Seminar Series

Bringing Data Support and Training to You

Advanced Data Analysis

for Automotive Racers & Enthusiasts

May 2018
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 • Introductions • Advanced Data Analysis
• About AiM Sports – 5 Tools You Need To Know
• Per Lap Color
• Available Support, Training, Books
• Sort Channels
• Current AiM Sports Soft/Firmware • Measures Graph Views
• Keyboard Shortcut List • Snap Mode
• Delta Function
• Data Analysis Concepts
– Measures Graph is Boss
• Practical Data Analysis
– Post Data Collection Tools
– Early Steps Today (if needed) • GPS Lap Insert
• Import Data • Post Session Sensor Calibration
• Import Track Map – Track Location Tools
• Import User Profiles • GPS Information
• AiM Sports Track Maps
– Advanced Data Analysis
• Tire Temps
• Comparing 2 Laps, 2 Tests
• Deeply Analyze Your Data

Todays Agenda
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 • Your Name

• Racing Background\Experience

• Type of Vehicle(s) You Currently Run

• Data Acquisition Experience

• What Data System Do You Use

• Your Highest Expectation For

Today's Seminar

Introductions
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 • My Father Started Racing in the ‘50’s
• I Started Racing Off Road Racing in 1976
• I Started Driving in 1977
• Raced Desert and Short Course
• Last Race in Sept of 1996 – Crandon, WI
• No Gauges!!

Roger Caddell
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 All Spec Series/Classes All With Data Systems

2010 - Current 1998

2008 2002

2007 2004
2006

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 • AiM Sports, LLC
– AiM Sports has been providing cutting-edge data and video solutions for
the motorsports industry for over 21 years. From track-day users to top
tier teams, when it comes to electronic instrumentation, data acquisition,
and video, AiM Sports is the most trusted name in racing
– Many AiM Sports products combine the functions of traditional
tachometer, speedometer, temperature gauge, pressure gauge and lap
timer all into one compact, high performance unit
– Opened in 1996 in Lake Elsinore, CA and expanded to Roanoke, VA in 2002

AiM Sports, LLC AiM Sports, LLC SE

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 Customer Support
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 LearnFast On-Site Data Training TM

• Jan 19 Peter Krause & Associates, Alton, VA (Driver Coaches)

• Jan 20 Peter Krause & Associates, Alton, VA (Practical Auto)
• Jan 21 Peter Krause & Associates, Alton, VA (Advanced Auto)
• Jan 26 APBA National Convention, Chicago, IL (Practical Boat)
• Feb 03 Kart O Rama, Sumner, WA (Practical Kart)
• Feb 10 Prairie City Kart Club, Prairie City, CA (Practical Kart)
• Feb 11 Prairie City Kart Club, Prairie City, CA (Trackside Support)
• Feb 24 Keller Racing, Chandler, AZ (Practical Off Road)
• Feb 25 Keller Racing, Chandler, AZ (Advanced Off Road)
• Mar 03 DiscoveryParts, Dawsonville, GA (Practical Auto)
• Mar 04 DiscoveryParts, Dawsonville, GA (Practical Kart)
• Mar 05 DiscoveryParts, Dawsonville, GA (Advanced Auto)
• Mar 10 TORC Off Road, Crandon, WI (Practical Off Road)
• Mar 11 TORC Off Road, Crandon, WI (Advanced Off Road)
• Mar 17 Pegasus Auto Racing, New Berlin, WI (Practical Auto)
• Mar 18 Franklin Karting, New Berlin, WI (Practical Kart)
• Mar 24 TrailBrake, Manchester, NH (Practical Auto)
• Mar 25 TrailBrake, Manchester, NH (Advanced Auto)
• Apr 07 NASA Great Lakes, Cincinnati, OH (Practical Auto)
• Apr 08 NASA Great Lakes, Cincinnati, OH (Advanced Auto)
• Apr 14 Britain West Motorsport, Toronto (Intro Data)
• Apr 15 Britain West Motorsport, Toronto (Practical Data)
• Apr 21 Wine Country Motor Sports, Denver, CO (Practical Auto)
• Apr 22 Wine Country Motor Sports, Denver, CO (Advanced Auto)
• Apr 28 Winding Road Racing, Austin, TX (Practical Auto)
• Apr 29 Winding Road Racing, Austin, TX, Denver, CO (Advanced Auto)
• May 05 Peter Krause & Associates, Alton, VA (Practical Auto)
• May 06 Peter Krause & Associates, Alton, VA (Advanced Auto)

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 AiM Sports USB Drive

4GB USB drive with over 520MB of AiM Sports information

including today’s presentation for you to take home!

