Slot.it Universal Live Timing Box User manual

Universal Live Timing Box Rev 2.0 User manual

Figure 1: Universal Live Timing Box

Universal Live Timing Box Rev 2.0 User manual

General index

1 Contents of the selling pack.............................................................................................................4

2 General description...........................................................................................................................4

3 Quickstart audio playback for the impatient....................................................................................5

4 Uni ersal Li e Timing Box's components description.....................................................................6

5 Operation description.......................................................................................................................9

5.1 Uni ersal Li e Timing Box supply...........................................................................................9

5.2 Lap time playback...................................................................................................................10

5.3 Data storage on the Uni ersal Li e Timing Box's internal memory.......................................11

5.3.1 Erase stored data.............................................................................................................14

5.4 Audio language updating........................................................................................................14

5.5 Uni ersal Li e Timing Box firmware updating.....................................................................15

5.6 Use of the PC chronometer function.......................................................................................15

5.7 Use of the Telemetry li e function..........................................................................................15

6 Uni ersal Li e Timing Box assembly on SCP-01 controller.........................................................17

7 System configuration with PC Software........................................................................................18

8 Using the Li e Timing Box together with PC Lap Counter...........................................................19

9 System diagnostics.........................................................................................................................20

10 Uni ersal Li e Timing Box firmware updating procedure..........................................................21

11 Contents of the selling pack..........................................................................................................31

12 General description.......................................................................................................................31

13 Description of the Track Interface................................................................................................32

14 Track Interface power supply.......................................................................................................34

15 Track Interface connections..........................................................................................................34

15.1 Connection to a DS bridge....................................................................................................34

15.2 Connection to a DS chrono...................................................................................................34

15.3 Connection to a dead strip....................................................................................................35

15.4 Connection to Slot.it SCP-01 controller...............................................................................36

15.5 Connection to the Slot.it Uni ersal Li e Timing Box..........................................................37

15.6 Connection to other Track Interfaces....................................................................................37

16 Track Interface setting..................................................................................................................39

16.1 Setting: DS bridge lap counter sensor, dead strip sector sensor...........................................39

16.2 Setting: DS bridge sector sensor, dead strip lap counter sector............................................39

16.3 Setting: DS bridge sector sensor, dead strip sector sensor....................................................40

16.4 Not allowed Setting..............................................................................................................40

17 Installation of LTPCRunTime......................................................................................................44

18 Use of the Li e Timing Box PC Interface application.................................................................45

18.1 Dri er installation.................................................................................................................45

18.2 Use of the Li e Timing Box PC Interface application to communicate with the Uni ersal

Li e Timing Box............................................................................................................................46

18.2.1 Use the application to communicate with the Uni ersal Li e Timing Box..................48

18.2.1.3 Download Language function...............................................................................49

18.2.1.4 Download telemetry data function........................................................................49

18.2.1.5 Erase stored data function.....................................................................................49

18.2.1.6 Telemetry function.................................................................................................49

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18.2.1.7 Postprocessing function.........................................................................................51

18.2.1.8 Li e Timing Box Setting.......................................................................................55

18.2.1.9 On-Line Li e Timing Box PC Interface manual...................................................58

Warranty: two years. We retain the right to reject under warranty repairs of Universal Live Timing

Box showing signs of tampering and/or not accompanied by the repair application (downloadable at

www.slot.it ) totally filled in. This product is in accordance with RoHS guidelines. Do not dip it into

water and do not put it in the microwa e o en.

The product has not been tested on animals, also because they would not understand the meaning of

"Lap time" .

Completely concei ed, thought up and realized by Maurizio Ferrari, Maurizio Gibertoni, Cristian

Anceschi and Stefano Giorgi of Galileo Engineering S.r.l. Via F. Ca allotti, 16 – 41122 Reggio

Emilia, Italy – www.slot.it – [email protected]

Slot.it and Slot.it logo are registered trademarks by Galileo Engineering S.r.l.

