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User Manual 

MXK10 for 
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R 
Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R racing Kit 

Release 1.02 

 

 

Summary of Contents for MXK10

Page 1: ...User Manual MXK10 for Kawasaki Ninja ZX 10R Kawasaki Ninja ZX 10R racing Kit Release 1 02 ...

Page 2: ...nces 17 5 2 1 Display 18 5 2 2 Alarms 20 5 2 3 Lap switch 20 5 2 4 Brightness 20 5 2 5 Wi Fi 21 5 3 Trip 21 5 4 Track Manager 21 5 5 System 23 6 On track application 24 6 1 Connection to the PC 24 6 2 Configuration 25 6 2 1 CAN expansions configuration 26 6 2 2 Shift Lights Configuration 29 6 3 Managing a track on MXK10 with Race Studio 3 30 7 Data recall 33 8 Data download and analysis 34 9 Wi Fi...

Page 3: ...ginal connector and with the fixing points of the original bracket of your bike It features CAN connection for getting all the data coming from the stock ECU 6 alarm LEDs 10 RGB LEDs to help you shifting the gear The dash logger has an internal memory to record sampled data and comes with AiM GPS Module for Kawasaki that automatically gets lap times and a lot of important information you will find...

Page 4: ...4 2 What is in the kit MXK10 kit part number XA2MXS12A05R0KN includes MXK10 dash logger 1 washers and screws to fix MXK10 2 GPS Module 3 GPS bracket with screws 4 ...

Page 5: ...odes Road Mode and Track Mode You may swap between the two modes entering Display option of Preferences Menu paragraph 5 2 1 Track Mode is intended to be used when you are riding on a track The GPS Module is enabled in order to automatically get Lap Times data are automatically recorded TFT page is swapped in Track Mode and Lap pushbutton may be disabled in order to avoid confusion between the GPS...

Page 6: ...les of possible pages layout Road usage Track usage In road pages ECT or Engine Coolant Temperature Water Temperature and IAT or intake air temperature Air Temperature are shown while in track pages also Lap Time and Lap number are shown ...

Page 7: ... and calculates lap times when these coordinates are crossed If your track is not in the database you may always create and load it in the database using Race Studio 3 software freely downloadable from AiM website at https www aim sportline com en sw fw download htm As said MXK10 features two working modes road and track In track mode the lap pushbutton can be disabled see paragraphs 5 2 1 and 5 2...

Page 8: ... It turns on when the bike engine detects a problem with oil pressure Traction control S KTRC Working range 0 OFF 5 Max Power Mode Working range Low Middle Full Launch Control Level Working range from 1 min to 3 max Electronic suspensions KECS Working modes Manual Road and Track Engine Brake KEBC Available options Low OFF Intelligent Braking System KIBS Available Levels ON FRONT REAR OFF Quick Shi...

Page 9: ...evel low 5 ABS off problems 6 Traction control intervention warning 7 In the upper part of the dash logger are 10 LED customizable shift lights 1 when all lights are on it is suggested to shift gear Please note to set the shift lights you need AiM Race Studio 3 software from Race Studio 3 29 47 onwards you can freely download from www aim sportline com ...

Page 10: ...stays for short less than half of a second pressure L for long pressure from half of a second to a second Function Up Down Sel Lap Start Stop Notes Access Menu S Access Data Recall S Change S KTRC traction control settings L L Change S KTRC traction control settings S S Racing kit only Activate Launch control L L Laptime L Recording Power mode S Racing kit only Please note as a general rule UP and...

Page 11: ... with the bike in FULL POWER mode see paragraph 5 1 1 with the stock ECU only at start up in any power mode with Kawasaki Racing Kit To activate it press START STOP and SEL at one time A message with blue background appears bottom of the display and remains until one of the following conditions occurs the bike reaches 150 km h the third gear is engaged the bike is turned off 4 6 Data Recording In ...

Page 12: ...enu and set some parameters Please note this is possible only if the bike is not moving Use UP and DOWN buttons to scroll option and SEL to select the desired option The icons stays for Vehicle settings Preferences Trip Track Manager System Exit ...

Page 13: ...bled or Disabled KLCM Launch Control Mode from 1 min to 3 max KIBS F Intelligent Braking System R OFF or F R OFF with ABS dongle connected only KECS Electronic Suspensions Settings Manual Track or Road only with KECS unit Kawasaki ZX10R SE S KTRC SETTINGS Traction control settings 5 1 1 Power Mode setting Power Mode can be Full Middle or Low As explained in paragraph 4 5 this feature is mandatory ...

Page 14: ...ower mode with Kawasaki Racing Kit see paragraph 5 1 1 press START STOP and SEL buttons at one time to activate Launch Control Level Its working range is from 1 min to 3 max A message with blue background appears bottom of the display and remains until one of the following conditions occurs the bike reaches 150 km h the third gear is engaged the bike is turned off 5 1 4 KIBS Intelligent braking sy...

