If you make a custom splash screen image and want to share it with others, please post it in this thread.:D
Regards
Paul
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If you make a custom splash screen image and want to share it with others, please post it in this thread.:D
Regards
Paul
Just a few I've been working on...
LS1 bare/short block screens:
Misc. LS1 hardware screens:
For anyone that drives a Gardner Douglas...
Hi Guys,
Not ot hijack the thread too badly, but I got a little creative with the startup splash screen. :)
Enjoy.
What's the best way to make a splash screen? I have photoshop.
Someone feel like posting a quick step by step? :)
GoldFinger911, I moved your post to this thread. :cheers:
Hehehe... :cheers: ;)
:D
Here's a couple more.
The last one is my current one...my two loves, haha.
That didn't take long.... :nixweiss:Quote:
Originally Posted by Wasted Income
Very nice, how about one with the Corvette crossed flags?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wasted Income
Paul
Honestly, I'm surprised that I was the first one to do it!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Blacky
Corvette crossed flags?? But I don't own a corvette!Quote:
Originally Posted by Blacky
I'll do one tonight if I can get a chance.
I'm sure that image was inside several of our heads, just a matter of time for it to appear as a bitmap!Quote:
Originally Posted by Blacky
Mind you, I don't wan't those words appearing on my EFILIVE product nor do I wan't the 4 letter "f" word (f*rd) either!!
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Originally Posted by Biggsy
:muahaha:
++UPDATED++
Enjoy. (I am a Photoshop nut)
Any requests, let me know.
+1.Quote:
Originally Posted by TAQuickness
Ok, I must ask, what is a splash screen?!?!?
The splash screen is the logo that appears when you first power up the V2.
Joe - :Eyecrazy:
Goldfinger911 - dig the firebird
Thanks man.Quote:
Originally Posted by TAQuickness
Here are some more.
I wonder if there is a way to make the splash screen stay up longer, or even come up if idle... like a screensaver? When I turn my V2 on, I see the screen for a half a second now. I would swear it was longer before.
+2 Best thing I've seen all year.Quote:
Originally Posted by joecar
Yes it is faster than the old V2.4 firmware, the boot sequence has been heavily optimized. You can view the splash screen using one of the options inside "self tests".Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldfinger911
You can change the splash screen time by editing the Settings.dat file using a hex editor. (It will be a user definable option in future).
If you understand C stuctures, here's the layout of the Settings.dat file:
See image for more info.Code:typedef struct {
TCFG_LOCALE locale; // Locality, used for date formats
TCFG_UNITS units; // Units, used for default or alternate units
WORD arDelay1; // Auto-repeat, inital delay in ms
WORD arDelay2; // Auto-repeat, time between repeats in ms
WORD splashTime; // Number of ms to display the EFILive AutoCal splash screen
long date; // MRU Date
long time; // MRU Time
WORD fileCounter; // Filename counter
WORD lowPwrTime; // Number of minutes before sleeping
WORD alertTime; // Time to display alerts
WORD errorTime; // Time to display errors
WORD fileSystem; // Filesystem in use: 0=None, 1=Internal Flash, 2=SD Card
BYTE unused[256-28]; // Pad to 256 bytes
} TCFG;
Paul
Great info! Changed it to BB as I wanted about 1500ms and didnt change and then tried FF (4096ms) still no joy. I will keep playing with it, its no big deal and your are very busy ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Blacky
Jez
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out of curiosity, is it possible to down load a virus to the V2?
Yeah just try and read a HPTuners custom os tune......... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by mr.prick
Technically yes. But practically, its not even remotely possible (I'm not throwing out a challenge by the way).Quote:
Originally Posted by mr.prick
Depending on your definition of a virus, anything other than the official EFILive FlashScan firmware could be classed as a virus (sometimes even our beta firmware behaves as badly as a virus :bash:).
There are safeguards built into FlashScan that prevent unauthorized code from executing in FlashScan.
1. The flash memory is locked with a 64 bit key. Assuming someone could try 1000 keys per second, it would take about 250 billion years to try just half the possible combinations. And that's not taking into account that aftger each unsuccessful attempt, the CPU must be cold booted.
