Aim MyChron Light TG, Manual

Page 1: ...e without problems MyChron Light TG standard version is a plug and play instrument There is nothing you need to do only switch it on and it starts recording Moreover the automatic switch off after 20 minutes of inactivity avoid undesired battery exhaustion Your pocket MyChron Light TG will be on your side in every race exactly like AIM customer service that is present at almost all major races thr...

Page 2: ...tch on off the lap timer 12 On track 13 Configuration functions 14 Clear test data 15 Mode 16 Lap counter 16 Qualify 16 Race 16 Obscuring time 17 Track 21 Select 21 Enter names 21 Configure 22 Split 23 Driver 23 Display setup 23 Reverse 24 Set contrast 24 Rolling Number 24 Screensaver 24 System information 24 Utility Functions 25 View data while driving 26 Memory Management 26 View data per best l...

Page 3: ...lay unit with green display Infrared Lap Transmitter and Receiver Two 3 volts internal round batteries MyChron Light TG optional Backlight only on externally powered version Blue display on externally powered version External power cables external power version Infrared Split Transmitters USB data download cable and Light Analyzer software Please note on the externally powered version the backligh...

Page 4: ...you see MyChron Light TG kit Figure 1 MyChron Light TG display unit and IR receiver In the middle of the picture is the graphic display while on the right is the Infrared receiver It contains the two 3 Volts batteries that power both the receiver and the lap timer The receiver needs an Infrared Transmitter placed on the side of the track and has to see it so please place the receiving eye circled ...

Page 5: ...ssage Best Lap Time Figure 2 Description of MyChron Light TG display MyChron Light TG has various pages that can show different information namely 1 on top row track name run and lap number best lap time low battery warning battery charge status appears at power on and disappears after one minute it re appears if battery charge status is low 2 on central row lap and split times date time battery v...

Page 6: ...e appears showing best lap time when recorded 4 the bottom row shows keyboard functions Please note graphic display colour is different in the two versions of MyChron Light TG standard version internally powered has a green background display while optional externally powered version has a blue background display ...

Page 7: ...vate Menu function scroll down among all functions options increase digit values 2 Scroll functions options increase digit values 3 See best lap time and all information about lap times enter any function save changes Pressed together with button 4 switches off MyChron Light TG 4 Switch on MyChron Light TG see date time week day and battery voltage discard changes exit any selected function If pre...

Page 8: ...ready on To stop DEMO MODE please switch off your MyChron Light TG Your MyChron Light TG has an automatic auto power off function that switches it off after 20 minutes of inactivity This duration time has been expressly increased to allow MyChron Light TG to be used on particularly long tracks like Nurbürgring for instance This function is only present on the standard version externally powered ve...

Page 9: ...or a lap time With these new useful transmitters you will no more throw away all your data if only missing one signal While with the old transmitters lap signal and split signal where the same and if you missed one signal your instrument shifted start finish line with these new ones also if you miss a split or a lap signal when the instrument gets the next lap signal it re starts calculating split...

Page 10: ...l nor too close to heat sources Your MyChron Light TG can suffer vibrations this is why it is arranged with four thread holes highlighted with four arrows in figure 4 you can use to install it Figure 4 MyChron Light TG rear view If you have bought an optional externally powered version of MyChron Light TG you will find two cables coming out from the bottom of the lap timer you should connect these...

Page 11: ...n Light TG standard version is powered by two 3 volts round batteries inserted in the case of the infrared receiver Please note round batteries are given as equipment To change the batteries please unscrew the four screws located on top of the Infrared Receiver case highlighted with two arrows and two circles in figure 10 and substitute the two batteries Figure 5 Position of screws of IR receiver ...

Page 12: ...er 4 in figure 6 To switch off your MyChron light TG please press button 4 together with the one on its left to say buttons 3 and 4 of the keyboard s figure Please note your MyChron Light TG standard version has an auto power off option that switches off the lap timer after 20 minutes of inactivity Optional externally powered version does not have this option and moreover DEMO MODE disables auto p...

Page 13: ...e shown AIM MyChron TG V 13 11 S N 0000000123 The first row shows instrument s name The second row shows firmware version The third row shows instrument s serial number After a few seconds the display turns to display mode As in figure 7 MENU 1 53 37 LAGUNA SECA on off MEM VIEW BEST BEST LAP Figure 7 MyChron Light TG in display mode 13 ...

Page 14: ... mode please push MENU button The following list of configurable functions appears 1 Clear test data 2 Mode 3 Obscuring time 4 Track 5 Configure Please use DOWN and UP button to select the function you want to set and then press OK button to set it In the following pages is explained how to set all functions Note configurable functions list above reported is from here onwards called first list ...

