 147 223 GPS Satelite count 0 02 100 7 8sats 8 0 46 4 4 nda 112 6ps 1 GPS Seconds past midnight UTC 8 i 2761 251 271 0005 2771 500 GPS Vehicle speed 0 0 6 0MPH 6 1 Hune cc AA GPS Di
55. Step 8 Trial Run With the MQ200 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 My 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 14 15 MQ200 Datasheet General System capabilities Autocrossing track mapping segment timing acceleration braking cornering MPH immediate review of data without leaving your car Road racing real time lap time display
56. Yaw rate will be a constant non zero value on the order of 20 degrees per second for a typical corner on a road course and 50 degrees per second or more on hairpin autocross turns If the car begins to understeer in that turn Yaw rate will drop to a lower level and will drop farther depending on the severity of the understeer If the car begins to oversteer or spin in that turn Yaw rate will suddenly increase Yaw rate is also used to compute path maps that are generally more accurate than path maps based on LatG and with more detail than GPS track maps Calibration values e Calibration values are determined at the factory and stored in a file shipped with the unit Recalibration is not necessary Contact Info MaxQData com if you believe your MQ200 needs to be recalibrated Dependencies e Based on A36 voltage with temperature correction from MQTemp 109 I O Port Pinouts The I O boards are normally mounted on the MQ200 You can relocate them elsewhere in the vehicleif you use a standard DB 25 M F extension cable You can also create a custom wiring harness based on the pinouts below Please note that the MQ200 I O ports are not compatible with the older MQ125 MQ175 Expansion Port pinout Standard I O Port Pin Function 1 A00 2 A01 3 A02 4 A03 5 A04 6 A05 7 A06 8 A07 9 A08 10 A09 11 A10 12 A11 13 PO 14 P1 15 P2 16 P3 17 P4P 18 P4N 19 P5P 20 P5N 21 GND 22 5V out 23 Vbat out 24 BAT in
57. a 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 82 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 car 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 har
58. a the top line will be colored MP red In the upper left corner you will see the name of the 25 q temporary file used to hold the data 8 To stop the recording tap the center of the screen again After a short delay during which time Flight is 9 flushing its data buffers and closing the flight recording 0 07 tt amp file you will hear a double beep and the red highlighting 9 sats 5 0 Hz 18 ft Flight uL ELM 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 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 27 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
59. a GPS module Check OBD2 if you are using an OBD II module Check PWM if you intend to use the PWM outputs of the MQ200 MAX Settings Advanced 13 You do not need an unlock code for the MQ200 Simply leave this number 0 Racing type should be set to the kind of racing you expect to be doing most often Log type 1 records only may be checked if you like This will reduce the size of flight recordings by removing certain data that may be redundant This is only really necessary for long recordings many hours in length Open before trigger should be checked but see later for details on how to use this option when hot swapping data cards during pit stops Max lap count prepares each flight recording to hold enough beacons for the specified number of laps The default of 100 laps works for most users Do not change this to an unnecessarily high value as this will make the flight recordings unnecessarily large If you are using OBD II and you know your car s OBD II bus type set OBD2 Bus accordingly This will speed bus initialization You can also choose Autosense Otherwise for systems without OBD IL choose None Leave the ISO init timeout unless you are directed otherwise by MaxQData e Check ISO 14230 if your car has an ISO 14230 OBD II bus e g Subaru WRX STi MQ ticks s must be 1000 Debug mode and Log serial should be unchecked unless directed otherwise by MaxQData Next use File
60. acon 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 97 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 trigger 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 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
61. alibration values e None 99 Dependencies e GPS LongG GPS LatG Lateral acceleration calculation based on speed and turning rate Calibration values e None Dependencies e GPS Track made good e GPS Vehicle speed GPS Power ratio Estimates instantaneous power to weight ratio actually weight to power ratio lb 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 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 100 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 a
62. alues over a given time period or for Set Marker 0 Set Marker 1 Show Markers no beacon EJE 20s tA calculating time deltas You would do this by scrolling M 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 over 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 ml 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 File Chart Map g 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
63. 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 42 eo Yjj4x3 16 X no beacon no beacon p perra gt V 0000s M 0 000s M 0 0MPH d Select O 0 00g Select E Select fd 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 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 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 You have two options 1 Add beacon This places a single beacon at this point It does not change the beacons per lap count 2 Add beacon each lap This places beacons on 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 et Y 3 30 X no beacon no beacon O Sc 5 KIA Y 146 000 M 146 0005 M 119 0M
64. ata com 6 sec IM Brem001 Timeslip MAXQDATA 4jsjz005 13 04 oo Mr A A A A Pr E _ o _ _ eee 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 0 5 0 13 5 10 0 36 10 15 0 28 15 20 0 29 20 25 0 37 25 30 0 35 84 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 655 10 uoc 80 85 7 90 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 95 100 10 15 20 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 95 60 3301 1 8 mi 1000 1 4 mi Peak MPH Time UNNNNR RRRRPROOOO 85 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 250 500 750 000 RPPOOPOOOOOOOO 10 15 0 49 0 77 0 36 0 64 0 28 sec 1 99 5 74 8 87 11 55 13 81 Launch 59 5 0 91 g 0 01 70 ella 0 89 0 56 0 77 0 91 0 61 0 63 0 67 0 61 0 57 0 27 0 15 39 ho 51 s52 76 79 68 2T 22 88 95 04 52 30 20 25 1 06 1 43 0 93 1 29 0 57 0 94 0 29 0 66 0 37 MPH 32 79 61 76 79 00 92 99 46 83 Run 103 0 A 91 MPH aro 13 18 21 25y 28 BA 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 oO N 0000 r2 01 i O1 CO OD BO ct 3 44 3 30 2 94 2 67 2 37 2 01 1 66 1 27 0 51 FU OO OO OC 0 00
