FAQ’s

SYSTEM
MX Series

CHANNELS
How can I connect K type thermocouple sensors to my device?
Which speed is taken as reference for the odometers travelled distance calculation?

COMPARISON
Which are the differences between MXS and MXS Strada?

COMPATIBILITY
Which GPS Module can I connect to my device to sample lap/split times and start finish line coordinates?

CONFIGURING
How can I connect my SmartyCam HD/GP HD with AiM devices and configure both?

In which way can I display gear information on my MXx/EVOx device?

The overlays of my SmartyCam video do not show the proper value, why?

What kind of alarms can I set on my MXx 1.2 device?

DOWNLOAD
What is the memory storage of the AiM MXx and EVOx devices and how many tests can I store into them?

ECU
How can I connect my AiM device to my vehicle engine control unit (ECU)?

How do I connect my AiM device to the vehicle OBDII connector?

EXPANSIONS
How can I increase the number of my device analog channels?

How can I connect more expansion modules to my AiM device if the «CAN/EXP» cable (or EXP port on EVO4s) is already busy?

INTERFERENCE
Dash locks at the «crank».

ODOMETERS MANAGEMENT
How can I manage my MXL2 odometers?

How can I manage my MXG 1.2/MXS 1.2/MXP/MXG 1.2 Strada/MXS 1.2 Strada/MXP Strada odometers?

POWER SOURCE
How is it possible to protect an AiM device when it is powered on?

Are my AiM device grounds distinguished by type?

To which source can I connect my device to be able to correctly power it up?

SENSORS AND ALARM LEDS
How can I activate my MXS Strada (Street Icons version) alarm LEDs so to answer my car/bike signals?

How can I connect a generic analog sensor to one of my AiM device analog channels?

WI-FI
Go to the Wi-Fi section.

EVO Series (EVO4, EVO4S, EVO5)

CHANNELS
How can I connect K type thermocouple sensors to my device?

Which speed is taken as reference for the odometers travelled distance calculation?

COMPATIBILITY
Which GPS Module can I connect to my device to sample lap/split times and start finish line coordinates?

CONFIGURING
How can I connect my SmartyCam HD/GP HD with AiM devices and configure both?

In which way can I display gear information on my MXx/EVOx device?

The overlays of my SmartyCam video do not show the proper value, why?

What kind of alarms can I set on my MXx 1.2 device?

DOWNLOAD
What is the memory storage of the AiM MXx and EVOx devices and how many tests can I store into them?

ECU
How can I connect my AiM device to my vehicle engine control unit (ECU)?

How do I connect my AiM device to the vehicle OBDII connector?

EXPANSIONS
How can I increase the number of my device analog channels?

How can I connect more expansion modules to my AiM device if the «CAN/EXP» cable (or EXP port on EVO4s) is already busy?

LED
How can I interpret my EVO4S LEDs behavior?

How can I interpret my EVO5 LEDs behavior?

POWER SOURCE
Are my AiM device grounds distinguished by type?

To which source can I connect my device to be able to correctly power it up?

SENSORS
How can I connect a generic analog sensor to one of my AiM device analog channels?

WI-FI
Go to the Wi-Fi section.

Mychron5/mychron5 2t

CONFIGURING
How can I configure my MyChron5 LED bar?

How can I set the user information (driver name) if I cannot find the User Info icon into my MyChron5 main menu?

HANNELS
Exhaust gas thermocouple (EGT) shows unexpected values.

How can I perform gear calibration on MyChron5?

How does MyChron5/2T associates temperature channels and their label?

My MyChron5 display shows EGT channel labelled as CHT: why?

Water temperature (WAT) shows unexpected values.

DOWNLOAD
Old files are overwritten by new ones.

I want to download data from MyChron5 using Data Key.

EXPANSIONS
I would like to see a second temperature channel (for example, EGT) on my MyChron5 display.

I would like to sample and show tires temperature on my MyChron5.

Which expansion modules are compatible with MyChron5?

How can I see data sampled by LCU-One CAN on MyChron5 display?

