Dash 2 firmware v10 toughts
Posted: Tue May 08, 2018 9:07 am
Hello,
My old Dash2 unit had a electical issue due to ground issue in the car, it was repaired by the technical staff and I installed the unit.
Then it was upgraded to the latest v10 firmware (that came with the 8.5 software downloaded yesterday) in order to use the v8.5 configuration software.
I managed to configure the unit (its a bit lame the .dat configuration cannot be imported in the 8.5 SW as a base to make a .cmg) and its working well. I am using the dash2 together with a DL1 MK2
There are a few issues/thoughts that I would like to share concerning this firmware.
1: it only has like 3-4 items left in the menu of the display. For instance the option to display/hide the odometer is missing.
2:Sporatically the Analogue 2 channel of the DL1 is dislayed wrong. I use this for oil pressure with a standard 10bar sensor. when the error ocurs the display displays 6553.5, this is not physically possile as the formula for oil pressure is 2.5x-1.25, so even 12v would not make this value. when this occurs the other 7 analogues channel from the DL1 come in just fine. the voltage at the AN2 input is 0.496v with engine off key on. switching ignition of and on fixes the problem 9/10 times
3: There are only 5 alarm inputs possible. this is actually a downgrade to the old firmware, as there an alarm could be set on each input. For instance I would like to have alarm on: Oil temp (engine, box and diff), oil rpessure, coolant temp, EGT and fuel level, so 5 doesnt cut it for me.
Is there a chance you guys could adapt the firmware to adress above issues? If not its also fine, then I will revert back to v9.x firmware.
My old Dash2 unit had a electical issue due to ground issue in the car, it was repaired by the technical staff and I installed the unit.
Then it was upgraded to the latest v10 firmware (that came with the 8.5 software downloaded yesterday) in order to use the v8.5 configuration software.
I managed to configure the unit (its a bit lame the .dat configuration cannot be imported in the 8.5 SW as a base to make a .cmg) and its working well. I am using the dash2 together with a DL1 MK2
There are a few issues/thoughts that I would like to share concerning this firmware.
1: it only has like 3-4 items left in the menu of the display. For instance the option to display/hide the odometer is missing.
2:Sporatically the Analogue 2 channel of the DL1 is dislayed wrong. I use this for oil pressure with a standard 10bar sensor. when the error ocurs the display displays 6553.5, this is not physically possile as the formula for oil pressure is 2.5x-1.25, so even 12v would not make this value. when this occurs the other 7 analogues channel from the DL1 come in just fine. the voltage at the AN2 input is 0.496v with engine off key on. switching ignition of and on fixes the problem 9/10 times
3: There are only 5 alarm inputs possible. this is actually a downgrade to the old firmware, as there an alarm could be set on each input. For instance I would like to have alarm on: Oil temp (engine, box and diff), oil rpessure, coolant temp, EGT and fuel level, so 5 doesnt cut it for me.
Is there a chance you guys could adapt the firmware to adress above issues? If not its also fine, then I will revert back to v9.x firmware.