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Introduction

Contents

RIFTING

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ERFORMANCE

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AP TIMING

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PEED

ISPLAY

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OWER

ALCULATIONS

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ATA

OGGER

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CONTENTS .........................................................................................................................4

DRIFTING............................................................................................................................7

RIFTING TECHNIQUES

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QUICK START GUIDE ........................................................................................................9

ONNECTIONS

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OUNTING

RIFT

OX IN YOUR CAR

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Aligning Your DriftBox.................................................................................................10

EGISTERING YOUR

RIFT

OX AND ACTIVATING ALL AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS

. .........................10

Registering Your DriftBox ...........................................................................................10

Activating Your DriftBox additional functions ..............................................................10

USING DRIFTBOX ............................................................................................................12

RIFT

EYPAD

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HANGING

ODES

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HANGING THE

NITS OF

EASUREMENT

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ATELLITE

ECEPTION

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Searching for satellites at power up............................................................................13

DRIFT MODE ....................................................................................................................14

RACTICE

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ECTORS

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Selecting Sector Mode................................................................................................14

RIFT

ODE

ISPLAY

CREENS

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Resetting the screens .................................................................................................15

Score Codes ...............................................................................................................15

ECTORS

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Creating Sectors .........................................................................................................16

Loading and Saving Sectors.......................................................................................17

PERFORMANCE MODE ...................................................................................................18

EASURING THE

0-60

TIME OF YOUR VEHICLE

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DITING A

ERFORMANCE MODE

EST

ANGE

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1 F

OOT

OLLOUT

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ESULTS

ILES

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PEED

UZZER

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EASURING

AP TIMES

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Big Speed @ Split display ..........................................................................................22

Split to Split time .........................................................................................................23

Split Widths.................................................................................................................23

Clearing your Best Lap time .......................................................................................23

Laptime Pulse / Laptime Telemetry ............................................................................23

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Summary of Contents for DriftBox

Page 1: ...riftBox users from around the world at www driftbox com Performance With DriftBox it is very easy to measure acceleration times braking distances quarter mile times and many more There are a number of...

Page 2: ...rom around the world compare lap times and share lap overlay data with other users Speed Display DriftBox has a display screen mode that shows a large digital speed value and compass In open condition...

Page 3: ...keen to improve their lap times and get valuable feedback on technique DriftBox includes a sophisticated fully functioning datalogging package If used with a 64mb SD card DriftBox can log up to 50 hou...

Page 4: ...YPAD 12 CHANGING MODES 12 CHANGING THE UNITS OF MEASUREMENT 13 SATELLITE RECEPTION 13 Searching for satellites at power up 13 DRIFT MODE 14 PRACTICE 14 SECTORS 14 Selecting Sector Mode 14 DRIFT MODE D...

Page 5: ...USING THE SD CARD 31 FILE TYPES 31 CONNECTING THE DRIFTBOX TO EXTERNAL DEVICES 32 DRIFT DATA OUTPUT 32 NMEA DATA OUTPUT 32 SETUP MENU 33 ALIGNMENT 33 CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS 33 DIAGNOSTIC SCREENS 33 GPS D...

Page 6: ...line and split data 48 Clearing start finish line and split data 49 Moving Splits 49 SECTORS 49 Defining Drifting Sectors in DriftBox Tools 49 Loading and Saving Sectors 49 Clearing Sectors 49 CREATI...

Page 7: ...t over 100km h but this requires a lot of power sticky tyres a modified steering rack and a large amount of skill NOTE Drifting should only be carried out in a controlled environment and under no circ...

Page 8: ...sfer to the front of the car making it grip whilst the rear becomes unloaded and should start to slide Clutch kick or Diff lock FR To perform a clutch kick the throttle is floored and then the clutch...

Page 9: ...5 Park your vehicle outside in an open area away from obstacles such as tall buildings and trees 6 Insert the DriftBox power cable into the vehicle cigar lighter socket If power is not permanently ava...

Page 10: ...ion regarding the alignment procedure see the Setup Menu section of this manual 9 Now press the MENU button to exit the menus screen and return to the Drift Mode screen Your DriftBox is now ready to s...

