Aim Solo 2 User manual

Solo 2 GPS Lap Timer
USER GUIDE
www.aim-sportline.com
Made in Italy
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1  Solo 2 in few words
2  Wh t is in the kit?
3  Inst ll tion, powering nd ccessories
4  At power on
5  Configur tion menu
5.1  Type of racing
5.2  Track management
5.2.1  Creating a track with Solo 2
5.3  Display setup
5.3.1  acklight
5.3.2  Pages Setup
5.4  WiFi
5.5  System settings
5.5.1  Unit of measure
5.5.2  Led ar Type of race: speed only
5.5.3  Date Time
5.5.4  Language
5.5.5  System info
6  On the tr ck
6.1  Track page
6.2  Other pages
Solo 2 GPS Lap Timer
7  Dt Recll
7.1  Data Recall “Speed”
7.2  Data Recall “Performance”
8  WiFi configurtion
8.1  Configuring Solo 2 as an access point AP
8.2  Adding Solo 2 to an existing network
8.3  WiFi network settings
8.4  The Internet connectivity
8.5  Connection issues
8.6  Working on MacTMwith virtualized WindowsTM
8.7  Connected device visualization issues
9  PC connection
10  Trck Mngement
10.1  Creating a track with Solo 2
11  Dt downlod
12  Dt Anlysis
13  New firmwre upgrde
14 Technicl specifiction nd drwings
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What is Solo 2?
Solo 2 is the new AiM GPS lap timer
Why Solo 2?
ecause it features:
n integrated GPS + Glonass receiver
n a huge tracks database that Solo 2
manages to automatically select the
track where you are racing
n a powerful and comfortable Wi-Fi
connection
n different type of races: speed and
performance
n 10 R G LEDs that clearly show you if
you are improving or not
n A huge amount of internal memory
(four gigabytes) capable of recording a
lot of tests
1. Solo 2 in a few words
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Anything else?
Of course, yes!
An app for iPhone is coming!
In a few weeks you will be able to
analyse essential data on
your iPhone; furthermore, you will
be able to see in real time all the
values Solo 2 samples, upgrade its
firmware, create new tracks as well
as update your database, modify
Wi-Fi settings.
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Solo 2 kit includes:
1- Solo 2
2- Solo 2 power cable with car lighter socket
3- Solo 2 power cable with AC adapter
4- Solo 2 mounting bracket with screws
Solo 2 user manual
Race Studio 3 software installation CD
AiM sticker
2. What is in the kit?
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SOLO 2
Thanks to its small dimensions and to the different accessories available for
installation Solo 2 can be installed on any kind of motorsport vehicle.
The internal battery keeps Solo 2 alive for about 4/5 hours: please, keep in
mind that the power consumption depends upon the activity of:
n Wi-Fi (about 100 mA/hour when ON)
n acklight
n Shift Light LEDs
n GPS tracking: at the power ON, Solo 2 starts searching the satellites: this
activity is rather power consuming and continues for about 40-50 seconds.
After this short period, the power consumption sensibly decreases.
Solo 2 can anyway be powered by a 12V, not stabilized, external power source.
AiM provides different installation
accessories, to say:
n support for roll-bar:
X46KSTG00
n support for generic tube:
X46KST 00
n support for suction cup:
X46KSVS00
3. Installation, powering and accessories
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Solo 2
SOLO 2
Nylon body
Integrated G S
RGB predictive lights ower and battery charge
Wide display Magnets
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4. At power ON 5. Configuration menu
When switched on Solo 2 shows satellite page.
To optimize the display management, the keyboard disappears when not necessary.
Please, simply press one of the pushbuttons for making it show up again.
efore using your Solo 2 you need to set some parameters as explained here below.
Press “MENU” and this page shows up.
