swingtan
January 23rd, 2010, 05:27 PM
Hi Guys,
This has been mentioned before, but I think the end results was " can't be done". I have thoughts on this and was wondering what could be done.
What I would like, is to have some way of "auto logging" set up in the car. I'd like to do this mainly to ensure my car is treaded correctly when it goes in for a service etc, as well as making it easy to log trips without needing to manually start a log session. This will make sense to the home tuners, but probably not much to the workshops. I would like to be able to capture data every time the car runs, so the options are....
Start a log and leave it running, even when the car is turned off. The only way this would work is if "power saving" mode is turned off, but this would flatten the battery pretty quick, running the screen especially.
Have some way of "waking up" the V2 automatically, ( not needing a key press". I'm not sure if there is a way of waking the V2 when the ODB-II bus goes active? Maybe an external I/P could wake it?
Have an option where the V2 can be put in "Hands Free" operation, where is auto-starts logging when it detects a PCM and ends the log after a period of no data. To go with this, is another "power saving" mode that disables the screen to reduce power consumption.
I've tested the current firmware and it will continue a log, providing the V2 does not enter power saving mode. Once it goes in, it will not come out without a key press. It will however continue a log after it "wakes up".
So, are there any options I've missed? Is there something that can be done to allow this sort of operation?
Simon.
This has been mentioned before, but I think the end results was " can't be done". I have thoughts on this and was wondering what could be done.
What I would like, is to have some way of "auto logging" set up in the car. I'd like to do this mainly to ensure my car is treaded correctly when it goes in for a service etc, as well as making it easy to log trips without needing to manually start a log session. This will make sense to the home tuners, but probably not much to the workshops. I would like to be able to capture data every time the car runs, so the options are....
Start a log and leave it running, even when the car is turned off. The only way this would work is if "power saving" mode is turned off, but this would flatten the battery pretty quick, running the screen especially.
Have some way of "waking up" the V2 automatically, ( not needing a key press". I'm not sure if there is a way of waking the V2 when the ODB-II bus goes active? Maybe an external I/P could wake it?
Have an option where the V2 can be put in "Hands Free" operation, where is auto-starts logging when it detects a PCM and ends the log after a period of no data. To go with this, is another "power saving" mode that disables the screen to reduce power consumption.
I've tested the current firmware and it will continue a log, providing the V2 does not enter power saving mode. Once it goes in, it will not come out without a key press. It will however continue a log after it "wakes up".
So, are there any options I've missed? Is there something that can be done to allow this sort of operation?
Simon.