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Please register your MFD Touch unit so that Racelogic can continue to provide you with notifications of the latest software releases and firmware upgrades, and to offer technical support.
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The MFD Touch display powers via the connection to the VBOX unit. On boot up, the MFD Touch displays a splash screen. As MFD Touch boots up quicker than the VBOX, it will display 'Waiting for VBOX' with a scrolling progress bar until the VBOX is fully booted up.
MFD Touch Splash Screen
The first time the unit is booted up, it will display the screen "6 Numerical". After this, it will open the last used screen (if you have an SD card inserted).
The supplied SD card is in a FAT32 file format, the only file format supported.
If you wish to purchase a new SD card, we recommend that any card used has a write speed of more than 7 MB/s (4 MB/s absolute minimum) and a speed class of 10 (4 absolute minimum). We recommend SD cards from quality brands, such as Transcend, SanDisk, Kingston or Lexar, to ensure the best results possible.
If an SD card is formatted in the exFAT or NTFS file formats, you will have to reformat it into a FAT32 file system before it will work with an MFD Touch unit.
Supplied or purchased SDHC cards are formatted in the FAT32 file format. This format is supported by MFD Touch.
Purchased SDXC cards will be formatted in exFAT or NTFS file formats; these formats are not supported by MFD Touch. Please reformat as per the instructions below.
As the name suggests, you can control the MFD Touch by using the capacitive touch screen.
The top of the screen contains generally contains indicative status information.
The centre of the screen contains mode/settings information that you can navigate by pressing the forward/ back buttons or by swiping left or right on the screen.
The bottom of the screen contains function buttons.
If you enable IMU Integration in the connected VBOX 3i/3iS unit, MFD Touch will display the current IMU Kalman Filter status of that connected unit. The Kalman Filter Status Icon reflects the IMU LED on the VBOX 3i/3iS front panel.
The icon has the following different statuses:
Note: When using VBOX 3i units only
The Record icon shows the current logging status of the connected VBOX unit.
When a CF card is detected and available within the VBOX (i.e. the CF Status icon is green), logging can also be controlled by pressing the Record Icon. If 'Logging Beep' is enabled in the General Settings menu, the unit will make an audible alert signal when the logging state of the connected VBOX unit changes.
If the grey Record Icon is pressed when the VBOX has its log mode set to ‘Log when moving’ and the vehicle is stationary, the screen title will be briefly display an 'ARMED' status. This indicates that the recording media has been detected, and the unit is waiting for starting conditions to be met before logging commences. When logging commences, the Record Icon will display as red.
If you press the grey Record icon when the unit is not detecting a CF card or if the media is full (i.e. the CF Status icon is red), the unit will emit an audible beep and display one of the following messages:
- NO MEDIA AVAILABLE - No detected recordable media.
- CARD FULL - Media detected but no logging capacity remains.
- NO MEDIA AVAILABLE - VBOX 3i is unable to write to recordable media (i.e. corrupt card).
If MFD Touch cannot detect a VBOX unit, it will display a 'NO CAN' message in this area. A Logging Status channel is also available for selection as a text parameter which will describe the current logging status of the connected VBOX.
Note: When using VBOX 3i units only
The CF Status Icon displays the status of the VBOX recording media.
The Satellite icon displays the current GNSS status of the connected VBOX unit.
No satellite lock/ IMU Coast (Solution Types 0 or 6)
Standalone positional accuracy/ SBAS and Base Station DGPS corrections (Solution Types 1 or 2)
RTK Float (Solution Type 3)
RTK Fixed (Solution Type 4).
Robot Position, local co-ordinates (Solution Type 5)
This header shows the name of the current parameter screen. You can change this by pressing and holding or double-tapping the existing screen name. You can find more information on this here.
This area will display defined parameters dependent on which screen you are currently on. You can find more information on how to configure these here.
Press the Confirm button at the bottom right of the screen to confirm your selection.
Press the Confirm button at the bottom right of the screen to confirm your selection.
You can enable Night Mode by tapping the Moon icon on the bottom of any screen and the colour scheme will invert to suit night-time operation.
When you are in Night Mode, you can tap the Moon icon again to revert back to Day Mode.
Note: Enabling Night Mode will reset any User Defined Text Colours.
