Hibox measures voltage, current, power and RPM. All these values are shown online on the display. Any of these parameters can change very quickly and sometimes it is not possible to watch it concurrently. In this case Hibox can record data for you. Before recording you should set Period (sampling rate). You can select 0,1-2,0sec in 0,1sec step. Above 2,0sec you can increase sampling rate by 1sec step.

Data recording you can start:

• Manually from initial screen by pressing Start/Stop button
• In Auto mode, by setting Start Limit Current (1-99Amps)
• When recording is active you will see asterisk (*) in initial and some other screens
• Remaining time (memory) you can see in corresponding screen

Data recording you can stop:

• Manually from initial screen by pressing Start/Stop button
• Recording will be auto-stopped when logger memory is full
• Recording will be auto-stopped when you will try to log more than 19 memory blocks (still there can be enough memory)

For basic power measurement you will need any from offered sensors (50A, 100A and 200A). Probe nominal value have to be higher then estimated readings. Sensors are capable to handle higher current than nominal without damage. The current sensor is connected with the main unit using 3 wires cable. Positive terminal is indicated with red color, ground terminal has brown co lour and signal is indicated with orange (yellow) color. It is the same system like is used for receivers, servos etc. Connect the current sensor do the display unit as is shown in figure below

Connect probe wires marked as SOURCE to battery. Positive terminal is marked with PLUS sign, negative terminal is marked with MINUS sign. Be very careful and don’t swap the polarity otherwise you will damage logger. If everything is ok, Hibox should be active and you will see invitation screen with firmware version.

The first screen shows measured voltage, current, power and revolutions. Voltage [V], current [A] and revolutions are displayed permanently, the last value – power [W] can be cycled to energy [Wh] or capacity [Ah] pressing left W/Wh button. To reach other setup screens use Display Up/Down buttons.

It is possible to measure current in both directions without disconnecting measured circuit and swapping current probe. Negative current flow is indicated with minus sign on display. Before first measurement :

• Select type of current probe
• Calibrate it (calibration offset is saved for selected current probe i.e. there is no need to calibrate every measurement)
• Select Start Limit (this limit triggers automatic logging if current is higher than selected value). If no Start Limit is selected (--), recording must be started manually (Start/Stop Button on initial screen). Start Limit is effective only after ON/OFF logger (security reasons, could be impossible to stop recording if current is permanently higher than Start limit). If your first recorded block is started automatically, your second one must be started manually unless you ON/OFF HIB.
• Select scanning period
• Start logging from initial screen pressing Start/Stop button. Asterisk (*) confirms Hibox is recording data. Logger is always displaying measured data BUT ONLY asterisk (*) is sign it's also recording data. When you want finish data recording you have to press Start/Stop button again. When you disconnect logger from voltage without Stop button you will probably loose your last measured block.
• See Data recording for other details

Internal memory of Hibox is limited either by 19 independent blocks or by size of recorded data chunk. How many data you can record is limited by sampling rate (0.1sec cca 9:00 minutes and 30sec cca 45:00 hours). If you can't start recording (no asterisk appears), logger memory can be full-erase memory. If recorded data will reach memory limit, all data are saved and asterisk will go off.

Hibox provides you with very powerful feature. You can connect virtually any external current probe to measure high currents. I use this feature for example in monitoring start currents on F3B launch.

How to successfully use external probe:

• Your external clamp meter should use 1mV/1A constant
• You can power HIB from standalone power source (see picture bellow) or any other power provided you respect limits 4,6-40V DC
• Select in Sensor type screen 1A (50A, 100A and 200A are reserved for our probes)
• You can't calibrate HIB for use with external probe. Most probes allow calibration using own pot. Anyhow select initial HIB screen and using probe potentiometer set current to zero when no current is measured.
• Start Limit parameter can be used for automatic recording start
• If you measure high currents be aware! Can be life dangerous!

In Servo Test Mode Hibox enables to test quality of servos. Servo Test Mode can be selected by pressing up/down buttons simultaneously. Servo is connected to Hibox and is powered using „Y cable“, see figure below. The first test enables to verify accuracy of servo under test and its ability to move arm to right position for given control pulse length. Hibox generates standard pulse 1ms-2ms length  with period of 20ms.

Pulse length can be increased or decreased by pressing left/right buttons and is shown in milliseconds and in percents. Faster move can be achieved by pressing up and left or right buttons simultaneously.

Receiver test mode is selected by pressing up/down buttons simultaneously twice and it enables to measure pulse width and its voltage as is delivered from the receiver. Test configuration is shown below.

Data recorded in Hibox can be transferred to PC and displayed in Hibox software. Connect Hibox to the computer using supplied serial cable as is shown in figure below. Optionally you can use USB/RS232 converter.

It is also necessary to power Hibox with some battery through the current probe or directly  to input connector. Minimum required voltage is 4,8V. Data transfer can be initiated by software or manually.