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  - PDM 32 User Guide                                      

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13.

 

CAN2 Stream configuration 

This page works exactly like ECU Stream one. Here you can find additional CAN modules. To load your additional module 
CAN protocol: 

 

enter “CAN2 Stream” tab

 

 

press “Change protocol” button

 

 

select “Manufacturer” and “Model” (in the example (MEGALINE

/PADDLESHIFT) 

 

press OK 

 

Summary of Contents for PDM 32

Page 1: ...PDM 32 User Manual VER 1 06 ...

Page 2: ... 14 7 3 High Power Output 1 2 3 4 Freewheeling protection diode 15 8 Powering 16 9 Other devices 17 9 1 Display 17 9 2 GPS 18 9 3 Mirror camera 19 10 Software Race Studio 3 20 11 PDM32 Configuration 20 11 1 Channels and Variables 21 12 2 Input Channels Configuration 22 11 3 Analog inputs configuration 23 11 4 Digital inputs configuration 24 11 5 Other internal sensors and channels 25 11 6 Math cha...

Page 3: ...onfiguration 40 16 Display configuration 42 17 Shift Lights and Alarms configuration 44 17 1 Shift Lights 44 17 2 Alarm LEDs configuration 45 18 SmartyCam stream setting 47 19 Managing a track with Race Studio 3 48 20 ECU Driver builder 50 21 The device window 56 21 1 Online measure values forcing 56 22 CAN Output configuration 59 Appendix A Connectors and Pinout 60 Appendix B Mechanical Drawings ...

Page 4: ...orld the lap time is automatically calculated shown in the display and recoded for future evaluations Datalogger the PDM32 has a huge 4 gigabytes not volatile memory that allows to record not only all the data coming from the sensors from the ECU from the expansions but also all the current consumption of all the Power Outputs The data are correlated with the position on the track with the map of ...

Page 5: ...PDM 32 has 6 connectors 1 Surlok Power Connector to connect to the V battery 1 Rosenberger LVDS connector to connect the display 6 or 10 2 35 pins AMP connectors 2 Binder connectors 5 and 3 pins for the connection to the USB port and to the analog mirror camera ...

Page 6: ...ersion rated up to 17A Wire sizes qualified for this terminal are 20AWG 18AWG 16AWG 2 2 Surlok connector Connection to POWER is made by a Surlok connector Amphenol SLPRATPSO This connector is rated up to 120A and can manage wire from 16mm 2 to 25mm 2 Mating part code is SLPPA25BSO and both are IP67 An advantage of this type of connection is that the user does not require any special tools to make ...

Page 7: ...Mechanical data Mating cycles 25 Engagement force 30 N Engagement force waterproof 40 N Disengagement force 5 N Retention force latch 110 N Retention force primary lock 80 N Retention force secondary lock 60 N Polarization feature effectiveness 80 N Environmental data Temperature range 40 C to 105 C Thermal shock IEC 60068 2 14 Vibration IEC 60068 2 64 Mechanical shock IEC 60068 2 27 Temperature a...

Page 8: ...us is OK RED the output status is in alarm mode i e short circuit open load etc OFF the output is not active There are also 2 additional LEDs ON and STS Status ON is green when PDM is active STS may be GREEN everything is OK YELLOW SOLID Ext battery voltage value is between 9V and 11V or between 15V and 16V Internal temperature of PDM is between 70 C and 85 C RED SOLID Ext battery voltage value is...

Page 9: ...ossible to activate an internal pull up or pull down depending on whether they are closed to ground or closed to VBatt 4 channels CH_IN9 CH_IN12 they are only digital and can have a pull up or a pull down depending on whether they are connected to ground or to VBatt 2 speed inputs The input channels CH_IN11 and CH_IN12 when connected to VBatt can activate the PDM without turning on the display Thi...

Page 10: ... an input is configured as Analog Input you may enable an internal 2kOhm pull up resistance as shown in the following picture 6 2 Digital Inputs In case an input is configured as Digital input it is possible to enable an internal pull up or pull down resistance depending on whether they are closed to ground or closed to VBatt as shown in the following picture ...

Page 11: ...nage the input in order to produce momentary toggle or multistable channels Momentary the channel is active when the pushbutton is closed Toggle the channel is activated the first time you close the circuit and deactivated the second time the circuit is closed as shown here below Multistable Each time the connected button is pressed the channel value changes from 0 to N this value depends on the c...

Page 12: ...ts have an internal freewheeling diode that allow to connect high inductive loads i e Solenoids o M1 M12 12 Middle Power High Side outputs with a maximum output current of 15 A and a maximum inrush peak current of 80A o L1 L12 12 Low Power High Side outputs with a maximum of 10 A supplied current and a maximum inrush peak of 35A o HB1 HB4 4 Half Bridge High Power outputs with a maximum of direct c...

