MaxTM is a telemetry tool for GPB, MXB, WRS and KRP: it allows to display graphs of the telemetry data exposed by GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP. It has two main components:
- A GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP plugin: in charge to generate the telemetry data files.
- A viewer application: in charge of displaying graphically the telemetry files saved by the plugin.
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DOWNLOAD v2.7: (https://mega.nz/#F!UB91VRIS!xmltgTQ7AnbUsLcZ6exa7A) <<-- THIS if for
GPB beta21,
WRS beta14,
KRP rel13 and
MXB beta18Love this stuff and you want to show that ? Have too much money at hand and don't knowe what to do with it ? Donations are welcome 8)
PM me when donations are done, so that I can keep a donors list
HERE (http://forum.piboso.com/index.php?topic=6059.0).
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INSTALLATION- Download the archive from the link above and extract it somewhere. Inside the main folder you should have 4 extra folders: one for the plugin(s), one for the viewer and 2 folders with sample data.
- Take the viewer folder (MaxTM_Viewer-vX.Y) and the 2 sample foders and put them somewhere (Desktop, Documents, wherever you have write rights). DON'T PUT THEM IN Program Files OR SIMILAR. The viewer is a portable app: it does not write anything in the registry, it requires no installation (in the Windows sense) and it won't ask you if you want to install a stupid toolbar.
- Now run the viewer application (MaxTM_Viewer.exe and check it starts without issues. If it complains for missing dlls, you may need to install:
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Package (x64) (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746572) for GPB, MXB abd WRS
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable Package (x86) (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=746571) for KRP
- If you want to generate telemetry data from GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP you have to install the plugin: in the plugin folder (MaxTM_Plugin-vX.Y) you have 4 .dlo files (one each for GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP) and a folder named MaXTM_data. Just copy the appropriate .dlo and the MaXTM_data to the GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP plugins folder.
- Restarting GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP and going to the track you should hear a heartbeat sound each time you start a run: this confirm that the telemetry logging is active.
- You can also press 'Z' to see is if logging is currently ON or OFF, and CTRL+Z to toggle it ON/OFF. You can change the key in the .ini file of the plugin (MaxTM.ini, in the GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP data folder).
- Telemetry log data will be saved (2 files per run) in folder MaxTM under GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP data directory (e.g. C:\Users\MaX\Documents\PiBoSo\GP Bikes).
IMPORTANT:- The telemetry file can be relatively big if you ride a lot. Remember to clean-up the MaxTM folder from time to time.
- If you want to disable the plugin (for whichever reason), you simply rename it from .dlo to .dlo.off (or to .pizza) or edit the .ini file of the plugin (MaxTM.ini, in the GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP data folder) and set 'active' to false.
USAGE:I'll briefly describe the main features here: there is no user manual yet (and maybe there will never be one), but the viewer is not too complicate.
- The main areas of the main window have tooltips (i.e. little text explanations that appear when you leave the mouse still on them for a while): READ THEM.
- The main areas of the main window have tooltips (i.e. little text explanations that appear when you leave the mouse still on them for a while): READ THEM (intentional repetition)
- Seriously, read the tooltips: in particular the ones of the graphs and track map, as they explain how to interact with the graphs using the mouse. I could resume the thing here, but if I do it then you won't read the freakin' tooltips, so I won't do it :P
- On most areas a context menu is available: just right-click with the mouse.
- The worst thing you could do with the viewer is delete some telemetry file: it's not a dangerous app, don't be afraid to try things around.
- The general idea is:
- You can open an arbitrary number of telemetry files at the same time. Each telemetry file will appear as a Run containing some Laps.
- On the left you have the Runs/Laps as seen via the telemetry data, along with their lap times (as seen by the telemetry).
- On the right (in the panel named Timings you have the same Runs and more or less the same Laps, with more or less the same lap times (as seen by GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP) and their split times.
- Telemetry lap times come in two flavours: column "Lap Time" is based on GPB/MXB/WRS/KRP timing, column "Lap Time (w)" is based on an external timer which turns out to be more precise (I think it's some sort of bug, but I have no feedback on it from Piboso).
- The telemetry lap times should more or less match the "official" lap times (the one in the Timings panel). Small errors are normal (up to 0.1-0.2 sec I'd say), larger ones are not.
