EDELBROCK QWIKDATA SYSTEMS Catalog #91001 - Basic Package Catalog #91003 - Bracket Drag Racing Package Catalog #91004 - Advanced Drag Racing Package Catalog #91005 - Import / Compact Drag Racing Package Catalog #91007 - Circle Track / Road Racing Package Catalog #91009 - Advanced Pro System Package This QwikGuide manual has been included to provide all the information you need to get your QwikData Package installed and running quickly and easily.
Table of Contents SYSTEM INSTALLATION Included Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Basic Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Bracket Drag Racing Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Digital Stopping Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Analog Stopping Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Digital Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SYSTEM INSTALLATION Included Parts Unpack all the parts supplied with the package and verify that there are no parts missing. Basic Package #91001 Your QwikData Basic Package should include the following items: Part Description Qty 1 1 1 2 1 1 Part No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Basic QwikData Data Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Import / Compact Drag Racing Package #91005 Your QwikData Import / Compact Drag Racing Package should include the following items: Part Description Qty 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 Part No. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Basic QwikData Data Logger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wiring Harness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Installation of the QwikData Data Logger Unit: Important Notice: When installing data log unit avoid RF and or EMI signal interference and make sure all grounds are connected as described in “Connection to Battery Power” on Page 6. Keep sensor wiring away from ignition wires. Try to keep all data log unit wiring as far as possible from CD boxes and wiring. Do not mount the data log next to ignition box or ignition coils. You will want as much distance between the data logger and these devices as possible.
TK-4 Thermocouple Converter Installation The TK-4 thermocouple converter unit is required to provide signal conditioning of the thermocouple signals. The thermocouple cables provided with the thermocouples are four feet long. When installing the thermocouple converter unit, make sure it is within reach of all the thermocouple cables. Mount the TK-4 thermocouple converter unit using the four mounting holes in the mounting flanges.
To remove a connector once it is installed, insert a small flat blade screwdriver under the locking clip. Lift the clip while pulling on the connector (never pull on the wires). To make installation as easy as possible, the wiring harness provided is completely assembled with connectors that mate to the supplied sensors. Each sensor is connected to the QwikData unit by simply mating the appropriate connectors.
Connection To Battery Power Power is connected to the QwikData box using the red and black wires on the wiring harness. Connect the red wire to a switched 12V source (e.g. output of ignition switch) and the black wire to a good ground. The recommended grounding point for most installations is the ground bolt located on the back of the right side cylinder head. The black wire in the wiring harness is supplied with a terminal to fit this grounding bolt.
The QwikData CD ROM startup screen will be displayed. Click the “Setup (Win 95/98/NT)” icon to begin the software installation. Click the 'Next' button and follow the on screen instructions for installation. Catalog #91001, 91003, 91004, 91005, 91007, 91009 Rev.
When the “Installation Type” screen is displayed, click on the QwikData package that you are using and click on the “Next” button to proceed. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the software installation. NOTE: The setup program must always be utilized if installing the software on a different machine. Simply copying the ".exe" program over will not work.
Troubleshooting: If the adapter is not communicating after installation of the driver, follow the troubleshooting suggestions below. • Many serial devices will not operate on a COM port higher than 4. If the COM port is higher than 4, change it to a lower number using the Device Properties. • To change the assigned COM number, go to the Start menu, click Control Panel then System. Select the Hardware tab and then Device Manager.
Initializing the QwikData Setup To initialize the QwikData unit to the factory default setup, select the “Load Setup” from the “File” menu. Highlight the file named “default.sup” and click the “OK” button. Catalog #91001, 91003, 91004, 91005, 91007, 91009 Rev.
Now select the “Download Setup” option from the “Setup Menu” and click “OK” If the QwikData unit has any data stored in its memory, this data will be erased and the warning message “Downloading will erase all saved data. Continue?” will be displayed. Click on the “OK” button to proceed and the downloading progress bar will appear.
Digital Channel Setup This menu selection allows you to select whether or not each of the digital channels is to be enabled for viewing or logging, and to enter in descriptive and calibration information for each channel. For each channel that you intend to use, click the “Channel” Box to enable that channel. Until the channel is enabled, no additional information can be entered for that channel. Name: Enter a descriptive name for each channel (will appear on graph) e.g. RPM.
There are 3 types of Digital Inputs. You must correctly identify your inputs before proceeding!!! Logic signal Channels 1 and 6 are configured to measure signals that switch between a high (12 or 5 volts) and low (ground) voltage by themselves. This may be a tach. signal, a signal generated from another electronic device (1TL or CMOS level), an injector input etc.
