VBOX Tools Software

VBOX Tools - Setup and Analysis Software

The VBOX Tools software is a very powerful software analysis package that comes with all data-logging enabled VBOXs. VBOX Tools has been designed to easy to setup and use, yet very flexible allowing many custom styles of test to be performed, as well as providing templates of common test setups.

The software can be used in post processing mode or real time mode. In real time mode, the VBOX is connected to a PC running VBOX Tools, and graphs, gauges, numeric displays and text results can be viewed in real time.

In post processing mode, a '.vbo' file can be taken from a compact flash card and loaded into the software, allowing the user to graph, analyse and replay the data.

Report Generator

The Report Generator is the main "numbers engine" in the VBOX Tools software, and is designed to create a highly configurable table of results. The software can work on a previously logged '.vbo' file or in real time connected to the VBOX. There are comprehensive Test Start, Test End and Test Line triggers based on speed, time, distance, virtual gates and external triggers. The columns of the table can contain any parameter logged by the VBOX, and may also show maximums, minimums, and averages. The scale and offset of any channel is also configurable.

Export to Mapping software

The latitude and longitude saved by the VBOX can be exported to the free version of Google Earth, Autoroute, and any other mapping software which can import latitude and longitude points. See below for two examples, click on the image to see a larger version.

Kalman Filter

To assist in post processing of files that have been generated near trees, buildings, or bridges, we have just released a powerful Kalman Filter module. This filter can be used to remove any jumps in position data, and can also correct any velocity spikes and dropouts. An example is shown below where some data was taken at a roundabout in a built up area. The red trace is the original data, and the blue trace is the corrected data.

The Kalman filter is very powerful because it takes the velocity, heading and position data to extract a corrected velocity and position output. This is possible because the velocity and heading are measured using Doppler shift, and the position by GPS triangulation. Combining the two gives much better results, and is made even better by being able to process both forwards and backwards through the data.

All VBOX's with datalogging capability come with the software described above. A demo version of the Analysis software can be downloaded from our website. Registered VBOX users can download all the latest versions of the modules above. (Software support/ registration is free for the first year of VBOX ownership.)