Page 15: ...n Manual Mode you may freely set the suspensions entering KECS Settings MENU You may set the parameters related to da capire con Mattia o Otto o Front compression o Front rebound o Rear Compression o Rear Rebound Reset KECS Back exit Use UP and DOWN buttons to select the desired setting and SEL button to confirm the setting Here below is front compression setting page ...

Page 16: ...er To change this parameter Press Up and Down buttons for one second long pressure with Kawasaki stock ECU Press Up and Down buttons for less than one second short pressure with Kawasaki Racing Kit If you switch the bike off with Traction control disabled when you power it on again traction control is enabled and set on 1 ...

Page 17: ...oad mode Lap switch option is not available Here you can define Display layout Alarms threshold settings Lap Switch only if Riding Mode is Track enabled or disabled Unit of measure km h or mph Date Time Brightness Wi Fi Back comes back to Menu page There is not much to explain about Unit of Measure or Date Time setting Here follow some notes about the other parameters ...

Page 18: ...elect MXK100 display layout You may choose among two different layouts Analog or digital Analog layout Digital layout Each of them shows also the lap time if you set Track mode Analog layout in Track mode Digital layout in track mode ...

Page 19: ...Day mode White background for improving the visibility in any light condition Analog Track layout in Day mode Digital Track layout in Day mode For setting the layout preferences you have the menu Please note Color option is available only if Brightness is in Manual mode paragraph 5 2 4 ...

Page 20: ...he right in the lower left side of the dash logger may help setting the desired brightness and the current display brightness is shown bottom of the page Available options are Auto and Manual In Auto Mode you may set the Day Level at the desired threshold the dash logger commutes the display brightness and the display background colour set the Night Level when the Light Sensor reads a brightness l...

Page 21: ...mainly used in races 5 4 Track Manager Navigate through the icons using the pushbuttons UP and DOWN and select the Tracks Icon pressing SEL Track Management is intended for the driver that uses his bike on a track both for races and track days In order to take advantage from Track management you have to install the GPS08 module included in the kit This is used for Lap time calculation Speed calcul...

Page 22: ...e track but would need at least one complete track lap You can scroll the list of available tracks choosing among these options nearest shows only tracks in a 10 km distance all shows all tracks stored in the system in alphabetical order custom shows only the tracks you have previously created learning mode GPS Info Selecting this page MXK10 shows the satellites signal status and current position ...

Page 23: ...23 5 5 System This page shows serial number as well as firmware and booter version of your MXK10 ...

Page 24: ... number V02563030 configure MXK10 according to the sensors you have installed calibrate the sensors run your test download the data in order to analyse them You may in any case have a quick review of your data on the display without downloading them Data Recall 6 1 Connection to the PC Using AiM Race Studio 3 software from Race Studio 3 29 47 you can configure MXK10 manage its tracks database as w...

Page 25: ...e appears click New and new configuration panel appears select an MXK10 logger and press OK when performing subsequent configurations Select Configuration panel shows on top the last four devices you configured You can configure MXK10 CAN expansions LCU One CAN and Channel Expansions only Shift lights ...

Page 26: ...iguration To configure MXK10 CAN Expansions activate the related layer At the very first MXK10 connection this page shows up Select the CAN expansion to set and press OK Each expansion needs to be set filling in the related panel ...

Page 27: ... SN from a connected expansion to receive the serial number from the connected LCU One select the multiplier to calculate AFR from lambda in the example 14 57 Gasoline or add a custom value pressing Add Custom Value the related panel shows up set the LCU One channels double clicking on each channel and setting the panel that shows up press Close to save and exit ...

Page 28: ...nnected expansion to receive the serial number from the connected Channel Expansion set each channel double clicking on each channel and setting the panel that shows up press Close to save and exit Please note for any further information about AiM CAN Expansions refer to the related user manuals you can download from AiM website www aim sportline com documentation area products section When the co...

Page 29: ...ou shifting gear click the icon and the setting panel shows up Configure at which RPM value the single LED turns ON the sequence mode of the LEDs enabling the desired option o a LED stays on if its threshold is exceeded o a LED stays on until another LED with higher threshold turns on or link the shift lights to the engaged gear enabling the related checkbox ...

Page 30: ...K10 ID 7400107 The column in the middle shows on top a fast search bar that allows to select the tracks which satisfy personal research criteria pressing a pop up window explains research criteria highlighted in red below to say o long name is the name in bold in each track box o short name is the track name shown on the display of your MXK10 and is the name shown top right of each track box o tra...

Page 31: ...ng on it all the tracks it contains are shown in the right column of the page Tracks created by the user are labelled User and if the track stored in MXK10 logger is different from the one stored in AiM database this is notified as shown here above The page keyboards are used to manage the tracks ...