We thank you for choosing the Universal Live Timing Box system. Before operating, please read

this manual attenti ely.

Warning: improper use, at high olume and for a long time, can damage the auditory apparatus.

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1 Contents of the selling pack

In the package are the following objects:

1. A Universal Live Timing Box;

2. A connection cable for the signals coming from the Track Interface to be (optionally)

linked up with the cartridge of the controller SCP-01;

3. A quick start user manual.

2 General description

Universal Live Timing Box is an inno ati e timing system that allows to:

•reproduce ia audio the lap times recorded by the pilot, in a language to be chosen among

many;

•store in the de ice’s internal memory the times heard on earphones, sector times and in case

the telemetry data of the SCP button of Slot.it to which it is connected;

•listen to your fa ourite music while dri ing, by connecting the Universal Live Timing Box to

a MP3 player though a normal audio cable not included in the package;

•download the stored data that can be looked up by the user from a PC by means of a special

program downloadable for free (we’re generous, aren’t we?) at www.slot.it (Live Timing

Box PC Interface);

•update the software of the system, with the opportunity to add new specifications to the

Universal Live Timing Box in the future without any additional charge;

•delete stored data (good idea);

•remember the status of data storage button and mute button so that it is not necessary to

repeat the setup carried out before the supply was cut off.

Moreo er, Universal Live Timing Box is a ersatile system, since its functioning requires only the

presence of the Track Interface and is totally independent of the kind of controller employed.

The presence of the Track Interface is necessary since the latter has the job of interfacing the

Universal Live Timing Box with the track by collecting the signals coming from the sensors on the

circuit (DS bridge, dead strip, Winchrono,...) and sending them after suitable elaboration to the

Universal Live Timing Box itself. For further information concerning the Track Interface system,

see the relati e manual.

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3 Quickstart audio playback for the impatient

Connect the Track Interface to your track’s sensors according to the relati e manual.

Connect the Universal Live Timing Box to the Track Interface through the “Track to Telemetry”

cable. Connect the power supply to the Track Interface.

IMPORTANT: Before using the Uni ersal Li e Timing Box for the first time, an “Erase stored

data” operation must be performed (please refer to § 5.3.1 ), else the box will beha e as if its

memory was already full. This does not apply if you change language from the default English as

the language change erases all stored data.

Make sure that the LED near the “Red = Audio off” label is off. Adjust the olume.

Check, by passing a car o er the lap or sector sensor(s), that the Track Interface and the Universal

Live Timing Box recei e their signals (LED flashing on both boxes: yellow or green on the Track

Interface, green on the Uni ersal Li e Timing Box).

At this point, you’re playing with the cars, your lap times are transmitted in your earphones, your

dri ing has impro ed, and you' e promised yourself to read the manual afterwards. It always

happens, but nobody e er really reads the instructions. What a pity. There are many other features

that we engineers lo e to put in products, and, weirdly, we are paid for doing it. The Universal Live

Timing Box is no exception and without a thorough reading of the manual it is ery difficult to

make the best use of all its features. It stands to reason that if nobody reads the manual many

features of the product do not come to light and turn out to be useless. Then, why de elop them?

Does not this render the engineers’ role useless? So please, sa e the engineers and read the manual.

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4 Universal ive Timing Box's components description

Figure 6: Connection cable

Figure 4: Universal Live Timing Box: seen from the right

side

Figure 2: Universal Live Timing Box: seen of above Figure 3: Universal Live Timing Box: seen from the rear

Figure 5: Universal Live Timing Box: seen from the left

side

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With reference to the pre ious pictures of the Universal Live Timing Box, the following components

can be distinguished:

1. mute switch: it enables/disables Lap Time Playback; a repeated pressure of the switch makes

the sw cycle across these audio modes:

•lap timing playback OFF

•lap timing playback ON

During lap timing playback, the olume of the MP3 input is dimmed (or not)

according to the settings progammed with the accompanying PC sw.

