Aim David User manual

Standalone version
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USER Manual for
DAVID
This User Manual was written using the following parameters:
Software version Race Studio 2: 2.20.14
Firmware version DAVID: 17.06
Firmware version MyChron 3 Dash: 15.04
Firmware version MyChron Light TG Dash: 21.01
Manual Version: 1.01
Date of publication: August 30th 2005
Please note:
This user manually is copyright of Aim s.r.l.; all procedures You find here
explained can change also substantially so, please refer to our website
www.aim-sportline.com to know which are the newest procedure.
Aim reserves the right to update and re-issue documentation from time to
time without obligation to notify any person of such changes.
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DEAR DAVID OWNER
DAVID is the new AIM system that allows you to enter in the race
movie world because with DAVID you are the director!
DAVID merges the signals of two video cameras with your dash
display and you will be able to see your race together with the most
important information right in front of you.
Moreover, with ECT (Easy Connection Technology), DAVID
connects to the most popular ECU through a single CAN or RS232
connection and you can select your own one from a custom
database.
As all AIM products, DAVID let you choose your preferred
configuration through the powerful RACE STUDIO 2 Software, that
supplies you an easy data analysis instrument too. DAVID,in fact,
has also an integrated data logger with 8Mb of non volatile internal
memory and all data there stored can be downloaded to your Pc
through a fast USB cable.
Thank you for your purchase of DAVID and… enjoy yourself!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS.........................................................................................4
1 – DAVID IS FOR..................................................................................................6
2 – DAVID Standalone architecture.....................................................................7
3 – DAVID Standalone standard kit and accessories........................................8
3.1 – DAVID installation and power 9
3.2 – DAVID LanC connection 11
3.3 – DAVID maintenance 12
4 – DAVID Dash (optional)..................................................................................13
4.1 – MyChron 3 Dash 13
4.2 – MyChron Light TG Dash 16
5 – Race Studio 2 Software................................................................................17
Note 1: “Race Studio 2” Visualization problems 19
6 – DAVID Configuration....................................................................................23
6.1 – How to set and select a Configuration 24
6.2 – How to set DAVID Channels 26
6.3 – How to set and use DAVID Displays 30
6.3.1 – How to configure MyChron 3 Dash 31
6.3.2 – Other keyboard functions of MyChron 3 Dash 32
(data recall, total running, odometer, firmware, serial nr.) 32
6.3.3 – How to configure MyChron Light TG Dash 33
6.3.4 – Other keyboard functions of MyChron Light TG Dash 37
(data recall, data clear, obscuring time, track options, firmware, serial nr.) 37
6.4 – How to configure DAVID Video 40
Note 1: “Graphic object visualization”.48
Note 2: “Sampling Frequency” 49
Note 3: “Video objects limits” 50
7 – Sensors management...................................................................................52
7.1 – How to configure a custom sensor (expert users only) 52
7.2 – How to calibrate a sensor 55
8 – How to download a test................................................................................57
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8.1 – Downloading a test 58
8.2 – Inserting the test in a database 61
9 – How to use Race Studio Analysis...............................................................63
9.1 – How to load a test 65
9.2 – How to plot a channel 67
APPENDIX “A” - DAVID technical notes...........................................................70
DAVID Pinout 70
DAVID Dimensions 72
APPENDIX “B” - DAVID complementary equipments technical notes .........74
DAVID supported cameras and consumption 74
DAVID supported and suggested video-recorders 74
ADRESSES ..........................................................................................................75
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1 – DAVID IS FOR
DAVID, the new AIM Data Video recording system, merges in one only
image the signals coming from up to two cameras with your dash display.
This means you can see, together with the images of your race, all
needed information like RPM, lap and split times, best lap time,
temperature and pressure values and so on, all depending only on you.
No matter what you are: a serious racer, an amateur, a race driving
teacher, a consultant, a marketing manager or something else, DAVID is
the tool that will make the difference between you and the others. Through
this new powerful system, in fact, you can create different products you
can use in different ways.
Through DAVID you can create video for sponsorship packages or for
educational use. Moreover you can customize the video layout setting
gauges style colours and inserting your logo.
