1. Introduction

Vicanlog + zeus is a complete vehicle to cloud data recording/capturing solution. It consists of software Vicanlog, hardware, the host computer, as well as ZEUS, the cloud server.

1.1 Typical use case

Vicanlog+zeus solution is typically used by automotive manufactures for road testing for trucks, passager cars. For example, each truck under road test will be equipped with a Vicanlog unit. The unit can be for example, configured to connect to many radars, lidars, cameras, GPS units, vehicle networks depends on which kind of information need to be collected/logged. The engineer at the office can monitor the status of the Vicanlog unit via the web interface of ZEUS, download the recorded data from ZEUS and post analysing/processing the data in vicando on his/her computer.

The complete vicanlog + zeus solution:

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1.2 Host logging computer

The host computer can be for example, Adlink , Raspberry Pi , NVIDIA Jetson TX2 etc. industrial computers, depending on your application’s requirement. Most used architecture is x86. For ARM architecture, please contact us for more information.

We have two standard industrial computers for both complex and simple data recording applications, Vicanlog PRO and Vicanlog light.

Vicanlog PRO:

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Read Vicanlog PRO datasheet

Vicanlog light:

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Read Vicanlog light datasheet

1.3 Vicanlog software

The Vicanlog software is similar to the desktop software ViCANdo. To learn how to use the Vicanlog software, please refer to the Vicando manual.

The main difference between vicando and vicanlog software is as follows:

Item

Vicando

Vicanlog

Windows OS

YES

NO

Linux OS

YES

YES 1

Vicando SDK

YES

YES

Online license

YES

YES

node-locked license

YES

YES

CAN interface locked

YES

NO

License options

YES

YES

ZEUS heartbeat

NO

YES

ZEUS-data sync

NO

YES 2

Zeno 42X CANquatro

YES

YES

Vector HW

YES 3

NO

Kvaser HW

YES 4

YES

footnotes

1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is pre-instsalled on Vicanlog unit.

2

Requires unblocking of port 22 for SSH tunnel in your department’s firewall settings.

3

Due to the reason that Vector HW only works on Windows OS, you need to use the Vicando on Windows OS.

4

Most of the Kvaser HW works on both Windows and Linux OS. For Linux, download driver from here and follow the installation guide from this link.

1.4 Cloud ZEUS

ZEUS is the web interface for engineer to monitor the status of the vicanlog units. It is also the portal for you to access the data recorded with vicanlog units and manage the fleet.

Read more from here.

The link to login the web interface of the ZEUS: https://www.zuragon.com/zeus/

You can register a ZEUS account from:

  • In Vicando or Vicanlog software, from menu File->License Manager to register an account.

  • From zeus web interface: https://www.zuragon.com/zeus/

After you login to ZEUS, you will see below dashboard:

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The dashboard gives you overview of total amount of unit( Vicanlog PRO or light) assigned to you by Zuragon and licenses you have applied or purchaesd( including trial licenses).

From the left menu bar, you can access difference modules.

From Units Overview menu, you will see all the units on the Google map on top of the page.

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On the bottom, there is a table of units with breif information:

  • unit ID - The internal ID on ZEUS server

  • unit name - The name of the Vicanlog PRO or light Zuragon created for the user. e.g. vicanlog-p004. It is read only for end customer.

  • date and time - The UTC date and time of last received heartbeat message from the unit.

  • position - The GPS position of the unit. Data fetched from the first GPS source( if there are any) in the project that is running in the Vicanlog software.

You can click on the row and a more detailed page with charts will unfold.

If the unit is powered on and the internet connection is ok, you will see the live data in below charts:

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To open the detaild unit page, you can click on the “Details” button on the bottom right corner of the unfolded page.

The unit details page looks like this:

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Google Map View

Displays the unit on the google map. GPS position information is fetched from the heartbeat message.

List of projects uploaded to ZEUS from the Vicanlog unit

Below the google map area, it has a list of projects that was created in Vicanlog software on the unit and uploaded to the ZEUS server. You can download the whole project to your computer with Vicando software by clicking the “download icon” on the right of the list for selected project. It will create a zip file of the selected project.

Real time status

Displays the latest status of the Vicanlog unit and recent historical status in various charts. Includes CPU load, memory usage, storage usage etc. information.

Unit heartbeat list

Displays the heartbeat message received from the unit. The latest heartbeat message is on top. It includes the Project state field which indicates the state of the current configured project in the unit.

  • idle - means the project is at idle state.

  • recording - means the project is recording

  • playing - means the project is replaying a session

1.5 Accessories

The vicanlog PRO data logger has below accessories to chose from:

  • Power:

    • 160W/24V power adapter

    • Country specific power cord, 180 cm

  • Country specific 4G/LTE modem Quectel EC25 miniPCIe(with GPS support):

    • Antenna for GPS

    • Antenna for 4G

    • miniPCIe pre-installed

    • GPS pre-configured

  • Storage: 500GB, 1 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB etc. selection.

    • Up to 4 x 2.5’’ SATA III(SATA 6.0 Gbit/s) SSD disks, up to 32 TB. Use the front SSD tray.

    • Or 1 NVMe disk that takes an internal M.2 socket, with size upto 8 TB. or upto 4 x NVMe disks(upto 32 TB) via PCIe adapter.

  • OS and software:

    • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS pre-installed

    • Vicanlog software pre-installed, demo project pre-configured

  • PCI express cards:

    • 2 or 4 channel PCI Express Ethernet cards

    • Graphic cards with PCIe hold down kit

    • 2 or 4 channel CAN-HS/CAN FD cards and cables

  • USB-CAN:

    • Zeno 42X CANquatro( 2 x CAN-HS, 4 x CAN FD, 2 x LIN) with split cables and 120 ohm terminators.

  • miniPCIe - CAN:

    • Zeno 42X miniPCIe CANquatro(2 x CAN-HS, 4 x CAN FD) with split cables and 120 ohm terminators

  • OBD II connectivity:

    • OBD II to Dsub 9 adapter cable, 2.5 m.

  • USB-GPS:

    • Navilock NL-8002U GPS device, cable length 1.5 m

  • ZEUS subscription

    • one year of subscription for ZEUS.

1.6 Ordering process

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If ZEUS subscription is purchased, customer needs to register a ZEUS account, either in vicando software(File menu -> License Manager), or from ZEUS website. Upon receiving the computer, we help you via email and web conference to setup the zeus connection if you have purchased the subscription from us. After that you will be able to login zeus and monitor the status of the vicanlog unit. Please contact support@zuragon.com for help.