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 LearnFast E-Training Video TM

Currently 60 Videos and Growing www.youtube.com/aimdata

• 25 New ‘Data Analysis’ Videos in Late 2017!

• Software Updates with Race Studio 3
• Pre-Calculated Gear Position Function
• Configuring WiFi Communication
• Customizing AiM Device Logos
• Race Studio 3 Basic Configuration - Part 1
• Race Studio 3 Basic Configuration - Part 2
• *I Have Downloaded my Data, Now What - Part 1
• *I Have Downloaded my Data, Now What - Part 2
• GPS Lap Insert • Selection Criteria
• Data Views • Sensor Calibration
• Measure Units • Conditional Alarms
• Sort Channels • Gear Position
• Test Properties • Firmware Update
• Per Lap Color • Solo Configuration
• Export Tests • Transmit Tracks
• Channel Reports • Gps Manager Overview
• Setting Time • New GPS Track
• Track Mapping • Webinars
* Most Popular and Recommended

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 Data Analysis Books
• Many Good Books are Available

– Analysis Techniques for Racecar Data Acquisition

Jorge Segers (2014)
– A Practical Guide to Race Car Data Analysis
Bob Knox (2011)
– Making Sense of Squiggly Lines
Chris Brown (2011)
– Competition Car Data Logging: A Practical Handbook
Simon Mcbeath (2009)
– The Competition Car Data Logging Manual
Graham Templeman (2008)
– Data Power: Using Racecar Data Acquisition
Buddy Fey (1993) Just a few, many are available!

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 Additional Material Discounts
Making Sense of A Practical Guide to Learn to Tune
Squiggly Lines Race Car Data Analysis Performance EFI
Chris Brown Bob Knox HP Academy

Additional Materials
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 Additional Material Discounts
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John Block
• The Auto-ware webinars are on-line
seminars that address the RaceStudio
Analysis part of the software
• They cover different ways of displaying
data, how to arrange those displays in
Profiles for specific tasks and math
channels for analyzing the car and
your driving
• The next round of Auto-Ware webinars
starts on Monday, June 4th, 2018
• Each class consists of 5 live sessions
• Each session is Monday evenings at
8:00pm Eastern
• Cost is $175 for all 5 sessions
• AiM LearnFast seminar attendees get a
$25 discount

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 Race Studio 2
Data Tips
Race Studio 2 - Data Tip
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 Current Software/Firmware
• Car/Bike Product Firmware
– MXL2/MXG/MXS 1.26.28 (04/12/18)
(Use Race Studio 3 to Update)
– Solo2 2.22.34 (04/17/18)
(Use Race Studio 3 to Update)
– EVO5 1.26.28 (04/12/18)
(Use Race Studio 3 to Update)

– Other Car/Bike 170120 (01/20/17)

• MXL 14.86.67 (09/03/13)

• Software •
•
EVO4
ECU Bridge
43.05.22
45.02.06
(01/20/17)
(04/21/15)
– Race Studio 3 3.18.00 (04/17/18) • Solo/Solo DL 46.03.24 (01/20/17)
• MemoryKey 37.06.12 (06/11/13)
– Race Studio 2 2.56.46 (02/26/18) • GPS Module 35.50 (04/21/15)
• Channel Exp / TC Hub 40.15 (07/20/12)

• Camera Firmware • Formula Wheel 38.20 (09/03/13)

• MyChron3 Dash 15.23 (07/20/12)
– SmartyCam HD 1.03.72 (12/04/17) • MXL Dash 52.02.06 (02/26/13)
• G-Dash / GT Wheel 57.01.28 (07/03/15)

Software - Firmware
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 Race Studio 2
Data Tips
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 Race Studio 2 - Data Tip
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Race Studio Analysis
 A .pdf copy of the keyboard shortcuts is on your AiM Sports USB Drive

Race Studio 2 - Data Tip

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Keyboard Shortcuts
Race Studio Configuration
 How to Use Data Acquisition
Data Analysis Concepts
• Basic Data Analysis Steps
– What is Happening (many stop here!)
– Where is it Happening
– Why is it Happening

• Data Analysis Triangle

– Driver Performance
– Vehicle Performance
– Vehicle Health
• Money Channels
– Lap Times and Speed
– All Other Channels Strongly Support the Money Channels
• Vehicle or Driver
– Is the Driver Reacting to the Vehicle Movement
– Or is the Driver Creating the Vehicles Movement
– Critical Component of the Why is it Happening

How to Use Data Acquisition

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 Race Studio 2
Data Tips
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 Tools You Need To Know

1 - Per Lap Color

5 Tools You Need to Know

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 Per Lap Color This tool makes reading data from more than one lap much easier to understand. Here each data trace is a random color. By checking
the ‘Per Lap Color’ checkbox, each data trace matches the overall color set for that lap.

