RaceCapturePro SoftwareOperation

First time use

Installing the RaceCapture/Pro drivers

When connected to the computer over USB, RaceCapture/Pro appears as a virtual serial port.

• Windows users will need the proper drivers installed. Download the drivers and unzip them to a directory. When you connect RaceCapture/Pro to your computer using the USB cable Windows will prompt you to install drivers- specify the directory where you downloaded the files.

Installing RaceAnalyzer

Download the version of RaceAnalyzer that matches the firmware in your RaceCapture/Pro. firmware. If unsure, just try using the latest version.

Minimum System Requirements

• Windows XP or later
• Pentium IV 1GHz
• 1GB RAM
• 10 MB Disk space

Setting the Serial Port

Run RaceAnalyzer by finding the icon under the Start Menu program group. Once the program is running, you can set the serial port the MJLJ is connected to by clicking Tools/Configurator Options.

<<screenshot of Tools / Configurator Options>>

• To find out what COM port Windows assigned to RaceCapture/Pro, open Device Manger by finding 'My Computer', right-click and select Properties. From this window you will be able to access Device Manager.

Expand the 'Ports (COM & LPT)' to see the list of installed COM ports.

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Once you're certain which COM port was assigned to RaceCapture/Pro, select this value in the options dialog.

Configuration Perspective

The configuration perspective allows you to read and write the RaceCapture/Pro configuration settings.

To enable this perspective, click the wrench icon in the RaceAnalyzer toolbar.

Reading Configuration

To Read the current RaceCapture/Pro configuration connect the RaceCapture/Pro unit to the computer over USB and then click the "Read" button at the bottom of the window.

GPS Configuration

GPS Installed

Check this if the GPS unit is installed on RaceCapture/Pro.

Start/Finish Line and Split Time targets

RaceCapture/Pro can track Lap Counts, Lap times and Split Times by specifying a target on the earth using GPS coordinates.

To set either the Start/Finish or Split time target specify the latitude, longitude and target radius in the Start/Finish Line section.

• PROTIP: You can fetch the start/finish line GPS coordinates using google maps or similar.

The GPS target is defined as a circle with a radius. Currently this radius is in degrees of latitude/longitude. Future versions of software this will be converted to an actual radius measured in distance (feet or meters). We currently recommend a value between 0.0001 and .0005 degrees, which is about 30 to 60 feet radius, depending on the latitude of the target

GPS Channels

Channel	Description
Latitude/Longitude	Position on the earth. It's recommended you specify the same sample rates for both channels.
Speed	This is ground speed in MPH as measured by the GPS module.
Time	Time of day, expressed as seconds since midnight.
GpsSats	The number of GPS satellites in view - an indicator of GPS signal quality. Usually this channel will be disabled.
LapCount	The number of laps detected by RaceCapture/Pro since the start of the datalogging session. The Start/Finish Line target configuration must be set to use this feature. We recommend a sample rate of 1Hz on this channel.
LapTime	Indicates last lap time. This also requires a configured Start/Finish line target, and also 1Hz on the sample rate.
SplitTime	Indicates the last calculated split time, which is the time elapsed between the Start/Finish line and the Split Time