This 6-element table allows you to calibrate your sensor to provide the right MPH, RPM etc. read out. Having 6 elements allows you to calibrate some non-linear sensors (e.g. GM mass air flow meter with frequency output), but for most applications (linear sensors), you will only need to utilize the left two elements. The lower numbers in gray are the raw digital inputs, the numbers in white are the corresponding display numbers you are interested in.
Shaft Speed Example The following calibration values should be used to measure shaft speeds on a shaft with two magnets (i.e. 2 pulses per revolution). This will result in a frequency of one half the tach signal in the prior example. Thus, assuming the same 9000 max RPM, the input frequency is only 300 Hz. Thus the second element contains the numbers (3), (9000). The third element is (0), (0) which indicates to QwikData that this is the end of the calibration table data.
MPH Example (Measured at Driven Wheel) The input type should be set to “Frequency Rise”. To measure the vehicle speed, you need to calibrate a speed sensor mounted on the wheel. To complete the calibration, you must know the rolling radius of the tire being measured, and the number of magnets being used. To determine the rolling radius of the tire, measure the distance from the center of the wheel to the ground with the car fully loaded and on level ground.
Lap Beacon Example A lap beacon is an example of a digital input that is configured as a counter. Another example may be an Integrating Flowmeter where each revolution of the turbine in the flowmeter produces a pulse and each pulse corresponds to a set amount of fuel. So by counting pulses, you may determine the absolute amount of fuel that has passed.
Zero Analog Channels The QwikData program allows you to zero selected analog channels at any time. This effectively changes the calibration values so that the current value being read on the channel is assigned as the zero point for the sensor and all readings will then be displayed as plus and minus values referenced to this zero point. This feature is most useful for sensors such as suspension travel sensors.
Zero Accelerometers After installing the QwikData unit and before operation, this should be selected to automatically zero the accelerometer readings. This will take into account minor mounting misalignment (i.e. if box is not absolutely level). Note: The QwikData unit must be powered up and connected to your PC. Select “Zero Accelerometers” from the “Tools” menu and the system will proceed.
Speed Channel The historical graphs can display data vs. time, or data vs. distance traveled. If this feature is desired, a vehicle speed sensor must be installed and you must tell the system which speed sensor will be used for the distance calculations. A list of all enabled digital inputs is displayed for selection. Speed Units The units that the speed sensor is calibrated in must be entered here so that the distances on the graphs can be configured correctly.
Digital Starting Triggers These allow you to start logging based upon a digital sensor value (e.g. Wheel Speed > 30) The first box displays a list of all enabled digital channels. Select the channel desired or “none”. The third box allows you to select whether the trigger occurs on a rise or fall in the value. The final box allows you to enter the value (e.g. 30). The second box is only used for pure digital signals when you must select whether the trigger condition is on a high or low value.
Stopping Trigger Once QwikData starts logging, it must either wait for the power to be shut off, the “Stop Logging” command to be issued via the Real Time screen, or the “Stop” logging criteria to be met. The “Stop trigger” operation is similar to that of the “Start Trigger”. First select whether the trigger is digital or analog by clicking on the appropriate button. Digital Stopping Triggers This allows you to stop logging based upon a digital sensor value, e.g. RPM < 200.
Digital Outputs QwikData has two configurable outputs, which can drive a Bosch type automotive relay or a small light (0.5 amps maximum). Configuration of the digital outputs is accessed from the “Logging Setup” screen. First select whether or not the digital output will be utilized by checking the appropriate box. The logic selection process is similar to the start/stop triggers.
Min Scale/Max Scale As an alternative to autoscaling, you can select the minimum/maximum values that you want to display on the screen. For instance, while the tach signal is calibrated from 0 to 9000 RPM, you may want to concentrate on the 3000 to 6000 range. In this case, enter 3000 as the Min. Scale value and 6000 as the Max. Scale value. Channel Colors To change the graph color of a channel, double click on the corresponding color box to bring up the color selection window.
Chart Setup The general appearance of the data graphs can be customized by the user. The Chart Setup feature allows you to select the background color of the chart, the color of the grid and axes lines, and the colors of the cursors. Any changes made are saved and become permanent until new changes are made. The selected colors are used for both the Realtime Graph Display and the Historical Graph Display.
