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Racepak V-NET V300 Quick Start Manual

Summary of V-NET V300

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    1 recording recording a run 2 telemetry (monitoring in real time) 2 uploading and viewing your recording / serial cable 3 uploading and viewing your recording / data cartridge 4 set up setting the screen resolution 5 setting the year and track data on sessions page 6 setting the start time 6 setting...

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    2 recording a run v300 / v500 / v600 recorders one of the first functions you will perform with your racepak data recorder is to record a run. Unless your recorder has been set up to automatically start recording off of a specific event, you will need to follow this sequence. Step 1: turn the power ...

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    3 uploading and viewing your recording (serial cable method) once you have taken a recording you will want to see your data. The v series recorders can transfer their recorded data to your computer by two methods, either direct connection with a serial cable, or by using a data cartridge. If your sy...

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    4 uploading and viewing your recording (data cartridge method) once you have taken a recording you will want to see your data. The v series recorders can transfer their recorded data to your computer by two methods, either direct connection with a serial cable, or by using a data cartridge. If your ...

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    5 setting the screen resolution the datalink program is capable of presenting large amounts of information on your computer screen. Due to the wide variety of video cards, monitors, and your personal preferences, the default layout of the datalink software may not be optimum for your computer. In so...

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    6 setting the year and track data on session page when you upload a new run file the software can automatically fill in some of the information about the run for you. Among these items are the year, the track at which you are running, the date of the run, and the time of the day. It will be necessar...

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    7 setting the user scale the user scale is the amount of recording time that is displayed across the screen. Generally racepak will set this to display from .5 seconds before the start of the run (-0.500), to 1.0 or 2.0 seconds beyond the typical elapsed time recorded by a car such as your car. View...

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    8 setting the chart colors the colors that are used on the graph screen can be customized to suit your personal preferences. Depending on the type of computer you use, and the environment where you use it, some combinations of colors can make it easier for you to see the data on the screen. If you a...

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    9 setting the screen pane sizes the racepak datalink program you see on your computer monitor is actually composed of four screen panes. Across the top of the screen is the pane containing the run file tabs and the channel buttons. The middle portion of the screen contains the graph pane. The pane a...

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    10 creating & viewing quick graphs almost everyone has their favorite set of channel graphs they look at first when viewing a newly uploaded file. Some even want to have the graph lines from the various channels in specific colors. Rather than always needing to click on each of the channels individu...

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    11 accessing security keys numbers the security codes used by your racepak datalink software are something most users will never need to be concerned with. They were automatically loaded into your computer when you installed your software. However, there are a couple of situations where you may need...

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    12 adding security unlock keys opening racepak files that were recorded by one system, by using the software from another, requires that the security unlock keys from the recording logger be added to the second system’s software. To do this you must first access the security key numbers from the sof...

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    13 adding new v-net sensors when you have added a new v-net sensor and module to your onboard recorder system you will also need to change the software to recognize the addition. If you do not, the datalink program will not display the data from the new addition. Earlier types of recorders required ...

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    14 viewing the run log pages thanks to the variety of monitor sizes and selection of screen resolution settings it is somewhat common for racers to ‘lose’ their run log pages. The run log pages are the pages where you record such data as the weather, run times, and tune up associated with the file t...

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    15 overlaying run files one of the most frequently used features of the datalink software is the ability to compare one run file against another by overlaying the graph lines from both runs on the screen. This provides a quick visual comparison of where any loses or gains occurred during the two run...

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    16 zoom in / zoom out screen view you can look at the graph lines in greater detail when you zoom in on the graph. A typical graph screen will have grid lines that are spaced at one second intervals. It is possible to zoom in to the point where these grid lines are as small as 1/100th of a second in...

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    17 clearing the graphs displaying graphs on your screen is usually done by clicking on the individual channel buttons. In due time the screen becomes loaded up with a lot of graph lines. Often when this happens you may want to clear all of the graph lines off of the screen and start fresh. This can ...

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    18 copy a file to disc if the need arises to transfer a file from one computer to another, you may want to copy the file to a floppy disc. This can be done by following the steps outlined below: step 1: insert a fresh formatted disc in your floppy disc drive. This is usually the [a] drive of your co...

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    19 finding / viewing old run files it isn’t uncommon for racers to be unable to find a previously recorded run file in their computer. They know they recorded it, and they have viewed it before, but now it seems to have disappeared into thin air. It isn’t in the folder where it should be located. Tr...

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