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> Select "View" form the "Main Menu". It will take a little while (about 10 seconds) to calculate the values, be patient. The Bottoming Tab is the first screen displayed.
> This section covers the Bottoming Tab, Travel Tab, and Velocity Tab.
> Auto Zero Point Detection (Off-Road Use Only) NOTE ABOUT THE ZERO POINT: Full extension of the suspension is the “Zero Point”. Travel is the distance up from full extension. How does the ShockClock know where full extension is? The ShockClock Software looks through the recording and finds the average of the lowest points. The reason it does this instead of simply taking the absolute lowest point is there are top-out springs and flex in the system. The average of the lowest points works better than the absolute lowest point.
This process works great for dirt bikes because the suspension pretty much always gets fully extended at least one time during the recording. However this is not acceptable for road racing and therefore this software is for dirt only.
- Maximum Available Travel Maximum travel is the basis of many of the automatic measurements. It also controls graph scaling on many graphical screens. The default value for Maximum Travel should be set in Prefs prior to a Download. Maximum Available Travel can be adjusted for the individual file only on the “Bottoming” tab. Remember; changes are not saved automatically in the PDA.
Check your vehicles user manual for assistance finding the Maximum Travel.
- Bottoming Counters How many times the suspension bottoms as well as how hard it bottoms is critical information. We have invented something called a “Soft Bottom” and a “Hard Bottom”. The idea is that Soft Bottoms can be OK but Hard Bottoms are generally not good as this is close to metal-to-metal.
The software automatically counts the number of Soft and Hard Bottoms independently and displays the total.
- Bottoming Points Setup Hard and soft bottoms are setup as a percentage of Maximum Available Travel. The default settings for Hard and Soft Bottoming Points should be setup in Prefs under Vehicle Type Setup prior to a Download. They can also be adjusted for the individual file only on the “Bottoming” Tab. Our default settings for Hard and Soft Bottom Points are 95 and 90% of full travel. Feel free to experiment with these numbers.
- Adjusted Average Travel Average Travel is a number that can be compared between front and rear as well as between different settings and tracks. Pay attention to this to create “sweet zone” numbers for different riders and tracks. Travel is displayed in millimeters as well as a percent of the total available travel.
Off road vehicle tires leave the ground frequently. While the vehicle is in the air the suspension is fully extended. On tracks with lots of jumps this air-time can skew the average travel measurement to a lower number. ShockClock Software automatically removes the “Air-time” for the average travel calculation.
- Peak Travel This is the maximum travel used in the entire recording in millimeters (mm). It tells at what Time it occurs in seconds from the beginning of the run. This peak will be displayed as the #1 peak when you tap the "Peaks" button.
- Average Peak Travel The top 10 peak values are averaged. This is far more meaningful than just looking at the single peak value.
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