Page 13: ... is useful when load is connected to external power on one side and to output on the other Out sinks current from load connecting it to GND When deactivated out goes in high impedence disconnectiong load from GND FULL BRIDGE CONFIGURATION This configuration requires 2 half bridges to work Load is connected between the outputs Selecting which out is active high or low we can reverse voltage across ...

Page 14: ...te out up to this setting value Retry Delay time between retries Minimum current this is the low level of current allowed Lower value activates the alarms for Open load Check Open Load in Off State available for L and M output types Check load presence also in OFF state If you enable this check a very low current constantly flows through the output and sometimes it is enough for activating the con...

Page 15: ...his diode could be very useful to power devices that when activated can generate a current toward the PDM Of course H1 output could anyway be used as a standard High Side output A typical example of a device that needs such a protection is the starter motor During the starter activation a current flow from the PDM output to P1 of Starter From P1 current goes to GND through the internal aux solenoi...

Page 16: ...diode Blue one is the clamped voltage with diode VF could reach very high value 350V 400V are typical of solenoid loads VD is limited to 1V by internal freewheeling diode As indicated in picture voltage level is clamped to very low value This action protects Power Mosfet inside PDM avoiding complete output destruction IMPORTANT Low and High outputs do NOT have diode protection to protect against r...

Page 17: ... BUS Internally all GND pins are tied together but they are split in different pins to eventually simplify the loom connection The PDM32 may be turned ON in two distinct ways Connect the IGN input to a switch in this case the system and all the devices are powered Connect one of the two input channels CH_IN11 and CH_IN12 to VBatt leaving the IGN input OFF In this case the display is not turned ON ...

Page 18: ...al devices Display Mirror camera GPS 9 1 Display The PDM32 supports one display It may be 10 or 6 The connection is through a dedicated high frequency LVDS cable to connect to the Rosenberger connector at the side of the PDM Please refer to the section Display Configuration for configuring it ...

Page 19: ...nder 5 pin plug that needs to connect to Can0H Aim Expansion Can 22 and Can0 L 11 with ground 10 VBext 32 and Vbout 33 A 1 mt patch cable with a female 712 Binder inline socket is in the kit and should be wired as shown here Please refer to the dedicated chapter that explains how to use the GPS 08 module ...

Page 20: ...9 3 Mirror camera The mirror camera is a small add on that can be useful in some situations You may connect it to the PDM through the 5 pin Binder connector To activate the mirror camera please refer to the Trigger Command section in this manual ...

Page 21: ...your vehicle Manage the tracks database to automatically calculate the Lap Time and other correlated features Download all the data and look at them in data Analysis Please download our RaceStudio3 software here https www aim sportline com en sw fw download htm After the installation you will see The RaceStudio3 icon on your PC Please run the software for stating the configuration of your PDM32 Th...

Page 22: ...ou need to manage a Boolean channel depending upon other channels and inputs Parameters General purpose parameters Shift Lights and alarms Only if a display is connected Trigger commands A way for activating some special functionalities such as page change alarm shut etc Power Outputs Power outputs configuration Display Display configuration Icon Manager Icon configuration CAN Output Configuration...

Page 23: ...ternal pull up or pull down depending on whether they are closed on the ground or closed at VBatt 4 channels CH_IN9 CH_IN12 are only digital and can have a pull up or a pull down depending on whether they are connected to ground or to VBatt 2 speed inputs The input channels CH_IN11 and CH_IN12 when connected to VBatt can activate the PDM without turning on the display This can be useful for activa...

Page 24: ...ion In the following image you see two different channels configuration windows for analog or digital input Selecting Analog options to be set are Channel name Function this parameter is useful in the data analysis process Sensor type Measure unit Sampling frequency Display precision it configures how many decimal digits will be shown on the display It is possible to enable an internal 2kohm pull ...

Page 25: ...different labels can be defined and eventually shown on the display used by Math channels Icons Management alarm managements and in general any time a digital channel is required the labels appear in Device page too Signal Type can be momentary toggle or multistable momentary the channel is active when the pushbutton is closed toggle the channel is activated the first time you close the circuit an...

Page 26: ...lysis IMU 9 Axis it features 3 axis accelerometer 3 axis magnetometer 3 axis gyros Internal temperature sensor Brightness sensor only with a display connected SafeIgnition it is ON when the PDM is activated by the IGN input It is OFF when the PDM is activated by CH_IN11 or CH_IN12 POTotCurrent it indicates the sum of all the currents drawn by the Power Outputs GPS information only when the GPS mod...

Page 27: ...d to evaluate if to activate alarms LEDs Icons etc The Status variables have different working modes to be selected by the user Same Condition for activation and deactivation This is the simplest way for managing a Status variable it becomes ON when a condition is verified else it becomes OFF In the following example the Status variable AlarmWatertemp is TRUE when the water temperature increases a...

