20 Min Tutorial - AiM SmartyCam HD

Do you find the setup of an AiM SmartyCam HD a bit tricky? Are you considering upgrading to a SmartyCam or adding to your system? If so, this video is for you.

This tutorial looks at the use of a SmartyCam, the configuration and application for your driving purposes. Whether it's an AiM SmartyCam HD 2.1 or an AiM SmartyCam HD GP 2.1 or 2.2, this video will look at how to get the most of your camera using the Race Studio 3 software.

To aid in finding the information you need quickly, the following apply;

0:00 - Introduction
2:43 - Demo Starts (Data Sources)
4:26 - MOST IMPORTANT SmartyCam Stream
8:59 - Configuring the SmartyCam
15:34 - Advice for Overlays (Live View Feature)
18:18 - How To View Videos in RS3
20:34 - SmartyCam in Action (Examples)
23:00 - Configure A SmartyCam w/o a Dash or Logger
24:35 - Close With 2 Top Tips!

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[tbsports]

Not sure if you ever got to it but would be great to see a video covering config of SmartyCam HD with MXL Pista dash that still uses RS2. Thanks!

[DaveHarriman]

Another great tutorial. Watch the whole thing. ❤

[kineticracing]

Expensive week James, following this video I’ve bought a SC2.1 and bridge for my dash! You should be on commission.

[kineticracing]

Superb, thanks James. This pretty much seals the deal for moving across from GoPro's.

[maestrovso]

I sloughed through how to set up the smartycam with the factory MXL data logger/dash before I came across this video. However, I am still having the difficulty of how to display the brake pressure with a data channel from the race car ECU through the MXL that ranges from -1.5 bar to slightly over zero. In the other words, I still can't figure out how to set up the smartycam to deal with the negative offset. I tried creating a custom sensor for it with a translation graph but still I can't find a way to deal with the -ve values.

The most important thing I learnt here is don't go beyond 64GB SD card.

[romantejedor]

Excelente explicación James. Gracias👍👍👍

[markw]

Are you connecting Race Studio 3 software to the AIM dash or the SmartyCam ECU? Its not clear in the manual for either unit. We are also attempting to connect the SmartCam GP to an MXL Pista which uses Race Studio 2. But thank you for taking the time to make and upload this video.

[karthik_z]

Hello James. I’m not sure if I’m missing anything. How do we configure the aim smartycam 3 with rs3? How to transfer video files to the race studio? I’m kinda lost, first time using the camera, I don’t have any data recorded yet.

[nathansaxonracing]

How have you managed to get the movies tab in RS3? Mine seems to be missing.
Also probably not possible but can you upload multiple configurations at once and have the smartycam give 2 different video files with the 2 layouts of the same session?

[ernestodelgado]

hola una pregunta tengo una smartycam 3 en mi kart pero no me detecta el GPS en mi MiChron 5S que me recomiendas que pueda realizar ya sea que necesito un GPS mas preciso o en si que es lo que en verdad podría necesitar ?

[tomascontreras]

Please upload a video to set up a SmartyCam 3 / XML logger !! Please !!

[geethatsaswellmap]

Very useful, thank you. Can you provide any info about connecting SmartyCam 2.1 to an older EVO4 logger, which only runs with Race Studio 2? Can you get data overlay on a video file with Race Studio 2? I have been trying get this info from AIM, but no luck.

[panchobarcelo]

For q rally car, which device you recomend?

[upshiftmediaprod.]

There's a channel by the name of Superbike racer and he uses telemetry overlay in some of his road riding videos. I wanted to create videos like that for my coaches to see and help me . So can you please have a look and let us know how he does it, because I dont see anything attached on the handlebars

[msdunkel]

You skipped the most basic parts, or do you have an introduction video? How are you getting all this data? Are you doing this in advance by connecting to the dash via wifi? Are you pulling the SD card, saving on the computer, and then opening that file? Will the system even log video without an SD card present? I'm 100% lost with my AIM MXS 1.2 and smarty cam hd gp 2.2 -- I spent all this money and can't even get my computer to pull a video from the system. AIM wants me to watch 10+ videos, all I want is for it to work without earning a masters degree in their technology.