Page 15: ...ear test data option is the first of the first list Please press OK button A text asking for confirmation appears Confirm clear you have two options press YES button to clear or NO button not to When MyChron Light TG is clearing its memory a wait bar showing clearing status together with Test data cleared text appears Please note we strongly recommend you to clear lap timer memory frequently and a...

Page 16: ...e DOWN and UP buttons to select one option and OK button to enter it Lap counter This option allows you to set a lap counter Qualify Set to this option MyChron Light TG shows the remaining time to the end of the qualifying session The system asks you to enter session duration time in minutes Accepted values are between 5 and 60 Race Set to this option MyChron Light TG shows how many laps remain to...

Page 17: ...n one transmitter is positioned please set the obscuring time to a value of about 5 seconds lower than the track best lap time If on the contrary you wish to capture split times please set these parameters to a low value the minimum value the instrument accepts is 3 while the maximum is 180 If you want to set obscuring time please select obscuring time function in the first list use DEC and INC bu...

Page 18: ...e 1 25 Figure 8 The track has only one lap transmitter In this case you cannot acquire split times because the track is not equipped with split transmitters We recommend to set the following value Obscuring time please set a time lower than your best lap time In this example best lap time is 1 25 you can for example set 1 20 18 ...

Page 19: ...st split transmitter Time 30 Figure 9 The track has one lap and two split transmitters As the track is equipped with both lap transmitter and split transmitters but you do not wish to capture split times please set the following value Obscuring time set a time lower than your best lap time and greater than the time elapsed at the last intermediate before the finish line In this example you should ...

Page 20: ...50 Start Finish Lap transmitter Lap time 1 25 First split transmitter Time 30 As the track is equipped with one lap transmitter and two split transmitters and you wish to capture split times please set the following value Obscuring time must be lower than minimum split time In this example first split time is 30 second one is 20 third one is 35 minimum split time is the second one 20 please set ob...

Page 21: ...ct an existing track or insert a new one Select With UP and DOWN buttons you scroll among available tracks OK button selects the desired one and QUIT button exits and saves Enter names You can enter up to 50 track names Select the track number you want to enter and buttons scroll among the characters OK button enters a character the arrow at the end of the row erases a character When all character...

Page 22: ...ears Set Time Date Split Driver Display Setup System information Set Time Date Is to set the build in clock and calendar First option is set hour First time format is 12h and shows AM PM on the right increasing digit values more than 12 time format goes to 24h and AM PM disappears When you have set hour the systems switches to set minute year month set week day ...

Page 23: ...plit time Driver With driver function you enter the name of the driver in the memory of your lap timer it works like enter track name Please note you can store one name only Display setup Display setup function changes the display setup To do so please select display setup in the second list and press OK button The following list appears Reverse Set contrast Rolling number Screensaver ...

Page 24: ...Number Changing numbers can be rolling or not OK button enables disables rolling numbers QUIT exits and saves Screensaver MyChron light TG has a screensaver that makes the lap timer run in Demo Mode after one minute of inactivity and disables auto power of function System information It shows AIM Mychron TG instrument name V 00 00 firmware version S N 0000000123 serial number ...

Page 25: ...ncludes all the laps recorded between 2 switching off downloads To begin recording a test please switch your instrument on Let s now start using your MyChron Light TG With reference to the following display we are now examining all functions of your keyboard buttons and all information the display can show LAGUNA SECA off on 1 53 37 MENU VIEW MEM Run and Lap Number Lap Split Time Date Time Week Da...

Page 26: ...t time and same split time of the previous best lap or current split time When best lap time is recorded the text BEST LAP appears on the third row of the display Memory Management Your MyChron Light TG can record up to 2000 laps It has a round memory Please note this means that if you run 2001 laps without clearing the memory when lap 2001 is recorded the first one is overwritten When a test is c...

Page 27: ...e date and time and the graph of the run if it has at least five laps buttons scroll between the laps of one run QUIT button exits View other completed lap data Your MyChron light TG displays data for completed lap To see them please press MEM button to view best lap time of the last run then press VIEW button to see the graph of the run assumed that your run has at least 5 laps Press twice VIEW b...

Page 28: ...ggested maintenance is systematic check and periodical change of the two 3 Volts round batteries on internally powered versions and periodical firmware software if you bought USB data download cable and related Light Analyzer software upgrading To upgrade both software and firmware please check periodically our website www aim sportline com where last available releases are published ...