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66. cing 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 89 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 go into MaxQData Setup and select the E MaxQData Sete Til x 1 46 lok Settings gt Email option First you need to type the name of the email account already set up on your phone 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 email accounts use ActiveSync instead
67. cloud of small square symbols in roughly an 360 6145 ellipse shape These points represent the performance T m T A wig elect envelope of the car as measured by actual on track CERRO cigan acceleration braking and cornering The idea is that the fastest way around a racetrack is to always be on the edge 57 File Chart Map g g 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 bra
68. corner 000020200 in this case will be counting up If the MQ200 is not connected it will read time code Also note the M My Documents VRun 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 the 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 22 Eh ME 4 43 X Vy Document iun 000020200 0 0 Oo 0 00 4 0 0 00 AM 6 sats 5 0 Hz 29 tt File Config Flight y AE 4 54 X P Current T 6 L a Max LongG trace Lats LatG trace p 0 17 11 Satellite count Sample rate Altitude 9 sats 5 0 Hz 18 tt File Config Display Graphs You can also use the user configurable graphs display mode Tap Config Display Graphs Initially you will see this screen To the right of Flight recording trigger 0 1 there is a small down arrow Tap one and a list of values will appear 23 e AE 4 49 X Vy Documenblun 000034200 Flight recording trigger O 1 0 0 0 Fligh
69. counter so the red car can move again 50 eu dx 520 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 EJE 10 a T A M 158 8305 267 546s M 88 6MPH M 94 5MPH O 0123 d Select Select Select File Chart Map g g et Yj 5 26 X Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 66s EJ 10 cams 1 M 154 0055 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 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 51 E Y dx 5 31 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 EJE 10 cara T A M 162 4265 M 270 9825 M 775MPH M 76 1MPH O 0333 d Select 4 Select E Select File Chart Map g g et Y ed 5 35 X Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 c maeos
70. course so you can see orange cone marks when you load flight recordings into Chart and 2 to mark the finish line and other desirable beacon locations around the course Most MQ200 users will not be able to walk the course while carrying the MQ200 This feature is primarily for MOGPS users See the MOGPS User s Manual for more information 30 Using Chart Chart is the app you use to review flight recordings that have been generated by Flight Chart lets you load several files at once and view them either individually or two 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 You can follow along with the examples by transferring it to your Pocket PC or using it on your PC 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 gt 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 I
71. d 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 TimeslipTimeGraph 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 83 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 1 8mi 8 87 79 0 0 50 3 95 1000 11 55 92 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 0 91 0 100 13 86 180 MPH oil g AANNN X O sec www MaxQD
72. e input to the secondary side of the ignition coil Contact MaxQData for pulse conditioning advice if you need to make the connection to the primary side of the ignition coil Calibration values e Channel Set this to the pulse input channel that the pulse conditioner circuitry is connected to e PulsesPerRevolution Set this to the number of spark pulses per revolution sent by your ignition system You can enter a negative value to signify revolutions per pulse Dependencies e Depends on the base pulse input channel Speed 107 This is the general purpose Speed sensor that is used by other sensors Speed can be based on an actual speed sensor e g TransSpeed or can be estimated from LongG Calibration values e SpeedSignalSource 0 LongG standing starts only 1 use OBD2 Vehicle speed 2 use TransSpeed 3 use GPS Vehicle speed Recommended setting when using 5 Hz or faster GPS 4 LongG but uses GPS to reset vehicle speed when the car is not accelerating Dependencies e Depends on the specified base sensor TPS TPS stands for Throttle Position Sensor You can connect a TPS that has a 0 5V output to any of the analog input channels Calibration values e Channel Set this to the number of the analog channel where the sensor is connected e WOTVoltage Set this to the voltage output of the sensor when the throttle is wide open e ClosedThrottleVoltage Set this to the voltage output of the sensor when the throt
73. e optional Bluetooth adapter and about 70 mA for the GPS module Additional current may be drawn by sensors It is usually not a problem to leave everything powered on continuously in vehicles that have good batteries and are driven on a daily basis However if the vehicle is kept in storage for a significant period it is recommended that the power be disconnected from the MQ200 to avoid discharging the battery Special note for OBD II cars It is not recommended that the car be driven with power disconnected from the MaxQData system if there are direct connections to any OEM sensors on an OBD II car When the power to the MQ200 is disconnected there are tiny leakage paths through the MaxQData input circuitry which may be detected by some cars as a sensor failure This is normally not harmful but could set an erroneous trouble code A00 A31 inputs are limited to signals between 0 and 5 volts P0 P3 inputs are limited to signals between 0 and VBat The trigger voltage for these pulse inputs is approximately 1 volt DO NOT connect P0 P3 inputs to either the primary or secondary side of an ignition coil Also do not connect directly to injector drive lines as these can be subject to inductive voltage spikes you can however connect an injector drive line if you use a diode clamp or transient suppression diode contact Info MaxQData com for details Use the Clean Tach Out signal available from the ECU on some cars instead P4P and P4N P5P and
74. e tap and hold on 84 9MPH and select Set Marker 0 e tap and hold on 0 14g and select Set Marker 0 37 s Chart EN Yj d 11 17 ix no beacon no beacon SE Ec lt gt A M 146 5665 M 146 5665 M 120 2MPH 4 Select M 0 069 bd Select Select Select File Chart Map g g s Chart EJ Y 4 12 00 x no beacon no beacon E ezs esas M 151 8305 M 151 8305 M 84 9MPH d Select M 0 14g bd 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 as 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 av
