Racelogic VBOX II User manual

VBOX II User Manual
•01 - VBOX II Front Panel
•02 - VBOX II S Cards and Logging
•03 - VBOX II isplay Screen Overview
•04 - VBOX II VBOX Setup Overview
•05 - VBOX IISX Single Antenna Placement
•06 - VBOX 20SL ual Antenna Placement
•07 - VBOX 20SL3 Triple Antenna Placement
•08 - VBOX 20SL Slip/Roll Angle Offsets
•09 - VBOX II CAN / RS232 / USB
•10 - VBOX II Smoothing and Filtering
•11 - VBOX II igital and Analogue Outputs
•12 - VBOX II igital Inputs
•13 - VBOX II Inputs/Outputs
•14 - VBOX II Fuse Reset Button
•15 - VBOX II Technical Properties
•VBOX II CAN Output
•VBOX II imensions
•VBOX II PIN OUTS
•VBOX II Standard Inventory
•VBOX II Technical Specification
•VBOX II Firmware Upgrade Procedure
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01 - VBOX II Front Panel
VBOX II units can be configured using the front panel buttons, which enables configuration without the need for a
computer. Configuration can also be made via the VBOX Setup Software.
From the main screen, press the’■’ button to enter the configuration screen.
Note: Entering the configuration screen will cause the VBOX to stop logging to the SD card. When in
continuous logging mode, please ensure that the ’■' button is pushed prior to removing the SD card to avoid
data loss.
Once in the configuration screen, press the ‘◄’and ‘►’ buttons to highlight the next or previous choice in any menu, and
press ’■’ to select the highlighted option. Most Main menus contain sub-menus, for example the Settings and Setup
Antennas menus contain separate menus for each parameter.
Note: The options highlighted in blue are only available on the SL series units.
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Main Menu
SETTINGS Press ’■’ to enter the VBOX general settings menu.
CO DSTART Press ’■’ to perform a GPS cold start
MODE
Press ’■’ to change the mode of operation between
VBOX module mode and Stand Alone mode. Then
press ’■’ to confirm.
SETUP ANTENNAS
Press ’■’ to enter the antenna configurations menu. This
menu contains separate sub-menus for pitch antenna
and roll antenna pairs
SMOOTHING
Press ’■’ to edit the smoothing levels of the Lat acc and
Long acc channels, and also Slip, Pitch, Roll, channels
on SL units only.
OUTPUTS Press ’■’ ’ configure the digital and analogue outputs.
EXIT Press ’■’ to exit the setup menu and cause the settings
to be saved in EEPROM
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Settings Menu
UNITS Press ’■’ to change the displayed Velocity units. Then
press ’■’ to confirm.
KMH, MPH or Knots
APP ICATION
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to select
between AUTOMOTIVE or MARINE mode. Marine
mode causes the box to display the Pitch, Roll and Slip
angles as Trim, Heel and Leeway Angles on the built in
screen and also as channel names inside the logged
file.
USB MODE
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to select
whether the USB port is assigned to Serial data mode or
Card reader mode.
CAN MODE
Press ’■’ and then the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to choose
between the following modes:
VCI MODE*
To connect any external CAN modules to the input of
the VBOX II
RACE OGIC MODU ES MODE
To connect Racelogic CAN modules to the RLVBOX II
(input or output)
OG OPTIONS Press ’■’ to enter the Log Options Menu.
In this menu the Logging Mode and Log rate can be set.
SERIA RATE
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to select
a serial data rate. The maximum serial rate is equal to
the Log rate.
GPS
Press ’■’ to enter the GPS configuration Menu. The
Kalman Filter, ynamic Mode and GPS mode is
configured within this menu.
TIME OFFSET Press’ the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to set an Time offset in
order to align the VBOX time to the users Local time.
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BACK Press ’■’ to go back to the Main menu.
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Setup Antennas (Pitch Antenna)
SEPARATION
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to
change the antenna separation. Then press ’■’ to
confirm.
