Aim Solo Operation & User’s Manual

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nei nostri prodotti vi abbia fatto preferire il nuovo Lap Timer GPS Solo. Solo è il risultato di migliaia di ore di lavoro di una continua ricerca tecnologica di una grande passione per le competizioni spor- tive e di una provata esperienza maturata sulle piste di tutto il mondo a fianco di piloti e tecnici specializzati in acquisizione e ana- lisi dei dati e della telemetria. Abbiamo voluto che Solo fosse piccolo, pre- ciso, potente ma soprattutto esagerata- mente comodo per rispondere a tutte le richieste di una utenza preparata ed esi- gente. Solo è semplice da installare e ancora più faci ...

Solo is an automatic lap timer based on GPS technology. What does it do? Solo locates its GPS position, identifies the track from the internal list of the main world tracks and starts automatically sampling lap times. If the track is not in the database? It can be easily added. Types of tracks? Circuits, hill climbs, regularity, point to point races, performance tests. Solo can fit all situations with a simple keyboard configuration. What else? Speed, accelerations, braking… all the details you need while racing, a powerful data review immediately after and… no need for a track engineer, no complicated sensors no expensiv ...

• Solo USB cable (2) • USB/AC power adapter (3) • Solo power cable with 2m wired car lighter socket (4) • Mounting bracket with screws (5) • Software installation CD (9) SOLO DL Kit for stock cars with stock ECUs OBDII (K Line/CAN) • SoloDL (6) • USB cable (2) • USB/AC power adapter (3) • 2m OBDII/power cable (7) • Mounting bracket with screws (5) • Software installation CD (9) Kit for racing cars with aftermarket ECUs (CAN/RS232) • SoloDL (6) • USB cable (2) • USB/AC power adapter (3) • 4m CAN/RS232 ECU harness (8) • Mounting bracket with screws (5) • Software insta ...

depending on the application and your preferences. CHAPTER 1 INCLUDED ITEMS AND INSTALLATION ACCESSORIES Suction cup bracket kit with screws; part number X46KSVS00. Handlebar bracket kit accommodating bars from 0.5” to 2.0’’ diameter; part number: X46KSTG00. Double bar bracket kit with U bolt for bars from 0.75’’ to 1.25’’ diameter. Metallic wrap for pipes from 1.57’’ to 3.15’’ diameter; part number: X46KSTP00. Outlined below are several mounting options available for application-specific installations: 08 09 ...

your Lap Times. The calculation is done using the GPS posi- tion of your vehicle and the track starting line. Solo calculates the position of your vehicle CHAPTER 2 SOLO AT A GLANCE ten times per second, and interpolates the nearest position to the starting line with very high precision. Where do startline GPS info come from? Of course, for obtaining lap Times, Solo has to know the Starting Line Coordinates. This can be done in three different ways: ENTER TRACK DATABASE SHOWS ALL TRACKS STORED IN SOLO MEMORY SHOWS ALL TRACKS AVAILABLE IN A 5KM RADIUS Please, take note that if you are running a P ...

Solo is equipped with a 128x64 pixel graphical display and a built-in brilliant backlight. Press any of the four buttons and the specific menu items will appear (for four seconds) above each of the buttons. you can lock the image MENU>>Display Setup>>Keyboard and select Locked. GPS Antenna The integrated GPS antenna is located on the top of Solo. In order to mitigate any possible GPS signal interference, avoid positioning anything directly over the GPS antenna. SOLO AT A GLANCE USB Port Solo uses USB connection for: • Battery charging • Receiving configuration ( SoloDL) and track list upgrade • Data download to PC • ...

allows you to quickly and easily install and remove Solo. For more permanent installations, you can secure Solo using the four included inserts (bottom image). SOLO AT A GLANCE Solo Working Modes You can configure Solo in order to optimize its activity in dependence upon the typology of the track and of your race: The tracks can be in a Closed Circuit or in a Pont to Point track, i.e. rallye or DownHill races. The typology of your race can be: CHAPTER 2 Regularity Where you have to maintain a certain constant lap time. Performance Where you evalu ...

rechargeable battery or by an external 12 Volt source, using the provided power cable with 2m wired car lighter socket. POWERING AND CONNECTING SOLO ECU Connection (SoloDL only) SoloDL receives the engine parameters from the ECU of your vehicle. You can choose between two different connections to the ECU: You can recharge the internal lithium battery through the power socket or through a PC using the provided USB cable. CHAPTER 3 Documentation about a wide range of ECU protocols and connections is available at our website www.aim-sportline.com >> Download Area >> ECU section. 2. CAN/RS232 con ...