75. e 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 Log gt Timeslip Optionally enable Log gt 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 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 dat
76. ent The preopened flight recording file is a problem in this case because the preopened file resides on the storage card 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 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 gt Advanced When this box is unchecked Flight will no longer preopen a new flight 29 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 recordi
77. erage 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 Y d 12 05 X i Chart no beacon no beacon E 2 AAA M 158 9275 158 9275 M 88 6MPH Select M 0 06g Select Select Select File Chart Map g g Chart EJ Fi d 12 10 x GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 t0 t1 max 89 1MPH t0 t1 avg 77 6MPH t0 t1 min 69 6MPH Set Marker 0 Set Marker 1 b qe 2o E v Show Markers A Mitch000 mqd Jump to Marker 0 IM 15 Jump to Marker 1 mi m0 7 097 s mO tA 0 000 s mi tA 7 097 s File Chart Map All data is noisy Noise meaning random 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 a berm or from a GPS signal glitch or from something bumping the accelerometer or for any number of other reasons 38 By default Chart smooths the data in the graphs gfe Ev Y 4x 1 28 ok Select parameter to view somewhat to reduce noise and make the graphs less misleading You can control the amount of smoothing on each data trace When you
78. ers 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 MQ200 system Here are some specific tips and comments Racing Type Be sure to set the Racing Type to Road race in MaxQData Setup under Settings gt 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
79. es e Based on A15 MAP MAP stands for Manifold Absolute Pressure You can add a MAP sensor as long as it has a 0 to 5V analog output MAP is the best measurement of engine load TPS Throttle Position tells you what the driver is commanding out of the engine but MAP essentially tells you how hard the engine is actually working meaning how much air is pumping through it Calibration values e Channel Set this to the channel number of the analog input where the MAP sensor is hooked up e OneHundredkPaVoltage Set this to the voltage representing atmospheric pressure This is the pressure that the MAP sensor sees at sea level when the engine is not running This value can either be looked up in the pressure sensor specifications or can be measured by looking at the raw analog voltage input when the engine is off e ZerokPaVoltage Set this to the voltage produced by the sensor in response to full vacuum Normally you have to either look up this voltage from the sensor specification You can get a fairly good 102 estimate of this voltage if you flight record the sensor analog voltage output rev the engine high and then suddenly close the throttle Dependencies e Based on the underlying analog input e g A00 MOTemp Measures the temperature inside the MQ200 Calibration values e Calibration values are determined at the factory and stored in a file shipped with the unit Recalibration is not necessary Contact Info MaxQDa
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81. 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 Starting a Flight Recording Screen Tap The next most common way to start a flight recording isto RGIS Ns ex A 4 44 X use Screen tap Tap Config then tap on Screen tap ily Do 000035000 e S to check it we recommend leaving it unchecked when dta du B using the automatic Flight recording trigger to help prevent accidental triggering v Display dashboard 8 Display graphs Display lap times La Add beacon count 0 il 8 Screen tap Force recording Ready screen Lorn Start if 8 Launch Chart go rt eh 45 4 45 ok Start Flight Recording Now to manually trigger a flight recording tap anywhere in the middle of the screen and this will come up The big Start Flight Recording button is what starts the Freeze mare ae Zero Cancel flight recording The Zero button which is rarely used Release 26 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 flight recording Tap Start Flight Recording and you will be back at the main display screen only this time you will be recording data When recording dat
82. g 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 without compromising software responsiveness 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 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 MQ200 and for the MQ200 to reacquire satellites However if you find that Flight does not reliably reconnect to the MQ200 after turning the power off you will need to exit from Flight before turning the power off 76 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 MQ200 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 fo
83. gainst 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 62 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 7 AO AAA Ni AL Brea rj 1 5 g LongG 1 5 g LatG 63 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 Hot i 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 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
84. he blue car was on lap 1 segment 1 and the red car was on lap 2 segment 1 56 PB CE dx 6 03 X Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 E aa q T A M 1573265 M 265 9825 M 83 6MPH M 86 1MPH O 0 729 Select Select Select File Chart Map g g Chart Yj 6 13 X 1 1 48 656 Lap 2 1 43 050 1 1 04 600 Seg 1 1 03 206 Lap Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 E 1s aa AA A M 157 7265 265 9825 M 83 6MPH M 86 1MPH L 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 EIE et Y do 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
85. he 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 1 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 specifically for Pocket PC The name of the file will be similar to MaxQData 28c 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 folder 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 and optionally the Codes utility Chart is for data analysis Flight is for collecting the data and Setup is for setup and calibration Codes is a simple OBD II code scanning utility After installing the software delete the install file from the Pocket PC In addition to the installation file be sure to transfer the factory calibration file you got from MaxQData to the Pocket PC You will use it later Step 3 Software Download and Installation Lapt