Page 11: ...that it is ready for selection 5 Highlight and click on the symbol if you need to delete a character 6 Then when you have entered all the characters of the activation code highlight the symbol and pr...

Page 12: ...es Mode Select the menu item that is highlighted on the screen and used to show Score Code Accesses the relevant menu or will exit from current menu Used to show previous screen or to navigate menu Re...

Page 13: ...rom GPS satellites and relies on being able to get a good lock to produce this data So it is imperative that DriftBox or optional external antenna is placed in the best possible position for a clear v...

Page 14: ...lt is Practice but you can turn on Sectors in the Drift Menu Practice Without Sectors enabled the DriftBox measures a single run at a time where a run is defined as anything larger than 5o of drift an...

Page 15: ...re awarded by DriftBox for the run and the cumulative score in brackets SPIN is displayed if the drift is greater than 100 degrees or the drift is greater than 45 degrees with the speed 10 kmh Resetti...

Page 16: ...inuously if you straighten up at some point your score is zero d at that point Sectors are defined separately from Splits because they come in pairs Creating Sectors Press the MENU button to enter the...

Page 17: ...D card This allows the sector information to be copied onto your computer and used in the DriftBox software when you analyse your logged data Saving a sector file Press the MENU button to enter the Dr...

Page 18: ...100 and 0 100 0 It also shows the maximum speed Acceleration 2 screen shows the 30 50 and 50 70 times However these two test ranges are user adjustable through the setup menu Peak lateral g cornering...

Page 19: ...o your vehicle as described in the Quick Start Guide section of this manual 2 Press the MENU button to select the Performance Mode 3 Now use the buttons to scroll to the ACCEL screen This screen shows...

Page 20: ...ting ACCEL RANGE 1 1 Highlight ACCEL RANGE 1 and press OK 2 The following screen will appear with the start speed of ACCEL RANGE 1 highlighted 3 Whilst the START speed is highlighted use the buttons t...

Page 21: ...100 0 as an audible warning when a certain speed has been reached This means that during such testing the driver will not need to watch the display and can listen for the buzzer instead To change the...

Page 22: ...easuring Lap times Firstly set the start finish line or load a previously saved set from the SD card see Setting Start finish and Split Lines below If you want to save your lap times to a file insert...

Page 23: ...for 1 5s Laptime Telemetry LAPTIMING MENU ONE SHOT MODE SPLIT TO SPLIT TIME BIG SPEED SPLIT SPLIT WIDTHS SPLIT OUTPUT LAPTIME PULSE LAPTIME TELEMETRY SETUP The Laptime Telemetry option makes DriftBox...

Page 24: ...es Press the MENU button to display the Lap Timing Menu Highlight SET START SPLITS and press OK As you drive across the start finish line press OK This will set the start finish line and the screen wi...

Page 25: ...and will load If you have several split files stored on your computer you will need to rename the one you wish to use to the default filename prior to transferring it to the SD card Clearing start fi...

Page 26: ...xx txt file with lap and split time data Enter Lap Timing Mode and then press the OK button DriftBox will then display any Lap Timing files stored on the card Press the buttons to scroll to the requi...

Page 27: ...e vehicle moves within 250 meters of a POI unless the vehicle is moving away from the POI DriftBox can display different icons for different locations even within the same POI file according to the se...

Page 28: ...g Please note that due to the nature of this test and the amount of space required it is strongly recommended that such measurements are conducted on private roads Setting the Vehicle Weight In order...

Page 29: ...e engine s rev range disengage the clutch and coast for a few seconds DriftBox will record the amount of power as soon as it recognises deceleration Calculating Losses So as to estimate power output f...

Page 30: ...he process again Losses are permanently saved but you should generally carry this out on the same piece of road in the same direction as your acceleration runs Note any small gradient can have a large...

Page 31: ...when you are stationary otherwise you will risk losing data or corrupting the card which would require a re format To read data from the card either insert the card into a SD card reader connected to...

Page 32: ...site or contact your local supplier for details In Drift Mode the RS232 serial port outputs the following message at 57600bps at 10Hz intervals DBOX sss s gg g ll l ddd d pp p CR LF sss s speed in kmh...