You can enable Night Mode by tapping the Moon icon on the bottom of any screen and the colour scheme will invert to suit night-time operation.
When you are in Night Mode, you can tap the Moon icon again to revert back to Day Mode.
Note: Enabling Night Mode will reset any User Defined Text Colours.
Night Mode example
Selecting the Screenshot button will save an image of what you see displayed on the screen to the inserted SD card. If the screenshot saves successfully, the LEDs will illuminate yellow in sequence from left to right (the progress of writing to the SD card). You will hear an audible confirmation notification when the screen capture is complete. If you were unsuccessful in saving the screenshot (if you did not insert an SD card or the card was full), you see 'NO SD CARD' appear at the top of the screen. The LEDs will flash red 2 times and you will hear an audible error notification.
A captured image is saved as a 1.5 MB bitmap image, orientated at 90° to the original screen image, with the prefix 'screenshot'.
Selecting the Screenshot button will save an image of what you see displayed on the screen to the inserted SD card. If the screenshot saves successfully, the LEDs will illuminate yellow in sequence from left to right (the progress of writing to the SD card). You will hear an audible confirmation notification when the screen capture is complete. If you were unsuccessful in saving the screenshot (if you did not insert an SD card or the card was full), you see 'NO SD CARD' appear at the top of the screen. The LEDs will flash red 2 times and you will hear an audible error notification.
A captured image is saved as a 1.5 MB bitmap image, orientated at 90° to the original screen image, with the prefix 'screenshot'.
IMPORTANT
NEVER remove the SD card while you capture a screenshot with the unit, as it could cause it to crash!
MFD Touch can display up to 6 defined VBOX parameters. There are 8 different screens available to display a varying amount of parameters and gauges. You can add a maximum of 10 screens.
When the unit is booted up for the first time, the "6 Numerical" screen will be presented by default. If you would like to add more screens, press the Forward or Back buttons on the bottom right of the screen, or swipe left or right on the screen to access the ADD/REMOVE screen. It is always available before the first display screen and after the last display screen.
Add a new screen by selecting the Add Screen button. This will open up the ADD page selection screen where you can choose which display you would like to add. Swipe left or right on the screen or use the Forward or Back arrows on the sides of the screen to navigate through the available screens: 1 NUMERICAL, 3 NUMERICAL, 4 NUMERICAL, 6 NUMERICAL, ANALOGUE GAUGE, G-BALL, TARGET or BAR GRAPH.
To add the screen, press the Confirm button on the bottom right of the screen to display the added screen.
If you press the Cancel button on the bottom left of the screen you will return to the ADD/REMOVE screen without saving.
To remove a screen, press the Remove Screen button from the ADD/REMOVE screen, select the screen by swiping left or right or by using the Forward or Back arrows on the sides of the screen. Press the Confirm button on the bottom right of the screen.
Note: It is NOT possible to configure screens on an MFD Touch unit by using the VBOX Setup Software.
Once you have added screens, you can change the display by selecting the Forward or Back arrows on the bottom right of the screen or by swiping left or right. You can find more information about the different screens by clicking on the images below.
You can change the name of each parameter screen by either pressing and holding or double-tapping the existing screen name at the top of the display. Enter the new screens name by using the presented keypad.
Existing Screen Name
Screen Name Keypad Example
To save the new name, press the Confirm button on the bottom right of the screen. Press the Cancel button on the bottom left of the screen to return to the parameter screen without saving. If you have an SD card inserted in the unit, it will remember the value after each power cycle.
You can configure each parameter by either pressing and holding or double-tapping the existing parameter area. This will open up the screen-specific menus.
You can find the MFD Touch Settings menus by pressing the Settings button in the bottom left corner.
General Settings contain measurement units, brightness, average speed calculation, reset and alert options as well as the unit information.
You can use the Decel Test Settings to configure a deceleration test. It contains start/end, alerts, and MFDD options.
You can use this option to save the currently configured settings to an inserted SD card.
You can use the Accel Test Settings to configure an acceleration test. It contains start/end, alerts, and 1 ft rollout options.
You can use this option to load a previously saved settings file from an inserted SD card.
You can use the Lap Timing settings to configure start and finish gates and splits for lap timing purposes.
Return to the parameter screen by pressing the Exit button in the bottom left corner.
Note: If you have an SD card inserted, it will remember the settings values after each power cycle.