- The number of laps between the Runs/Laps panel and the Timings panel may not be identical: typically due to not completed laps, out of pits laps and so on. It's not too hard to see which lap in Runs/Laps corresponds to which lap in Timings.
- In Runs/Laps you can select up to 4 laps (each one has a specific color): the 1st lap you you select will be the reference lap.
- On the right you have (by default) one Graphs panel: here you can have the telemetry data plotted. You can have multiple graphs panels.
- In each graphs panel, using the context menu (right-click), you can:
- customize the number of graphs (as an N by M grid) and their appearance (axis labels, tick labels).
- customize the each individual graph: delta plot (see later on), join/mark data points, show/position the legend etc.
- customize what to plot on each graph on the X and Y axes (the variable on the X axis is the same for all the graphs in the panel)
- Save the current layout of the graphs panel, so that you can reload it next time.
- Delta graphs: a delta graph is simply a graph where instead of plotting (let's say) the speed against the position on the track (centerline) of the selected laps, you plot the difference in speed between the 1st selected lap (the reference lap) and the other selected laps. So if you have 4 selecte dlaps, on a normal plot you'll have 4 lines while on a delta plot you'll have 3 lines, each of them being the speed difference between selected lap 1 and selected laps 2, 3 and 4.
- The viewer app comes with 2 themes: the default "bright" one (almost white background) and a darker one I find very handy at night (did I told you I average 4-5hrs of sleep per day ?).
I'll open another topic to gather your feedback on this:
please try to keep this topic clean (just for new versions etc).
MaX.
Awesome! Setup gold dust.. Have you created this?
Quote from: BOBR6 84 on May 28, 2014, 11:28:09 PM
Awesome! Setup gold dust.. Have you created this?
It surely didn't create itself on his own :)
MaX.
Brilliant work maX, il spend more time on this than riding round the track haha
Quote from: BOBR6 84 on May 28, 2014, 11:48:26 PM
Brilliant work maX, il spend more time on this than riding round the track haha
That's exactly what happened for me doing it.
MaX.
This is a very nice piece of kit... Amazing work Max.... Well done mate! ;D 8)
Now I can really get stuck into analysing my riding style.... Thanks Max! ;D
Hawk.
HI
wrs:
I have the option
[windows]
compatibility=0
in the core.ini
and "wrs" is installed in "C:\giochi|wrs" as 2MaxTM-v1.0" is
so wrs creates a folder "MaxTM" under "wrs" folder, but the file "2014-05-29_14-31-05_victoria.maxtm.data.bin" is only 3 Kb and when I open it there are no laps inside
Did you move the "2014-05-29_14-31-05_victoria.maxtm.data.bin" from its original folder ("C:\giochi\wrs\MaxTM") to a different folder ?
If so, did you move also its associated "2014-05-29_14-31-05_victoria.maxtm.info.bin" file ?
MaX.
no, I left them both in "C:\giochi\World Racing Series\wrs\MaxTM" and I pointed the bin file with "MaxTM_Viewer.exe"
the strange is that "2014-05-29_14-31-05_victoria.maxtm.data.bin" is only 3 Kb even if I do 8 laps
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MaxTM_Viewer.ini
[Globals]
ini_version=1
openpath='C:/giochi/World Racing Series/wrs/MaxTM'
layoutspath='C:/giochi/MaxTM-v1.0/MaxTM_Viewer-v1.0'
tooltips=true
darktheme=false
[MainWin]
size=@Size(1366 716)
pos=@Point(-8 -8)
windowState=@ByteArray(\0\0\0\xff\0\0\0\0\xfd\0\0\0\x2\0\0\0\0\0\0\x1\x2\0\0\x1\xc9\xfc\x2\0\0\0\x2\xfb\0\0\0\x18\0\x64\0o\0\x63\0k\0W\0i\0\x64\0_\0R\0u\0n\0s\x1\0\0\0\x15\0\0\x1!\0\0\0z\0\a\xff\xff\xfb\0\0\0\x16\0\x64\0o\0\x63\0k\0W\0i\0\x64\0_\0M\0\x61\0p\x1\0\0\x1:\0\0\0\xa4\0\0\0z\0\xff\xff\xff\0\0\0\x3\0\0\x5V\0\0\0\xd6\xfc\x1\0\0\0\x1\xfb\0\0\0\x16\0\x64\0o\0\x63\0k\0W\0i\0\x64\0_\0L\0o\0g\x1\0\0\0\0\0\0\x5V\0\0\x1\0\0\a\xff\xff\0\0\x4P\0\0\x1\xc9\0\0\0\x4\0\0\0\x4\0\0\0\b\0\0\0\b\xfc\0\0\0\0)
ShowTrackIDColumn=false
ShowVehicleIDColumn=false
_____________________________________________________________________________________-
MaxTM.ini
[general]
ini_version=1
active=True
sample_rate=10
data_output_binary=True
data_output_csv=False
write_logfile=0
dump_all=False
Oups, my fault. I'll upload a fix in 5min (the plugin was not working as expected with the default settings).