Select the desired color and click on the “OK” button to return to the “Chart Setup” screen. Save Setup After you have entered all the Setup data you should save it to a file using the “Save Setup” item in the “File” menu of the main tool bar. After selecting this item, the standard Windows file load/save dialog box will open up. Choose the file location, type in a descriptive name with the file extension of .sup, and then click on the “OK” button. Catalog #91001, 91003, 91004, 91005, 91007, 91009 Rev.
Load Setup This option allows you to retrieve a previously saved Setup from disk. You may want to have separate Setups for different applications (i.e. one Setup for the vehicle, another when dynamometer testing the engine), or when using QwikData on different vehicles. Select “Load Setup” from the “File” menu. After selecting this item, the standard Windows file load dialog box will be displayed. Locate the desired setup file and double click on the file name to load the selected setup file.
Upload Setup An upload is automatically performed whenever the PC establishes communications with the QwikData box. You can manually instruct the system to upload the contents of the box by choosing this selection from the “Setup” menu. Using Realtime Graphing to Assist in System Checkout After wiring and configuring your system, you will want to check that each channel is correctly installed.
The channels displayed and the graph scaling are configured in the “Graphing Setup”. Below the graphs, text boxes display the current values of each channel. Reset Memory As an option to erasing memory via the “Download Setup” command, this may be done by clicking on the “Reset Memory” button. The Realtime display will freeze and the “Resetting Memory” indicator will be highlighted in red while memory is erased.
Uploading Data After historical data is logged, it must be uploaded from the QwikData box to the PC before it can be viewed. Make sure the QwikData box is powered up and connected to your PC. Select “Upload Data” from “File” menu. The system will first upload the setup information. It will then determine how many data sessions there are (Every time the start/stop criteria are met, a new data session is created. Up to 64 sessions can be stored in the box).
A standard Windows dialogue box will open. Select the file to be viewed and double click on it. The system will load all the data at once and compress the entire run on one screen. The x-axis is normally the time scale (or could be distance as discussed below) and will display time in seconds, minutes, or hours depending on the amount of data recorded. The y-axis contains up to 9 different scales for each of the 9 channels that can be displayed on a graph.
Changing the channels Displayed Choose “Graphing Setup” from the “Setup” menu at the top of the historical data window. The same “Graphing Setup” screen as described previously will appear. You can select the channels you want displayed (up to 9 at one time), the graph colors, and the scaling for each variable. Changes take effect immediately as soon as you select “OK” and exit the screen.
To overlay a secondary lap, select the desired lap from the “Secondary” menu. The secondary lap will be represented by dotted lines on the graph. The lap times of both the primary and secondary laps will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. You can switch between which values are displayed at the bottom of the screen (primary or secondary lap) by clicking the right mouse button. The currently active lap will be shown in red.
You can also select a portion of the graph to zoom by setting the two cursors around the portion of interest. Next either select “Zoom” from the “Graph” menu or click the right mouse button and select “Zoom” from the pop-up menu. To zoom out, press the Down arrow key on the keyboard or click on the down facing arrow at the bottom of the screen.
The “Secondary File” menu will now be active. Click on this menu to see a list of the available laps from the secondary file and click on the lap you wish to overlay. NOTE: This secondary file must have exactly the same Digital and Analog Channel Configuration as the primary file. The selected lap from the secondary file will now be overlaid on the Historical Graph and represented by dotted lines. To remove the secondary file lap from the graph select “None” from the “Secondary File” menu.
Next select the corresponding point from the Secondary File (dotted graph lines). Hint: When setting the two reference points, zoom in on the Historical Graph so you can accurately pick the desired points. If you don’t get the reference quite right or you decide to change you reference points, you can always select new points and re-align the files. To align the two files based on the selected reference points, click the right mouse button to display the pop-up menu.
Alternately, you can select “Align Data Files” from the “Graph” menu. This will shift the data so that the two reference points align with each other on the graph and all the data from each file will be displayed relative to the reference points and the two files can be easily compared. To return the two files to their original alignment relative to each other, select “Reset Data File Alignment” from the “Graph” menu. Catalog #91001, 91003, 91004, 91005, 91007, 91009 Rev.
Cropping Data Files Sometimes you may log more data than you really wanted. In these cases you can use the crop function to eliminate the unwanted data. To crop a data file, open the file for viewing in the Historical Graph display. Set the two cursors around the part of the data file that you want to keep and then select “Crop Datafile” from the “Graph” menu. After setting the two cursors as desired, you can also click the right mouse button and select “Crop Data” from the pop up menu.
