Your first Session

Tip

Start session 5 minutes before you actually enter the track. That way Motovator gets plenty of time to lock the position - and you avoid the stress of getting ready in the last second!

	Click the Start Session button
	Motovator starts the GPS Device, which will take a few seconds
	Motovator starts receiving signals from satellites in order to determine position. This can take a few minutes. To minimize time required to get a position fix, it is recommended to place the device with a clear view of the sky and to keep it as still as possible.
	With the red status message finally gone, Motovator is ready! Click the screen to activate the menu.
	Click the Start button to start the clock. From now on, your performance is measured!

Setting split positions

When you visit a track for the first time, you can just hit the Start Session button and start driving. Motovator will analyze the track throughout your first laps and automatically create a split position on the best straight – so after a few laps, you will start to receive lap and split times!

However, you can also manually define where to receive split times, so you have full control of where and how many. This is easily done whilst going around the track, but can also be accomplished afterwards in Analyze. As long as you start the session, and all your movement is recorded by Motovator, it does not matter whether you set split positions before, during or after – all split times can be calculated afterwards!

Important:

Set the first split at least 200 meters after entrance to the track, so the GPS device should have a good position fix, and you do not miss the first split position on this account.
When you have set the first split position, you need to set the rest of the split positions before passing the first split position again. To put it short: Set all splits in one lap!

Tips:

Do a few warm up laps, to enhance the accuracy of GPS, and decide on good spots for splits
Setting splits on straights with smooth pace will improve accuracy!

When you have reached a point on the track where you would like to get split times, just tap the screen to bring out the menu

Click the Set Split button.

Motovator will now calculate split and lap times whenever you pass through this position.

You can set as many splits around the track as you wish...

After passing a split position, your performance is calculated and displayed on the screen. By default, Motovator shows the following information:

Line 1:	Total time for session
Line 2:	Last lap time
Line 3:	Last split time compared to best split time in this session

Last split time was 0.5 second better than the previously best split time for that section in this particular session.

Way to go!

Finishing session

Tap the screen to bring up the menu. Click on Stop button.

Confirm you wish to stop session by clicking the Really? button

Motovator will now save all session data.

This takes approximately 1 second per 45 seconds of total session time. When all session data is saved, you are returned to the main screen.

Time to analyze your performance? Read on...

Your first Analyze

To start analyzing your first session, click the Analyze button

The Overview tab gives, funny enough, an overview of your performance in the selected session.

You can select another session for the same track by clicking the list in the lower left corner.

Click the Details tab...

The Details tab displays a grid containing lap and split times for the Finish Line split for that particular session. Content of the columns are as follows:

Column 1:	Lap number
Column 2:	Point of time in session when passing the split
Column 3:	Lap time for split (elapsed time since last pass of the same split position)
Column 4:	Split/Section time (elapsed time since pass of previous split position)
Column 5:	Difference in time compared to best lap time for session

Click the Replay button to see a graphical replay of the selected section, which by default is Finish Line. You can select another section by clicking the blue Lap header.

Drawing the map will take approximately 1 second per minute of total session time...

The map for the section is displayed, with small colored dots representing your individual lap and lines in that section.

The black lines represent all you different trails throughout the session.

The green circles represent split positions.

Click the arrow buttons to move back/forward in time:

«	Jump 1 minute back
‹	Step 1 second back
A	Auto playback in 0.1 s. increments. Click to activate. Click again to deactivate.
›	Step 1 second forward
»	Jump 1 minute forward

The map is forwarded 5 seconds into the section...

Tab the screen next to the dots to bring up the map menu.

Click the Zoom In menu to zoom in on the map. Description of zoom features:

Zoom In:	Zoom 2x (in) on position clicked
Zoom Out:	Zoom 0.5x (out) on position clicked
Zoom All:	Zoom to fit all trails and split positions
Center:	Center map on position clicked
Cancel:	Does not really belong to the zoom menu items, but it is still nice to know that this is used to hide the menu...

The map features unlimited zoom levels, so you can go as detailed as you wish.

Tab the screen to bring out the map menu again.

Clicking Zoom All menu will automatically zoom and centre the map to show all trails and split positions.

Click the Cancel button to leave Replay screen

Click Cancel button to leave Analyze screen

Advanced analysis teaser – part 1

Just a quick teaser on what sophisticated analysis features Motovator includes. The below sample show how quickly and efficient you can analyze a single turn on the track:

	Click on the trails just before the section (turn) you wish to analyse. You need to aim pretty well and make sure you click in the middle of the trails... Tip Zoom in before clicking the trails
	Click Replay, Here and wait a few seconds while the session is analyzed and replay of the section prepared...
	The numbered dots are back! Each of them represent a lap, and you can now replay the new section to find out which line was the fastest.
	The inside line seems to be the quickest way around that corner. And – it only took like 10 seconds to figure it out! Tip Read the User Guide, where more advanced analysis features such as Replay A to B, Perfect Lap, Lap Comparison, Modification of split positions etc. is covered in detail!

Advanced analysis teaser – part 2

Another sample, with Motovator running on a PC/laptop in full screen, displaying simultaneous replay of all lines through a section on Jyllandsringen, in a training session for a Danish Touringcar Championship team:

Interesting stuff to notice:

Aerial background image for the track is imported and displayed, which aids in visualizing the session and “what happened when and where”
The green line is the perfect lap from another driver, which is added on top of the race lines from the session itself, and helps spotting different choices of lines
The small rectangular squares around each dot represents the size of a DTC car, making it easy to quickly identify how much is gained/loosed
Four lap comparisons are added in the lower, right corner, showing how much the perfect lap, “P1”, is ahead, at this exact point, both time- and distance-wise, compared to lap 3, 5, 11 and 13.

	Motovator will default create a new track for you to use straight away. To rename it, click Track button.
	Click in the Name field. The keyboard will automatically pop up.
	Enter the new name for the track and click Save button
	Finally, click Select button to choose the track and return to the main screen