Document Outline

• Contents
• Technical Support
  • How to Get Technical Support
    • Start with your manuals
    • Technical support methods
    • Technical support outside the U.S.
  • Before You Contact MTS
    • Know your site number and system number
    • Know information from prior technical assistance
    • Identify the problem
    • Know relevant computer information
    • Know relevant software information
  • If You Contact MTS by Phone
    • Identify system type
    • Be prepared to troubleshoot
    • Write down relevant information
    • After you call
  • Problem Submittal Form in MTS Manuals
• Preface
  • Before You Begin
    • Safety first!
    • Other MTS manuals
  • Conventions
    • Documentation Conventions
      • Hazard conventions
      • Notes
      • Special terms
      • Illustrations
      • Electronic manual conventions
      • Hypertext links
• Hardware Overview
  • Contents
  • Overview
    • Parts replacement, disassembly, and care
  • Spinning Applications (Track or Road)
  • Non-spinning Applications (Laboratory)
  • Construction
    • Transducer
    • Inner hub adapter
    • Slip-ring bracket
    • Encoder
    • Slip ring
    • Anti-rotate device
    • Transducer Interface (TI)
    • Additional components
    • Design Features
      • Flexure isolation
      • Thermal stability
      • Low hysteresis
      • Low noise
      • Low cross talk
      • Velocity information
  • Coordinate System
  • Specifications
  • Calibration
    • Shunt calibration
    • Checking the calibration
  • Transducer Interface
    • Cross talk compensation
    • Signal conditioning
    • Analog signals
    • Communications
    • TI Front Panel
      • Power button and Indicator
      • Shunt button and indicators
      • Zero button and indicators
      • J5 USB connector
      • J4 I/O connector
    • TI Rear Panel
      • J1 Power connector
      • J2 Output connector
      • J3 Transducer connector
  • Interfacing with RPC
• Software Utilities
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • TI2STATUS - Transducer Interface Status
    • Syntax
    • Example
    • Description of TI2STATUS Indications
      • Fatal Error:
      • Boot Loader version:
      • FPGA version:
      • Firmware Version:
      • Zero:
      • F## Shunt:
      • Calibration data is:
      • Unit serial number:
  • TI2XFER - Transducer Interface Transfer
    • Syntax
    • Example
    • File Format
    • More about TI2XFER files
  • TI2SHUNT - Transducer Interface Shunt
    • Syntax
    • Example
    • Option 0
    • Option 1
    • Option 2
    • Option 3
    • Option 4
    • Option 5
    • Setting Up Shunt Calibration Reference Values
      • Procedure
  • Error Messages
• Setting up the Transducer Interface
  • Overview
  • Contents
  • USB driver installation
  • Select a Zero Method
    • Equipment required
    • Modes
    • What you need to do
    • Calibration File Elements
      • Items you may edit
  • Upload the Calibration File
  • Edit the Calibration File
  • Download the Calibration File
• Installing the Transducer
  • Contents
  • Hazard Icon
  • Road and Track Vehicles
    • Equipment required
    • Importance of bolts
    • Before you begin
    • Attaching SWIFT Components to the Vehicle
      • Procedure
    • Attaching Anti-rotate Assemblies
    • Installing the Transducer Interface Electronics
      • Considerations
      • Procedure
    • Setting up the SWIFT Sensor for Data Collection
      • Zero the TI
    • Verifying the Quality of the Zero Procedure
      • Effect of Zero Reference on SWIFT Output
    • Collecting Data
  • Road Simulator
    • Before you begin
    • Equipment required
    • Attaching SWIFT Components to the Fixturing
    • Zeroing the Transducer Interface
      • For fixed mode
      • For spinning mode
• Analyzing SWIFT Data
  • Overview
  • Contents
  • The Data
  • Fx Data (Longitudinal Force)
  • Fz Data (Vertical Force)
  • Mx Data (Overturning Moment)
    • Channel 4 Mx Data
  • My Data (Brake Moment)
  • Acceleration and Braking Events Example
  • Slalom Curve Driving Example
• Maintenance
  • Overview
  • Contents
  • Transducer
  • Transducer Interface
    • As required
  • Cables
    • As required
• Troubleshooting
• Assembly Drawings
  • Contents
  • Cable Drawings
  • SWIFT 10 Mechanical Drawings