Considering RCP: Questions

[estabahn]

I'm considering Race Capture Pro for road racing & time trials. I like that RCP has a lot of inputs and that it uses a tablet (instead of a proprietary screen for a display). I have a few questions:

1. I've downloaded the android app on to my tablet. I've updated the tracks from the server. I see my local track High Plains Raceway listed under Tracks on podium.live. But it's not in the track list in the app. How would I go about loading this track so that RCP can use it?

2. I wouldn't be buying the telemetry option. So my data would be stored on the SD card. What's the process for loading data from an SD card to podium.live?

3. A good friend has RCP in his race car. I've spent some time looking at our race laps on podium.live. I see a lot of great data and a couple of problems:

A) Both windows on the podium.live web page for the track map are pretty tiny. When I zoom way in to see the driven line, its like looking through a key hole -- making it very hard to use the map. Are there any plans to fix this and provide a way to view the track map in a much larger window?

B) The web page shows options to view the data by Distance and Time. The Time option does not work. Is there a plan to fix this?

4. I'm interested in having a brake pressure sensor in my setup. I don't see one listed on your sensors page. Which sensor(s) do you recommend?

Thanks very much!

- Steven

[rdoherty]

Hi Steven, thanks for asking good questions, my responses are inline:

1. I've downloaded the android app on to my tablet. I've updated the tracks from the server. I see my local track High Plains Raceway listed under Tracks on podium.live. But it's not in the track list in the app. How would I go about loading this track so that RCP can use it?

Odds are the region you are searching is not correct, try selecting 'USA' and searching for 'high plains'. Screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/fnxRbtj.png

2. I wouldn't be buying the telemetry option. So my data would be stored on the SD card. What's the process for loading data from an SD card to podium.live?

You can upload log files for devices at events to Podium, or you can use the analysis screen in the RaceCapture app. You can also convert your log files to GEM format for use in the GEMS software (http://www.gems.co.uk/?content=pages&id ... a-analysis)

A) Both windows on the podium.live web page for the track map are pretty tiny. When I zoom way in to see the driven line, its like looking through a key hole -- making it very hard to use the map. Are there any plans to fix this and provide a way to view the track map in a much larger window?

We do have plans for building customizable screens/pages, which will allow you to have a larger map

B) The web page shows options to view the data by Distance and Time. The Time option does not work. Is there a plan to fix this?

This is a bug, I will look into it.

4. I'm interested in having a brake pressure sensor in my setup. I don't see one listed on your sensors page. Which sensor(s) do you recommend?

This sensor is what we use, it works great for brake pressure: https://www.autosportlabs.com/product/1 ... re-sensor/

Hope that helps! Let us know if you have any more questions!