Configure the Audio Sensor for VBOX 4 ADAS

After you have configured the Audio Sensor with the Audio Sensor Setup software, you can connect it to your VBOX unit and complete the configuration with the VBOX Setup software.

Click on the relevant heading below to see the setup for your connection. 

►Configure as Analogue Input with VBOX 4 and VBOX Setup

When you have wired the Audio Sensor into the connector and connected it to the Analogue Input connector on VBOX 4 ADAS, you must configure the relevant Analogue input channel.

1. Open VBOX Setup and connect to the relevant COM port for your VBOX 4 unit. 
2. Go to the Channel Setup Menu and click on the Internal A/D section header.

4. Select the input channel you connected the audio sensor to by clicking on it.
   
   Take note of the channel number where the sensor was wired into the connector or trigger the Audio Sensor to identify the active channel in the preview column.
    
5. Update the channel settings to make the channel more identifiable during the test and in the report. 
   
   Give it a recognizable name, for example, Audio.
    
    
6. Trigger the Audio Sensor to confirm that it is connected and working. 
   
   You will see the signal in the graph at the bottom of the settings area. 
    
7. Update the Scale and Offset as required to make the signal display logically in the graph.  

You can find more information about how to configure your VBOX 4 unit in your unit's user guide.

Note: You can choose any name for the channels. The important thing is that you can easily identify the accessory connected to the channel.

 

You can find more information about how to configure your VBOX 4 unit in your unit's user guide.
 

►Configure as CAN Input with VBOX 4 and VBOX Setup

After you have finished setting up the Audio Sensor with the Audio Sensor Setup software, you can connect it to your VBOX 4 unit and complete the configuration with the VBOX Setup software.  

1. Download the ADAS Audio Sensor's .DBC file.
2. Open VBOX Setup and connect to the relevant COM port for your VBOX 4 unit. 
3. Go to the Channel Setup Menu and click on the CAN Input section header.

4. You will see an Add CAN Signal section on the right-hand side of the window. Click the Source dropdown and select Import from dbc/ref.
5. Click Browse and navigate to the location of the downloaded DBC file. 
6. Load the file to import the channels.
7. Select the signals you want to assign/view/log on the VBOX unit from the list that populates underneath the Browse button, such as Trigger_system or Signal_Delay.
   
   The selected channels will be added to the CAN Input section on the left-hand side, where you can see the channel preview and click on a channel to edit it. 

 

You can find more information about how to configure your VBOX 4 unit in the VBOX 4 user guide.