Racelogic VBOX LITE Hardware & Software Manual - page 25
VIDEO VBOX LITE MANUAL
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22 December 2009
Creating Start / Finish Lines and Splits
To create a ‘Start/Finish and Splits’ file the user must have logged at least 1 lap of the circuit. The VBOX Tools software
is used to create the Start/Finish & Splits file.
Defining start / finish lines and splits in the VBOX Tools software
To begin, open the VBOX Tools software and click the ‘Load All’ button in the menu bar at the top of the screen which
will open a file browser window. Navigate to the directory where the .VBO file is located and select, the file will load
into the software. The Graph window will now show speed vs. time and the Map window will display the position of
the vehicle around the track.
By clicking anywhere in the Graph window the position indicator in the Map window will move showing the position
of the vehicle on the track at that point in time. To define a start / finish line, move the cursor in the Graph window to
the desired point, then press the ‘Spacebar’ to mark a start / finish point, or press the Set Start / Finish button in the
Toolbar.
When the cursor is moved in the Graph window the cursor in the Map
window follows this movement so you can see where the cursor point
relates to on the track. After setting a start / finish line a green dot will
then appear in the Map window at the corresponding cursor position.
In addition to the start / finish, up to 20 split points can also be set in the
software. To define the split points, press the ‘S’ key at the desired
cursor location or select the ‘Set Split’ option from the ‘Start / Finish &
Splits’ drop down menu.
A separate finish line can be placed when the start line is not also the
finish line. This is used in situations such as hill climbs, or for data
analysis along a stretch of track that does not end where it starts - such
as “Bridge to Gantry” at the Nordschleife in Germany.
Create a separate finish line by holding the ’Shift’ + ‘Spacebar’ at the desired cursor
location or by selecting the ‘Set finish’ button from the ‘start / finish & splits’ menu.
Note: It is important to try to place the start / finish line at a fast part of the circuit to
reduce the effects of positional error and to get the best lap-timing accuracy.
Loading and Saving start / finish line and split data
Click on the ‘Save’ option from the start/finish drop down menu to save to the start / finish and split line information
created in the Graph screen to a ‘.spl’ file.
It is possible to edit a previously defined split file by clicking on the ‘Load‘ button in the Start/finish drop down menu
to load in a ‘.dsf’ or ‘.spl’ file.
If you have multiple ‘.spl’ files from various tracks, it is advisable to keep them stored on the PC in directories named
after the track.
Moving Splits
Splits can be moved by pressing ‘M’ in the Graph window and entering the number of the split to be moved, or by
selecting ‘Move split’ from the menu.