For your car (assuming it's the Boxster Spyder), you can get a lot with the CAN connection on the Solo DL. I've pasted what you'll get, which is just about everything! The regular Solo doesn't have any connection to the car other than the cigarette plug for power.

PM sent on pricing.

 

Solo is not able to accept any inputs or connect at all to the car except for cigarette lighter or external power.

Solo: GPS Speed, GPS and actual lat and long g, sat count, GPS position. That's about it.

Solo DL: what Matt said above with a hard wire connection.

Nice thing about the 2009 and later Boxster S is the quick and easy OBD-II plug in connection, no muss, no fuss. Details here: http://www.aim-sportline.com/downloa...ns_103_eng.pdf

 

Excellent.

Thank you Matt and Peter.

 

On the solo vs. solo dl with can/obd - i've been using the solo dl for almost a year as a training tool, I (used to be) technical so picked up the use pretty easily, lots of great how-to on the web. The regular solo you get a massive amount of information out of, other than car stuff. The biggest real advantage I've seen the DL is adding braking activation, throttle position, rpm, gear, and steering angle into the data mix. That way I can easily see coasting, slow throttle application, early braking, early/late turn in, gear optimization, that kind of stuff that added into the G, timing, and speed data help you see what you are doing on track and what the inputs were that lead to the good or poor results. Oh, the engine health stuff is interesting too.

 

Great summary! I think the regular Solo gives you probably 80% of a full blown system at a great price point. I think almost any driver could benefit from the data they get out of a Solo, if from nothing else than the great predictive lap time. You'll see a ton of cars at the professional level with a regular Solo in for the big, bright predictive timing that becomes so important once you use it.

When a car has a good CAN or OBDII stream, the data you get from a Solo DL rivals a full blown, instrumented car!

 

In our race car we run an MXL Pista dash + SmartyCam HD, but for the drivers there also is a Solo mounted on the left hand side on the top of the dash because it is so much easier to read the laptimes + predictive.

 

There are only two kinds of people who drive on the track: those who use data and those who don't. If you are already using data then you probably agree with me. If not, you're missing a great opportunity to become a better/faster/safer driver. Matt's offer is almost too good to be true.

 

Is there a way to hook up a separate roof mounted antennae to the AIM Solo unit? (I am getting intermittent satellite signals at times and can not affix to windshield). Thanks.

 

There is no way to do a report antenna. Where do you have it mounted? They normally do well unless on the bottom of the dash.

 

I do suspect that the mounting position is my problem....mounted to my cage, drivers side just above the dash. Easy for me to view while driving but, I suspect the cage and maybe the roof are getting in the way of the signal. Works about 1/2 of the time.

 

Ted, this is odd. Where you have it mounted should work well, many others have placed their Solo's in the same (or worse) places and are getting very good results.

I would love for you to send me a data file set from a session when it was not working well so I can see the GPS quality information and other information. PM or email me so we can get you all fixed up!

 

Take Roger up on his offer. I've mounted lots of units on the A pillar without trouble.

 

Had multiple cars running the Solo at that exact spot. No problems whatsoever.