86. he left with the stylus or you use the arrow buttons Here we have gone backwards exactly 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 FF 105 t 4 7008 4 I lt gt A Mitch D0 mqd B Mitch mqd The inside color is red for braking blue for accelerating M 1574265 M 265 9825 Intense red is hard braking intense blue hard acceleration M d E 0 729 elect White means you are neither braking nor accelerating E 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
87. hese beacons for newly loaded flight recordings Beacon 2 210 80s Beacon 2 210 805 EJE 20 aaa al M 223 509 M 223 5095 M 98 3MPH d Select L 0579 4 Select 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 45 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 E Yj 4x 3 54 Lap times option In this example the Lap times option brings up the following screen noon details Lap times The MOGPS system samples GPS Latitude and Longitude pd in intervals of 0 200 s But the actual lap timing accuracy T is better than that Chart uses interpolation to estimate lap 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 Optical beacons will do even better Lap Lap Lap Lap Lap Lap Lap By expanding the different areas of this tree view tap the signs you can see other interesting information as shown in the following
88. imum 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 90 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 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 GPX option and click the Export button This will create a file with the same prefix but an XML extension e g Run000 xml Bring up a web browser and go to www gpsvisualizer com This is the service you will use to create a Google Earth file from your data MaxQData is not associated with GPSVis
89. in the response Dependencies e None P0 P5 duty cycle The pulse inputs are capable of measuring the duty cycle of a square wave signal The duty cycle is the ratio of the on time of the signal to the on off time of the signal Calibration values e Invert Set this to 1 if you d like to measure the ratio of off time to on off time Dependencies e Based on the underlying pulse input e g PO P0 P5 period Measures the period on time plus off time of a square wave signal Calibration values e None Dependencies e Other sensors may depend on these values P0 P5 pulse count Counts the number of pulses received on the input line during one sample period Calibration values e None Dependencies e Other sensors may depend on these values Pitch rate 104 This senses the rate of pitch in degrees second A car that is driving straight on a flat and smooth road will measure a Roll Rate of 0 degrees second When the driver suddenly brakes the pitch rate will spike in one direction as the car noses down then it will fall back down to zero When the brake is released or the car stops it will briefly spike the other way as the nose of the car comes back up This can be used to tune sway bars and shocks Calibration values e Calibration values are determined at the factory and stored in a file shipped with the unit Recalibration is not necessary Contact Info MaxQData com if you believe your MQ2
90. intense heat or where it will be exposed to water spray The recommended mounting mechanism for most installations is high strengthVelcro or a similar product Here are some of the more common scenarios e Production car carpeting This usually works very well if Velcro will stick to your carpet Apply the hook side of the Velcro to the box and discard the loop fuzzy side e Race car floorpan You ll want to find a flat and level smooth metal or plastic surface that isn t exposed to heat fluids water or excessive dirt You can apply Velcro to hold it in place e Hard mount You can fabricate a strap that will hold it in place on a flat surface Alternatively you can drill through the housing of the box and insert your own hardware You need to take apart the MQ200 enclosure to do this and you need to clean out all the aluminum chips from any drilling or cutting that you do Send email to Info MaxQData com for details Pocket PC 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
91. ist 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 See 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 21 E d 4 44 X 000035000 t 0 00 0 00 Flight Sensors v Display dashboard Display graphs Display lap times Add beacon count 0 Screen tap Force recording Ready screen Start Launch Chart Select sensors to log Flight recording trigger GPS Altitude 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 MQ200 is connected the number in the upper right
92. king 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 trail 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 wp Mex 7 33 X Beacon 3 254 665 Beacon 5 357 715 E ss AA M 2605175 y 363 0935 L 80 3MPH 85 3MPH UO 0 22g Select Select Select File Chart Map 9 9 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 58 Show Grid The Chart Show grid feature turns on a light grey grid Yj 4x7 50 X 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 0 25 5 M 260 5175 363 0935 M 80 3MPH M 85 3MPH L 0 229 bd 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
93. 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 64 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 gt Load cones menu choice in order to load a cone file If you simply use File gt 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 Load Please note that due to errors inherent in the GPS 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 adju
94. le speed MQ200 PRO system capabilities 6g 3 axis accelerometer 12 analog and 6 pulse input channels 100 Hz sampling Optional internal Roll Pitch and Yaw rate sensors MQ200 MAX system capabilities 16 6g 3 axis accelerometer 28 analog and 6 pulse input channels 2 relay or pulse width modulated outputs e 100 Hz sampling e Up to 500 Hz sampling on selected channels recommended for shock velocity measurements e Optional internal Roll Pitch and Yaw rate sensors GPS Module Technical specifications e 32channel GPS receiver e 1 second hot start 39 seconds cold start e 158 dBm sensitivity e 5 Hz sample rate 17 Mounting The most important considerations for mounting are e Ihe MQ200 must be both flat and level when mounted in the vehicle so the accelerometers read accurately e It must be aligned with the centerline of the vehicle though it does not have to be directly on the centerline Either the major or minor axis of the MQ200 must be parallel with the centerline of the vehicle Locating the MQ200 near the center of gravity is not critical Eyeballing the centerline alignment is generally OK e Typical good mounting locations are in the passenger footwell under the passenger s seat behind the driver s seat in the trunk or under the rear parcel shelf As long as the MQ200 is flat and level pretty much anywhere will do e Donot mount the MQ200 in the engine compartment or where it will be exposed to