I sampled LCU-One CAN data: how can I read them properly?

How can I connect more expansion modules to my AiM device if the «CAN/EXP» cable (or EXP port on EVO4s) is already busy?

IDENTIFICATION
MyChron5 identified US (USA) and EU (Europe) are different? How can I recognize them?

INTERFERENCE
MyChron5 display is darkened, turns upside down, shows black lines and rolling numbers, turns off. What’s going on?

The manual says to coil RPM cable many times, why AiM does not give this suggestion?

LAP FUNCTIONS
The track I’m racing on is not in Race Studio 3. What can I do?

How does different LAP detection modes work?

How does MyChron5 display lap times?

What is «Blind Time» and how can I set it?

LED
How can I interpret my MyChron5/MyChron5 2T LEDs behavior?

ODOMETERS MANAGEMENT
How can I manage my MXL2 odometers?

POWER SOURCE
Is it possible to power MyChron5 with an external battery?

Is It possible to recharge MyChron5 without removing the battery?

Why can’t I overtake 90% of battery charge?

RACE STUDIO 3
I can’t transmit logos to MyChron5.

SENSORS MANAGEMENT
How can I manage the sensors connected to MyChron Expansion?

SWITCH-ON
My MyChron5 shows random data and LED blinks changing colour. Why?

WI-FI
MyChron5 doesn’t show Wi-Fi mode: «ON». Why?

I can’t remember the password and I can’t access to MyChron5.

Which types are allowed when in the SSID and in the password settings?

Even though my PC is correctly connected to one AiM device via Wi-Fi, the User Interface of Race Studio 3 does not report it. Any idea about this issue?

When I use Race Studio 3 from a virtualized WindowsT on MacT OS, the device connected via Wi-Fi may show different behaviors (it is quickly viewed / takes some time to be displayed / does not appear): why?

Smartycam hd/smartycam gp hd

AUDIO
How can I include the radio communication audio track (intercom and team radio) in the video track recorded by SmartyCam?

COMPATIBILITY
Which GPS Module can I connect to my device to sample lap/split times and start finish line coordinates?

CONFIGURING
How can I configure SmartyCam HD/GP HD with SoloDL?

How can I configure SmartyCam HD Rev 2.1/GP HD with Solo 2 DL?

How can I connect my SmartyCam HD/GP HD with AiM devices and configure both?

The overlays of my SmartyCam video do not show the proper value, why?

ECU
How do I connect my AiM device to the vehicle OBDII connector?

EXPANSIONS
How can I show Lambda value in my SmartyCam HD overlay?

INCOMPATIBILITY
Once updated my Mac OS X from El Capitan to Sierra, I can’t play no longer the movies recorded by my SmartyCam HD with QT Player. Can I avoid this issue?

INTERFERENCE
Connection between SmartyCam and AiM dash/logger is instable. SmartyCam shows «No connection» message. Can I fix it?

Noises on the movie or on SmartyCam display. Green screen, bad or locked image. How can I fix it?

VIDEO EDITING
I cannot edit the recorded videos with my SmartyCam HD/GP HD even if I can open them using VLC Media Player: why?

VIDEO RECOVERY
Recovering a damaged SmartyCam video

Solo 2/solo 2 dl

CONFIGURING
How can I configure SmartyCam HD Rev 2.1/GP HD with Solo 2 DL?

How can I transmit more than a configuration to my Solo 2 DL and how can I choose which one to enable?

In which way can I display gear information on my Solo 2 DL?

ECU (Solo 2 DL only)
How do I connect my AiM device to the vehicle OBDII connector?

EXPANSIONS
How can I connect more expansion modules to my AiM device if the «CAN/EXP» cable (or EXP port on EVO4s) is already busy?

LAP FUNCTIONS
The track I’m racing on is not present into the Race Studio 3 tracks database: what can I do?

POWER SOURCE
Why does my Solo 2/Solo 2 DL battery drain in one/two days, even if the device is turned off?

TRACKS FUNCTIONS
How to add a new track to the Race Studio3 Tracks Database?