Range is 0.5 – 5.0 m in 0.1 m increments
EVE
Press’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to enable
or disable the LEVEL option. With the LEVEL set to YES
the RTK lock is more resilient.
But maximum ROLL or PITCH in this mode should be
10 degrees.
SWAP ANTENNAS Set to ‘ON’ to allow the primary Antenna A to be
mounted ahead of the Secondary Antenna B.
efault is ‘OFF’. Then press ’■’ to confirm.
S IP OFFSET
Press ’■’ to enter the Slip offset sub menu. Within this
sub menu the Slip offset can be calculated and applied
or cleared.
PITCH OFFSET
Press ’■’ to enter the Pitch offset sub menu. Within this
sub menu a Pitch offset can be calculated and applied
or cleared.
BACK Press ’■’ to go back to the Main menu.
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Setup Antennas (Roll Antenna)*
*VB20S 3 triple antenna units only
SEPARATION Press’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to change
the antenna separation. Then press ’■’ to confirm.
Range is 0.5 – 5.0 m in 0.1 m increments
EVE
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to enable
or disable the LEVEL option. With the LEVEL set to YES
the RTK lock is more resilient.
But maximum ROLL or PITCH in this mode should be
10 degrees.
RO OFFSET
Press ’■’ to enter the Roll offset sub menu. Within this
sub menu a Roll offset can be calculated and applied or
cleared.
BACK Press ’■’ to go back to the Main menu.
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Smoothing Menu
AT ACC
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to
change the amount of smoothing applied to the
calculated Lateral Acceleration output. Then press ’■’ to
confirm.
0.0 – 5.0 (0.1 steps)
ONG ACC
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to
change the amount of smoothing applied to the
calculated Longitudinal Acceleration output. Then press
’■’ to confirm.
0.0 – 5.0 (0.1 steps)
S IP
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to
change the amount of smoothing applied to the Slip
angle channel. Then press ’■’ to confirm.
0.0 – 5.0 (0.1 steps)
PITCH
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to
change the amount of smoothing applied to the Pitch
angle channel. Then press ’■’ to confirm.
0.0 – 5.0 (0.1 steps)
RO
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to
change the amount of smoothing applied to the Roll
angle channel. Then press ’■’ to confirm.
0.0 – 5.0 (0.1 steps)
BACK Press ’■’ to go back to the Main menu.
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Outputs: igital Setup Menu (Channel 1 and 2)
OUTPUT
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to
associate either of the following channels SPEE , SLIP,
PITCH, ROLL, LAT ACC and LONG ACC to the igital
output. Then press ’■’ to confirm.
PU SES PER METER
Only available when output is set to SPEE .
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to set the
number of pulses per revolution. Then press ’■’ to
confirm.
0.1 – 120 (0.1 Steps)
MAX SPEED
Only available when output is set to SPEE .
Press ■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to set the
maximum Speed. Then press ’■’ to confirm.
0 – 400 km/h (1 km/h steps)
MAX VA UE
Only available when output is set to LAT ACC, LONG
ACC, PITCH, SLIP or ROLL
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to set the
maximum value of that channel. Then press ’■’ to
confirm.
0 – 180o(1osteps) for Slip
0 – 90o(1osteps) for Pitch
0 – 90o(1osteps) for Roll
0.5 – 2 g (0.1 g steps) for LAT ACC
0.5 – 2 g (0.1 g steps) for LONG ACC
MAX FREQUENCY
Only available when output is set to LAT ACC, LONG
ACC, PITCH, SLIP or ROLL
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to set the
maximum Frequency used on the digital output. Then
press ’■’ to confirm.
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1 – 50 kHz (0.1 kHz steps)
TEST
Press ’■’ and then use the ‘◄’ and ‘►’ buttons to set a
test value that the igital output will simulate. Then
press ’■’ to quit.
EXIT Press ’■’ to exit the setup menu and cause the settings
to be saved in EEPROM
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