95. ly 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 39 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 and squeeze the plot Unfortunately this makes the trackmap much smaller and the data traces shorter values 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 Y do 2 19 X no beacon no beacon EJE 20s KEREK M 158275 M 158 9275 M 88 6MPH bd Select M 0 069 bd Select Select Select File Chart Map g g et Y 2 24 X no beacon no beacon EI 20 TTE 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
96. m or call 800 589 7305 This quickstart guide assumes you are using an MQ200 with a Pocket PC If you are using a laptop in the car to do the actual data collection the steps are similar but please refer to your laptop s documentation for instructions on setting up a Bluetooth Serial Port Profile connection to the MQ200 as the exact steps can vary between different computers If you are using an MQ200 with an RS 232 connection the steps are the same except of course that you do not need to set up Bluetooth 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 IF YOU ORDERED YOUR MQ200 WITH A POCKET PC YOU DO NOT NEED TO PAIR IT ALL SOFTWARE HAS BEEN LOADED AND CONFIGURED FOR YOU TO OPERATE IF YOU PURCHASE THE MQ200 BY ITSELF YOU WILL NEED TO PAIR IT WITH YOUR POCKET PC OR LAPTOP AND SET UP THE SOFTWARE ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW Mounting MQ200 data acquisition unit The MQ200 needs to be mounted flat and level for the internal accelerometers to work properly Try the floor or the trunk Check the installation location with a bubble level before attaching the unit with fasteners The unit must also be mounted either lengthwise parallel to the centerline of the vehicle or widthwise perpendicular to the centerline Mount the system in a dry clean location where it is not exposed to heat water fl
97. me 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 y MaxQData Seti Yj 4x 1 24 ok sensors Recipient phone numbers MaxQData Setup Enter the phone number s of the recipient s separated by semicolons Then check Enable send via SMS Please note that SMS text messaging is Separate recipients with 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 phonefdata charges may apply does not bill you nor receive any revenue from this Be cautions as you can quickly overrun your text message limit on a long race Next you need to set up the Settings SMS option in Enable send via SMS A text message will be sent every time your lap count or 1231 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 4 Tab q w e r t vjuji jo D E AP a s d f g n j k T segment count is incremented while logging data The time delay between crossing a beacon position and a recipient receiving the text message is typically about 15 zn Lc v Ib inim Le 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 n
98. n this view Full GPS map North is always at the top of the screen 31 LL 4 J Chart du Fil 46 10 44 X Eees AAA SOSA pesce 4 4 d 4 4 LJ A A File Chart Map g g Chart er Vi d 10 49 X no beacon no beacon O 010 IE KIA M 0 0005 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 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 32 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 E 20s er 0001s To 4T BJ MitchOO0 mad M A MitchO00 mad M 0 0005 M 0 0MPH Select Select File Chart Map g g numbered the various areas of the screen you need to learn about 33 en Y ol 11 05 X 11 2 no beacon 12 no beacon EJE 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
99. ng data and will have no open file Then you can eject the Storage Card and insert a second Storage Card without problems 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
100. o 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 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 47 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
101. o control over In order receipt is not guaranteed A Assuming you have enabled lap time lap count segment time and segment count the text message will look like this 88 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 L 0 0 00 000 LOS 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 204933 L 1 S 3 0 29 404 L 1 1 220 933 L 2 S 1 0 15 650 L 1 17207933 L 2 S 2 0 34 844 L 2 1 19 483 L 2 8 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 ra
102. o thresholds must be exceeded before the PWM output goes active Dependencies e Depends on whatever sensors are used for thresholds Road Power Estimates horsepower output based on the weight of the vehicle how fast it is going and its acceleration Note that you will probably different values for Road Power based on the sources you choose for Speed GPS Road Power is recommended over Road power when using a high performance 4 Hz or faster GPS module Calibration values e Mass Set this to the weight of the vehicle in pounds Dependencies e Internal LongG e Speed Roll rate This senses the rate of roll in degrees second A car that is driving straight on a flat and smooth road will measure a Roll Rate of 0 degrees second When that car enters a corner the roll rate will spike in one direction as the car turns into the corner and the body leans then it will fall back down to zero On exit it will briefly spike the other way This can be used to tune sway bars and shocks Calibration values e Calibration values are determined at the factory and stored in a file shipped with the unit Recalibration is not necessary Contact Info MaxQOData com if you believe your MQ200 needs to be recalibrated Dependencies e Based on A22 voltage with temperature correction from MOTemp RPM This sensor is used by other sensor drivers as the generic RPM value You can measure RPM via several means see the other RPM sensor drivers
103. 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 gt Zoom GPS map with Qview M turned off and Overlay turned on to see if there were any significant differences in line only valid with GPS HDOP below 1 2 Use 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 81 Using the MQ200 for Drag Racing You can use the MQ200 to generate highly accurat
104. op Desktop Again download the latest software from the MaxOData website You will need the file labeled as PC Chart The name of the file will be similar to MaxQData 28c 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 Bluetooth Pairing with a Windows Mobile 2003 Pocket PC Power on the MQ200 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 11 Tap New and then Explore a Bluetooth Device The Pocket PC will search for new Bluetooth devices An icon should appear for Aircable xxxxx or similar The number xxxxx identifies your module Tap this icon Select Serial Port and Next A shortcut will be created Go back to the Today screen and select Bluetooth Settings from the Bluetooth icon Tap the Services tab Tap Serial Port Check Enable service Uncheck the other checkboxes Tap Advanced and make a note of the Dutbound COM Port Tap OK and OK again to get out of the Bluetooth Settings applet 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 MQ200 Setup If yo
