MarcD147

it always worked fine and completely automatic but on my last two outings (april and june this year) it recorded sessions without any laptimes........ Any suggestions on how to fix this (and what caused this?)

my next testing session in 9 days and hope to have this working again

ProCoach

Periodically wipe the track database clean and load only the tracks you go to.

Matt Romanowski

Same suggestion. I think yours is connected to a MoTeC system, right?

ProCoach

Might be standalone. Either way, the camera requires a dedicated 05B or 08B antenna, as the GPS info isn’t available on the Bridge.

MarcD147

yes my smartycam is connected to Motec ADL2

what is the best way to wipe/reload the track database? I have never connected anything to my smarty cam

MarcD147

I guess I have one of those antennas as it has always worked so something must have changed or gotten corrupted.

ProCoach

Yes.

ProCoach

Download RaceStudio 3 and install.

Connect via USB cable from laptop to SmartyCam under the SD card door.

Turn SmartyCam on.

In the top left, far right side is a radio button with two arrows, when connected it should turn green.

Select connected devices under that row of buttons that is the SmartyCam with serial number.

On the right side of the screen, select Tracks under the camera’s tab, far right.

Select all and press delete.

Open Tracks (radio button, top left of RS3 splash screen)

To the right of All Tracks, there is a “gear” to filter. Click it.

Select North America, Canada and US, car, paved, race tracks, rovals. Should end up with 150-160 tracks.

Select all in the center column of the screen and press Transmit above it right half of the screen.

If you like, and you’ve got the camera and laptop with you, we can do a TeamViewer and fix this in two minutes. Let me know.

MarcD147

Thanks for the detail. I will give it a try

Frank 993 C4S

Marc - I'll help you next week. Let me know when you arrive on Thursday and we'll sort it out and test it.

MarcD147

Thanks to @Frank 993 C4S for helping me troubleshoot at the NJMP testing day last week and fix this issue. I now know how to fix it for other tracks.

Matt Romanowski

What was the problem?

Frank 993 C4S

Needed firmware update and the track was missing from the track database (for whatever strange reason).