User guide - RaceData2
RaceData is an Andriod Phone and Tablet app that displays and graphs Expedition Navigation Software data, as well as enables control of Expedition.
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Clear, easy to see data in fully customisable up to 3 column and 5 rows of data
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Graph data with MA and EMA indicators
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Ping Port and Stbd line ends, and set the race timer
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Ping new marks, advance to and revert back the Active mark in a route
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Set a MOB trigger for Expedition
Step 1: Install the App
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Install RaceData2 from the play store. The initial small purchase allows for a limited set of Expedition data and a 2 x 2 data page.
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The Subscription released all functionality including all data channels, numerous data layouts and pages, as well as informative graphs of data
Step 2: Set up Expedition
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In Menu > Instruments, select a Network port.
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If you do not have a spare Network port then add one at Menu > Instruments > # Number of Network Connections
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Set up your Network port as follows:
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Instruments: Expedition
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Connection: UDP
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Address: This should be the IP address of the network port your watch AND Expedition is connected to. Recommend setting the last field to *.255 (broadcast to all addresses)
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for example, if your IP address is 192.168.20.13, set the address in the Instrument field to 192.168.20.255
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Port: RaceData default port is 6011. You can either change the port here to 6011, or change the RaceData port.
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Apply these changes and click Expedition Settings.
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In Exp Rx Filter, Clear All, but select Receive Marks.
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In Exp Tx Filter, select the Expedition channels you wish to send to RaceData.
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Apply these changes and verify in Raw Data that you have data streaming from Expedition
Step 3: Configure RaceData2
1. Ensure your Phone is on the same network as Expedition
2. Start RaceData2 and accept the permissions requests
3. Tap the Settings gear Icon at the bottom right
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Screen always on will prevent your phone screen from turning off
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Pin RaceData2 on top will block other apps
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Data Listening enables/disables the display of data.
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Auto Start will start listening to data when RaceData2 is launched
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Background data will allow RaceData2 to collect and store data even if it is not on top in order to render graph data
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Demo Data can be used to set up Display pages
Data Pages:
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Pressing the Pages icon will reveal a 2 x 4 data page
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Red dots indicate no data received
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Green dots will flash on receiving data
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Data font will turn GREY if data is stale (no change in value in 10s)
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Data font will turn RED if no data for that channel received in 20s
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You may press on any data field and a list of available channels is shown and a data channel can be selected
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A Page Setting icon is now available next to the Pages icon on the navigation bar
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The Pages Settings page will allow you to:
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Edit the number of rows or columns
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Lock Data on all pages to prevent accidental touches from changing the data fields. When data is locked a small padlock will appear on the Page Settings icon
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Lock Page will make the current page full screen and prevent accidental touches. A small Lock icon and Hold icon will appear at the bottom right of the screen. Press and hold to unlock the Page.
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Delete Page to delete the current page if more than one page is available
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Add Data Page to create a new data field page
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Add Graph Page to add a new graph page
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You may swipe left/right to change between data/graph pages
Network Settings:
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Your phone IP address can be checked against the Expedition computer IP address to verify is in the same IP range
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Enter the IP address of the Expedition computer. You may ping to check the PC is detected. This IP address is important for Expedition to receive commands from RaceData2
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Set the UDP Tx and Rx ports (typically the same) to match Expedition
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If Expedition and RaceData2 are correctly configured, you will see raw data when Raw Data is pressed
Graph Pages:
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To configure, tap on the Graph Config icon on the navigation bar
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Select the channels that you would like to graph. You may graph one or two channels on each graph page
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Select the Time span to graph
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Select a trendline between None, MA (moving average) or EMA (Exponential Moving Average)
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Selecting Shade will shade between the live data and the MA or EMA.
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The graphs will also show minimum, average and maximum data over the span of the graph.
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Command Page:
Select the Command icon to RaceData commands to Expedition.
ALL commands will display a second confirmation window. The command is sent on confirmation only.
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Start
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Ping P - pings port end of start line in Expedition
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Ping S - pings starboard end of the start line in Expedition.
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Timer - sets Start countdown timer in Expedition. Standard timer options and custom set in mm:ss are available
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Sync - syncs Expedition Start timer to the nearest minute.
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Marks
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Ping - pings a new mark (not active) in Expedition
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Back and Next will move the active mark to the previous mark in the route, or forward on to the next
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Active Mark: is the name of the current active mark in Expedition
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MOB
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Pressing the MOB button (red/white life ring) will send an MOB command to Expedition. This requires secondary confirmation.
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See Expedition help for more details. Typically this sets an alarm on Expedition and an Active MOB mark.
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If other instruments are integrated such as a NMEA2000 interface, if set up will broadcast the MOB alert to other systems.
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Troubleshooting:
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No data received
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Verify:
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WiFi is connected
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IP address and UDP port settings match between RaceData2 and Expedition
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Expedition Instruments > Raw data is sending data
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'ping' the IP address of Expedition from RaceData2 Settings
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If no reply to the ping, check your network settings
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