105. operty 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 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
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107. our Run tenente nnne ennt nnne trennen tenete tenen 80 Pocket PE Power Usage eni Leere diete Ee Ea eee bero eek HORIS SEKERA N PEER Es ere 80 Real time Segment Time Display cccccccccsssesesescsesesneceeessnenseneesenesesenesesessscsesessscecsesesnecesesaneneeeeesenenes 81 Autocrossing Data Analysis sse ene nnne tenente nennen tenen 81 Using the MQ200 for Drag Racing ocococcnooonosnnionononononacacannonononaninecncnonoconannonenenanenecoconenrononononencconiononenaninens 82 Racing M 82 Log Options in Flight etie terat e eerie ie e PH doren dodne 82 GES Beacoti5 ertet ee pen reti a taion ie iq rte qe 82 Recording Your Run 35 toco mese diete b reca adipe e Perte fpe se 82 Timeslip Informa bon sata nn pe oer ete ertet eere REO etn e ere e EE ie e 83 JAGGULAQCyie ein uS E ed dedere e memet ne pte RERO esa ROG ERE 86 Telde E M H RN 88 SMS Text Messaging of Lap and Segment Times sse e enne 88 Email of Flight Recording Files sse nennen nennen 89 Generating a Google Earth Satellite Plot eee eee esee esent ee ttn tn tette tnt tn tnt ts tn tnsen tns tn ntn 91 Sensor IH CFR er Ce oo oko i FU MERO iaeei Nisen eits iier tiia n iar EEVEE EEEREN IUD EEEE EEEN WAVH DNI MEHR Ea E n a ta 93 ADO PASH Voltage i A E E e moie o E a A n n i eden ode D d e PREIS FRE ERA 93 Beacon lap cOmO sot cet btt terit ut utet tation Ded en senkt o 93 Beacon lap
108. ous 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 CSV Comma Separated Variable is one of the most universal data formats for spreadsheet and mathematical analysis software Exporting to CSV creates a file with all 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 splitting it into several successive files for compatibility with some applications 61 POL 7 40 ok Select log file to view MitchODO My Documents MitchOO0 maa MitchOO1 My Documents MitchOO1 mqa er q 11 23 ok Select file to export My Documents USTO1 0308 1027 mgd AMy Documents USTO1 0308 1433 mad O Timeslip Power report O CSV O TXT O GPX Trackvision O Excel 5 0 95 8 Qview report 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
109. ow to access the Flight recording trigger calibration points Here is the initial MaxQData Setup screen sE MaxQData Setup 7 3 36 X Sensors requiring calibration Sensors not requiring calibration File fa Settings 67 Tap on the next to Sensors requiring calibration to E MaxQData Setup E die Ed 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 qt E expand its calibration point list Sensors requiring calibration Flight recording trigger Start Speed Stop Speed Off Delay Max Record Time GPS Beacon timestamp File ES Settings 68 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 MQ200 for Road Racing subsection Showing Real Time Lap and Segment Times for a detailed ex
110. paring Lines Zooming back out to 200 yards here is what you get when you check Map 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 55 et Y do 6 27 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 CIE 10s eA 4700s gt 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 gt 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 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 and even then the accuracy cannot be guaranteed 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 t
111. planation Saving the Calibration Use the File Save calibration backup command to save MaxQData Setup di 3r X EE Sensors requiring calibration Flight recording trigger Start Speed Speed above which flight r 20 Stop Speed File 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 MO Port is the COM port for communicating to an MQ200 Must be set to the name of the COM port to which the MQ200 is connected If the COM port is COMIO or greater you must add to the beginning of the name e g COM10 e MO Baud Rate must be 115200 for the MQ200 e Ts Bluetooth under MO 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 blank for MQ200 use e GPS Baud Rate must be 38400 e Enable GPRGH must be checked e MQGPS Hz should be set to Default 69 MaxQDataSetup qe E377 ok MO Port MO Baud Rate NONE 115200 v v
112. r 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 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
113. re 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 automatically 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
114. s you turn slightly left or right Calibration values e None Dependencies e GPS Vehicle speed e GPS Track made good Injector pulse width Measures injector pulse width in milliseconds Calibration values e None Dependencies e Depends on the calibration for RPM injector Internal LatG Measures lateral acceleration from the internal lateral accelerometer Calibration values e Orientation This value must be set according to the orientation of the MQ200 as it is installed in the car Side 0 Side 3 Side 1 101 If side 0 is towards the front of the car Orientation should be set to 0 If side 1 is towards the front Orientation should be set to 1 and so forth e Other calibration values are determined at the factory and stored in a file shipped with the unit Recalibration is not necessary Contact Info MaxQData com if you believe your MQ200 needs to be recalibrated Calibration values are shared with Internal LongG Dependencies e Based on A13 or A14 depending on orientation Internal LongG Measures longitudinal acceleration from the internal accelerometer Calibration values e Internal LongG shares the same calibration values with Internal LatG Dependencies e Based on A13 or A14 depending on orientation Internal VertG Measures vertical acceleration from the internal accelerometer Calibration values e Internal VertG shares the same calibration values with Internal LatG Dependenci
115. 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 5575 fastest segments 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 Lo I L HB H H H HH Eoo ooo omo Chart Y 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 Rp HH HH H H 46 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 02 02 03 1 04 04 705 Segment 2 Lap Fastest 39 Lap Slowest 43 Lap Average 40 Lap By lap number Segment Segment 1 Lap Rh ppp ppp H On OF OFAN WH 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 t