Thx for the report !
EDIT: v1.1 out :-[
MaX.
thank you very much!, now it works fine
if I can suggest something....
- possibility to have min max avg values in every graph
- can't you grap front middle and rear height?
-is it possible to open MaxTM with all the last graphs panels (as when it was closed)
Quote from: oppolo on May 29, 2014, 03:47:43 PM
if I can suggest something....
- possibility to have min max avg values in every graph
Well, max/min are not hard to spot on the graphs no ?
And the average, what would it be good for ?
Quote from: oppolo on May 29, 2014, 03:47:43 PM
- can't you grap front middle and rear height?
No, they are not passed by the game to the plugin.
I could eventually average left/right suspension and call this a "middle" height, but it's not really what you are looking for.
Quote from: oppolo on May 29, 2014, 03:47:43 PM
-is it possible to open MaxTM with all the last graphs panels (as when it was closed)
That should be doable, I'll mark it down for a future release.
MaX.
I havnt downloaded this yet.. (i should really take a look before I ask) but..
Does or will this telemetry show anything regarding tyre pressures, tyre wear and temperature? Or is it mainly gearing and suspension etc.
It may already be a fact that tyre pressure does or does not have an effect on tyre life in gpbikes..? Im trying to find out!
Quote from: BOBR6 84 on May 29, 2014, 09:57:38 PM
I havnt downloaded this yet.. (i should really take a look before I ask) but..
Does or will this telemetry show anything regarding tyre pressures, tyre wear and temperature? Or is it mainly gearing and suspension etc.
No, as GPB does not pass these info to the plugin. The day GPB exposes these values, I'll be able to show them.
Notice however that I'm not sure you have tire wear info in a real telemetry system (but I agree you can have pressure and temp).
Quote from: BOBR6 84 on May 29, 2014, 09:57:38 PM
It may already be a fact that tyre pressure does or does not have an effect on tyre life in gpbikes..? Im trying to find out!
Only Piboso can answer this fo rsure. Judging from the parameters in the tire model it's not possible to answer.
MaX.
Yeah im not sure either.. I guess its just from feel out on the track and visual condition.. Just curious because it displays the tyre wear in the pits on gpbikes.
This is the wrong thread isnt it! Lol sorry
Quote from: HornetMaX on May 29, 2014, 08:21:09 PM
Well, max/min are not hard to spot on the graphs no ?
And the average, what would it be good for ?
for example for the wheels speed, MaxTM open by default a range min-max_vel, but it seems zero with wheels lock (FR RL RR), but it is not true, if I zoom out I see the wheels don't lock (FL) . I know I can put the mouse over the graph and read the speed, but with a number would be directly. at least the default range should be 0-vel_max
(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z226/kirkkonummi/maxtm_zps4301bbcd.jpg) (http://s195.photobucket.com/user/kirkkonummi/media/maxtm_zps4301bbcd.jpg.html)
for average, well I am used to MOTEC for GMOTOR based games, not sure if average it's very important, but in MOTEC there is this possibility
(http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z226/kirkkonummi/motec_zps46997a61.jpg) (http://s195.photobucket.com/user/kirkkonummi/media/motec_zps46997a61.jpg.html)
Quote from: HornetMaX on May 29, 2014, 08:21:09 PM
No, they are not passed by the game to the plugin.
I could eventually average left/right suspension and call this a "middle" height, but it's not really what you are looking for.
no, this not, it was for to see if the car hit the tarmac
Quote from: HornetMaX on May 29, 2014, 08:21:09 PM
That should be doable, I'll mark it down for a future release.
good
Quote from: BOBR6 84 on May 29, 2014, 11:27:02 PM
Yeah im not sure either.. I guess its just from feel out on the track and visual condition.. Just curious because it displays the tyre wear in the pits on gpbikes.
