SPA DESIGN MICRODASH LOGGER OPERATING MANUAL
for viewing, storing and printing in a traditional LAP TIME SHEET format.
It is a good idea to use the
Sig (
signal test)
menu
option to test the laptimer before race testing. If there is very
bright sun, very low in the sky, there may be a possibility of the infra red receiver being blinded (the sun is a
very powerful source of infra red), if this is the case, try angling the sensor down toward the road a few degrees
(but less that 20 degrees). Alternatively fit a sun hood over the receiver tube. However the system has been tested
under these conditions and still worked well without any external sunhood.
Once you are racing, if you come into the pits after say lap 5, then laptime will continue to count up. If you
continue racing, your pit stop time will be included in your lap 5 time.
However, if you switch the Microdash off in the pits, it will not store any data for lap 5 as it was never finished.
When you switch the Microdash back on again, it will start on lap 5 again, but from scratch. This means that you
will have to pass the transmitter beacon to start lap 5 timing again. If you wish to restart from lap 1 on the
laptimer again, you need to select
ntSE
(next session) from the menu system.
In this case, the Fastest lap time
will be reset.
The laptimer can store a maximum of 2000 laps.
The maximum number of sessions allowed is 999 but only the 99 digits are displayed. The more sessions you
use, the less lap memory is available. Also ‘only’ 999 laps can be used per session.
Wet weather use
You can use the laptimer option in wet weather. The receiver tube and its connectors are sealed to IP68, and the
transmitter is water proof. However please bear in mind the following:-
The range of the laptimer will be reduced by rain dampening effect, water droplets on the transmitter LED
lenses, and water / mud on the receiver tube. Try to keep them as clean as possible.
TRACK SETUP DIAGRAM
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