grantnz

As the title says I can't get one to trigger the other to record. Camera was connected to an Evo4 and triggered fine. With the MXS it won't. Searched high and low in RS3 but can't seem to find anything else I need to do.

Can anyone help please?

Matt Romanowski

Does the camera turn on automatically?

grantnz

Yes it does thanks

ProCoach

On the camera, select Menu>Settings>Rec Start (or something like that) and either do Logger Command or Speed.

Then, in the DASH config in RS3, make sure the Speed channel listed under the tab "SmartyCam Settings" is GPS speed or otherwise valid. Then, transmit any changes to the dash.

grantnz

Thanks Peter that is how I have it set as you described and on Smartycam I have tried by speed and logger. I did use it standalone for a short time between the evo4 and the MXS but I think I only changed the one "start" setting

grantnz

Further on this I could not make it work at track but I was even concerned that maybe I had a data card error but both SD cards I have worked with manual recording.

I have checked my firmware versions and the MXS is on 1.18.21 and the camera is on 1.03.46. There is a couple of firmware upgrades since those but the release notes wouldn't suggest those would hold a solution but I will upgrade them regardless. I also just wanted to check that I am correct with having a CAN hub plugged into the MXS and both the camera and GPS05 are connected to the hub. I assume the connecting the GPS direct to the camera is not a better approach.

Can anyone think of a way to test the auto recording function of camera whilst still in the workshop. My speed is GPS based so that won't work as a trigger. Would be good to try and prove it works before next time at the track. Looking at RS3 on the "Parameters" tab I have in the "Start Recording Conditions" the first box selected "Recording starts when rpm is greater than 500 or speed (not GPS) is greater than 10 kmh. The MXS is recording data so therefore I think its fair to assume a signal should be getting sent to the smartycam. Given I only have GPS speed I don't know if that is an issue for the camera but clearly the data is still recording. Also I see the custom conditions on that tab so I could simply for testing use a strange condition like "battery above 10V" and that should be enough to force it to start recoring and try to see a camera trigger.

Matt Romanowski

I believe if you go I to live view on your computer while hooked to the dash, the option to start recording will trigger the camera if you have the camera set to follow logger command. That would allow you to test in the garage very easily. Have g the camera to. Logger command and what you have now in the dash should work to. If you start the car.

grantnz

Thanks Matt, yes you are correct that function is there and a stop and start recoring would generate a session to download. However I could not getting the camera to trigger. I also plugged the camera direct to the MXS rather than the datahub. just to rule out the hub. However the hub and the camera was connected to an Evo4 and worked fine so I suspect its more an issue with some attribute of the MXS.

While I was doing this I opened the Smartycam as a connnected device inside RS3 and hit live view but there was no data stream from the dash indicating some issue with data flowing and also the logger trigger from the MXS.

I am assuming in RS3 that I dont need to actually add the Smartycam as an expansion as i can't see how to do this.

Matt Romanowski

You are correct that you don't set the SCHD as a CAN device.

What version SCHD do you have? If a Rev 2, make sure you don't have the 7 pin end jammed to the 5 pin connector.

grantnz

Thanks, the camera is older than the MXS and is a V1.

So does the MXS see a camera is connected and then sends the "logger on" signal or does it send it regardless on the camera being connected anytime conditions are met to start data logging.

Matt Romanowski

The MXS shares all the data channels on the expansion and data hub all the time. The SCHD sees everything and starts recording when the conditions are met.

Have you tried a new cable?

grantnz

Certainly can try that if I get one as don't have a spare but assume I could plug camera straight into the plug on the MXS loom to prove if its not a cable issue or not.

I assume if it is talking I should be able to see live Smartycam data from the logger

ProCoach

Yes, on the SmartyCam, select the Dash in the Menu under settings. If it's getting info, you'll see it. RPM is the most common check.

grantnz

Have just spent another couple of hours trying to crack the code here.

The CAN cable is male/male so I couldn't plug just the camera direct to the dash with what I had and I have no spare cable. I did check continuity on the cable and that tests good.

I tried putting the camera back in the car with the Evo4 and was hoping there was a start recording function in RS2 so I could see if the logger would trigger (that car has no engine currently so that wasn't an option to trigger)

I then completed firmware upgrades on both the MXS and the Smartycam HD but alas that did not solve the problem.

The only strange thing now is that once I plugged things back together the camera doesn't power up via the MXS when plugged in via the Can hub but if is direct to the MXS it will. That change seemed to occur at one stage when I loaded a "logger conf" to the smartycam but does anyone have knowledge as to how the hub may be an influence.

Its a shame that the configuration of the camera isn't a little bit more like the control you have over setting up a dash.

Maybe I have a faulty camera but seems strange that it was working fine on an Evo4.

Would really appreciate any other ideas

grantnz

Peter I just checked the "Menu" "dash" page on the SC and there is nothing coming through and in particular no RPM.