At switch on, Solo starts looking for a GPS signal. You can see the level of the signal by pressing >>> or <<< until the following page appears: Please note: for a quick GPS signal acquisition place Solo in the open air so that a wide part of the sky is visible. First Power On At first power on, Solo starts the configuration wizard requiring the following information: • Language • Unit of measure (Mph/Kmh) • Type of race to be performed (speed, regularity or performance in case of performance test select the kind of performance according to the selected unit of measure) • Type of track that the logger is to be used on: ...

configure the track beacon positions and to define the ECU of your car (for SoloDL only). Any other parameter will need to be configured by the onboard keyboard. To enter configuration press MENU. Race Modes Solo can manage different race modes: Speed, Regularity and Performance. In all situations, it gives the proper time information. To set the type of race, follow this path: MENU>>Race Mode SetUp. Speed This is the usual race or test: you have to drive at the maximum possible speed. The lap time is rolling until the vehicle passes in front of the finish line, where it stops for some seconds. SOLO CONFIGURA ...

>>> or <<<. Also, you can freely configure up to 4 Custom Pages, that can show from 1 up to 4 different information. Every page can be enabled or disabled, so, if you need only two pages, disable all the others and swap between them, pushing >>> or <<<. To enable the pages follow this path: MENU >> Display Setup >> Pages Setup >> Enable/Disable Pages. For creating and managing the Custom Pages: MENU >> Display Setup >> Pages Setup >> Custom Pages Setup. Set how many custom pages to show, how many fields to show on every page and configure the page. Below are shown examples of custom pages with ...

for: • Upgrading the track list • Downloading the test data to your PC • Analyzing the test data Aim constantly updates Race Studio 2 soft- ware. Each new release is available free to download from our web site www.aim-spor- tline.com, download Area/Software section. Software Installation To install Race Studio 2 software just place the CD in the proper driver and wait for a few seconds. The system will ask the user: • To choose if reading the documentation or installing a software: select the second option; • Which software to install: select Race Studio 2: the installation will start automat ...

comes with a comprehensive database of starting line / split line coordinates. You can easily see the list of coordinates in the track page; to reach it press >>> or <<< until the page below on the left appears and then press “VIEW” button. You will see the tracks nearest to your posi- tion. You can add new coordinates in two diffe- rent ways: • Directly through Solo; • Using Race Studio 2. Software CHAPTER 7 TRACK MANAGEMENT Adding Starting Line Coordinates directly through Solo It is very easy to add the coordinates of a new starting point: • Go to the Starting Point with Solo in your hands • ...

increases. So, if the vehicle does not move, even with the engine ON, Solo does not record data. When Speed start going up, Solo changes mode and starts recording all the data, that is to say, speed, position and acceleration every 1/10 of second. SoloDL, of course, records also , all the information coming from the ECU. CHAPTER 8 USE OF SOLO DURING THE TESTS Performance Tests Performance tests can be ¼ mile, ½ mile, 0-60 mph, 0-100 km/h, 0-1 km. The vehicle is placed at the starting point. when the car starts, the time increment and rolls on the dash and the data are recorded. When the performance itest finishes ...

as shown below on the left for “Speed” and “Regularity” mode and can include more pages; for performance mode however, all data is shown in a page as below: CHAPTER 9 DATA RECALL Data in Memory Deletion You can delete Solo memory in two different ways: • Follow this path: MENU >> Stored Data >> Clear Test Data and press OK. • After data download with Race Studio 2 software the system will ask you if you are going to delete or not delete the logger memory. 30 31 ...

PC and Data Analysis through Race Studio2 The best way to understand your performance, is to analyse your Solo data on your PC. Only with a wide screen can you compare two laps, sector after sector, evaluate when and where you are braking and when you are on and off the throttle. For this analysis, you can take advantage of Aim highly professional software Race Studio 2. This software, (that comes free of charge with your Solo), is constantly upgraded by Aim engineers: every new release can be easily downloaded (free of charge) from the web site: www.aim-sportline.com “Download Area” Software section. The first step is to dow ...

to SmartyCam, to get a powerful system. Let us introduce SmartyCam, AIM’s on- board camera. Briefly, it records the video, automatically adding in the overlay and graphical information about a lot of freely configurable parameters coming from the ECU and from GPS. CHAPTER 11 SOLODL CONNECTION WITH SMARTYCAM 34 35 ...

Cam is extremely synergic, since the two systems can take advantage of features from each other: • SmartyCam can read Solo DL parameters from ECU • SmartyCam can read Solo DL GPS and GPS lap time CHAPTER 11 SOLODL CONNECTION WITH SMARTYCAM • SoloDL display can show information about SmartyCam Status, like the amount of free “microSD” Card memory, battery level, recording status, diagnostic messages etc. • SmartyCam can record SoloDL data on its “microSD” Card, for a quicker management of them. Later on your PC, you can easily synchronise video and data. Physical Connection To connect SoloDL with ...

tyCam page showing all the useful information about SmartyCam Status, that is to say Recording Status, SD card status and SD card free space as shown below: SOLO DL CONNECTION WITH SMARTYCAM To enable this page follow this path: MENU>>Display Setup>>Enable/Disable Pages, scroll until finding SmartyCam page: after having enabled it, you can look at it and scroll the pages using VIEW button. CHAPTER 11 REC STATUS REMAINING SPACE ON SMARTYCAM MICRO SD 38 39 ...