2. “Mem on/off” button: it has two functions:

•simple pressure : it enables/disables telemetry data storage and/or lap time

storage in the Universal Live Timing Box's internal memory;

•pressed down for at least 4 seconds : it enables the deletion of stored data.

This operation can be carried out only when the Universal Live Timing Box is not

connected to the PC. Otherwise, this function is carried out by the Live Timing Box

PC Interface application;.

3. bicolour LED “Red = Audio off Green = Lap/Sector”:

•green light : one flashing signals the car’s passing on a sector sensor

(DS bridge or dead stripe), while two flashings signal the car’s passing on a lap

sensor (DS bridge or dead stripe);

•steady red light : it signals that lap time playback has been disabled by

pressing the mute switch(1);

•red light flashing for fi e times in succession : supply diagnostics function:

signals that the last system reset was caused by a problem with the supply;

•blinking red light : MP3 le el control disabled.

4. “Power/Mem” red LED: it has se eral functions:

•steady light : the system is powered and ready for use;

•flashing light : it signals that data storage is enabled;

•flashing light with frequency higher than in the pre ious case : it signals

that the data stored in the internal memory are being erased;

•flashing light with frequency higher than in the latter case : it signals that

the memory is full and therefore it is impossible to store further data;

5. USB port (type B): it allows to connect the system to the PC by means of a USB cable (type

AB);

6. double switch: it allows to select which data are to be stored on the internal memory of the

Universal Live Timing Box: times only or all data (times + telemetry); if the ULTB is

programmed with the multi-language software, the double switch can only be used to select

the playback language, and only lap timing can be sa ed in memory (no telemetry data)

7. audio output: jack female where the earphones can be connected to listen to the times and/or

your fa ourite music;

8. MP3 player input;

9. USB white cable: it allows to connect the Universal Live Timing Box to the SCP controller

or to the “Track to Telemetry” cable of the Track Interface;

10. Audio Volume control: it allows the lap time playback’s olume control. The MP3 olume

control is to be carried out on the MP3 player itself;

11. connection cable: necessary cable in order to connect the SCP-01 controller to the “Track to

Telemetry cable” of the Track Interface, in order to bring the output signals from this latter

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to the Universal Live Timing Box through the controller. In order to connect the “connection

cable” to the SCP-01 controller’s cartridge it is necessary to follow the instructions in

paragraph 5.3 . Moreo er, in order to a oid accidental tear of the two welded wires, the

tearing proof de ice has to be inserted in the apposite slot in the cartridge’s shell;

12. reset: restart of the microcontroller in case of malfunctioning;

Ne er connect the USB cable (10) of the Universal Live Timing Box to the USB ports of the

PC. There’s no break hazard but the male USB of the Universal Live Timing Box is not a

USB cable for PC.

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5 Operation description

5.1 Universal Live Timing Box supply

The Universal Live Timing Box can be powered in se eral ways, but only as follows:

1. by means the USB white cable (10);

2. by means of a USB cable (type AB) coming from the PC and connected to the USB port (6)

of the Uni ersal Li e Timing Box;

3. combining the two pre ious instructions.

All the methods described abo e supply the Universal Live Timing Box with a oltage of 5V DC.

The supply option 2 does not require any comment since it is totally independent of the kind of

controller used.

With regard to the supply option (1) a clarification is necessary. Especially for those who ha e a

Slot.it SCP-01 controller, there are two possibilities of supplying the Universal Live Timing Box by

means of the USB (10) cable. These are:

•insert the USB cable’s male plug(10) into the SCP-01 controller’s USB port (figure 8);

•insert the USB cable’s male plug (10) into the USB female plug of the “Track to Telemetry

cable” of the Track Interface (figure 7).

Instead, for users who make use of other types of controller and need to power the system according

to option (1), it is necessary to insert the USB cable’s male plug(10) into the USB female plug of

the “Track to telemetry cable” of the Track Interface (figure 7).

Once the Universal Live Timing Box is powered, the LED (5) gi es out a steady red light in order to

show the user that the system is ready for use.