Page 28: ...the Status variable is set to TRUE 1 the first time the condition swaps from FALSE to TRUE and remains TRUE till when the same condition swaps again from FALSE to TRUE As Square Wave The Status variable may generate a Square wave for which it is possible to set both ON time and OFF time whenever the activation condition is valid Multiple output values each with its own condition This is the only c...

Page 29: ...32 The commands available up to now are set next previous page show Camera Input page reset alarms activate pushbutton 1 4 You may define the condition that activates a Trigger Command To add a new command Press Add New Command 1 The Create new Output Command panel appears Set the condition for activating the trigger command As an example let us activate the mirror camera when the gear is in rever...

Page 30: ...ds upon the device connected and the limit set by the user as indicated in the Power Output Chapter A PWM output is an output in frequency 100 Hz for all but the HalfBridge outputs that may work up to 10 KHz where the duty cycle is depending upon some conditions In this case too the soft start and soft stop are available The square wave mode offers the possibility to define the frequency and duty ...

Page 31: ...he two modes Same condition for both activating and deactivating Different conditions for activating and for deactivating Same Condition It means that the Output is turned OFF when the defined condition is not valid anymore Example Turn the fan ON when the water temperature reaches 100 C In this case the fan is turned OFF when the water temperature decreases and reaches 99 9 C Distinct Conditions ...

Page 32: ... the fan OFF when the condition is not verified anymore Example Turn the fan ON when the water temperature reaches 100 C and turn the fan OFF when the water temperature decreases under 80 C 11 10 Power Output related channels Every Power Output has two associated channels The Status The Instant Current drawing in it ...

Page 33: ...OLT Over voltage You may use the two associated channels as any other channel For example if you wish to turn an Icon ON on the display in case of a shortcut Here down an example shows how power out supervisor works At ON instant the output is activated During the time T1 the output can source an inrush current higher than user set value the PDM does not check the overcurrent but only the Short ci...

Page 34: ...tput is disabled PDM led indicator becomes red The Output is re enabled when the activating condition switches from ON to OFF and ON again As already stated in order to check the Open Load Status you have to Define the minimum current under which the Open Load Status is detected In case of L ow and M medium outputs you may also set a flag for enabling the Check Open Load also in OFF state If you e...

Page 35: ... example we correlate the duty cycle of the Power Output FAN to the Water temperature In the range 70 C 80 C the duty cycle is 10 In the range 80 C 90 C the duty cycle is 50 If the water temperature is higher than 90 C the duty cycle is 100 The time for passing from one level to the next one is set at 5 seconds The Duty Cycle in a PWM Output is the ratio between ON and ON OFF status of the output ...

Page 36: ...may also change the frequency from 1 Hz to 10 KHz This possibility may be useful when a device absolutely requires a PWM output at a specific frequency for working properly 11 12 Square Wave The last way for managing the Power Output is the Square Wave that may be useful for managing slow blinkings ...

Page 37: ...www aim sportline com PDM 32 User Guide 36 As shown in the above image you may define the form of the wave specifying how long the signal remains ON and how long it remains OFF ...

Page 38: ...y anyway develop it using the ECU Driver Builder function see paragraph There are two parameters that need to be set Enable the CAN Bus 120 Ohm Resistor the CAN Bus needs two 120 ohm resistors at its two extremes In case your PDM is the only device connected to the ECU the 120 Ohm should be enabled else very easily in the existing network it is already present and should be disabled Silent on CAN ...

Page 39: ...iguration This page works exactly like ECU Stream one Here you can find additional CAN modules To load your additional module CAN protocol enter CAN2 Stream tab press Change protocol button select Manufacturer and Model in the example MEGALINE PADDLESHIFT press OK ...

Page 40: ... power Module At the very first connection configuration this page shows up Here you can select the CAN expansion you want to set Select it and press OK Each expansion needs to be set filling in the related panel Please note for any further information about AiM Channel expansion refer to the related user manual you can download from AiM website www aim sportline com documentation area products se...

Page 41: ...bility to show Icons but our technicians areworking for offering more pages with this feature To configure an icon press Add New Icon Manage Icon panel shows up press Select to see the panel showing all images select the image you want to set the software comes back to Manage Icon panel set the image conditions according to the channel they are related to It is possible to use custom images pushin...

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Page 43: ...figuration The PDM 32 may manage two different displays The 6 and the 10 You have to select which display you wish to connect through the proper software page Then you may proceed with the display configuration in order to have a maximum of 8 pages available ...

Page 44: ...appears bottom of the page on the left a panel that shows as many rows as the fields to be set on the right a panel shows the channels group you can set in that field and all the channels in it included you can drag and drop the channel you want to set in the desired field or double click on it ...