DAVID is a very powerful communicational weapon and, further more,
enjoying too.
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2 – DAVID Standalone architecture
Figure 1: DAVID standalone architecture
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3 – DAVID Standalone standard kit and accessories
DAVID standalone version standard kit is made of:
•DAVID video system core
•System harnesses
•Race Studio 2 software and USB data download cable
•Infrared receiver and transmitter for lap / split time
•Wheel speed sensor
•Wiring for ECU interface (via CAN or RS232)
•RPM sensor
•Lateral and longitudinal G-sensor
DAVID standalone optionals are:
•Standard NTSC or PAL cameras
•Standard NTSC or PAL video recorder
•MyChron 3 Dash or MyChron Light TG Dash
•Oil and water temperature sensors
•Oil and fuel pressure sensors
•Brake / Throttle / Steering wheel potentiometers
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3.1 – DAVID installation and power
Please install DAVID in an aerated place like in place of the passenger
seat or of the rear seat. Please do not install DAVID under any seat.It
should not be in contact with oil or fuel nor too close to heat sources. We
strongly recommend to protect it from vibrations using the anti vibration
mountings / silent blocks you find in the kit.
Warning: DAVID system warms up while working, so do not to touch it
with your hands after it has been working for a while.
Please remember that your DAVID is not equipped with internal batteries
so it need to be powered by an external 9-15 VDC power source.
This can be done in two ways:
•connecting it to the master switch of your vehicle (we
recommend you to do so)
•connecting it directly to the battery of your vehicle.
Depending on how you decide to power it, DAVID works in different ways.
•if you connect DAVID to the master switch of your vehicle it switches
on/off when you switch on/off your vehicle. As you can see in
Figure 2, on the right part of DAVID is an ON/OFF button you can
use to manually switch ON/OFF the system. To manually switch
OFF DAVID, please press for 3-4 seconds ON/OFF button. To
switch the system on again you can both switch off your vehicle and
then re-switch it on or push again ON/OFF button.
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•if you connect DAVID directly to the battery of your vehicle it is
always switched on. This means that to switch it OFF you need to
press for 3-4 seconds ON/OFF button. Of course if you switched
manually OFF DAVID you need to re-switch it ON manually.
Figure 2: DAVID front panel - video side
Please note: no matter how you decide to power your DAVID (if
connecting it to the master switch of your vehicle or directly to your vehicle
battery), the only power input to be used is the one labelled as “Power” on
the front panel, video side, of DAVID (red circled in Figure 2).
Moreover if you have cameras equipped with audio channels or if you add
audio channels to your system, they have to be connected to your video-
recorder / video-camera and not to DAVID.
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3.2 – DAVID LanC connection
LanC is a serial connection to a camcorder or VCR (Video Cassette
Recorder) that allows a wired remote control of camera and VCR functions
such as: Play, Record, Stop, Pause, Fast Rewind, Fast Forward, Search
Rewind, Search Forward, Step +/-.
Our DAVID system uses LanC communication to start and stop recording
on the connected camcorder or VCR. The trigger is the same used for
data logging: RPM signal greater than 500 or wheel speed over 10km/h
(6 MPH).
This is to say that with the camera powered on and connected to DAVID,
the system controls the camera recording without any user intervention.
When DAVID starts recording a signal is sent to the camera to start
recording video; in the same way when the vehicle is stopped and the
engine is off DAVID stops recording data and sends a "Stop" signal to the
camcorder or VCR. Included with each DAVID systems is a LanC cable.
If you want to manually manage VCR or camcorder Start/Stop functions
you only need to unplug the LanC cable form the device and you can
manually manage these functions.
LanC output is blue circled in Figure 2.
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3.3 – DAVID maintenance
DAVID does not need any special maintenance. Provided that you take
adequate care of all components, the only required maintenance is
periodical software and/or firmware upgrading. To upgrade the software /
firmware, please connect to our website www.aim-sportline.com and
check in software download page if any software / firmware release has
been issued. If so, please follow this procedure:
•download the software / firmware from our website and run it;
•follow the instruction prompted on your Pc monitor.