Page 33: ...ernal motion sensors It is important that you align DriftBox correctly whenever it is moved to a new position in your car or even to another car To do this park the vehicle on level ground and turn th...

Page 34: ...e initialises the GPS engine and after performing a Cold Start the vehicle to which DriftBox is connected should be left in an open area for at least 15 minutes to re acquire You should only need to d...

Page 35: ...omputer Press and hold the MODE button whilst you connect power to your DriftBox This will force the DriftBox into Upgrade mode Connect the USB lead from DriftBox to your computer Double click on the...

Page 36: ...s down move the GPS inside the car and see if the GPS signal drops by 2 4 sats If it does immediately then you probably have an Athermic windscreen There is list of cars in the table below that we bel...

Page 37: ...s too big or too small Check the Alignment of DriftBox see the alignment section of Setup Menu in this manual for further information If the road has a severe camber or gradient this will affect the D...

Page 38: ...data Up to four dbn files can be overlaid on the graph The map window shows the path of the vehicle calculated from the latitude and longitude data A circuit overlay can be applied to the map window...

Page 39: ...the Open In Notepad option from the Load All drop down list Note that for large files it may take some time for Notepad to load all of the lines of data This function can also be used to open the othe...

Page 40: ...the current cursor position Pressing the shift key before using the mouse roller ball will make the zoom occur in bigger steps Pan To pan the view in the graph or map window put the mouse over the ar...

Page 41: ...us Lateral and Longitudinal Acceleration and Radius of Turn channels calculated when the file is first loaded Scroll up and down the channel list to find the desired channel A channel can also be foun...

Page 42: ...de button in the Graph Screen toolbar causes the software to scan the loaded file and apply loaded sector file information to produce a Drifting data Peak Drift angle Peak G Average G Average Speed A...

Page 43: ...so allows individual laps from the loaded file to be loaded and compared in the main Graph window Channel and Axis Setup For each channel there are a number of attributes that can be configured includ...

Page 44: ...n channels The smoothing level number directly relates to the number of samples used in the smoothing routine moving window Axis Displays which axis the channel is associated with To change the associ...

Page 45: ...clicking on the box and entering a new name Min Max The Min and Max boxes allow the scale ranges for each axis to be set Autoscale The autoscale option causes the axis scales to automatically fit the...

Page 46: ...the Save icon in the main toolbar If you have made changes or edited your DriftBox file it is wise to save this file to a new name so that you do not lose the original file Printing Graph Data You ma...

Page 47: ...celeration during first gear is easily seen Creating a Measure Tool Window To highlight a section in the graph window move the cursor to the start of the section you wish to highlight Then place the m...

Page 48: ...ion from the start finish splits drop down menu SPACEBAR A separate finish line can be placed when the start line is not also the finish line This is used in situations such as hill climbs or data ana...

Page 49: ...ve the cursor in the Graph window to the start point of the sector Press the key 1 A green dot will appear at this position in the Map window Setting sector End Move the cursor in the Graph window to...

Page 50: ...t hand side of the circuit Load the logged file from the SD card using File Load All Save using Save select Save as type and pick Circuit file cir The cir file can be now be loaded into the Graph scre...

Page 51: ...gged data then you will need to create one See the Graph screen chapter for full instruction of this process Press the Drift Mode button to scan the file and display results Displaying Lap Times To di...

Page 52: ...at 2 x or 5x real time speed Replaying a file Load the file into the DriftBoxTools software using the Load All button Then click the right arrow of the Replay button on the Graph screen toolbar to vi...

Page 53: ...show the vehicle s path in the mapping software Exporting a Mapping Software Text File Load the dbn file into DriftBoxTools using the Load All button from the main toolbar then click on the Export Dat...

Page 54: ...following section Summary You can view basic but important information about the main dbn file loaded into the DriftBoxTools software by selecting Summary from the menu The information displayed inclu...

Page 55: ...xporting Data to Mapping Software 56 File Repair 57 Graph Screen 39 Installation 39 Lap timing 45 Loading Files 40 Measure Tool 49 Panning 41 Printing 48 50 Replaying a File 55 Sectors 51 Selecting Ch...

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