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The IMU logger software (“Software”) is an easy-to-use software tool running on the Windows PC designed to collect data measured on the Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) together with the USB Interface Board from Seiko Epson. The Software is offered as a loan to the customers who want to use or evaluate the IMU from Seiko EPSON.
•An IBM PC/AT compatible computer. •The Software supports Windows 7 (32/64bit Edition) / Windows 10 (64bit Edition). Other system environments are not tested by Seiko Epson. • The required specifications for the IBM PC/AT compatible computer are as follows. Windows 7 (64bit)
・Example of Main Screen when the attitude angle output is not supported with IMU model. ・ Example of Main Screen when the attitude angle output is supported with IMU model. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
(2) Configure the “Port”. Check the available port number for USB Serial Port (COMx) in the Device Manager. Baud rate setting is fixed at 460800 baud. (3) After changing the Serial Port settings, restart the Software. After restarting, the settings will become effective. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
Set "Enable/disable automatic sampling stop" by "Termination condition" check. The stop condition is set by time (Time) or sampling number (Count). * The automatic sampling stop function is automatically disabled once it is executed. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
(2) Click the “Start” button to start sampling. (3) To stop sampling, click the “Stop” button. * The automatic sampling stop function is cancelled when sampling is stopped manually. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
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* When Overranging of a sensor axis is detected by the Software, the circle indicator located on the right side of the affected sensor axis turns RED. * The Graph can be enlarged by using slide bar on the right side of Graph. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
・ Click the “Self-Test” to execute the self-test. The result will be displayed as either “OK” or “NG”. Exiting the Software Click the “Exit” button to exit the Software. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
Note: Displaying the Graph window requires significant processing resources from the PC. To put more priority on log output, do not show the Graph window. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
Time” to show the remaining time until automatic stop will occur. *The automatic stop timing of sampling will vary from the set value depending on the processing capacity of the PC. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
• GPIO: GPIO information *only for V340PDD0. • Count: SamplingCount or ResetCount • CheckSum:Checksum value , CheckResult:OK or NG Output data image for V340PDD0 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
• GPIO: GPIO information *Only for V340PDD0. • Count: SamplingCount or ResetCount • CheckSum:CheckSum value , CheckResult:OK or NG Output data image for V340PDD0 Output data image for V364PDC0 SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
* When the setting value is "100" or less, it is automatically set to "100”. For the split log file name, an incrementing count starting from 1 is appended after the IMU number. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)
When logging with Checksum “ON” (enabled) in the Log setting, and the checksum result is NG, “Data Error” message will show up in “Logging Status” as shown adove and the Log file is saved with the “E” just before extension in log file name. SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION IMU/USB Interface Board Logger Software User’s Guide (Rev.20181129)