Page 32: ...led Delete delete one or more tracks from Race Studio 3 database The keyboard above the right column allows to Refresh refresh the track list stored in the connected device Delete delete one or more tracks from the device memory Delete All delete all tracks stored in the device memory Save all save all the tracks stored in the connected device it creates a zip file that can be loaded to another Ai...

Page 33: ...ows all the last tests with date and place Select the day you see and press SEL Third is Day Summary page that shows all tests in a box with time of the test number of laps and best lap of the test Select the test to see and press SEL This page is a histogram test summary Moving the cursor left and right all laps and their lap time are shown ...

Page 34: ...ice page activate Download layer It shows all the information concerning the file stored in the logger number of laps best lap date time file dimensions Select the file s to download and press Download button After download press Analysis Icon and Race Studio Analysis software starts showing all the files available for analysis Double clicking on the desired one it is possible to start analysing y...

Page 35: ...Fi connection modes are available 1 As an access point AP default This is the ideal configuration for one only device and one only computer In this situation MXK10 creates a Wi Fi network and works as an Access Point the PC can be connected to ...

Page 36: ...ect to an existing Wi Fi network made by a device that works as an external access point When working in WLAN mode MXK10 has two available security levels network authentication network password device authentication MXK10 password Both levels allow you the use of different strategies A PC in WLAN for example can see several AiM devices but can communicate only with those he knows the password of ...

Page 37: ...with one MXK10 logger using one PC It is free and so completely accessible by anyone Please set an access password as soon as possible To establish a Wi Fi connection ensure that the Wi Fi is enabled set on Auto or on ON read MXK10 Name 7400107 in the image below run Race Studio 3 click Wi Fi icon and select your device in a few seconds the connection is established ...

Page 38: ... password the communication is safe and encrypted using WPA2 PSK standard Characters allowed in the password are all letters also capital all digits and these characters _ Space type can be used if it is not the first one because this could cause incomprehension in some WindowsTM versions ...

Page 39: ...ce Studio 3 will ask that password to authenticate Please Note the same Wi Fi connection can be created with the operative system tool Once the device has been authenticated in the Wi Fi network it can communicate using Race Studio 3 9 2 Adding MXK10 loggers to an existing network This situation is ideal for a team with multiple drivers and staff members and is desired to communicate with one or m...

Page 40: ...Race Studio 3 software as here explained Here above is shown a device MXK10 ID 74000105 that switched from AP to WLAN mode Existing Network Network name is network_2 and does not work with free access because is protected by a password ...

Page 41: ... authenticated to the same network as shown here below When the PC is authenticated to the network called network_2 it can see all devices you configured to access the same network In the image below three AiM devices are connected to the same network_2 WLAN ...

Page 42: ...le of configuration For better network performances we suggest the use of a network device equipped with a DHCP server and using 3x3 MIMO technology like for example a Linksys AS3200 To maximize the bandwidth the Internet should not be allowed on this WLAN this means the DHCP server should be configured without any DNS address nor gateway by default ...

Page 43: ...55 255 255 224 255 255 255 240 255 255 255 248 192 168 0 1 254 192 168 0 1 126 192 168 0 1 62 192 168 0 1 30 192 168 0 1 14 192 168 0 1 6 254 126 62 30 14 6 9 4 The Internet connectivity For an optimal speed of AiM device s it is recommended not to allow the Internet on the same network and to set the WLAN in the same way The Internet access can of course be allowed on the network but this would d...

Page 44: ...st OS Mac must share its Wi Fi interface with the virtualized operative system Windows as Ethernet interface and not as Wi Fi interface Configuring Parallels Select Menu Configure in Parallels Press Hardware top on the page that shows up and select Network in the drop down menu on the left Right on the configuration panel set Type field on Wi Fi Then select the device to communicate with ...

Page 45: ...t the status in the window that shows up is Connected and that the IP address associated is for example 10 0 0 10 could be 10 0 0 11 10 0 0 12 or generically 10 0 0 x To enable Race Studio 3 correctly working on a Mac with virtualized WindowsTM press Wi Fi icon select Wi Fi Settings option ...

Page 46: ...ized Windows the device connected via Wi Fi takes some time to be shown in the network or is not shown at all This is why we always suggest using an Wi Fi WLAN router This router work as an Access Point allowing more external devices to connect to its network MXK10 logger Wi Fi configuration is to be set on Existing Network as explained before ...

Page 47: ...re and or software version is available the icon here above appears with an arrow indicating that something is available for download otherwise the icon only shows the cloud Click it and freely download the new applications Once the new firmware has been downloaded connect the device to the PC via Wi Fi or using the optional USB cable part number V02563030 to perform a firmware upgrade In a few se...

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