Aim EVO5 User Manual
AiM TECH Srl.
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20063 Cernusco S/N (MI)
Italia
Tel. (+39) 02.9290571
www.aim-sportline.com
EVO5 Logger
USER GUIDE
Made in Italy
Thanks.
Dear Customer,
First, we would like to thank you for
choosing the EVO5 logger as the tool for
improving your racing craft setup and
ontrack performance.
EVO5 is an expandable new generation
logger with high sampling capabilities,
recording data from a variety of sensors
and sources.
Please, before digging into your new data
system, keep in mind that we are
constantly working on bettering our
software and firmwa
re.
So, be sure to check our website
periodically for any updates.
www.aim-sportline.com
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EVO5 Logger
01 Introduction
02 What is in the kit
03 Layout and pushbuttons
04 RGB L ED
05 ECU connection and C AN resistors
06 RPM
6.1 RPM from ECU
6.2 RPM via a 550 V square wave signal or coil 150400V
07 Speed
7.1 Speed read from the ECU
7.2 Speed read from the GPS receiver
7.3 Speed read from wheel sensor
08 Analog inputs
09 Digital outputs
10 WiFi configuration
10.1 Configuring your de
vice
as an AP
10.2 Joining your AiM system to an existing network
10.3 High performance WLAN setup
10.4 About Internet connectivity
10.5 Working with Mac
TM
OS and Virtualized Windows TM
11 Race Studio 3 software
11.1 Configuration
11.1.1 Channels configuration
11.1.2 ECU Stream and C AN resistor configuration
11.1.3 CAN2 Stream
11.1.4 Math Channels
11.1.5 Parameters
11.1.6 Output Sign
als
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1.1.7 CAN Output
11.2 Modify or delete an existing configuration
11.3 Connect your AiM system to a PC
11.3.1 Configuration transmission
11.3.2 Live Measures and calibration
11.3.3 Data download
12 GPS and track management
12.1 Tracks feature
12.2 Tracks collections
12.3 How to modify track data in the PC database
12.4 How to delete a track from the PC database
12.5 How to transmit
tra
ck information to EVO5
13 Expansions
14 EVO5 Pinout
15 Technical drawings
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INTROD UCTION EVO5
What is EVO5?
Which data does it
manage?
EVO5 is the evolution of the
traditional datalogger that, all over the
years, has become a standard de facto
acquisition system in a huge amount
of championships.
The top RGB LED, changing colour and
blinking frequency, tells you if EVO5 is
performing a firmUp, if it is in error, if it
is recording or not, is using a WiFi
connection or not.
EVO5 has two digital outputs you
can freel
y co
nfigure.
You can use a WiFi connection for
transmitting the data of your test,
sending data online and for
configuring the system.
Yes, MXL used to produce data in .DRK
format. EVO5 offers an improved data
management and produces .XRK
format that only Race Studio 3 can read.
Nevertheless, the last releases of
Race Studio 2 can detect .XRK files and
transform them into old .DRK format
files that are compatible with MXL1
a
nd EVO4 files.
Data come from a wide range of
sources, including your vehicle ECU,
the internal accelerometers and gyro,
the GPS module included in the kit, the
analog/digital inputs, the external
expansions as well as predefined math
channels.
Many times you wish to get data not
only from your ECU but also from
other electronic devices you have in
your car.
The extra CAN is intended to offer this
p
ossibility.
Why an extra CAN
connection?
.XRK, taking advantage of GPS
technology, associates absolute
time and GPS position to each data
with the precision of 1 millisecond.
In this way, it is possible to better
compare different laps and tests.
EVO5 stores data both in its memory
and on an SD card.
Download procedure can be easily
performed via WiFi or placing the SD
card in your PC.
What is the difference
between the old DRK
format and new .XRK?
What about Race Studio 3?
What are the differences
between the old .DRK
format and new .XRK?
How do I download
the data from my
EVO5
What is the LED
intended for?
Is there a digital
output ?
Why a WiFi connection?
Are EVO5 data compatible
with old MXL/EVO4
data?
Race Studio 3 is the new software for
managing configuration, data download
and data analysis for all the future AiM
systems.
It is going to substitute Race Studio 2,
which has accompanied us for almost 15
years.
Based on a totally new and much more
flexible architecture, it is a work in
progress as some features are
continuously improved.
We are going to upgrade it very often so,
please don't forget to check out website at
www.aim-sportline.com.
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Harness
2. What is in the kit
EVO5 logger with SD card
The EVO5 kit includes:
GPS08 Module Software
WHAT IS IN THE K IT
EVO5
CHAPTE R 3
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LAYOUT AND PUS HBUTTONS
EVO5
RGB LED SD card slot
EVO5 Logger
Aluminum Body
Deutsch 37pin Deutsch 22pin
4. RGB LED
EVO5 features an RGB LED on top of it near
to the SD Card slot.
The LED shows the logger status as for the
following table:
CHAPTE R 4 RGB LED CHAPTE R 5 ECU CONNEC TION
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EVO5
LOGGER STATUS
Doing firmup
Logger in error
Recording
WiFi connected
WiFi available (but not connected)
Idle status
(WiFi off+EVO5 not recording)
The ECU has to be set when configuring
your system with RS3 configuration software.
