WastedAccounts Posted September 1, 2017 Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 I keep seeing tablets running laptimers in the videos. What is everyone using as a tablet, a power source, mount and what App are you running? What else are you running on them as well? Can they be used for telemetry or anything like that? I've got a $50 tablet that would be perfect but i'm also afraid it won't last. Being $50 and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee Chris Huggins Posted September 3, 2017 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 I dont run a tablet... I used Harrys Lap timer on a phone with good success before upgrading to AIM. Used RAM Mount to the roll bar. Power source - Cigarette lighter with a USB adapter. Zip tie it into the socket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue Posted September 4, 2017 Report Share Posted September 4, 2017 We use a $30 amazon fire t(from prime day) that we hacked to remove adds an add google play (the store). This was very easy to do. We use trackaddict app and love its predictive lap analytics. We also have wifi in our car and the app will broadcast track position and times to the web. It has really helped me figure out what works and made me a better driver. We use a Ram Mount also, money, but worth it. We use a 10ghz bluetooth GPS unit, without this no phone will give data that's very good. So looking at under $150 all in, including software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremsen Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 I used Harry's on an ASUS tablet with a 10hz bluetooth GPS. Mounted with Rammount. We haven't had much chance to really work the bugs out so I can't really give you an effectiveness review. What data I was able to gather was interesting, but I never got a chance to try to overlay it in video or use it for any real purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhr650 Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Pretty much the same as others, except we changed from Harry’s to RaceChrono. The display is nice and simple and the predictive box changes from red to green if you are up on your best lap. The biggest problem that we have had is keeping the power cable plugged in, in the end I got a really short power cable and JB welded it to the tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbaker480 Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 Do these require a data connection while in the car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremsen Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 No, not unless you want to stream the data somewhere (as @theblue did). Otherwise the lap data is simply stored on the tablet for download later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDJones2000 Posted September 5, 2017 Report Share Posted September 5, 2017 SpeedFreq works on both phones and tablets, and if you want you can set up a local wifi network at the track and get data off the phone and onto a laptop in your hot pits everytime the car goes by. Did I mention that it's free? https://sites.google.com/site/speedfreqapp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oblio125 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 On 9/5/2017 at 2:31 PM, mhr650 said: I got a really short power cable and JB welded it to the tablet. This makes me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bremsen Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 On 9/5/2017 at 5:06 PM, KDJones2000 said: SpeedFreq works on both phones and tablets, and if you want you can set up a local wifi network at the track and get data off the phone and onto a laptop in your hot pits everytime the car goes by. Did I mention that it's free? https://sites.google.com/site/speedfreqapp/ I should mention that I do have this app. I couldn't use it at the last few races because we didn't have time/ability to map the tracks. I'd say that is really my only complaint with SpeedFreq, it only had a few tracks mapped and most were not in our region. I think once I get to the point of wanting to use wifi and a pit laptop I will use it instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindspin311 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 On 9/2/2017 at 9:39 PM, Huggy said: I dont run a tablet... I used Harrys Lap timer on a phone with good success before upgrading to AIM. Used RAM Mount to the roll bar. Power source - Cigarette lighter with a USB adapter. Zip tie it into the socket. Have you figured out how to get the Aim to pull a historical fast lap as a reference lap? Been using my AIM at HPDEs, and every session I start with a fast lap of "0", how do I get it to pull the fast lap of that track and use it as a reference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDJones2000 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 49 minutes ago, Bremsen said: I should mention that I do have this app. I couldn't use it at the last few races because we didn't have time/ability to map the tracks. I'd say that is really my only complaint with SpeedFreq, it only had a few tracks mapped and most were not in our region. I think once I get to the point of wanting to use wifi and a pit laptop I will use it instead. That is true, as we can only add tracks to the database if users upload them to the track server. There is an option within the "Races" screen for you to do this. Once you have uploaded it, then everyone can download that track to their phone and use it. Unfortunately, not many people have been uploading tracks, hence the lack of tracks in your area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee Chris Huggins Posted September 7, 2017 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 3 hours ago, mindspin311 said: Have you figured out how to get the Aim to pull a historical fast lap as a reference lap? Been using my AIM at HPDEs, and every session I start with a fast lap of "0", how do I get it to pull the fast lap of that track and use it as a reference? Hm, Ill have to look. Which AIM do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindspin311 Posted September 7, 2017 Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 Just now, Huggy said: Hm, Ill have to look. Which AIM do you have? Standard Solo, not the DL version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technical Advisory Committee Chris Huggins Posted September 7, 2017 Technical Advisory Committee Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 I see you also asked on another forum. http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?p=1067716268 Come to think of it, I dont recall using the reference lap functionality. I have my dash set to PredT, not +/-, so the "reference" lap doesn't matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewheelerZ Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 On 2017-09-07 at 9:30 AM, Bremsen said: I should mention that I do have this app. I couldn't use it at the last few races because we didn't have time/ability to map the tracks. I'd say that is really my only complaint with SpeedFreq, it only had a few tracks mapped and most were not in our region. I think once I get to the point of wanting to use wifi and a pit laptop I will use it instead. We also use SpeedFreq. It's pretty easy to just set up a new track and simply touch the screen as you go by the start finish line (preferably on the warm up laps). Our phone works with gloves on too so it makes it really easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigun7469 Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 I am thinking about doing something similar I have a Irulu tablet sitting around that I might use, doesn't have data. I currently use trackaddict which I like, not sure if it would work with just a GPS found this one for GPS $30 Anybody found anything cheaper or better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WastedAccounts Posted November 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Thanks everyone. I went ahead got an Android tablet to use. I like RaceChrono so far. I don't see a trail version of Harry's and I still need to check out SpeedFreq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WastedAccounts Posted December 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 With what little time I've had I've been playing with all of them except harry's since I haven't seen a free version yet. Biggest issue I've run across is getting the data in the pit. I've got a cellular data on my tablet so I was hoping I could get live lap data from the car. SpeedFreg does it but you need to have a PC pitside. I'm using tablets with cell data connections both in the car and in the pit. Both need to be running hotspots so I can't use WiFi connections. I wasn't having any luck connecting my pc to my tablet using cell data with speedfreq. I'm still new to all these so I'm hoping I'm just missing something. My first race is this Friday which means I'm getting low time and may end up just running racechrono to display data to the driver. Additionally, one day when I have a ODBII connection in the car, I'd like to send as much data as possible pit side. SpeedFreq looks like the only that one does this from what I've found. To anyone running a setup that sends data pitside, how are doing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABR-Glen Posted December 26, 2017 Report Share Posted December 26, 2017 Trackmaster Live View, might help with what you are looking to do, but dedicated telemetry hardware like a RaceCapture might be more what you are looking for if you don't like the connectivity of SpeedFreq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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