The icons are to manage:
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SOLO 2
System
settings
Wi-FiDisplay
setup
Type
of racing
Tracks
Management
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SOLO 2
Solo 2 features two different type of races, each of them with different options:
n speed (left image below)
n performance (right image below)
Speed racing
Solo2 automatically selects the track in which you are performing: after having found
the proper track, it may calculate and show:
n the lap times
n the predictive lap time, the time at the end of the actual lap, computed looking at
the actual speed, compared with a reference lap.
The predictive lap time may be shown as an Absolute Time (i.e. 1:34.45)
or as a Gap (i.e. + or – 0.25 sec), between the actual lap and a reference Lap. The Re-
ference Lap may be:
n the best lap of the test or
n the best lap of the day
erformance racing:
This racing mode shows you different performance options according to the measure
unit you set in “System settings” –> “Unit of measure” menu:
n using imperial unit of measure (mph) the available performance options are:
- 0 - 60 mph
- 60 - 0 mph
- 1/8 miles
- 1/4 miles
n using decimal unit of measure (km/h) the available options are:
- 0 -100 km/h
- 0 -160 km/h
- 100 m
- 150 m
- 400 m
- 1000 m
5.1 Type of racing
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Solo 2 built in GPS receiver is used for:
n Lap time calculation
n Speed calculation
n Predictive lap time calculation
n Position on the track in Analysis.
To calculate these data the system needs to know the Start/Finish line coordinates.
Solo 2 comes with a long list of the world main tracks, list that is constantly updated
by our technicians and is automatically upgraded your PC when you run our Race
Studio3 software and an Internet connection is available.
Solo 2 provides two track selection modes: automatic and manual.
Automatic:
Solo 2 automatically recognizes the track
you are running on, loads start/finish line
and calculates lap times. This is the best
mode in most cases.
Manual:
allows you to manually select the track
from the internal database.
This mode is to be preferred when multi-
ple track configurations are available ne-
arby. In this case Solo 2 would anyway
recognize the track but would need at
least one complete track lap.
To be ready from the first lap manual
mode would be helpful.
5.2 Track management
If you are running in a track NOT included in Solo 2 database the device switches to
“learning” mode and behave this way:
n it starts sampling all track points
n when detects that it is crossing the same points for the second time it realizes that
the track is closed and sets a temporary start/finish line showing lap time each time
it crosses that point;
n at the end of the session the system shows the track map with start/finish line: you
can move start/finish line using Solo 2 bottom buttons;
n you can add this new map to Solo 2 database, modify start/finish line coordinates,
name the track and transmit it to the PC at first PC-Solo 2 connection
For further information about track management with Race Studio 3 refer to “Track
manager” user manual you find in download area/software/Race Studio 3 documen-
tation of www.aim-sportline.com.
5.2.1 Creating a track with Solo 2
oth track modes provide three
track list type:
n nearest: shows only tracks in a 10 km distance with max 5 tracks shown
n all tracks: shows all tracks stored in the system in alphabetical order
n custom: shows only the tracks you have previously created (learning mode)
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SOLO 2
5.3 Display setup
5.3.1 Backlight
Selecting this icon the page shown below shows up. Solo 2 can show from two up to five pages according to the type of race you set.
Some pages are enabled by default and need to be set while other – custom, available
only if you set type of race: speed – needs to be enabled before being set.
The Pages enabled by default are:
n track page (see related paragraph)
n lap time page (left image below)
n predictive page (right image below – speed race only)
L p time p ge: here you can set lap time format as:
n rolling: dynamic is shown for 5 seconds when you cross start/finish line and then
starts rolling again
n static: shown steady for the entire lap; changes when crossing start/finish line
Predictive p ge (“Type of r ce: speed” only): here you can set lap time format as:
n predictive: shows the predicted time result
n +/- best: shows time gap between current lap and reference lap you set in “Type
of race” menu
Here you can set the system backlight as well as its display pages.
You can set Solo 2 backlight as “ON” (default setting) or “OFF” as well as choose among
eight different colours:
5.3.2 ages Setup
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