07 - VBOX Sport Performance Test iOS Application

VBOX Performance Test is a companion app for VBOX Sport.

 When connected to a VBOX Sport, the Performance Test app can use its GNSS data stream transmitted via Bluetooth. 

By collecting GNSS data, the VBOX Sport provides a level of accuracy that is currently unheard of with iPhone and iPad apps. The Performance Test app uses this data to provide you with acceleration, deceleration and VMAX information for your vehicle, data that was previously only available to professional Racelogic VBOX users. You can quickly and accurately measure your 0 – 60 acceleration time, turn your test track into a dragstrip and measure your 1/4 mile time and trap speed.

The different modes allow you to measure your braking performance and zero to zero times, using the same VBOX technology that is used by all the major motor manufacturers and car magazines around the world.

The app's full functionality is available when you are connected to VBOX Sport via Bluetooth with an iOS device running iOS 9.0 or later. If you are not connected to a VBOX Sport, the app will launch in demo mode to allow you to sample the features.

The bar at the bottom of the screen has 4 menu areas: Test, Results, Setup and Config. This menu bar is always available.

You can select a vehicle to use for the test in the Vehicle menu. You can use a vehicle that is already there, or you can add a new vehicle.

1. Press on the vehicle that is currently selected in the Setup menu.

2. In the Vehicles menu, press the + icon to open up the New vehicle menu.

The tick mark indicates which vehicle is currently selected for use in the tests. Press on a vehicle name to change which vehicle is selected.

3. Input vehicle details such as brand, model, weight, image, etc.

Note: If you upload a vehicle image, it will be included in all shared reports.

4. Press Save when you are finished.

5. The vehicle will then be added to the Custom area in the Vehicles menu.

6. When you have finished in the Vehicles menu, press the Setup button at the top left of the screen to return to the Setup menu.

You can also edit existing vehicles:

1. Press on the vehicle that is currently selected in the Setup menu.

This will open the Vehicles menu.

2. Press the Information icon on the vehicle you want to edit. This will open the Edit vehicle settings.

3. Make the edits you need to make.

4. Press Save when you are finished editing the vehicle details.

5. When you have finished in the Vehicles menu, press the Setup button at the top left of the screen to return to the Setup menu.

You can remove a vehicle from the app:

The Acceleration Test is set to start from 0 by default. You can, however, change the start speed of the test by scrolling down the Start Speed list. Altering this speed will also allow you to perform a speed-to-distance test (for example 5 mph to 300 ft). If the start speed is altered, the distance range results will include the set start speed in brackets next to the distance header.

You can also add either custom Speed or Distance test ranges. 

By default, the Acceleration Test has five set speed ranges:

• 0 – 60
• 30 – 70
• 50 – 70
• 60 – 130 

You can, however, add custom speed ranges for the acceleration test:

1. Make sure that the Speed button is selected. 

2. Select your required start and end speeds. 

3. Press the + icon in the top right-hand corner to confirm your selection.

4. The new range will be added to the list of available test ranges.

Note: If you intend to use One Foot Rollout, The lowest acceleration speed test range you can use is 0 – 10 mph. If you try to use a value that is lower than 10 mph, the test will fail to complete along with all subsequent tests set.

By default, the Acceleration Test has three distance test ranges:

• 100
• 200
• 400 

You can, however, add custom distance ranges for the acceleration test: 

1. Make sure that the Distance button is selected. 

2. Select your required end distance. 

3. Press the + icon in the top right-hand corner to confirm your selection.

4. The new range will be added to the list of available test ranges.

By default, the Brake Test has three test ranges:

• 60 – 0
• 100 – 0
• 160 – 0 

You can, however, add custom brake ranges for the brake test:

1. Select your required start and end brake speeds. 

2. Press the + icon in the top right-hand corner to confirm your selection.

3. The new range will be added to the list of available test ranges. 

The Zero to Zero Test is set as 0 – 100 – 0 by default.

