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Installing the Laptimer

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A good installation is key to get good and reliable operation of 

UniGo. Read this installation guide and learn how to:

Install the Laptimer, attach cables and sensors and see how to 

mount it all on the go-kart.

You will be ready to go in 20 minutes...

MOUNTING ON STEERING 

WHEEL

The first step of the installation is the mounting 
of the Laptimer on the steering wheel.
The Laptimer should be mounted at the top 
of the steering wheel to make it easy to read 
during driving and to operate it in the pit.

UniGo mounted at the top of the steering 
wheel for easy reading and operation.

The Laptimer is mounted using the included 
bracket and you need to be carefully to mount 
all the hard and soft discs in the right order 
to avoid vibrations and to ensure the correct 
distance from the steering wheel.

Start the installation with a soft disc.

Finish with a soft disc, hard disc, washer 
and the nut.

Summary of Contents for 03-05-001

Page 1: ...UniGo One Laptimer User Guide W ORK IN PROGRESS RED TEXT M EANS NOT DONE SUBJECT TO CHANGE 24 12 2022...

Page 2: ...nstructions Follow all instructions Be careful not to drop it on the ground Do not leave it under heavy objects Be careful not to cut the cables with sharp objects Clean only with a dry cloth Refer al...

Page 3: ...FER WITH WI FI 20 CTRL ALT DELETE 20 Configuring the Laptimer 21 ENTER SETUP MODE 21 ENTERING TEXT 22 EVENT SETUP 23 EVENT NAME 23 OUTING TYPE 23 TRACK SETUP 23 TRACK DATABASE 23 AUTO TRACK SELECT 23...

Page 4: ...OFF 37 BUILT IN HELP 37 WARNING LEDS 37 SHIFT LIGHT 38 BETTER WORSE LIGHT 38 LOW BATTERY 38 HOME SCREEN 39 HOME SCREEN 1 39 HOME SCREEN 2 39 HOME SCREEN 3 39 HOME SCREEN 4 39 RUN MODE 40 RUN MODE 1 40...

Page 5: ...igned by Palle Schultz Denmark www palleschultz dk Unipro reserves the right to make changes and improvements to any of the products described in this document without prior notice Part numbers 03 05...

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Page 7: ...or Mac Very high brightness fully programma ble warning LEDs Clearly visible in full daylight Intuitive user interface with only four buttons Help text to explain what each function does Direct connec...

Page 8: ...HEART RATE Add a heart rate chest strap and log it during the race HUGE MEMORY Powerful processors and huge memory for future features AMBIENT SENSOR Light sensor to adjust backlight according to ambi...

Page 9: ...t BLE USB NFC Real time clock Yes automatically set by GPS Power supply Built in Li Ion battery 3400 mAh External supply 5 17 volt DC From charger USB power bank or LiPo battery Expandable Yes Display...

Page 10: ...10 I n t r o d u c t i o n Examples...

Page 11: ...n is the mounting of the Laptimer on the steering wheel The Laptimer should be mounted at the top of the steering wheel to make it easy to read during driving and to operate it in the pit UniGo mounte...

Page 12: ...again if needed It is simply a wire going through two holes with a loop Run the RPM wire away from other cables To make the best possible installation keep the RPM wire away from all other cables RPM...

Page 13: ...n the steering wheel is the biggest challenge The cable need to be mounted in a way that the steering wheel can be moved freely Cable fixed to the frame with cable ties Attach the cables together with...

Page 14: ...to the frame WATER TEMPERATURE The water temperature sensor is typically mounted in the T junction that goes into the cooling water hose First mount the sensor in the T junction and then mount the T j...

Page 15: ...or measures the temperature of the gas and not the flames Start by welding the exhaust fitting to the exhaust pipe and then drill a 4 5 mm hole through the fitting for the sensor Always check if local...

Page 16: ...sor mounted with a big soft bend on the cable Make sure the cable is not touching the ex haust pipe and make a soft bend on the cable like shown on the picture I n s t a l l i n g t h e L a p t i m e...

Page 17: ...of doing an user interface is with menus and then navigate between them and select what you want But with only four buttons this gets complicated so we designed a brand new user interface without the...

Page 18: ...ing on the backlight at 25 and show a Unipro splash screen This is showing as fast as it is possible and it will stay there until UniGo is fully booted After booting up UniGo starts by showing the sta...

Page 19: ...sors and measure lap and split times Typically run mode 1 when driving There is not much you can do in run mode ex cept concentrating on driving You will be able to change between three predefined lay...

Page 20: ...instead of USB cable Wi Fi screen when not connected You can toggle around different analyze screens by pressing the connect button Another important screen is the lap and split times screen CTRL ALT...

Page 21: ...ctions are explained in this chapter A collection is by default collapsed This way it is very fast to move between the different collections The advanced setup contains different collec tions of setti...

Page 22: ...d to move the cursor in the text Use the left and right buttons to move Moving cursor around in the text using the LEFT and RIGHT buttons in scroll mode To toggle between upper and lower case simply p...

Page 23: ...sing this database you are able to define your own tracks This is useful if you want another set of split points for example AUTO TRACK SELECT Normally you want auto track select enabled When enabled...

Page 24: ...IR OR LOOP DELAY TIME If the receiver is set to infrared or loop you can chose a minimum delay from one trig to the next This is the minimum time allowed between two trigs This is primarily used if an...

Page 25: ...scribing the kart or its type Please enter the text as described under ENTERING TEXT on page 33 WHEEL MAGNETS The standard wheel sensor disc for karting includes 6 magnets per revolution But if you us...