Page 45: ...or helping in changing gear and Predictive Time for easily understanding if the actual lap is faster or slower than the reference lap Use as gear Shift Lights Click the icon for setting the parameters You may configure At which RPM 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 ...

Page 46: ...ase note this option only works if an optional GPS Module is connected 17 2 Alarm LEDs configuration To set the new alarm Define the Alarm name 1 You may use a combination of conditions for setting an Alarm and choose if the conditions are to be ALL valid or just one of them decide which action is to be trigged 5 among displaying a message or a timed popup message display a measure switch a LED on...

Page 47: ...www aim sportline com PDM 32 User Guide 46 when all operations have been performed press Save in Create New Alarm Panel and you will come back to Shift Lights and Alarm page ...

Page 48: ...how the data you wish on SmartyCam video To set each channel click on it and a setting panel shows up it shows all channels and or sensors that fits the selected function in case you do not find the channel or the sensor in the list enable Enable all channels for functions checkbox and all channels sensors will be shown ...

Page 49: ...he image MXS 1 2 Strada ID 5302808 The column in the middle shows on top a fast search bar that allows to select the tracks which satisfy your personal research criteria by pressing a pop up window explains research criteria highlighted in red below where o long name is the name you see in bold in each track box o short name is the track name shown on the display of your MXS 1 2 Strada and is the ...

Page 50: ...e receive from your connected MXS 1 2 Strada the tracks you created if no device is connected the button is disabled Transmit transmit one or more tracks form the PC to your connected MXS 1 2 Strada if no device is connected the button is disabled Delete delete one or more tracks from Race Studio 3 Database The keyboard you find above the right column allows you to Refresh refresh the track list s...

Page 51: ... Driver builder to create your own CAN protocol You may use the CAN Driver Builder for producing a protocol that may be managed both on CAN 1 and on CAN2 In order to activate the DriverBuilder press the following pushbutton The main page is shown and the following pushbuttons are available Press NEW for creating a new protocol This window appears ...

Page 52: ...t the Device Type it can be ECU in this case it can be managed only in CAN1 of the Aim Loggers dashes or Another CAN device in this case it can be managed both in CAN1 and in CAN2 the CAN bus speed After having set the proper fields this page appears You have two pushbuttons 1 Add New can Stream 2 CLOSE After having eventually defined the Password and the License Code you can start creating the Pr...

Page 53: ...of the different formats Row Counter Enable This field is used when we have to define a multiplexed stream that is to say a stream where the format depends upon a field called Row Counter If you enable the Row Counter you must specify its Start Bit its Number of bits and the Value for every single row to be defined After having set the different parameters you click OK and a new window appears ...

Page 54: ...y Unit of Measure Protection in this case the License Code you have previously set is used Stepped Value this field is used in Analysis if a value is Stepped it is not interpolated for example the Gear Number that is to be shown at fixed values Conversion for every channel you can define a Gain and an Offset Output Input Value x Gain Offset or an Encoding In this case a conversion table is to be d...

Page 55: ...iding some fields of the protocol 5 Sort Measures used for changing the order in which you will see the fields in the final protocol that will be available in the protocol database and used like any other protocol For adding a channel please double click in the desired position of the stream For modifying a channel click on it For adding another stream click on the at the right of the stream For S...

Page 56: ...protocol Measure Protection Key the key that you are supposed to have in your PC for using seeing in online downloading and seeing in Analysis the measures defined as locked in your protocol The locked measures cannot be shown on the display but are recorded like any other measure If you download the data into a PC with the Measure Protocol Key installed the locked measures are completely visible ...

Page 57: ...perties to name your device fill in racer s and vehicle name or number championship and venue type generic or qualifying testing warm up race test type Settings to o set date o enable disable daylight time o set time format and time zone Tracks to manage the tracks stored in the device memory Counters to set reset the device odometers Logo transmit receive the logo that shows up when switching MXS...

Page 58: ...ou select a channel RPM for example and click on the right small icon that appears near the value you may force the value of that channel The forced channels are shown surrounded by a red frame Here for example RPM has been forced to the value 5000 ...

Page 59: ...eful for testing for example Icons behavior alarms Power Outputs harnesses In the above configuration for example a Power Output is turned ON when the Water temperature reaches 100 C If you force its value at 100 C and using the and pushbuttons you move this value up and down and you may see the alarm being turned ON and OFF ...

Page 60: ...lable options are o 11 bits normal address o 29 bits extended address select the payload max bytes number DLC from 1 to 8 bytes select the byte order according to the used processor available options are o Little endian for Intel compatible processor o Big Endian for Motorola processor set the sampling frequency among 1 2 5 10 or 20 Hz When all channels set your configuration is finished press Sav...

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