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Hi,
Can you add a button to manually save the dat pointby point?
We neef to create a power curve when we use the RPM brake controle RPM manually.
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Ben
Hi folks!
YourDyno software release 3.3.58 was released today. Some nice new features:
- Better support variable gear ratio, for example from torque converters or CVT transmissions or tire compression. A high update rate direct engine RPM measurement is necessary for this to work, for example an Inductive RPM pickup or CAN bus (OBD2 is too slow). Turn on "Re-calculate results from variable gear ratio" in the Gear ratio window to turn it on. When the run is complete, all results will be recalculated using the actual recorded gear ratio
- Average Power / Torque functionality is complete. You can set an RPM area you want to calculate the average Power and Torque over. The results can pop up in the Splash screen after the run and be viewed in the results summary table below. You can also turn on indicators for start and end rpm and move them with the mouse and results are recalculated. Check out Options->Average Power and Torque
- Soft start sweep option for the Load Control brake mode. Instead of going straight into the assigned sweep rate, this option gradually increases the target RPM such that it reaches the target sweep rate over the first 1 second. This makes the sweep smoother. Turn it on under Brake setup->Load Control->Advanced->Enable soft sweep start. It looks like this.
- Improved Auto detect early stop. This is to automatically stop the run when a run does not reach the defined end RPM. The trigger now tolerates more torque noise to avoid false detection of a stop. It also works for water brakes now, which typically have positive torque when ramping down
- Automatic removal of data after max RPM in Results vs RPM also when not doing retardation runs (i.e. engine dynos and wheel power testing). This is practical, as the data when coming back after hitting max RPM is uninteresting in most cases. This option is automatically turned on for Power sweeps and Load Control for sweep up (i.e. start RPM < end RPM)
- MAJOR overhaul of the KmTronic USB relay plugin. It looks like this. You can now:
- Assign a channel name to the relays, so they pop up in the Gauges window and in the graphs
- Assign a Deadband in the threshold, so relays don't flicker on and off around the threshold
- Turn on a Momentary switch option, such that the relay is on (closed) as long as you hold the hotkey down. This can be used for starting the engine, moving the dyno bed, etc.
- Logo in the Print-out is working again
- Some other minor cleanups
Thanks for all your inputs!
Cheers
Jostein
Thanks Jostein.
I have a problem where some changes to the run screen layout are lost the next time the screen is opened.
Sometimes a recently added gauge is missing, or the size or front/back config for a newly added gauge is wrong.
I press the 'Dismiss' button to close the screen, not the close window X, but is there a way to force the current layout to be saved?
Hi folks,
YourDyno version 3.3.57 was released today (beta).
Changes:
- Individual noise filtering for each channel. Check out Visual Styles. Now you can override the default noise setting from Options->Noise filtering per channel
- Average Power and Average Torque is implemented (preliminary). You can define start and end RPM, and the average power and average torque within this region can be displayed in the summary table below the run and in the Splash screen. There is still more functionality coming here, like vertical bars displaying the region, automatic recalculation of average if the region is changed, etc. Ability to create an average run from a number of existing runs is also underway, but not ready yet
- Fixed a bug which would make small gauges grow automatically
- Fixed a potential issue where the Results table would show no data if the master channel did not exist
- Fixed an issue with Print logo
- Improved German translation and did some minor other translation updates
Enjoy!
As always, any issues let me know.
Folks,
For those of you with YourDyno Standard v5 with firmware 2.11, please click Options->Firmware upgrade->Upgrade to latest online. It will upgrade to firmware 2.12.
Firmware 2.11 had an issue where Out1 would turn on and stay on if you connect the YourDyno box but don't start the YourDyno software.
Digital outputs are channels with names, you can turn on their gauges
Right, I was just hoping you'd extend the planned KMTronic indicators to the digital channels (both in and out) as well, because simple indicators make more sense there then a 1 or 0.
I suppose as work around, bar graphs can be used, that have min and max values set at 0 and 1 to be empty of full on the bar graphs.
Digital outputs are channels with names, you can turn on their gauges
Correct, channel names must be unique and brackets "(" and ")" are not allowed in channel names because they are used when indicating the unit, like this Torque (Nm).
You can use "[" and "]" if you like or "_" or something.
Ok, square brackets are at least better than nothing. lol. Thanks for pointing that out. 🙂
I am going to add the status of the KmTronic relays as gauges. As you say it is nice to see the status of the relays. 1 = On and 0 = Off is pretty standard, so that will be it for now
Will that be only for the KMTronic relays, and not the other relays option, or digital inputs?
Correct, channel names must be unique and brackets "(" and ")" are not allowed in channel names because they are used when indicating the unit, like this Torque (Nm).
You can use "[" and "]" if you like or "_" or something.