2. If the key was cracked (and it is different on each FlashScan device), the firmware must adhere to a number of constraints, including magic 32-bit numbers embedded in random parts of the code and multiple 16 bit CRC values.
3. The virus writer would need to have knowledge of the inner workings of the FlashScan RTOS. None of that is available outside of EFILive.
So there really is no practical way a virus or any other non-official EFILive code (or code damaged by faulty hardware) could execute on the FlashScan device.
Anytime FlashScan detects the firmware has been modified/damaged in any way, it will go into deadpoll mode and flash the two orange LEDs (assuming it is not too brain-dead to do even that simple task). So you will know if anything has been modified/damaged.
By the way, those safeguards were not put in place to protect against viruses but were put in place to detect a failure of the flash memory and to prevent FlashScan from operating if any single bit in the flash memory was altered or damaged.
Regards
Paul
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Some love for the 4 bangers.
Use the program Start->All Programs->EFILive->V8.1->EFILive Explorer.exe and on the [Splash] tab page, you can load any 128x64 pixel bitmap to use as your splash screen on FlashScan.
Some sample splash screens are available in \Program Files\EFILive\V8.1\Splash Screens
Regards
Paul
You can (and should) install V8.1 even though you already have V7.5 installed. Right now, V8.1 does not replace anything in V7.5, it just adds extra functionality. You should also upgrade your FlashScan V2 boot block and firmware to V2.5.xx.
V8.1 (and the new V2 firmware) adds standalone black box logging functionality to your V2. As well as allowing you to change the initial splash screen.
After installing V8.1, and before upgrading the boot block and firmware on your V2, make sure you read the document Start->All Programs->EFILive->V8.1->Documents->Upgrading FlashScan. It contains important instructions on how to upgrade your V2 correctly.
The latest V7.5.4 and V8.1.1 installation packages are available here:
http://www.efilive.com/download.aspx
Regards
Paul
how to intall the picture on the device?
First you need to create the image and place it in the "Spash Screens" sub folder of the V8 folder. Yours should be similar to this:
C:\Program Files\EFILive\V8\Splash Screens
I just took one the the defaults and modified to suit me then changed the name. Then using the EFI Live Explorer program you can navigate to the Splash Screen folder and install it to your V2.
Al
I tried but it didn't happen it gives $005 and the following(through tracing the error):
Copy ".\splash.ebm" to "\EFILive\V7\Config\"
Set FlashScan File System to "Config"
File date time is: "20081027 22:47:02"
Opened Windows File: ".\splash.ebm"
File size is: 1024 bytes
Failed to created destination file "\EFILive\V7\Config\splash.ebm". Error: Error: $0005
Closed Windows file
Error numbers can be looked up here:
\Program Files\EFILive\V8\Documents\EFILiveV8_Errors.txt
(Eventually, the error text will be displayed not just the numbers)
However, error $0005 is listed as: $0005 USB insufficient resources which is not what I would expect.
It is far more likely to be $0185 F_ERR_NOTFOUND, (File system error: 5). The "not found" part refers to the folder:\EFILive\V7\Config which is created when you format the Config file system.
There was a bug in an earlier firmware version that did not add the $0180 to the file system errors and so the file system errors all got reported incorrectly.
Make sure you have formatted the Config file system using EFILive Explorer before attempting to copy a splash image file to FlashScan.
Also, please make sure you are using the latest boot block (V2.06.02) and firmware (V2.06.04 or above). You can get the latest firmwware as part of the V8.1.2 download/installation from our downloads web page.
Regards
Paul
I have the latest boot block (V2.06.02) and firmware (V2.06.04 or above). If I format the confg, will I lose any thing.
Yes, you will lose these files from flash:
*.pmm
Options.txt
Settings.dat
You will have to recopy/restore those files.
how to restore them?
If EFILive Explorer can read the list of files in the [Config] tab page, then you don't need to reformat it. It is ok and the $0005 error must be something else.
If you have the V2.06.xx firmware then the error number should be accurate. However, I do not know why you would get a $0005 USB insufficient resources error when trying to copy the *.ebm file to FlashScan.If you click properties on the [Config] tab page in Explorer, how mush free space do you have?
Regards
Paul