5 Tools You Need to Know

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 Per Lap Color This tool makes reading data from more than one lap much easier to understand. Here each data trace is a random color. By checking
the ‘Per Lap Color’ checkbox, each data trace matches the overall color set for that lap.

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 Tools You Need To Know

2 - Sort Channels

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 Sort Channels This tool allows you to re-order the channels in the ‘Measures and Laps’ toolbar. When you have a lot of channels, re-ordering them
with the most used at the top of the list is very helpful.

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 Tools You Need To Know

3 - Measures Graph Views

5 Tools You Need to Know

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 Measures Graph Views - Overlapped This function allows you to view your data in ways to make the data easier to read. This first mode is called
‘Overlapped’. Each channel you have shown in the Measures Graph is placed in a single window.

5 Tools You Need to Know

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 Measures Graph Views - Mixed This function allows you to view your data in ways to make the data easier to read. This second mode is called
‘Mixed’. Each channel you have shown in the Measures Graph is placed in one of 6 user defined views. The Measures Graph gives you a numbered
toggle box that allows you to mix your channel traces.

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 Measures Graph Views - Tiled This function allows you to view your data in ways to make the data easier to read. This third mode is called ‘Tiled’.
Each channel you have shown in the Measures Graph is placed in its own views. This view is not limited with the number of views available.

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 Tools You Need To Know

4 - Snap Mode

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 Snap Mode This function allows you to view your data and not have it locked to a single full lap. When this mode is active, you can view data across
the start/finish line and is very useful when multiple laps are open for aligning shifted data.

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 Snap Mode This function allows you to view your data and not have it locked to a single full lap. When this mode is active, you can view data across
the start/finish line and is very useful when multiple laps are open for aligning shifted data.

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5 - Delta Function

5 Tools You Need to Know

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 Delta Function This function allows you to measure the differences between 2 points anywhere in your data. Here we are measures the gain in
MPH and RPM in an acceleration zone. Also shown is the time and distance measured.

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 Race Studio 2
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 GPS Lap Insert: If you are running a GPS sensor and did not setup the S/F coords, incorrectly setup the S/F coords, or just want to change the S/F
coords, the GPS Lap Insert function is where we do this.

How to Use Data Acquisition

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 Race Studio 2
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 Post Session Sensor Calibration: To adjust (or scale) the value of a sensor, change the value in the “A=“ box.
To adjust(or shift) the value of a sensor, change the value in the “B=“ box. You can also fully reverse the channel. To perform a shift, find the value
and place it into the “B=“ input box, in this case a positive value of 23. Then click on apply and exit.

How to Use Data Acquisition

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 Race Studio 2
Data Tips
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 GPS System Information:
• 31 Sats Currently
orbiting
• 6 different orbital
planes
• Each orbit is 11hrs
58min
• Moving at about
7000mph
• Designed to have 9 Sats
visible worldwide
• Min 4 Sats needed for
good 3d location, more
is always better
• Orbiting at about
10,988mi above Earth
• Early L1 GPS Sats output
power is about 25.6
watts! Newer Sats have
more power

Race Studio 2 - Data Tip

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 Trilateration:

The process of calculating

location by the measuring
of distances.
• GPS receivers constantly
receive and analyze
radio signals
• Calculate the precise
distance to each
satellite
• 1 satellite determines
position to a large area
You are here!
on earth
• 2 satellites narrows the
position to where they
overlap
• 3 satellites provides a
fairly accurate position
• 4 satellites is better and
give elevation

Race Studio 2 - Data Tip

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 GPS Accuracy Types
When Considering GPS Accuracy, There are 2 Types:
• Positional Accuracy
• The Accuracy When Comparing the Position of Your Driven
Line to any Other Data Gathered at any Other Time
• This is Reported in Your Data as ‘GPS_PosAccuracy’
• The Positional Accuracy of Your AiM Sports GPS System (or
any other GPS Device) can Vary at Times

• Relative Accuracy
• The Accuracy When Comparing Each Data Point Against the
Previous Data Point
• This is the Process Used to Calculate GPS_Speed,
GPS_LatAcc, GPS_Heading, and Other Very Accurate Values
• The Relative Accuracy of your AiM Sports GPS System is Very
Good

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 This is the default view of GPS data in the Race Studio 2 Analysis software. This data is a qualifying session with 3 laps of data. You only see the
yellow lap as it was the last lap ran and they appear right on top of each other at this zoom level. On the next slide we zoom in to see the
accuracy/repeatability of the GPS driven line on a slow corner where the driver should be placing the car at the same location.

