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Channel Setup

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This page contains an overview of the features and settings in the Channel Setup Menu in VBOX Setup Connected to VBOX 4 ADAS.

The Channel Setup menu displays the channels that are available to be configured. The available channels will vary depending on the Racelogic modules connected to your VBOX unit and your configurations in other menus. 

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Buttons and Features

Rescan Modules
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If you connect or disconnect a module to the VBOX unit while VBOX Setup is already connected and running, you can click on the Rescan modules button to make it display an updated list of the currently connected modules.
Available Channels

In the Channel Sections, you will see a list of default channels that are available based on the current configuration as well as any manually added channels. This section will update as you edit the configuration and add or remove modules.

Select a channel section by clicking on the section heading, such as CAN Input or Internal A/D. This will open the selected section so that you can see the available channels and their previews. 

Click on a channel in the list to see more information about it. 

Note: All available channels will automatically be logged to the SD card. 
Log

Default channels will always be logged and cannot be unticked.

Manually added channels from modules or CAN Input will automatically be ticked to log when added, but you can untick them if you don't want them to be logged

 

 VBOX Channels

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This section will always be available. It has two channel sections displayed by default with configurable channels:
CAN Input 
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You can add CAN signals you want to log by clicking on the CAN Input section and selecting the source in the Add CAN Signals area on the right-hand side of the window. You can choose between the following sources: 
Vehicle Database

Select a vehicle make and model and then pick the channels you want to log in the list of available channels below. 
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Import from dbc/ref

Import an existing file, .dbc or .ref, from your local computer. When the file has been imported, you can pick the channels you want to log in the list of available channels below. 
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User defined

You can define a CAN channel by clicking Add New and entering a name and other relevant information.
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Remove Added CAN Input 

 You can remove a manually added CAN Input channel by clicking the X in the column to the right of the preview column. 

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Internal A/D
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This area contains channels such as Analogue Inputs by default:

  • ADC_CH1
  • ADC_CH2
  • ADC_CH3
  • ADC_CH4

Click on a channel to edit the Channel name, Units and Scale & Offset. 

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Dual Antenna
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When you enable Dual Antenna in the GNSS menu, the following channels will be logged:

  • Dual Status
  • Pitch Ang
  • Roll Angle
  • Yaw Rate
  • True Heading
  • TrueHeadFil

 
IMU Attitude
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When you enable IMU integration in the IMU menu, the following IMU attitude channels will be logged:

  • Head_imu
  • Pitch_imu
  • Roll_imu
  • Pos.Qual.*
  • Lng_Jerk
  • Lat_Jerk

*Position quality is for use in robot modes and is a numerical representation of the quality of the position.

You can find more information about the different channel definitions here.
Slip Module 
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When you enable Dual Antenna in the GNSS menu or IMU integration in the IMU menu, the following channels will be logged:

  • Slip IMU
  • Slip DANT
  • Slip FL
  • Slip FR
  • Slip RL
  • Slip RR
  • Slip COG
  • Lat Vel
  • Long Vel
  • RobotHead

You can find more information about the different channel definitions here.

ADAS Channels

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This area of the screen will show you the logged channels based on the settings configured in your ADAS menu, such as:

  • Remote VBOX Targets
  • Lines
  • Sign Posts
  • Static Target
Note: This section is only available when you have configured your VBOX unit to perform ADAS logging in the ADAS menu. 

 

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