Race Technology DL1 MK3 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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Table of Contents
1 DL1 CLUB INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 WHAT IS THE DL1 CLUB? ................................................................................................................................ 4
1.2 WHO IS THE DL1 CLUB DESIGNED FOR? ............................................................................................................. 4
1.3 WHAT DOES THE DL1 CLUB DO? ...................................................................................................................... 4
1.4 WHY USE GPS? ............................................................................................................................................. 5
1.4.1 Track Mapping.................................................................................................................................. 5
1.4.2 Speed Measurement ......................................................................................................................... 5
1.5 DL1 CLUB FEATURES ...................................................................................................................................... 5
2 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ...................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 IDENTIFYING YOUR UNIT .................................................................................................................................. 8
3 INSTALLING THE UNIT ............................................................................................................................. 9
3.1 MOUNTING ................................................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.1 Bracket Mounting ........................................................................................................................... 10
3.2 POWER ....................................................................................................................................................... 10
3.3 FURTHER READING ........................................................................................................................................ 11
4 QUICK START GUIDE .............................................................................................................................. 12
4.1 INSTALLING THE DL1 CLUB IN THE VEHICLE ....................................................................................................... 12
4.1.1 Mounting the DL1 CLUB in the vehicle ........................................................................................... 12
4.1.2 Correct Mounting of the GPS Antenna ........................................................................................... 12
4.1.3 Recommended mounting positions for the GPS antenna ............................................................... 13
4.1.4 Connecting the GPS module (if used) ............................................................................................. 13
4.1.5 Connecting the power cable ........................................................................................................... 14
4.2 DEFAULT CONFIGURATION .............................................................................................................................. 14
4.3 LOGGING DATA USING THE DL1 CLUB .............................................................................................................. 15
4.3.1 Powering up the DL1 CLUB ............................................................................................................. 15
4.3.2 Insert an SD card ............................................................................................................................ 15
4.3.3 Sampling data ................................................................................................................................ 15
4.4 ANALYSING DATA FROM THE DL1 CLUB ........................................................................................................... 16
4.4.1 Installing the SD card reader .......................................................................................................... 16
4.4.2 Installing the software on the PC ................................................................................................... 16
4.4.3 Loading the data into the software ................................................................................................ 16
4.4.4 Display the track map and a graph of speed for the entire run...................................................... 16
4.4.5 Display your acceleration and braking times. ................................................................................ 16
4.4.6 Displaying lap and sector times ...................................................................................................... 16
4.4.7 Automatically generating a graph comparing speeds on two laps ................................................ 17
5 OPERATING THE DL1 CLUB .................................................................................................................... 18
5.1 DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUG/CONNECTIONS/LIGHTS ETC ON THE DL1 CLUB .............................................................. 18
5.2 SAMPLING DATA WITH THE DL1 CLUB ............................................................................................................. 21
5.2.1 To stop data logging: ...................................................................................................................... 21
5.2.2 Advanced operation ....................................................................................................................... 21
5.3 REAL TIME OUTPUT ...................................................................................................................................... 21
5.4 FURTHER READING ........................................................................................................................................ 21
6 CONNECTING EXTERNAL SENSORS TO THE DL1 CLUB ............................................................................ 22
6.1 CONNECTING GPS ........................................................................................................................................ 22
6.2 EXTERNAL SENSORS ....................................................................................................................................... 22
6.3 CONNECTING A WHEEL SPEED SENSOR ............................................................................................................... 23
6.4 REMOTE START/LOGGING INDICATOR ................................................................................................................ 23