The steps are explained in the related section.
CAN Resistors
EVO5 features two 120 Ohm ending
resistors on CAN1 and CAN2 Line whose
status by default is:
n
Enabled on CAN1
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Disabled on CAN2
5. ECU connection and CAN resistors
The system can acquire data from the ECU
of your vehicle. The list of the available ECU
protocols is published on our site:
www.aim-spor tline.com/download area,
ECU connections.
This list includes approximately more than
1000 different protocols and is constantly
updated with new protocols.
When possible documents explaining how
to configure your ECU to ensure compatib
ility between the data flow transmitted
are available, too.
From an hardware point of view, the system
is compatible with all currently available
connections: CAN, RS232 or K Line.
The steps to manage the data coming from
the ECU are the following:
1. Determine wich hardware connection is
available for your ECU
2. Read the documentation about your ECU
at www.aim-sportline.com and identify the
name of the software driver to be specified
3.
Using Race Studio 3, configure EVO5 setting your ECU driver with the menu shown
here below, that appears when you create
a new configuration.
LED COLOUR BLINKING
Blue Quickly
Red Slowly
Cyan Still
Yellow Still
White Still
Green Still
CHAPTE R 6 RPM
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EVO5
6. RPM
The system can receive the RPM signal from three different sources:
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From ECU
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Through a square wave signal (8 to 50 V)
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From the low voltage (from 150 to 400 V) of the coil
6.1 RPM from ECU
To get RPM from the ECU, please configure your device and enable RPM channel. RPM is one
of the many data flowing from your ECU.
6.2 RPM via a 5-50 V square wave signal or coil (150-400 V)
In case your engine is not managed by any ECU, the device can read the signal from the low
voltage of the coil (whose peak can be from 150 to 400 V)
or from a possible square wave (the
peak can be from 5 to 50V). The pin labelled "RPM" reported in appendix “Pinout” receives
the signal.
The output, labelled “GRAY TACH” gives a
5-50V output that can be directly acquired
from EVO5.
If the output is not available from the
ignition system, the system has to be c
onnected to the low voltage of the coil, as
shown in the following schematic.
The image shows an ex
ample of wiring for the ignition system.
Point 1: Low voltage of the coil
Point 2: Connected to the spark plug
Point 3: Connected to the +12V of the
battery
After connecting the RPM signal, please use
the software Race Studio 3 for enabling the
RPM channel.
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7.3 Speed read from wheel sensors
EVO5 has four wheel speed inputs, one in
the 37 pins connector and the other three
in the 22 pins connector:
The digital sensor X02SNVM00 detects
the presence of a metallic tooth placed at
a distance between 0.5 and 2 mm.
Please use the software Race Studio 3 to
load the sensor in the system configuration.
Just enter the program configuration panel
and, after enabling the desired speed channels, set the wheel circumference and the
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umber of pulses for revolution.
7. Speed
The s ystem can receive the speed signal
from three different sources:
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from the ECU
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from the GPS receiver included in the kit
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from the wheel sensors (digital channels)
It is therefore possible to receive and store
different values of speed at the same time;
the more powerful ECUs transmit up to four
wheel speed values.
7.1 Speed read from the ECU
If your ECU sends the value of speed in its
data stream, it is obviously possible to read,
record and show that value.
Simply enable it using Race Studio 3
software when setting the channels.
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.2 Speed read from the GPS receiver
The GPS receiver you find in the kit is
configured in order to obtain the best
performance in term of reactivity and accuracy.
For getting GPS speed you don't need any
configuration.
Simply connect the GPS08 Module to your
system and after a setup period of some
seconds the data will be received and
automatically recorded.
CHAPTE R 8 ANALOG INPUT S
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EVO5
8. Analog inputs
EVO5 has 8 analog inputs, recorded up to
1000 times per second each.
You can connect:
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0-5 Volt signals
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Ratiometric potentiometers
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Pressure sensors
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Thermo-resistances
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K-type thermocouples
Please follow these steps, using the software Race Studio 3 to set the channels:
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Connect the sensor to the desired input
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Enable the channel in the Channels table
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Select the proper sensor type; sensors of
many different types are properly handled
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Set the sampling frequency
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Set the unit of measure.
CHAPTE R 7 SPEED
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DIGITAL OU TPUT EVO5
You can configure them in order to turn
them on or off depending on the value of
the analog or digital inputs, ECU values, expansions values, GPS information or math
channels.
To each event you can associate an alarm
LED, a message and a digital output.
The system features two digital inputs on
the 22 pins connector.
Each of them can give an output of 1 amp
at 12 volts.
9. Digital output
Connecting examples
The digital output (Dout) is a LOW-SIDE
type with internal 10 Kohm weak pull-up
resistor.
Here below are some connecting examples.
You can configure it in order to turn them
off wh en the condition disappears, when
you turn EVO5 off, when you push a
pushbutton or when the data are
downloaded. Please refer to the related
section in order to see how to use Race
Studio 3 to manage the Output Sign
als.
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