Menu-bar

The menu bar runs along the top of the main display window. It allows you to open up a number of sub-menus. These menus will give you the access to the following options:

File Menu

New layout

This option will clear away all of the objects from the design window.

Load layout

This allows you to load a previously saved CMG file.

Save layout

This will save your design (configuration) to a CMG file.

Restore default variable information

Variable information get changed when you make changes to the variable properties. This option helps you to restore the variable tree to the original state it had when you start the software for the first time.

CAN file management

This will open the Variable and CAN manager application that allows you to manages the variable and CAN information.

Write configuration

This allows you to program the device with the new configuration data. The device firmware will also be updated.

Read Configuration

This reads the current configuration from Device and loads into the configuration software.

Add comments to configuration

This allows you to add (or edit) comments to your configuration.

Reflash

This allows you to update the firmware of your DASH4PRO FD device.

Exit

This allows you to exit from the program.

Add control menu

This menu allows you to add controls to the design area.

Following section briefly discusses each of these controls. For more information on the properties of the controls read the Control Properties section.

Numeric display

The Numeric Display represents the data in numerical form. This display will update on the display screen as data is logged. For more information on altering the properties of this control, refer Numeric display properties section.

Graph

This displays information in the form of a graph which updates itself as data is logged. For more information on altering the properties of this control, refer Graph properties section.

Bar-chart

This displays the information as a progress bar, which updates as data is logged. For more information on altering the properties of this control, refer Bar-Chart properties section.

Text

This control allows you to add text to the display. The text will not be affected by any data that is logged. For more information on altering the properties of this control, refer Text properties section.

SB Text Results

When triggered tests are enabled, SB text results object is used to display output from a SPEEDBOX unit.

Image

Image control can hold an user defined or a factory bitmap and user can show/hide this control based on a variable value/range.

Screen menu

This menu allows you to switch between 12 design screens to configure them (add/edit/remove controls and change control properties, associate variables with controls etc.).

Configuration Menu

This menu allows you to configure the following sections of DASH4PRO FD unit.

Startup bitmap

Allows you to set a startup bitmap for the DASH4PRO FD unit. Please note that the size of the bitmap must be 128 x 64 pixels.

Display Screens

Allows you to configure data screens to switch automatically between them depending on a variable value.

Gear Display

This menu item opens the Gear Indicator setup dialog that allows you to configure the Gear variable. When configured correctly, gear variable returns the current gear you are in.

RPM

Opens the RPM dialog that is used to configure the engine RPM

Shift Lights

Opens the Shift lights dialog that is used to configure the shift lights on DASH4PRO FD display unit.

Reference sector times

Opens the Reference sector times dialog that allows you to program a set of reference sector times and calculate Predictive lap time, reference sector delta and reference lap delta based on that.

Variable timeout

Allows you to set the time for which a variable is considered to be valid after it has been received.

For example, if we set a value of 2 seconds, then 2 seconds after the last data sample on this channel has been received on this channel, the displayed value will go to "-".

Triggered SPEEDBOX tests

Allows you to configure the triggered SPEEDBOX tests. To display the test results on DASH4PRO FD, SB Text Results object needs to add to the screen(s) that you configure.

The setting on this page are the same as when setting this directly from the SPEEDBOX, more information is available here.

Menu settings

CAN settings

This allows you to configure the CAN bus and data phase parameters.

CAN output commands

Opens a dialog box which lets you configure the DASH4PRO FD to output CAN messages on when screens are changed or a button (or a button combination) is pressed.

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