116. 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 a Chart et Y dx 1 35 X Y no beacon no beacon no beacon no beacon E 20 AST AA EJE 20 ASR A M 158 275 M 158 9275 M 158 275 M 158 9275 M 88 6MPH Select M 88 6MPH Select 0 06g Select M 02233 d Select E Select Select E Select Select File Chart Map g g File Chart Map g g Raw 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 immediate
117. sing 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 en Everything just discussed applies when you want to et Yj dx 7 21 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 b P no beacon no beacon Mitch001 mqd does not have any beacons yet Remember EJE 20s ED the trackmap for the A file is plotted in light blue and the trackmap for
118. st for GPS drift when comparing files The slide distance is not permanently recorded in the flight recording 65 66 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 mean 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 h
119. stance 0 1 4 2 1 4 mile 4 5 15 2 12 9MPH es b690RDM 2175 0 479 3ft 4480 3 8 9 GPS Track made good GPS Vehicle speed MPH o 150 O5D2 RPM 0x0C 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 screens appropriately 25 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
120. t an unnecessary Flight recording 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 80 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 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
121. t recording trigger O 1 File Config ey AE 4 50 X liy Documenblun 000036800 Flight recording trigger 0 1 q GPS Altitude ft 300 15000 GPS Altitude m 100 5000 GPS Distance 1 4 mile ffs ES 0 Flight recording trigger O 1 File Config You can scroll through the list to select a value to view In ayes ght edi a 50 X this screen we have chosen GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 a My Document un 000047400 150 for the top red value and GPS Satellite count 0 ee 20 for the bottom blue value It is useful to check GPS GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 7 Satellite count before each run to ensure that the GPS 0 0 module is tracking at least four satellites 0 0 0M PH EN s Isats GPS Satellite count 0 20 File Config Here is an explanation of what you see on the screen The El 3 ME 4 50 X Max and Min numbers are the maximum and ily Document Jun Elapsed time P 000047400 minimum values seen in the last few seconds either 10 or 7 GPS Vehicle speed MPH 0 150 20 seconds depending on the Config MinMax window T setting The Current numbers are the values right 0 0 i Current now Elapsed time is a number that basically tells you 0 0 Min L if the connection to the MQ200 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
122. t 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 your use of the Hardware and or the Software and b injuries or damages occurring during third party use of Hardware owned by you and or Software licensed to you 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 MaxQData was present at the time of the injuries or damages and even when an agent of MaxQData was in control of or co driving 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 MaxOData covered by section Suggestions or section Data 9 Disclaimer of Warranties MaxQData provides the Software and Hardware AS IS AND WITH ALL FAULTS M
123. ta com if you believe your MQ200 needs to be recalibrated Dependencies e Based on A37 OBD2 values The MQ200 connects to the OBD II bus in late model vehicles in order to acquire data from built in sensors It can communicate with ISO 9141 2 most imports and many Chrysler vehicles ISO 14230 Subaru STi Cadillac CTS some other imports VPW mostly GM and PWM mostly Ford Consult Web references to verify which bus your vehicle has CAN is supported as a special option contact MaxQData for details The sampling rate depends on the bus and is typically in the range of 5 10 samples per second The more OBD II values you flight record the slower the sample rate on each Here are the standard OBD II parameters supported e Calculated Load Value e Coolant Temperature e IAT Intake Air Temperature e Long Term Fuel Trim Bank 1 Bank2 e MAF Mass Air Flow e MAP Manifold Absolute Pressure e O2 Trim Bank 1 Sensor 1 through Bank 2 Sensor 4 e O2 Voltage Bank 1 Sensor 1 through Bank 2 Sensor 4 e RPM e Short Term Fuel Trim Bank 1 Bank 2 e Spark Advance e TPS Throttle Position e Vehicle Speed Calibration values e None Dependencies e None 103 OBD2 Generic PID Allows reading of manufacturer specific PIDs You must know the PID number PID numbers above OxFF are requested using SAE J2190 protocol Calibration values e PID Set to the hexadecimal PID number e DataLength Set to the number of data bytes used
124. the back of the Pocket PC 18 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 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 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 is sometimes possible to use the seat belt of the passenger seat to hold the laptop 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 Companies like www ram mount com provide vehicle mounting solutions for laptops 19 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 MQ200 You can even assign it to a button on the Pocket PC using Start Settings Personal Buttons Initial Configuration Turn on your MQ200 and run Flight The first time you e 24 49 X do this you will see Wy Documenkl lun 100227600 No sensors configured File Config 20 Tap Config and a menu pops up Now tap Sensors and you ll be presented with a l
125. the plot for the B file it is easy to see that the driver maintained high lateral acceleration 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 53 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 54 ACE 6 19 X Beacon 1 146 005 Beacon 3 254 665 EE Eer RC T KIA 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 dx 6 23 X Beacon 1 146 00s Beacon 3 254 665 EEs meer q T 317 Y 157 726s M 265 9825 M 83 6MPH M 86 1MPH O 0 729 Select E Select fad 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 Com
