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turbophil · 08-06-2008, 09:25 PM

Ah come on Charlie, you're changing your definition of lame

hehehe, I'm just giving you a hard time...

Actually they limited the user settings to 12000 pulses per mile from the factory for that very reason. I personally asked them to send me a custom firmware update that would allow me unlimited user input to see if the hardware could deal with ~24,000 pulses per mile that our cars put out. What was *not* lame is that they sent me the unlocked firmware within about 2 hours of asking for it

. But as I found out, the dash2 hardware isn't as advanced as the DL-1 hardware to pick up the high pulse numbers of our ABS sensors.

You have to remember this dash was designed for race cars that typically don't have ABS wheel speed sensors simply there to pick up odometer readings. Most race cars would wire independent wheel speed sensors to the DL-1 and then have the DL-1 feed the dash2 through the serial port. This issue is exclusively related to the odometer which they have setup to only take input from a hardwired wheel speed sensor and not the GPS...

Also this system is under $1,700 (complete with DL-1 or 600 for the dash2 alone) and has all the "stuff" needed for a street legal dash, complete with idiot lights and a ton of user input and customizable tools along with some of the best and most widely used data logging software out there via the DL-1. It also can install cleanly into our binnacles with a little creativity. So if a slight work-around is needed to fix a odometer specific issue above 80mph then so be it...

I personally hate suction cup loggers or the added pod-type devices/gauges cluttering up my already small cabin when something like this will do as good or, in this case, a better job. If you come up with a comparably clean installable and comprehensive solution to monitoring a multitude of things on the car, logging, and analysis, I'd be happy to give it a try. Until then, I appreciate your ideas to help solve a problem like the one mentioned above (as you did on Monkey, and thanks for that

)...

Best,

Phil

08-06-2008, 09:25 PM	#85 (permalink)
turbophil Plug Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kansas City/ Overland Park Posts: 1,759 Images: 3	Ah come on Charlie, you're changing your definition of lame hehehe, I'm just giving you a hard time... Actually they limited the user settings to 12000 pulses per mile from the factory for that very reason. I personally asked them to send me a custom firmware update that would allow me unlimited user input to see if the hardware could deal with ~24,000 pulses per mile that our cars put out. What was not lame is that they sent me the unlocked firmware within about 2 hours of asking for it. But as I found out, the dash2 hardware isn't as advanced as the DL-1 hardware to pick up the high pulse numbers of our ABS sensors. You have to remember this dash was designed for race cars that typically don't have ABS wheel speed sensors simply there to pick up odometer readings. Most race cars would wire independent wheel speed sensors to the DL-1 and then have the DL-1 feed the dash2 through the serial port. This issue is exclusively related to the odometer which they have setup to only take input from a hardwired wheel speed sensor and not the GPS... Also this system is under $1,700 (complete with DL-1 or 600 for the dash2 alone) and has all the "stuff" needed for a street legal dash, complete with idiot lights and a ton of user input and customizable tools along with some of the best and most widely used data logging software out there via the DL-1. It also can install cleanly into our binnacles with a little creativity. So if a slight work-around is needed to fix a odometer specific issue above 80mph then so be it... I personally hate suction cup loggers or the added pod-type devices/gauges cluttering up my already small cabin when something like this will do as good or, in this case, a better job. If you come up with a comparably clean installable and comprehensive solution to monitoring a multitude of things on the car, logging, and analysis, I'd be happy to give it a try. Until then, I appreciate your ideas to help solve a problem like the one mentioned above (as you did on Monkey, and thanks for that)... Best, Phil __________________ \| '05 GG LSS Elise \| A Track Chariot \| BOE ClamHinge \| BOE TVS SuperCharger 275whp/175wtq \| EFI Standalone Engine Management \| See my car at BOE Fabrication: www.boefabrication.com *----->Last Updated: 12/27/08* If something ain't worth doing right, it ain't worth doing at all...