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Vehicle Monitoring and Testing
e versatile, rugged design and low power requirements
of the CR9000X-series dataloggers make them well
suited for vehicle monitoring. ey excel in cold and
hot temperature, high altitude, o -highway, and cross-
country performance testing. e CR9000X series is
compatible with our SDM-CAN interface.
Compatible sensors o en used for vehicle monitoring
and testing include thermocouples, pressure transduc-
ers, GPS receivers, pulse pick-ups, ow transducers,
potentiometers, strain gages, load cells, digital switch-
es, accelerometers, LVDTs, and tilt sensors. Most
sensors connect directly to the datalogger, eliminating
costly external signal conditioning.
Common measurements include:
• Suspension—strut pressure, spring force, travel,
mounting point stress, de ection, ride
• Fuel system—line and tank pressure, ow,
temperature, injection timing
• Comfort control—ambient and supply air tempera-
ture, solar radiation, fan speed, blower currents,
ac on/o , refrigerant pressures, time-to-comfort
• Brakes—line pressure, pedal pressure and travel,
ABS, uid and pad temperature
• Engine—pressure, temperature, crank position,
RPM, time-to-start, oil pump cavitation
• General vehicle—chassis monitoring, road
noise, NVH, traction, payload, vehicle position/
speed, steering, air bag, hot/cold soaks, wind
tunnels, CANbus, wiper speed/current, vehicle
electrical loads
Other Applications
• Aerospace/aviation—can endure the rigors of
space travel and provided acceleration, structural,
and equipment performance measurements.
• Geotechnical—measures tilt, convergence, displace-
ment, geographic position, strain, load, vibration,
overburden, level, ow, creep, and force for slope
stability, subsidence, seismicity studies, structural
restoration, or site assessment applications.
• Mining—monitors mine ventilation, slope stability,
convergence, and equipment performance.
• Machinery testing—provides temperature,
pressure, RPM, velocity, power, acceleration,
position, torque, and strain measurements.
• Laboratory—can serve as a monitoring device
to record parameters over time and can also be
used to regulate and control test conditions.
Vehicle monitoring includes not only passenger cars but loco-
motives, airplanes, helicopters, tractors, buses, heavy trucks,
drilling rigs, race cars, ATVs, and motorcycles.
Our dataloggers measured the e ects of gravity on a
test structure aboard a NASA low-gravity ight.
Compatibility with
Retired Products
Customers can add CR9000X-series dataloggers to
networks containing the older CR9000-series dat-
aloggers. I/O modules other than the CR9080 can
be used with either the CR9000 series or CR9000X
series. CR9000 communication interfaces (i.e.,
NL105, BLC100, TL925, PLA100) are not compat-
ible with the CR9000X series, and therefore have
been retired. RTDAQ software is not compatible
with the older CR9000 series. Customers can
upgrade a CR9000 or CR9000C to a CR9000X or
CR9000XC by replacing their CR9031 CPU module
with a CR9032 CPU module.
Photo courtesy NASA
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