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 The same GPS data in the same location, a slow corner where the driver should be hitting the same spot . The image on the left is in Race Studio 2
Analysis/GPS, zoomed in and with the data right on top of the scale bar showing a difference of about 3” The image on the right is from Google
Earth after a .kml export and using their “Ruler” tool shows a difference of 2.96”, a good check.

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 March 2017 April 2011 December 2008 February 2005

Google Earth Image Accuracy: Using the Timeline Function in Google Earth, here are 3 laps
of exported AiM Sports Race Studio data, opened and viewed on 4 different Google Earth
images from February 2005 thru March 2017.
Keep in mind the AiM Sports data is exactly the same data from image to image.
As you can see here even in just this one series of corners at the Homestead Florida track, the
accuracy of the Google provided imagery varies based on the quality of the images Google
Earth is using.
If your exported AiM Sports data does not ‘fit’ well on the latest imagery in Google Earth, use
the ‘Historical Imagery’ function in Google Earth to see if better imagery is available.

Race Studio 2 - Data Tip

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 Race Studio 2 Analysis
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 Track Map Differences
Race Studio 2 Creates two Different Types of ‘Track Maps’. Both Have Value for Your
Data Analysis. Here are the Differences and Where you Will use Them Both.

• ‘Standard’ Track Map

• Generated by the Roll Out Distance and Lateral
Acceleration Values
• Used in the Split Report, Track Report, and Lap
Replay Functions
• Just for General Track Location, not the Actual
Driven Line

• GPS ‘Driven Line’ Track Map

• Generated by the GPS Sensor
• Actual Driven Line
• Can be Colorized Based on any Channel

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 Track Maps, are required for several different functions in the Race Studio 2 Analysis software, these are: Split Report, Track Report, and Lap Replay
functions. Prior to creating a Track Map, these function icons plus the Track Map icon are not active.

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 To generate an AiM Sports Race Studio 2 Track Map, select the Map pull-down menu and then the New command.

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 The Modify Track Map dialog box will appear. Typically it will display your best lap time, however you can select any of your laps. You have options
to modify the default settings; track shape, channels threshold, corners identify, and rotation. When you have the map the way you want it, input a
file name and click on the OK button. This now becomes the default Track Map for this test.

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 After creating or attaching an existing Track Map, you now see the track segments across the top and the function icons that were not active before
(Split Report, Track Report, and Lap Replay functions) are now active.

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 Track Map Differences
Race Studio 2 can use two different methods to calculate the track map corners and straights.
‘Two Wheels’ (speed and gyro) uses your GPS data (if included)
‘Four Wheels’ (speed and lateral accelerometer) does not.

Using the same lap from the high banked corners of Daytona, standard track maps can be difficult to accurately create with so much banking in the
corners, the data logger ‘sees’ much less lateral acceleration than it would normally take to turn as much as the car is doing there. Using the ‘Two
Wheels’ corners selection forces the software to use the GPS data (if included) and gives much more accurate standard track maps.

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 Split Reports are a very valuable tool. They calculate segment times for each lap based on the segments of the active track map. Also provided are
the “Best Rolling Lap” and the “Theoretical Best Lap”. The blue segment times are the best times in that segment for the entire test.
Pay attention to the “Std Deviation” value 0.0 to 0.1 is the goal, the lower the better.

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Data Tip
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 Suspension Analysis is a powerful tool that displays the suspension data in a way to easily allow you to adjust the shock settings for optimum grip.
First like most other functions, we must open the settings panel and set up the function.

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 Suspension Analysis is a powerful tool that displays the suspension data in a way to easily allow you to adjust the shock settings for optimum grip.
The group calculations and shape of the histograms are the main tools.

How to Use Data Acquisition

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 • Data is great… but you still need to understand
and interpret the data correctly

• Always look for trends… never make a decision

based on one section of one lap

• There is not a button that tells you what shocks or

springs to run or where to set the tire pressures

• YOU are still in charge

• YOU still make all of the decisions, just with

more accurate information and data

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