N.B.: by directly inserting the USB cable’s male plug (10) into the USB female plug of the “ Track

to telemetry cable” of the Track Interface, the user is not allowed to select, by means of the double

switch(7), what kind of data are to be stored, since no telemetry data come from the Track Interface.

The Universal Live Timing Box recognizes this operating mode and automatically prepares itself to

store timing lap, and also possible timing sector, regardless of the double switch’s status. If the

sa ed dictionary in the Universal Live Timing Box is “multilingual”, in this configuration the switch

(7) can be used to select the language in which the lap times are heard, and only lap times can be

sa ed in the internal memory (no telemetry)

N.B. When turning the Universal Live Timing Box on, it can happen that the “Power/Mem” LED (5)

lights up with a slight delay. This is due to the initialization the Universal Live Timing Box carries

out e ery time it is turned on. During this short time span (max 4’’) the system cannot be used.

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5.2 Lap time playback

In order to make use of this function it is necessary to connect the earphones to the female jack (8)

of the Universal Live Timing Box and then power e erything according to the option (1) described

in paragraph 5.1 . At this point a clarification is necessary relati e to the supply option chosen by

the user. In particular, if the user has powered the Universal Live Timing Box by inserting the USB

cable’s male plug (10) into the USB female plug of the “Track to Interface cable” of the Track

Interface (figure 7), no further operation is needed: Lap Time Playback is already possible.

But, if the user has chosen to supply the Universal Live Timing Box according to the other option

(by means of the SCP-01 controller), it is necessary to insert the male plug of the connection cable

(12), into the USB female plug of the “Track to telemetry cable” of the Track Interface(figure 8).

For information as to the connection of the connection cable to the SCP-01 controller’s cartridge,

see paragraph 5.3 .

Now Lap Time Playback is possible.

In particular, when a car passes on the sensor positioned on the finish line, the bicolour LED flashes

twice with green light, whereas it flashes only once with green light when the car passes on possible

sector sensors. Lap timing playback depends on the programming of the ULTB: lap times and sector

times can be spoken depending on the user's programming. Of course timing and playback can only

start once a first finish line crossing has been detected.

The Universal Live Timing Box reproduces the times only when the car passes on the finish line

and moreo er it begins to time the lap only when the car passes on the finish line for the first time.

The olume of Lap Time Playback can be adjusted according to one’s needs by means of the

olume control (11) on the left side of the Universal Live Timing Box.

While dri ing, the user can listen to the music by connecting the audio output of any MP3 player to

the female jack (9) (MP3 player input) using an audio cable (not included in the package). The

audio cable must ha e at both ends a 3,5 mm male jack. In this condition, the 'mute' button

switches the lap timing playback on or off.. MP3 volume dimming can only be activated through

programming from the PC software. MP3 olume must be adjusted on the MP3 player and not

through the olume control knob of the ULTB.

In case that one wants to listen to music only and no longer ha e Lap Time Playback, one only

needs to press the mute button (1). The bicolour LED (4) signals that this function has been

disabled: it gi es out a steady red light. Pressing again the mute button (1) is enough to re-enable

the function. Practically: audio ON, red light off, audio OFF, red light on.

As already mentioned pre iously, the Universal Live Timing Box remembers the status in which the

mute button is at the moment immediately before the supply is disconnected. Therefore, when the

system is powered again, the mute function can be enabled or not, according as it was enabled or

not before the supply was disconnected.

It is also possible to hear lap time playback while the Universal Live Timing Box is connected to the

PC , to PC Chrono, or PC Lap Counter. For the necessary connections, see paragraph 5.6 .

As already mentioned in paragraph 5.1 , in case that the Universal Live Timing Box is directly

connected to the Track Interface through the “Track to telemetry cable”, and in case that the

language in the Universal Live Timing Box is “multilingual” , it is possible to use the switch (7) to

select the Lap Time Playback language. This function is a ailable for ersions of the firmware

starting from 1.0.3 and is concei ed in particular for e ents with participants from se eral nations.

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