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Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Guide
1. Connect device and matrix sensor.
2. Connect device and your PC with USB cable.
3. Open device manager and check if device is correctly recognized. You should see 'USB Serial Port(COMxx)' or something similar in device manager.
4. Download and unzip Snowforce file * DO NOT UNZIP SNOWFOR IN A SYSTEM FOLDER SUCH AS "PROGRAM FILES"
https://www.kitronyx.com/downloads.html
Or, you can get source code at the link below if you run snowforce from Processing environment
https://github.com/kitronyx/snowforce
5. Double click snowforce.exe
6. Click CHOOSE PORT and select port you saw in device manager.
7. Click 'LOAD INI'
8. In file dialog, go to data folder, find appropriate ini file, and click Open.
※ Generally, an INI file is named by this convention - BOARDNAME_SENSOR.ini
9. Click Start.
10. Now you can see force image.
Manual
Manual
0. Download
0. Download
Binary can be found at this page.
- Direct download: snowforce-2018.04.13.zip
Source code can be found at GitHub.
1. Choose COM Port
1. Choose COM Port
Select a serial (com) port to which the Snowboard is attached. After this, click Start button to start data acquisition
2. Start/Stop Device
2. Start/Stop Device
You can start and stop device by clicking this buttong.
3. Start/Stop Logging
3. Start/Stop Logging
Toggle logging measurement data. Data is saved in data folder as a CSV file format. CSV file format can be read by a text editor or a spreadsheet application such as MS Excel.
During logging, two files are created with names automatically given as follows:
YYYYMMDDThhmmss-1d.csv: 2-dimensional measurement data is represented as a single row in this file, which is useful for batch analysis of whole data set.
YYYYMMDDThhmmss-2d.csv: 2-dimensional measurement data is represented as a 2-dimensional matrix in this file, which is useful to analyze a single frame.
where
YYYY: current year
MM: current month
DD: current day
hh: current hour
mm: current minute
ss: current second
For example, in data folder you will see these kind of files.
YYYYMMDDThhmmss-1d.csv
1. Header
RiCj indicates the crossing point of ith row and jth column of the matrix sensor.
2. Data
YYYYMMDDThhmmss-2d.csv
1. Frame Index
2. 2-dimensional representation of ith frame
4. Load INI
4. Load INI
Snowforce comes with several predefined INI files for different sensors.
By default, 1610 sensor is selected but you can choose other sensor INI files
snowboard_1610.ini: configuration for Matrix Sensor 1610
snowboard_1007.ini: configuration for Matrix Sensor 1007
snowboard_ma1010.ini: configuration for Snowboard with MA1010 adapter. MA1010 adapter is designed to connect 48x48 FSR matrix arrays to Snowboard
snowboard_ms9723.ini: configuration for Snowboard and MS9723
snowboard_ms9724.ini: configuration for Snowboard and MS9724 and MS9758
snowboard2_arduino_ms9723.ini: configuration for Snowboard 2 with Arduino attached. This INI supports MS9723, MS9724, and MS9758
snowboard2_standalone_ms9723.ini: configuration for Snowboard 2 without Arduino attached (Standalone). This INI supports MS9723, MS9724, and MS9758
mc1509_ms9705.ini: configuration for MC1509 and MS9705 or other 48x48 FSR matrix arrays
mc1509_ms9711.ini: configuration for MC1509 and MS9711 or other 24x24 FSR matrix arrays
[obsolete] snowboard_ms9705_ma1004.ini: configuration for MS9705 and MS9712 combined with MA1004 adapter
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5. Real-time Frame Data
5. Real-time Frame Data
Data from Snowboard is displayed in real-time and can be on/off by pressing 'm'.
6. General Information
6. General Information
General information shown in this area.
7. Shortcut Keys
7. Shortcut Keys
'2': 2D display
'3': 3D display
Up/Down Arrows: Increase or decrease signals
'f': Toggle grid fill (3D only)
'g': Toggle grid (3D only)
'n': Toggle noise filtering
't': Apply threshold values. Values are circulated across 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 whenever 't' is pressed.
'x': Toggle X directional reverse
'y': Toggle Y directional reverse
'z': Toggle Z directional reverse (3D only)
'm': Toggle real-time ADC frame data display
space bar: Toggle message displays
up arrow key: Increase amplification level
down arrow key: Decrease amplification level
Manual for SNOWFORCE 2015-03-03
Manual for SNOWFORCE 2015-03-03
Data Acquisition
Data Acquisition
Select a serial (com) port to which the Snowboard is attached. After this, click Start button to start data acquisition
Data Logging
Data Logging
Toggle logging measurement data. Data is saved in data folder as a CSV file format. CSV file format can be read by a text editor or a spreadsheet application such as MS Excel.
During logging, two files are created with names automatically given as follows:
YYYYMMDDThhmmss-1d.csv: 2-dimensional measurement data is represented as a single row in this file, which is useful for batch analysis of whole data set.
YYYYMMDDThhmmss-2d.csv: 2-dimensional measurement data is represented as a 2-dimensional matrix in this file, which is useful to analyze a single frame.
where
YYYY: current year
MM: current month
DD: current day
hh: current hour
mm: current minute
ss: current second
For example, in data folder you will see these kind of files.
YYYYMMDDThhmmss-1d.csv
1. Header
RiCj indicates the crossing point of ith row and jth column of the matrix sensor.
2. Data
YYYYMMDDThhmmss-2d.csv
1. Frame Index
2. 2-dimensional representation of ith frame
Other controls
Other controls
These controls can be accessed by keyboard shortcut or mouse.
Frame Data
Frame Data
2-dimensional sensor data is shown here in real-time.
Information
Information
Useful system information is summarized in this section.
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