Timer Screen Guidance

[imclumzy]

Please see the screenshot of the Timer screen where I numbered a few items, I was hoping I could get a definition or explanation of the intended usage of these features. I'm sorry for all the questions, I've actually been using HLT for years but I've only recently looked closer and see the wealth of information on the timer screen that I'm not sure its function.

Timer Screenshot with ID numbers to icons

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A. The checker flag with the spinning line through it. Presumably this is to say that you are close to a Start Point? Is it required to select "Status" in the upper right and select a track for this icon to show a checker flag?

B. The green bars. Is this to indicate you have cellular data?

C. The baseball diamond lines ... what is this indicating? Wifi connectivity? With Go-Pro cameras?

D. I'm sure I read somewhere what the triangle exclamation is ... not ready?

E. The green/red numbered boxes, correspond to laps right? Green being the fastest reference lap and all slower laps are red? How many numbers will show? What is the intended usage of this?

F. The green or red triangle, in Gap mode does it simply mean you are either faster or slower than your reference lap in real-time?

G. What does this do? The bars are either green or red. Then there's the dark grey horizontal line, a time on the bottom and those 2 triangles. I honestly have no clue what this means or how to use it. Please explain.

H. Max lateral Gs ... on this lap or session? What does the spanner beside it mean?

I. Max speed in a curve? Please explain.

J. Lateral G meter in real-time .. but what does RHT Preset mean? Is this configurable?

[Harry]

A. The radar means LapTimer is actively searching for triggers around. It changes to a red circle if recording is active. A yellow pause symbol means LapTimer is pausing currently.
B. GPS strength. Should be green.
C. Harry's LapTimer server connection. Gray = inactive, white / black = active, green / blue bubbles mean data is coming in and is sent.
D. Means something is wrong. Touch the symbol to get the details and help on how to resolve. While driving, no read alert must be visible.
E. No laps, these are sector times. Green means you have improved for this sector (compared to reference lap).
F. Yes, red means slower than reference.
G. Kind of a ghost view, the line is the reference position, the gap will be shown in green or red.

For E+F+G, please check https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 618&type=3 for a detailed explanation.

H. Last Max G, typically measured for a corner. It will stay here until you drive through the next corner. This allows you to check your cornering on the straight after having passed the corner.
I. Min speed you had in the last corner. If you have mastered a corner at e.g. 100 km/h at some time, a display of 90 km/h means you were not optimal.
J. Right hand traffic. This is selected automatically depending on your country. LapTimer assumes you have mounted the device in the centre of the windscreen. For RHT countries, it assumes you are sitting on the left side and the smartphone points to you by 25 degree. This assumption is used to rotate acceleration measured relative to your smartphone's dimensions, to acceleration / forces to your car. You can override this in LapTimer Settings (if necessary). Check illustration #4 in LapTimer's Quick Reference for other options.

- Harry

[imclumzy]

This is exactly what I was looking for.
https://www.facebook.com/HarrysLapTimer ... =3&theater

Thanks Harry!

[imclumzy]

Just so I fully understand the Sector Gap feature (the "street") here let me try to summarize its function:

The Sector Gap street itself is meant to show you the total lap time ahead/behind the reference lap, green or red respectively.
The 2 triangles beside the street that move above or below the horizontal line shows if you are ahead or behind reference lap sector time.

The rectangle with the number in it means something different depending on the screen.
Lap and Sector Screen - sector gap vs. reference lap, green = ahead, red = behind
Gap Screen - total lap time vs. reference lap, green = ahead, red = behind

Did I get that right?

[Harry]

Yes, depending on the display selection (Lap, Gap, Sector), you will always get one indicator showing you if you have lost or won so far, and one showing you if you are winning or losing currently.

[imclumzy]

I was playing with it this morning again and I think I understand the actual street green/red indicator. By "winning" or "losing" I think you mean, at this GPS location vs. the reference lap are you traveling faster or slower. Meaning are you gaining time or losing time. Is that correct?

I notice that if this lap is worse than the REF lap total lap time AND sector time, but if I'm traveling at a faster speed than my reference lap even for a moment the street turns green.

In my humble opinion, this feature is confusing (maybe it's just me) but also very busy to look at when driving at 200kmph or at 1.5Gs. Wouldn't it be clearer to simply have a green indicator and number showing that you are ahead of your lap/sector time "winning" or a red if you're "losing"?

[Harry]

On track you will be limited in watching a timer in general. Once you are trained to associate a certain corner of the view with a special function, you will be able to recognize the status. In old versions, green and red has been used for won / loss only. It is nice to see you are ahead (good), but actually it doesn't help you getting a better driver. To get a better driver while driving, you need the winning / losing status, not the information was has happened in the beginning of the lap. To get a better driver by analysing your data, you will use the Data Recording won / lost chart (the blue one).

Just try it on track, tastes are different too.

- Harry

[imclumzy]

Could you please provide a definition for "winning" and "losing"?

What might be helpful is to provide the different states that the Sector Gap street can be in with screen shots. Or perhaps walk through the use-case flows that went into designing the Sector Gap street widget.

[Harry]

A mathematician would name it "the first derivation of the time gap between lap and reference". So "winning" means you are currently making the gap time smaller. This applies both for the situation you are behind in general (lost) or you are ahead in general (won). It means independent of the lap's history (with time lost or won), you are making time good currently. "losing" is the opposite direction.

Being not a native English speaker, finding the right wording is getting hard for me. Maybe someone wants to jump in.

- Harry

[gplracerx]

Gaining might be a better word than winning. Green would be gaining time, i.e. a faster lap. Red would be losing time, a slower lap.