can someone tell me what I'm missing here?

[0rion]

I'm making a calc. pid and I'm missing something. It's not showing up in the systems list. I've read the stickies and I'm a little confused on the PRN number because one of the stickies says you can use F000-F3FF but the help file in the scanner says to use F600-F6FF but I don't think that's my problem. I'm missing something else I think.
I'm making a PID to calc. boost from the MAP sensor.

[mr.prick]

Try this:

*CLC-00-001
psi           -30.0         30.0          0.1  "({SAE.MAP.kPa}*0.145038)-14.5038"
===========================================================================
CALC.REALBOOST          F001     CLC-00-001          psi              Performance      "Boost" 

[0rion]

still can't get it to show up in the list. I can't figure out what I have wrong. psi is already defined in the generic file so I don't have to list this again under units do I?

[mr.prick]

The units are case sensitive you had psi in capitals.
You also had {SAE.MAP.KPA} in the expression,
it should be {SAE.MAP.kPa}
The above works for me.

[0rion]

I got it.....don't want to tell you what was wrong though. It's the same as it always is....something simple and stupid that will cost me hours of frustration. I had the user config folder copied to a different directory for when I did/do upgrades. I was changing that calc.pid but not moving it to the my documents/user config directory. Moved it over and now have a functioning boost gauge in the dashboard view.

[joecar]

Also, add an extra 2 blank lines at the end of the file (otherwise the description gets truncated).

I like to make the xxx in Fxxx and CLC-00-xxx the same (as shown by mr.prick's example above), it makes it easier to keep track of all the equations (my $0.01).

[joecar]

Glad you got it...

[0rion]

thanks for your help and the tips......as soon as you pointed out the caps in kPa I thought that was it but even if I would've had that right it was still in the wrong directory. I also saw you called it F001 and then figured out why. I was kinda confused on the available range for that so I was trying to go by the help file and start at 600.

[joecar]

Also note that to get boost in psi you can do it in a simpler manner: "{SAE.MAP.psi}-14.5038"


i.e.

*CLC-00-001
psi           -15.0         30.0          0.1   "{SAE.MAP.psi}-14.5038"

===========================================================================
CALC.REALBOOST          F001     CLC-00-001           psi               Performance      "Boost"

[joecar]

To have boost in both psi and kPa do this:

*CLC-00-001
psi           -15.0         30.0          0.1   "{SAE.MAP.psi}-14.5038"
kPa          -100.0        200.0          0.1   "{SAE.MAP.kPa}-100.0"

===========================================================================
CALC.REALBOOST          F001     CLC-00-001            "psi,kPa"               Performance      "Boost"


# leave 2 blank lines at the end of file

Then in a chart or gauge, you would have booth CALC.REALBOOST.psi and CALC.REALBOOST.kPa available.

(As you have found, watch the spelling of kPa).