I am going to add the status of the KmTronic relays as gauges. As you say it is nice to see the status of the relays. 1 = On and 0 = Off is pretty standard, so that will be it for now
I've found a small issue with the gauges. Or maybe there's a better way than I am doing this...
Anyway, certain readings I'd like to see as both analog and digital on the run screen, so what I figured out to do to have this is to use "Math Channels" to add additional gauges to be displayed that can simply be the value of a channel with no manipulation (math), if need be. Awesome.
The issue is if the new math channel has the same name as an existing channel, it doesn't show up the gauges list for one thing, so an unique name needs to be used, which isn't too much of an issue, but for something like "Torque", it doesn't really make sense to name it anything else. So I thought I was being clever and adding "(Ft/Lbs)" in the name, and it shows up the gauges list, so I can add it to the run screen, however, this gauge will disappear when the run screen is closed. I've changed the name for now to something without the brackets and it seems to be working fine.
So it looks like using brackets in the name field doesn't completely solve the same name issue.
So I see this as a very minor issue, but it would be nice to easily add a second, or maybe more gauges of the same item, but to be displayed in a different way, such as the analog and digital gauges I like to see.
Also, a request, for some things, it would be nice to have simple indicators. Like for digital outputs, be them the ones directly on the control box, or through USB control. I.E. If we are controlling pump or fans with the YourDyno box, then it would be nice to have simple indicators on the run screen to know that they have been triggered to be on. The same indicator type could be used with the SS water valve V2, for the zero close indication. A simple indicator instead of an 1 and 0 would be awesome. This might possibly be integrated into what I think was another request I saw that there might be indicators pop up when a certain value of something happens, such as warnings when something gets too hot, too lean or too fast, etc.
Thanks
@bendd and others about the graph colors, here is the plan. In the Visual Styles option there will be 10 columns for color. This will cover 10 Runs. For each channel you can set the sequence of colors you want. Then there will be two additional lines for default colors for left and right axis (so 10 of each). If you don't set a specific channel color sequence, it gets the default color. It will spin around again after 10 runs. That should work well I think.
@hansl, yes I thought of making the bar itself indicate the range color. But if you do that it is difficult to see if you are close to the red zone or not (or maybe there is a way?). Maybe I can add this as an option in any case, I will check. And yes I will make some adjustments to the font size for very wide bar gauges.
This is great idea!! For making the bar itself indicate the range will be better, and for difficult to see if you are close to red zone or no, posibly you can make background with same range colors but dark. I attach the example.
thanks for you work Jostein!
@bendd I like that I'd I hate all the colors it gets very confusing. Maybe make the current run one color and have the older runs change to a different color.
@stvdrag225 that's a great idea. If red (for example) is reserved for the most recent run so you can easily spot it amongst the others.
@bendd and others about the graph colors, here is the plan. In the Visual Styles option there will be 10 columns for color. This will cover 10 Runs. For each channel you can set the sequence of colors you want. Then there will be two additional lines for default colors for left and right axis (so 10 of each). If you don't set a specific channel color sequence, it gets the default color. It will spin around again after 10 runs. That should work well I think.
@hansl, yes I thought of making the bar itself indicate the range color. But if you do that it is difficult to see if you are close to the red zone or not (or maybe there is a way?). Maybe I can add this as an option in any case, I will check. And yes I will make some adjustments to the font size for very wide bar gauges.
Thanks Jostein.
Most people will be using a bar graph display with black, grey or white background and use green, yellow and red as the warning level indicators. All those colors work together in every possible combination, so I think it makes sense to make the bar change to the chosen level indicator color(s) (green then yellow & red etc) based upon current value and scaling, and then flash when in the warning range if selected. And if someone wants a green bar with no change or warning, they just have to scale the bar color from 0-100% as green etc....
Thanks so much for listening to our suggestions, this is what truely makes you product 'yourdyno' 🙂
@bendd and others about the graph colors, here is the plan. In the Visual Styles option there will be 10 columns for color. This will cover 10 Runs. For each channel you can set the sequence of colors you want. Then there will be two additional lines for default colors for left and right axis (so 10 of each). If you don't set a specific channel color sequence, it gets the default color. It will spin around again after 10 runs. That should work well I think.
@hansl, yes I thought of making the bar itself indicate the range color. But if you do that it is difficult to see if you are close to the red zone or not (or maybe there is a way?). Maybe I can add this as an option in any case, I will check. And yes I will make some adjustments to the font size for very wide bar gauges.
Love the bar graph addition. Perhaps if the "Range" colors were the actual bar graph, or if the bar itself could be narrower it would be much easier to see the values at a quick glance. As is, the range colors are covered most of the time. I'd love something similar to the Dynojet bar graphs, which are super easy to know the value at a quick glance.