126. tle is fully closed Dependencies e Depends on the base analog channel TransSpeed The MQ200 is capable of measuring vehicle speed from a transmission speed sensor that has a 0 5V or 0 12V pulse output which is common on many production vehicles The advantage of TransSpeed is that it updates faster than GPS or OBD II It is subject to errors due to tire slip Calibration values e Channel Set this to the number of the pulse channel where the sensor is connected e PulsesPerKilometer Set this to number of pulses per kilometer coming from the transmission speed sensor You can usually look this up in a service manual for the vehicle It is also possible to adjust this by starting with a good guess say 2548 a common value driving the car at a known speed and then adjusting this value to bring TransSpeed in line with the known speed Dependencies e Depends on the base pulse channel Vbat 108 Measures the Vbat voltage essentially the same as the supply voltage to the MQ200 Calibration values e None Dependencies e None Yaw rate This sensor is commonly used in OEM stability control systems to detect whether a car is understeering or oversteering or spinning The output tells you how fast the car is rotating around its vertical axis in degrees per second clockwise is positive When a car is going dead straight Yaw rate is zero When a car is in a constant radius turn at a constant speed and steering neutrally
127. 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 E3 Settings File gt 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 gt 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 74 You can use the normal displays to show the lap and or segment timing information for example m E z m Ai Flight EJ Fi 4 1035 X Ty Documen lun 000360800 GPS Lap count bd eno 33 0E 2 33 017 GPS Lap time m s File Config Log Flight EJ Fi 4 lt 10 38 X My Documents 000174600 GPS Segment count i 1 06 790 06 m gt 1 06 790 GPS Segment time m s 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 display you are currently in segment 2 and your segment time for segment 1 was 1 07 790 Alternatively you can pull up a pure lap time count display using Config Display lap times The
128. u are ever asked for a passkey for the Aircable it is either 1234 or the module ID number Step 4 Bluetooth Pairing with an HP iPAQ rx4200 Pocket PC and certain others A few Pocket PCs based on Windows Mobile 2005 use the same pairing process as the one above for Windows Mobile 2003 devices Step 4 Bluetooth Pairing with most other Windows Mobile 2005 Pocket PCs Dell Axim X51 etc Turn on the MQ200 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 Aircable xxxxx or similar will appear The number xxxxx identifies your GPS module Tap this entry and then Next Enter the passkey for the Aircable and tap Next The passkey is either 1234 or the module ID number 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 COMZ is recommended if available Uncheck Secure Connection Tap Finish 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 MQ200 delete the Outgoing Port and try a different COM port
129. ualizer com Select the Make a map Google Earth KML link Most of the default parameters on the next page are correct Make the following changes Click the Browse button next to File 1 and select the xml file you just created 91 Under Track options select Colorize by Speed Now click the Create KML file button After a short delay a new page will be displayed There is a link on this page to your Google Earth KML file actually a KMZ file Right click on this link choose Save target as and put the file somewhere convenient Finally run Google Earth and load your KMZ file You can use Google Earth 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 92 Sensor Reference Following is a description of the sensor drivers supported by the MQ200 A00 A37 voltage These are raw analog voltage inputs The input voltage must
130. uids or excessive dirt The recommended attachment method for most applications is high strength adhesive Velcro strips Pocket PC Mount the Pocket PC securely in a dry clean location You can mount the Pocket PC with the Velcro but be careful when dismounting the Pocket PC as excessive force can pull off the battery cover Wiring WARNING Work carefully around airbag wiring These wires are usually yellow Never make a connection to an airbag wire Always stay clear of airbag deployment areas when working on an airbag equipped vehicle DO NOT MOUNT ANYTHING IN FRONT OF AN AIRBAG CAUTION Do not tap sensors used in ABS Stability Control or other safety critical systems CAUTION Make wiring connections only with power disconnected and the car turned off Check for short circuits before applying power Protect wires from cuts and abrasion Pocket PC Connect the Bluetooth adapter or RS 232 cable to the connector on Side 3 of the MQ200 If you need to you can use a DB9 M F straight through extension cable to provide additional length If you are using an RS 232 cable to connect a standard male PC type serial port you need a M F straight through cable GPS only Plug into the GPS OBD II port on Side 1 of the MQ200 The GPS module is powered directly from the port OBD II with GPS Your OBD II module came with a Y cable Plug the MQ200 end into the GPS OBD II port Plug the GPS module into the GPS
131. us T JA M 162 7265 270 382s M 76 0MPH M 76 1MPH L 0 48q d Select Select Select 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 GPSLatitude e GPS Longitude e GPS LatG e GPS LongG e GPS Track Made Good Tap Map 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 KIE 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 52 As before to move forward in time you either drag the a Y 4551 x LU plot area to t
132. 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 that 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 79 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 Placing Beacons 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
133. ve from their sources Most users won t notice the difference so we recommend leaving this box unchecked Users who require a constant sample interval should check this box 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 should be set to the OBD II bus of the car if you are using the optional OBD II module We strongly recommend setting this to the specific bus rather than using Autosense ISO init timeout should be 5 unless you are having trouble initializing an ISO 9141 2 interface ISO is 14230 must be checked if your vehicle bus is ISO 14230 MO ticks s is for backward compatibility with the MO100 MQ125 MQ175 It should be 1000 for MQ200 systems Debug mode and Log serial work together to generate 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 Using the MQ200 for Road Racing Road rac
134. your lap and segment times in real time Calibration values e None Dependencies e Depends on GPS Latitude and GPS Longitude 98 GPS Time Since Last Here This provides a way to compute lap time on the fly from GPS information only without a trackside beacon As the car drives around the track the flight recorder constantly watches GPS position It searches 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 Calibration values e None Dependencies 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 C

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