Page 26: ...ok button RPM SENSITIVITY UniGo One have a unique feature to ensure the best possible RPM signal from the ignition Different ignition systems gives different signals and the mounting of the RPM wire...

Page 27: ...to make the RPM graph look as good as possible without affecting the content The filter will also filter out the drop outs from the RPM limiter used in the RPM ignition sys tem Sometime there is a wis...

Page 28: ...possible It is not possible to connect two intelligent sensors like Lambda and IR Box at the same time The intelligent sensor need to be con nected to Splitter 2 and then a simple sensor to Splitter...

Page 29: ...led try to avoid it for the warnings Example on a more complex warning LED setup Here all the settings are used In the example above all the settings are used for the temperature 1 channel Here we can...

Page 30: ...gger is passed When passing the start finish line the Laptimer will show the lap time and lap number instead Delta split time When a split point is passed the delta split time and the split number is...

Page 31: ...a lot of power when turned on so please use as low a setting as possible When the Laptimer is out in the sun the backlight is not visible at all and it can even make the contrast worse BACKLIGHT OFF T...

Page 32: ...format Select date format between DD MM YY MM DD YY or YY MM DD here Store new date Change this to Yes and hit the ok button Then the date will be updated with the new values you entered TEMPERATURE U...

Page 33: ...to this like any local Wi Fi network There are some settings related to access point mode AP SSID NAME The SSID name is the name of the network you are making By default it is unigo xxxx where xxxx is...

Page 34: ...34 Setup mode C o n f i g u r i n g t h e L a p t i m e r...

Page 35: ...ncluded a very precise fuel gauge A fuel gauge can tell how much charge you have left on the battery It is simply a number between 0 and 100 If it is 0 it is completely empty and 100 is fully charged...

Page 36: ...UTTONS For easy operation we made six buttons on UniGo They are clearly marked with a small icon but here is the basic description of each button The up button is used to move up in menus and for incr...

Page 37: ...elected Press the menu button to go direct ly to the main menu You can add your own startup picture Just copy a 4 bpp bitmap files called startup bmp into the Pictures folder The size should be 135 x...

Page 38: ...he second is the distance between the LEDs If you set the RPM shift point at 12000 RPM and the RPM delta value to 200 RPM the first LED will turn on at 11600 RPM Then 11800 RPM 12000 RPM etc Please se...

Page 39: ...n with information on UniGo If no driver name is entered it will show Unipro ApS instead HOME SCREEN 2 This home screen will show the information on the selected track It contains the name of the trac...

Page 40: ...me and lap number will always be shown on the top line You will also find information about the record ing status and the best lap time If the current lap time is the best it will be highlighted with...

Page 41: ...x or counters It is also possible to jump directly to the ana lyze screen you wish from the rolling menu SESSION SELECT UniGo logs data into sessions Each session contains all the information about th...

Page 42: ...n mode 1 and you can see both the minimum and maximum values for that lap The delta time compared to the best lap time will be shown all the time Analyze data with a screen like run mode 1 The maximum...

Page 43: ...d the lap length TIRE WEAR COUNTERS All the tire wear counters are shown on one single screen This is an overview of all the counters s value and the current selected tire wear counter Please notice t...

Page 44: ...e the most recent session from the memory You will have to confirm this before the session is deleted DELETE 30 DAYS OLD SESSIONS This command will delete all sessions older than 30 days You will have...

Page 45: ...s might not be the best idea So please enter a password and make sure it is a least 8 characters long If you enter a password the connection will use WPA2 encryption IP ADDRESS At the moment this is f...

Page 46: ...includes a couple of simple games just for fun UniMan in action Just a small game for fun When the game is started you can use the buttons shown on the intro screen to control the game A long press on...

Page 47: ...S reception is very important for the overall operation and accuracy of UniGo One The GPS signal is typically used to trigger the lap times and the better signal the more precise lap times The GPS inf...

Page 48: ...Russian system E1 E32 Galileo satellites from the European system B1 B37 BeiDou satellites from the Chinese system S120 S158 Channels used for differen tial GPS Q1 Q5 Channels used for differential GP...

Page 49: ...firmware is very easy on UniGo You will not need any special software except the new firmware file from our homepage The firmware file is called something similar to unigo_one_release_rev_xxyyzzz bin...

Page 50: ...rogrammed into the flash The next time you turn it on you should see the new firmware version displayed on the startup screen Please do not disconnect the power to UniGo while the update is in progres...

Page 51: ...d hold the two right buttons for at least 10 seconds Charge the battery The gear indicator is not working in run mode 2 The number of gears is not set correctly Set the correct number of gears and the...

Page 52: ...too hard A too hard bend might destroy a cable Make sure not to pull the cable during driving When the the steering wheel is turning it might pull the cable Make a loop on the cable to avoid this and...

Page 53: ...The product is guaranteed against defects in material and workmanship for two years from the date of purchase The guarantee is void if the product has been subject to misuse accident or negligence or...

Page 54: ...mode 20 39 I Introduction 7 O Off 20 39 On 19 38 P Part number V Power off 20 39 Power on 19 38 Preface II Q Quick guide 19 R Reference guide 37 S Safety II Safety instructions II Screenshots example...

Page 55: ...55 I n d e x...

Page 56: ...Unipro ApS Viborg Hovedvej 24 DK 7100 Vejle Denmark Tel 45 7585 1182 www uniprolaptimer com...

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