Aim EVO5, User Manual

Page 1: ...AiMTECH Srl Via Cavalcanti 8 20063 Cernusco S N MI Italia Tel 39 02 9290571 www aim sportline com EVO5 Logger USER GUIDE Made in Italy ...

Page 2: ...07 Speed 7 1 Speed read from the ECU 7 2 Speed read from the GPS receiver 7 3 Speed read from wheel sensor 08 Analog inputs 09 Digital outputs 10 WiFi configuration 10 1 Configuring your device as an AP 10 2 Joining your AiM system to an existing network 10 3 High performance WLAN setup 10 4 About Internet connectivity 10 5 Working with Mac TM OS and Virtualized Windows TM 11 Race Studio 3 softwar...

Page 3: ...nnels Many times you wish to get data not only from your ECU but also from other electronic devices you have in your car The extra CAN is intended to offer this possibility Why an extra CAN connection XRK taking advantage of GPS technology associates absolute time and GPS position to each data with the precision of 1 millisecond In this way it is possible to better compare different laps and tests...

Page 4: ...CHAPTER 2 06 Harness 2 What is in the kit EVO5 logger with SD card The EVO5 kit includes GPS08 Module Software WHAT IS IN THE KIT EVO5 ...

Page 5: ...CHAPTER 3 08 09 LAYOUT AND PUSHBUTTONS EVO5 RGB LED SD card slot EVO5 Logger Aluminum Body Deutsch 37pin Deutsch 22pin ...

Page 6: ... is published on our site www aim sportline com download area ECU connections This list includes approximately more than 1000 different protocols and is constantly updated with new protocols When possible documents explaining how to configure your ECU to ensure compati bility between the data flow transmitted are available too From an hardware point of view the system is compatible with all curren...

Page 7: ...f the coil whose peak can be from 150 to 400V or from a possible square wave the peak can be from 5 to 50V The pin labelled RPM reported in appendix Pinout receives the signal The output labelled GRAY TACH gives a 5 50V output that can be directly acquired from EVO5 If the output is not available from the ignition system the system has to be c onnected to the low voltage of the coil as shown in th...

Page 8: ...e of speed in its data stream it is obviously possible to read record and show that value Simply enable it using Race Studio 3 software when setting the channels 7 2 Speed read from the GPS receiver The GPS receiver you find in the kit is configured in order to obtain the best performanceintermofreactivityandaccuracy For getting GPS speed you don t need any configuration Simply connect the GPS08 M...

Page 9: ...on the 22 pins connector Each of them can give an output of 1 amp at 12 volts 9 Digital output Connecting examples The digital output Dout is a LOW SIDE type with internal 10 Kohm weak pull up resistor Here below are some connecting examples You can configure it in order to turn them off when the condition disappears when you turn EVO5 off when you push a pushbutton or when the data are downloaded...

Page 10: ...ate with AiM devices for which it has the password CHAPTER 10 WIFI CONFIGURATION 18 19 EVO5 10 WiFi Configuration 1 As an Access Point AP This is ideal when you have one device and one computer In this configuration your AiM device creates its own WiFi network which acts as an AP to which you can connect your PC 2 To join an existing Wireless Local Area Network WLAN This is more complex and requir...

Page 11: ...ablishing the WiFi connection n Be sure your AiM system has the WiFi enabled n Read its name in the lower part of the Live Measures page n Click the WiFi icon of Race Studio 3 and select your AiM system CHAPTER 10 WIFI CONFIGURATION 20 21 EVO5 10 1 Configuring your device as an AP In a few seconds the communication will be established For setting other parameters it is therefore recommended that y...

Page 12: ...characters For example if you add the driver s name Tom Wolf the resulting network name SSID will be AiM EVO5 5000999 TomWolf After having set all the parameters click Transmit button WiFi communicaton only will be restarted with the new parameters To connect your EVO5 simply choose your device from the list of available WiFi connections If your EVO5 is protected by a password as recommended Race ...

Page 13: ...r the Connected Devices header just as if they were connected via USB simply click on your device in the left panel under Connec ted Devices 10 2 Joining Your AiM system to an existing network Go to theWiFi configuration tab and set the mode to Existing Network Then enter the network password and the device pas sword should you choose to add one in the appropriate fields To commit the network sett...

Page 14: ...k_1 and it is not working in open authentication mode since it is protected by a network password In order to get the connectivity to the device the user s PC also has to be authenticated to the same network as clarified in the following figure Once the user s PC is authenticated to the same network called network_1 it can see the AiM device previously configured to gain access to the target netwo...

Page 15: ...this network in order to interact with any AiM device on this network n Gateway address 192 168 0 1 Primary DNS server 0 0 0 0 Secondary DNS server 0 0 0 0 These settings prevent internet connectivity through this WLAN n Subnet mask 255 255 255 224 Enable DHCP server yes DHCP IP address range 192 168 0 3 to 192 168 0 31 These settings enable a DHCP server running on this WLAN It gives IP addresses...

Page 16: ...S too The main issue in this case is that the host OS Mac shares the WiFi interface with the virtualized OS Windows not as a WiFi interface but as an Ethernet interface Configuring Parallels Choose Configure option in Parallels Menu In the window you re prompted select Hardware icon and then choose Network option on the left In the right part of the window be sure to choose Wi Fi in Type field The...