In the pits you surely have it (visually looking at the tire or with some other more precise measurement).
Quote from: BOBR6 84 on May 29, 2014, 11:27:02 PM
This is the wrong thread isnt it! Lol sorry
Don't worry, I'll ask an admin to do a clean-up at some stage :)
MaX.
v1.3 out:
- Fix a nasty bug on Close/Delete unselected runs (it was closing/deleting the selected ones ... :-[ )
MaX.
v1.4 out:
- Updated for GPB beta5 (no changes for WRS and KRP).
MaX.
v1.5 out:
- Updated for WRS beta5 (no changes for GPB and KRP).
MaX.
v1.6 out:
- Fix bug when track name contains a "." (thanks to Desteban for reporting)
MaX.
v1.8 out:
- Updated for GPB beta6.
- Switched to QCustomPlot 1.3beta (soved a nasty bug in TrackMap).
- Better handling of "strange" cases (data files with diferent fields).
- Better handling of tooltips.
- Graph title instead of X/Y axes legends.
- Customizable title & legend position.
- Axes tick labels can be shown also on right/top axes and can be shown inside of the plot.
- Various bug fixes.
MaX.
v1.9 out:
- Now works for MXB too.
- Allow to modify selected laps colors.
- Ideal lap time (per run) shown in Timings panel.
- Selecting a lap in Timings panel will show the other laps times as difference to this lap.
MaX.
v1.10 out:
- Updated for KRP beta12 (no changes for others).
MaX.
Google tells that file have virus. Is it possibe to download it?
Thank you.
Quote from: Demitsuri on October 14, 2015, 10:56:27 PM
Google tells that file have virus. Is it possibe to download it?
I just checked it on virustotal (https://www.virustotal.com (https://www.virustotal.com)) and all the known antivirus (51) says it's clean except one.
Sounds like a false positive: it has been downloaded plenty of times in the past with no warning from google.
Anyway, notice it will
not work with KRP beta14, only beta12 at the moment.
MaX.
v1.11 out:
- Updated for GPB beat7, WRS beta7b, MXB beta3, KRP beta14.
- IMPORTANT: telemetry files saved with older versions of MaxTM are not supported. You won't be able to open them.
v1.13 out:
- Does not work for MXB beta4 (keep on using v1.12 for it).
- Updates for GPB beta 9, WRS beta 9 and KRP beta 15.
You may need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Package (x86) (https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=48145): once you press Download, select the
x86 version "vcredist_x86.exe".
v1.14 out:
- Fix bug with Z/ctrl-Z not showing any string in game.
- Fix bug on suspensions values (GPB only).
v1.16 (2017/06/19) out:
- Updatetd for GPB beta11, MXB beta6, KRP beta16 and WRS beta11.
- Fix a bug in timings panel (happening "only" for MXB, KRP and WRS).
v1.17 (2018/01/23) out:
- Updatetd for GPB beta13 (no changes for MXB, KRP and WRS).
- TC, EB and AW signals from ECU are now logged.
v2.0 out:
- Updates for GPb beta14, WRS beta13, MXB beta8 and KRP rel6.
- Now possible to chnage the sign in diff graphs, i.e (ref_lap - other_lap) or (other_lap - ref_lap): right click on the graph, current graph proprties, delta plot (inverted).
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v2.1 out:- Updates for KRP rel8 (x64).
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v2.2 out:I've added a PayPal donate button in the 1st post 8)
v2.3 out:- Updates for GPB beta19 (tyre temps are logged).
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v2.4 out:- In the viewer, the displayed track width is now in actual meters.
- Fix for GPB: logging of TC/EB/AW flags was wrong.
- For GPB & MXB only: added some data about tire slip (from wheelspeed and CoG speed).
V2.5 out (2021/12/19)- Updates for GPB beta20 (only, no changes for MXB, WRS and KRP).
V2.6 out (2022/02/06)- Updates for MXB beta17 (only, no changes for GPB, WRS and KRP).
V2.7 out (2023/08/18)- Updates for GPB beta21 (only, no changes for GPB, WRS and KRP).
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