The present user manual has been written using the following parameters:
•Software: Race Studio 2– Version 2.20.12
•Firmware: DAVID – Version 15.03
MyChron 3 Dash – Version 15.04
MyChron Light TG Dash – Version 21.01
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4 – DAVID Dash (optional)
Your DAVID system can also be equipped with an optional external dash.
Dashes at present available for DAVID are MyChron 3 Dash and
MyChron Light TG Dash.
4.1 – MyChron 3 Dash
MyChron 3 Dash is a complete and robust dashboard that displays lap
time, lap number, RPM, speed and up to 4 analog inputs (temperatures or
pressures). Moreover MyChron 3 Dash has a low battery warning feature
and displays battery voltage.
MyChron 3 Dash has 10 configurable sequential shift lights, 4 alarm led
for High/Low temperature/pressure alarms and a small integrated gear
display.
MyChron 3 Dash can show the engaged gear number either sampled
from an “on-board” gear sensor or calculated from RPM vs. Speed ratio.
Please refer to Figure 3 to know which information are displayed and
where.
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Figure 3: MyChron 3 Dash Display
Low battery warning
Night Vision
RPM Digital Value
Speed
Best Lap Time
Battery voltage
Lap / Split Times
Alarm Led
USB Port
For firmware
upgrade
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10 fully configurable shift lights
RPM graphical bar
Configurable RPM scaling

To install MyChron 3 Dash, we recommend you to choose a place where
the logger will not be in contact with oil or fuel. Please ensure that the
logger is not installed too close to heat sources and protect it from
vibrations (if possible use anti vibration mountings / silent blocks).
Please remember that your MyChron 3 Dash is not equipped with internal
batteries and is powered by your DAVID system so, please remember to
connect DAVID system to an external 9-15 VDC Power source to switch
the dash on.
MyChron 3 Dash does not need any special maintenance, provided that
adequate care is taken of display unit and components.
For more information about MyChron 3 Dash, please refer to “How to set
and use DAVID displays” chapter – “MyChron 3 Dash Paragraph”.
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4.2 – MyChron Light TG Dash
MyChron Light TG Dash is a “pocket” dash mainly useful if you do not
have a lot of space and want to immediately see some important value. It
can show you lap times, split times or variation times depending on how
you set it. Its display is constituted of two main lines you can configure so
to show: lap time, split time and variation split and lap times.
MyChron Light TG Dash is settable via keyboard and you need to use
Race Studio 2 only to set the Displayed speed among these available.
For further information about MyChron Light TG Dash please refer to
“How to set and use DAVID displays” chapter - MyChron Light TG Dash”
paragraph.
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5 – Race Studio 2 Software
Once DAVID installed and the sensors plugged in it, to acquire correct
information you need to configure it using Race Studio 2, the Software
developed by AIM to configure its instruments and analyze stored data.
In DAVID package you find also a CD Rom containing the software.
Please insert it in the CD Rom drive and, if auto-play option is enabled,
the installation starts automatically, otherwise browse the CD and click
twice on setup icon. Please follow the instruction that are prompted on
your Pc monitor. For any doubt about Software and USB drivers
installation, please refer to download page of our site: www.aim-
sportline.com, where is a file called “Installation_xxx.pdf”.
Once the software installed, please run it. This window appears1:
Figure 4: Race Studio 2 First window
1If you notice a wrong visualization (like displaced or overlapped buttons), please
see Note 1 “Race Studio 2 visualization problems” at the end of this chapter.
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Please click on DAVID Button on the left toolbar : this window appears
Figure 5: Race Studio 2 – New Configuration window
Please fill in all the fields of this window and click on “OK” button. System
Manager window appears
Figure 6: Race Studio 2 – System Manager window
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Note 1: “Race Studio 2” Visualization problems
If when you run Race studio 2 you monitor shows you a distorted image,
like the one here below reported, you need to change your screen
settings. In the example below we pressed “MXL” button.
First of all, please close all applications you are running, Race Studio 2
included because after this operation you need to re-start your Pc.
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To change your screen settings:
<Click on “Start/Settings/Control Panel/Display
<Display Properties windows appears
<enable Settings layer
<Press Advanced button
<Set DPI setting on “Normal Size (96 DPI)”
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