Page 17: ...g choose the Open Network Preferences menu In the window you are prompted verify that the status is shown as Connected and that the given IP is for example 10 0 0 10 it could be 10 0 0 11 10 0 0 12 or generically 10 0 0 x In Race Studio 3 flag the checkbox you find in Preferences WiFi Settings ...

Page 18: ... For setting software measure units pres sure speed temperature brake and oil pressure and fixing download settings Custom sensors Creates imports exports and modifies cu stom sensors left side of your screen In the right side of the screen you can see all the configura tions of the selected folder Please click on the desired one for editing it or push the NEW pushbutton for creating a new one Con...

Page 19: ...re unit To configure the inertial platform three axial accelerometers n Click on the cell Accelerometer in sensor column nThe panel appears allowing you to set the accelerometers Push Channels tab The channel configuration page will appear n Channels n ECU Stream n CAN2 Stream n Math channels n Parameters n Output Signals n SmartyCam Stream n CAN expansion n CAN Output 11 1 1 Channels Configuratio...

Page 20: ... of the image Logger position configuration automati cally applies to all inertial platform chan nels and consequently also their default names CHAPTER 11 RACESTUDIO3 SOFTWARE 38 39 EVO5 In the images above you see the result ob tained selecting an accelerometer chan ging the logger position and modifying frequency to 20Hz and precision 1 deci mal To recap n to configure the logger position just c...

Page 21: ...1 resistor To set the ECU driver of your vehicle click Change ECU and select ECU Manufacturer and ECU Model A CAN line ending with a 120 Ohm resistor can be enabled disabled through this checkbox Push the tab CAN2 Stream CAN2 Stream works like ECU Stream and is normally used for non engine control units like for example ABS management suspen sion kits or similar Each ECU channel can be enabled dis...

Page 22: ...select the desired option Press Parameters tab Here you can set the lap detection GPS or Optical beacon as well as decide when start recording You can choose whether detecting a lap signal from GPS or using optical transmitter receiver GPS beacon requires the track width while optical beacon requires you to insert a time during which the system does not record additional lap signals By default the...

Page 23: ...oad you can define n ID CAN Hex n Byte number DLC up to 8 bytes n Byte Order little endian or big endian n Frequency up to20 Hz Moreover you can transmit each field coming from analog digital internal channel expansions ECU or GPS Module WARNING Please be advised that this function allows you to send messages directly to your vehicle CAN network Sending messages that can potentially conflict with ...

Page 24: ...ick on it and select Delete 11 3 Connect your AiM system to a PC 11 3 1 Configuration transmission When you connect your system to the PC it is automatically recognized and on the left side of the PC display the name of your device appears as shown in the picture At this point you can transmit the configu ration or clicking on the configuration n see live measures n calibrate sensors n download da...

Page 25: ...y and on the SD card EVO5 can download them via USB via WiFi or placing the SD card in the PC slot EVO5 SD card is immediately recognized by Race Studio 3 as containing stored data To download data click on your system name in Connected Devices panel bot tom left of the software main page The device window appears on the right Push Download button for downloading the data recorded in your system Y...

Page 26: ...ints of all the tracks you are going to run on Opening the software with no logger connected to your PC you will see the screen shown here on the right As you can see the screen is divided in three parts On the left are track collections and connected devices Central is the track list If available each track label shows you the track layout its address and the type of vehicle that usually races on...

Page 27: ...ks click the setting Icon highlighted top left on the software page Selection criteria panel appears To know how to perform a search click the question mark on the right and some examples show up in a yellow pop up panel as shown here on the right 3 Manual collections To create a Manual Collection of tracks click on the setting Icon fill in the Collection name and click OK The new collection appea...

Page 28: ...e software top central keyboard 12 5 How to transmit track information to EVO5 To transmit track information to your system select the tracks you want to load and click Transmit on the software keyboard Lambda Controller Channel Expansions GPS Module SmartyCam CAN 2 ECU Using our built in CAN bus you can add ex pansion modules like GPS channel expan sions lambda controllers These are only 13 Expan...

Page 29: ...peed1 GND Vbattery Analog Input 1 Analog GND Vbattery Vreference Analog Input 2 Analog GND Vbattery Vreference Analog Input 3 Analog GND Vbattery Vreference Analog Input4 Analog GND Vbattery Vreference PIN 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Deutsch 22pin Analog Input 5 Analog GND Vbattery Vreference Analog Input 6 Analog Input 7 Analog GND Vbattery Vreference Analog ...

Page 30: ...rtial platform WiFi connection Internal memory SD card Digital outputs Body Dimension Weight Waterproof CAN RS232 K Line YES YES GPS Module Channel Expansion Lambda controller SmartyCam HD 8 fully configurable 0 5V 0 12V K thermocouples Max frequency 1 KHz each Coil RPM and 4 speed inputs Internal 3 axis 5G accelerometer 3 axis gyro YES 4 gigabytes Internal up to 128 gigabytes 2 up to 1 Amp each A...