Obtaining a Histogram QwikData allows you to obtain the frequency distribution for any channel over any time period. One useful example may be to obtain the RPM distribution over one lap, or one run, to help in camshaft selection. Select the desired period using the two cursors, then select “Histogram” from the “Graph” menu of the Historical Data screen. A list of all available channels will be displayed. If the two cursor are not set, the histogram is calculated based on the entire data file.
Export Data File to Text File If you would like to do further analysis of your logged data using a different software package, or simply want to view the raw data, then this option will export the data to a tab delimited text file. Once this option is selected, a Windows “Open File” dialogue box will open. Select the file you want to export, then double click on it or select “OK”. A “Save File” dialogue box will then open. Enter a new file name and extension (the default extension is .txt).
Restore Default Setup The default setup corresponds to the settings that your QwikData unit was originally shipped with from the factory and correspond to the standard QwikData Package that you purchased. To restore the factory default setup, select “Restore Default Setup” from the “Tools” menu on the main QwikData screen. Normally you will not ever have to “Restore Defaults”. Update Firmware The internal QwikData program code is stored in Flash EPROM and can be updated via the QwikData PC software.
Connector Pin Out : Bracket / Import and Compact Drag Racing Systems Connector J1 Tx Rx Return Battery Ground +5 V Out Channel 9 Channel 10 Channel 11 Channel 12 Channel 13 Channel 14 Channel 15 Channel 16 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel 6 +12 V Out Digital Out 1 Digital Out 2 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Function Serial Data To PC Serial Data From PC Serial Data Return +12V System Power System Ground Sensor Power, +5V Accelerometer (Long) Fuel
Connector Pin Out : Circle Track / Road Racing and Advanced Systems Connector J1 Tx Rx Return Battery Ground +5 V Out Channel 9 Channel 10 Channel 11 Channel 12 Channel 13 Channel 14 Channel 15 Channel 16 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel 6 +12 V Out Digital Out 1 Digital Out 2 Gnd Channel 17 Channel 18 Channel 19 Channel 20 Channel 21 Channel 22 Channel 23 Channel 24 Channel 25 Channel 26 Channel 27 Channel 28 +12 V Out +12 V Out +5 V Out +5 V Out Channel 29 Channel 30 Channel 31 Ch
Circle Track / Road Racing / Advanced Harness (A) J4 Tx Rx Gnd 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 To PC Serial Port DB9F Connector DB9 Battery Gnd Main Input Power J8 1 Star Washer Ground Lug J6 Gnd Channel11 +5VOut +12VOut J1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Tx Rx Gnd Battery Gnd +5V Out Channel 9 Channel 10 Channel 11 Channel 12 Channel 13 Channel 14 Channel 15 Channel 16 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel 6 +12V Out Digital Out 1 Digital Out 2 Tx Rx Gnd Battery
Pin Assignments, Maximum Configuration Connector J1 Tx Rx Battery Power Ground Ground +5 V Out Channel 9 Channel 10 Channel 11 Channel 12 Channel 13 Channel 14 Channel 15 Channel 16 Channel 1 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 4 Channel 5 Channel 6 +12 V Out Digital Out 1 Digital Out 2 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Connector J2 Gnd Channel 17 Channel 18 Channel 19 Channel 20 Channel 21 Channel 22 Channel 23 Channel 24 Channel 25 Channel 26 Channel 27 Channel 28 +12 V Out +12 V O
QwikData Jumper Configuration Basic, Bracket and Import Drag Race Packages J4 Factory Default Settings No jumper. (Ch 1) Alternative Settings 1-2. Pull-up to 12V (Ch 1) 2-3. Pull-down to ground (Ch 1) J16 J15 J14 J16 1-2 Enable Battery Voltage Measurement 2-3. Enable external input for Ch 10 1-2. Enable Accelerometer 1 (Ch 9) 1-2 Enable Battery Voltage Measurement 2-3. Enable external input for Ch 16 1-2 Enable Accelerometer 2 (Ch 10) 2-3. Enable external input for Ch 9 2-3.
Sensor and Option Part Numbers Description Part No. Basic QwikData Data Logger....................................................................................................................................................... 91100 Advanced QwikData Data Logger ................................................................................................................................................ 91101 Basic / Bracket / Import Wiring Harness .....................................................
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