You can, however, change the zero-to-zero range:

1. Select the required target speed. 

2. Press the + icon in the top right-hand corner to confirm your selection.  

3. The new 0-to-0 range will be displayed here. 

You can use it to change units, apply smoothing, apply one foot (1 ft) rollout, activate demo mode, control beeping, control button sounds, add auto reset, add a performance delta, and show recent results.

The application version number is listed at the top of this screen in brackets.

Go to VBOX Sport on the Motorsport website.

By default, you must press Start to begin a test. Test ranges will populate as soon as the values are met. When the test is finished, the results will automatically be brought into view. If you have selected Show Recent Results in the Config menu, the previous 3 results will be displayed below the current results. You can press on these results to view them in more detail.

After viewing the results, you must hit Reset and Start before the next test starts.

Acceleration tests end when VBOX Sport detects deceleration.

Start test

See results

Reset

By default, you must press Start to begin a test. Test ranges will populate as soon as the values are met.

When the test is finished, the results will automatically be brought into view. If you have selected Show Recent Results in the Config menu, the previous 3 results will be displayed below the current results. You can press on these results to view them in more detail.

Note: Acceleration tests end when VBOX Sport detects deceleration.

After viewing the results, you must hit Reset to clear the results before you can start the next test.

Note: With ‘Auto reset’ turned on within the configuration section, tests will automatically restart after the first start condition of the defined test(s) is met.

By default, you must press Start to begin a test. Test ranges will populate as soon as the values are met. When the test is finished, the results will automatically be brought into view. If you have selected Show Recent Results in the Config menu, the previous 3 results will be displayed below the current results. You can press each result to view it in more detail.

After viewing the results, you must press Reset and Start before the next test can start.

Brake tests end when VBOX Sport detects a speed value of 0.

Note: With Auto Reset turned on in the configuration section, tests will automatically restart after the first start condition of the defined test(s) is met.

By default, you must press Start to begin a test. Test ranges will populate as soon as the values are met. When the test is finished, the results will automatically be brought into view. If you have selected Show Recent Results in the Config menu, the previous three results will be displayed below the current results. Press on the results to view them in more detail.

After viewing the results, you must press Reset and Start before the next test can start.

Zero-to-zero tests end when VBOX Sport detects a speed value of 0.

Note: With Auto Reset enabled in the configuration section, tests will automatically restart after the first start condition of the defined test(s) is met.

By default, you must press Start to begin a test. When the test is finished, the results will automatically be brought into view. If you have selected Show Recent Results in the Config menu, the previous 3 results will be displayed below the current results. Press on the results to view them in more detail.
 

After viewing the results, you must press Reset and Start before the next test can start.

Dyno tests end when VBOX Sport detects acceleration.

Note: With Auto Reset enabled in the configuration section, tests will automatically restart after the first start condition of the defined test(s) is met.

When you are in the live test mode, you can press the Details  button for quick access to the latest test results.

In each section, you can view result graphs and details of individual test runs.

Note: If you have selected One Foot Rollout in the Config menu, the Speed and Distance headers will be suffixed with (ONE FOOT ROLLOUT).

If you select a speed, distance or acceleration result in an individual test run, you will see a list of all previous results in that parameter. You can see the date and time of the results and the best result is highlighted in green.

Note: The date and time format will change depending on the settings chosen in the device.

Note: The VMax result will be the maximum speed of the whole run, not just the speed range.

You can share a report of a test result to Facebook, Instagram or locally on the device by pressing the Share button at the top of the Details screen.

If you have added a vehicle image in the Vehicle Setup area, the image will be included in the report.

If you have many test results stored, you may wish to filter what is displayed. Press the Filter button in the top right-hand corner to select tests from any particular vehicle.

You can delete test runs by pressing the Edit button in the results list for any test mode. Select test runs and clear them by pressing the Delete button and confirming the prompt.

You can export selected results by pressing the Export button at the top of the screen when in the results list for any test mode. The results can be emailed or stored locally on the device as a .csv file to be downloaded later via iTunes.

Connect your device to iTunes, click on the device and enter the Apps tab.

Click on the VBOX PT App and select the .csv file with the exported results. Click on Save to and select the location on your computer that you wish to save it to.