Solo/solodl

CONFIGURING
How can I configure SmartyCam HD/GP HD with SoloDL?

How can I connect my SmartyCam HD/GP HD with AiM devices and configure both?

ECU (SoloDL only)
How do I connect my AiM device to the vehicle OBDII connector?

EXPANSIONS
Gps module

CHANNELS
How can I interpret the data sampled with an AiM GPS receiver?

COMPATIBILITY
Which GPS Module can I connect to my device to sample lap/split times and start finish line coordinates?

Mychron expansion

LED
How can I interpret my MyChron Expansion module LED behavior?

Remote button interface module (rbi)

INTERFERENCES
When I add the Remote Buttons Interface Module (RBI) to AiM CAN network, AiM dash logger shows peripheral USB connection or identification issues: why?

Shift light module

CONFIGURING
What kind of functionalities does the Shift Light Module feature?

SENSORS
Sensors

ALARM LEDS (for MXS Strada)
How can I activate my MXS Strada (Street Icons version) alarm LEDs so to answer my car/bike signals?

ALARM LIGHT
How do I connect my car/bike alarm light sensors signals to the installed AiM device?

How do I configure it using RS3? | How do I configure it using RS2?

ANALOG SENSORS CONNECTION (for EVO Series and MX Series)
How can I connect a generic analog sensor to one of my AiM device analog channels?

FUEL LEVEL
How do I connect any fuel level sensor to my AiM device?

How do I configure it using RS3? | How do I configure it using RS2?

THROTTLE POSITION
How do I connect my car/bike throttle position sensor to my AiM device?

How do I configure it using RS3? | How do I configure it using RS2?

WI-FI
Go to the section

HOW TO REPORT PROBLEMS TO AiM

CONNECTION ISSUES
My AiM system is working as an access point generating a network called «AiM-MYC5-000124». Why can’t my PC be connected to this network at all, and why does Race Studio 3 show up the message «…Can’t communicate with the device…»?

IP ADDRESSING CONFLICT
I’ve got one home computer that is connected via Wi-Fi to one AiM device which is acting as an hotspot (it’s generating the network). Race Studio 3 displays my device in the ‘Connected Devices’ area but unfortunately when I click on it the phrase ‘Can’t communicate, your device should be restated’ appears and it does not seem to connect to it properly. May I fix this problem?

NO COMMUNICATION
Even though my PC is correctly connected to one AiM device via WiFi, the User Interface of Race Studio 3 does not report it. Any idea about this issue?

PASSWORD
How can I access my device, connecting it to Race Studio 3 via Wi-Fi, if I forgot the password?

SUBNET MASK
I connect AiM devices using a router but they are not shown in Race Studio 3 Connected Devices list: why?

RANGE EXTENDERS
I have a Wi-Fi range extender, which boosts the network signal generated by my Wi-Fi router. I can connect my AiM device to the range extender by setting its Wi-Fi mode to «existing network», but the communication between my computer and AiM device doesn’t work. Any ideas?

TP-LINK ROUTERS
I am experiencing communication problems between my TP-Link router and my connected AiM device on its network. Typically, Race Studio 3 displays my device, but once I click on it, the phrase «Can’t communicate, your device should be restarted», appears and it does not seem to connect to it properly. Any way to fix this?

VMWARE SETTINGS
I found the Wi-Fi Configuration Guide on the AiM website. It reports network settings in the Parallels virtualized Windows environment, but I’d like to use VMware Fusion as my Windows virtualizer. Can I use VMware Fusion as my virtualizer? And, how can I configure the network in the VMware Fusion Windows-environment?

WI-FI CHANNEL
Since the latest firmware release, the WiFi menu of my AiM device shows the «Select Channel» option: what does it mean?

WI-FI CONNECTION WITH VIRTUALIZED WINDOWS™
When I use Race Studio 3 from a virtualized WindowsT on MacT OS, the device connected via Wi-Fi may show different behaviors (it is quickly viewed / takes some time to be displayed / does not appear): why?