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LPMS-Control can be downloaded directly from the LP-Research website support page.

GUI Elements

Toolbar Items

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Figure 9 - Window selector

Menu Items

Menu title

Menu item

Operation

Connect menu

Connect

Connects to sensor selected in "Preferred devices" list

Disconnect

Disconnects sensor currently selected in "Connected devices" list

Add / remove sensor

Opens "Scan devices" dialog

Exit program

Exits the application

Measurement menu

Stop measurement

Toggles measurement

Browse record file

Opens browser for selectinga file for data recording

Record data

Toggles data recording

Browse replay file

Opens browser for selecting a playback file

Playback data

Starts data playback

Calibration menu

Calibrate gyroscope

Starts manual gyroscope calibration

Calibrate mag. (ellipsoid fit)

Starts magnetometer calibration wizard for ellipsoid fit calibration

Calibrate mag. (min/max fit)

Starts magnetometer calibration wizard for min/max fit calibration

Save parameters to sensor

Saves parameters to sensor flash memory

Save calibrationfile

Saves file with calibration data

Load calibrationfile

Loads file with calibration data

Set offset

Sets sensor orientation offset (depending on "Reset target" and "Reset method")

Reset offset

Resets sensor orientation offset (depending on "Reset target")

Arm timestamp reset

Arms hardware timestamp reset

Reset to factory settings

Resets sensor settings to factory default

View

Graph window

Selects raw data graph window

Orientation window

Selects orientation graph window

Pressure window

Selects pressure graph window

3D visualization

Selects 3D visualization window

3D view mode 1

Selects view mode 1

3D view mode 2

Selects view mode 2

3D view mode 4

Selects view mode 4

Load object file

Loads 3D OBJ file

Advanced

Upload firmware

Uploads firmware file

Upload IAP

Uploads in-application-programmer file

Start self test

Starts self-test

Calibrate acc. misalignment

Starts accelerometer calibration wizard

Calibrate gyr. misalignment

Starts gyroscope calibration wizard

Calibrate mag. misalignment (HH-coils)

Starts magnetometer calibration wizard (Helmholtz coils mode)

Calibrate mag. misalignment (auto)

Starts magnetometer calibration wizard (automatic mode)

Version info

Displays version information dialog

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Devices connected to the system are shown in the Connected devices list. Through this list each sensor parameter can be adjusted according to the table below.

Top level item

Parameter item

Description

Status

Connection

Displays the current connection status

OK: Connection successful

In progress: Currently connecting

Failed: Connection failed

Sensor status

Displays the current sensor status

Started: Sensor measurement is running

Stopped: Sensor measurement stopped

Device ID

Current device ID

Firmware version

Firmware version

ID / sampling rate

IMU ID

Selects OpenMAT ID

Transmission rate

Selects data transmission rate

Range

GYR range

Selects gyroscope range

ACC range

Selects accelerometer range

MAG range

Selects magnetometer range

Filter

Filter mode

Selects filter mode

MAG correction

Selects magnetometer correction mode

Lin. ACC correction

Selects linear acceleration correction mode

Rot. ACC correction

Selects centripetal acceleration correction

GYR threshold

Selects gyroscope threshold

GYR autocalibration

Selects auto-calibration setting

Low-pass filter

Selects low-pass filter setting (deprecated)

Data

LP-BUS data mode

Switches between 16-bit integer or 32-bit floating point mode

Enabled data

Selects data to be enabled for transmission from the sensor

UART (RS-232/TTL)

Baud rate

Selects the UART transmission baud rate

Data format

Switches between LP-BUS and ASCII format output

CAN bus

CAN baudrate

Selects baud rate for CAN communication

Channel mode

Selects CAN channel mode

Value mode

Selects CAN value mode

Start ID

CAN start ID for sequential mode

Heartbeat freq.

Heartbeat frequency

Channel 1-16

CAN channel assignment

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