Epson M-G3 Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...Rev 20181129 IMU Inertial Measurement Unit IMU USB Interface Board M G3xx M V3xx Logger Software User s Guide ...

Page 2: ...n Seiko Epson reserves the right to make changes to this material without notice Seiko Epson does not assume any liability of any kind arising out of any inaccuracies contained in this material or due to its application or use in any product or circuit and further there is no representation that this material is applicable to products requiring high level reliability such as medical products Moreo...

Page 3: ...nstalling the Software 2 3 Using the Software 3 3 1 Starting the Software 3 3 2 Setting 4 3 2 1 Serial Port Settings 4 3 2 2 IMU Settings 5 3 2 3 Log Settings 7 3 3 Starting Stopping Sampling 8 3 4 Self Test 10 3 5 Exiting the Software 10 3 6 Display and Output Data of Attitude Angle 11 3 7 Automatic Sampling Stop 12 4 Log File 13 4 1 Raw Data LOG 13 4 2 Scale Adjusted Data LOG 14 4 3 Attitude Ang...

Page 4: ... Seiko Epson The Software is offered as a loan to the customers who want to use or evaluate the IMU from Seiko EPSON The Software supports maximum of 6 IMUs of the same model type for the measurement Please do not launch multiple instances of the Software on the same PC For information about how to install the Software see Chapter 2 For information about how to use the Software see Chapter 3 IMU l...

Page 5: ...2 Preparing to use the Software 2 Follow the terms of use provided by FTDI when using the USB driver from FTDI 2 2 Preparing to Use the Software 1 Fix the IMU on and connect the IMU to the USB Interface Board and then connect a USB cable between the USB Interface Board and the PC 2 If the driver software USB Serial Converter USB Serial Port COMx is requested when the USB Interface board is connect...

Page 6: ...3 1 Starting the Software Start the executable file of the Software ImuLogger exe When this software is started for the first time or the IMU model is changed restart the software after setting 3 2 1 Serial port setting Example of Main Screen when the attitude angle output is not supported with IMU model Example of Main Screen when the attitude angle output is supported with IMU model ...

Page 7: ...or Serial Port settings one for IMU settings and one for Log settings Click the OK to activate the settings and close the window 3 2 1 Serial Port Settings 1 Configure the Connect to control the connection to each IMU When the IMU is checked the connection is enabled 2 Configure the Port Check the available port number for USB Serial Port COMx in the Device Manager Baud rate setting is fixed at 46...

Page 8: ...data sheet for recomended Filter TAP Number of each Data Output Rate Sps Kaiser filter is available only for G320PDG0 G364PDC0 G364PDCA G354PDH0 G365PDC0 G365PDF0 G370PDC0 G370PDF0 3 Basic Orientation is available only for G365PDC0 G365PDF0 When this is the case please specify the orientation of the IMU for X Y and Z axis 4 In Data Format specify the bit width of IMU output data 16bit Data 32bit D...

Page 9: ...Software IMU USB Interface Board SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION 6 Logger Software User s Guide Rev 20181129 Screen Image for V340PDD G320PDG0 G364PDC0 G364PDCA G354PDH0 G370PDC0 G370PDF0 Screen Image for G365PDC0 G365PDF0 ...

Page 10: ...d data raw data multiplied by the scale factor The unit of output value can be selected from the following Gyro the unit of output value dps or rad s Accl the unit of output value mG or m s2 Attitude the unit of output value deg or rad only for G365PDC0 G365PDF0 4 In Comment specify the comment recorded in the beginning of the log file 5 In CheckSum specify the logging of communication data error ...

Page 11: ... User s Guide Rev 20181129 3 3 Starting Stopping Sampling 1 To save the measurement data to the log file check Save Log 2 Click the Start button to start sampling 3 To stop sampling click the Stop button The automatic sampling stop function is cancelled when sampling is stopped manually ...

Page 12: ...y Select select the IMU to display the measurement data for To close the Graph window click the close button at the upper right corner of the window Note Displaying the Graph window requires significant processing resources from the PC To put more priority on log output do not show the Graph window Screen Image of Gyro Graph Screen Image of Accl Graph When Overranging of a sensor axis is detected ...

Page 13: ...xecute the self test first click the Setup tab to allow access to the Self Test button The self test is executed on all the IMUs checked Connect in the Serial Port settings Click the Self Test to execute the self test The result will be displayed as either OK or NG 3 5 Exiting the Software Click the Exit button to exit the Software ...

Page 14: ...preserved in the log file When Show Attitude Graph button is clicked a plot graph of the attitude angle is displayed On the Graph screen measurements are expressed by numerical values and line graphs In IMU Display Select select the IMU to display measurement values for Push the close button at the top right of the window to close the graph screen Note Displaying the Graph window requires signific...

Page 15: ...cified in seconds Count Count specified by sampling number The automatic sampling stop function is effective only for the first sampling execution after enabling In the second and subsequent sampling the automatic stop function is disabled and not performed When automatic stop is enabled Elapsed Time indication of Logging Status becomes Remaining Time to show the remaining time until automatic sto...

Page 16: ... interval Filter Type number of TAPs are printed 4 On the fourth line the scale factor of angular velocity and acceleration are printed 5 On the fifth line the comment is printed 6 On the sixth line the measurement data column heading are printed 7 On the seventh line and after the measurement data are printed The following items are recorded as the measurement data Sample No Sample number time El...

Page 17: ...line the measurement data column heading are printed 7 On the seventh line and after the measurement data are printed The following items are recorded as the measurement data Sample No Sample number time Elapsed time Note The elapsed time represents the time created by the built in timer inside the IMU Gx Angular velocity X axis Gy Angular velocity Y axis Gz Angular velocity Z axis Ax Acceleration...

Page 18: ...the below measurement data are added as additional columns Roll Angle Pitch Angle Yaw Angle The attitude angle and the measurement axes are determined by Basic Orientation information Output data image for G365PDF0 4 4 Split Log File The sampling number to sub divide or split the log file can be set by MaximumEntries of Log setting Number of samples that can be set 0 Do not sub divide the log file...

Page 19: ...fill in the missing measurement data and indicate a data error On Main Screen Data Error message will show up in Logging Status as shown below When Data Error is detected the Log file is saved with the E just before extension in log file name When logging with Checksum ON enabled in the Log setting and the checksum result is NG Data Error message will show up in Logging Status as shown adove and t...

Page 20: ...0 G364PDCA G354PDH0 Additions Rev 20160606 2016 6 6 Page 13 14 15 Information of log file Rev 20160712 2016 7 12 Page 13 14 15 ResetCount Production information the IMU Product model number Firmware version Serial number Additions Rev 20170307 2017 3 7 Page 5 NoFilter TAP1 Rev 20180803 2018 8 3 All Version upgrade Ver3 0 of IMU Logger Rev 20180821 2018 8 21 Page7 13 14 Add Explanation of CheckSum ...

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