SOC-Meter User Guide and Firmware Updates

[garygid]

I am waiting for some feedback from user tests before I post the firmware.
I will email the hex F1.10 file to you to program (flash) and try (if you can).
However, I will come prepared to flash GID-Meters this Coming Saturday.

I know some things that I still want to add (in a following version):

1. Show the voltage for the 12v battery, if possible.
2. Change the initial brightness to favor the original display.
3. Display not-available values as -.- rather than 0.0 (zero) value.
4. Log ALL the selected bus's CAN messages.

 

[garygid]

Firmware Version F1.10 has been posted to my web site
(see the link in my Signature, below).

I updated about 5 GID-Meters yesterday, so now they can show
the Tire Pressures, and control the LED-Display's Brightness.

No bugs have been reported, but... :? ... please let me know
if you find an objectionable undisclosed feature. :shock:

Enjoy, but please do not Crash while looking at the display.

 

[mwalsh]

Hey Gary. Since you asked...tire pressures do not seem to be working for me.

 

[garygid]

Tire Pressures require
1. using (selector switch up) the CAR-CAN bus, not the EV-bus
2. driving the car about 100 yards, and moving...

When not moving, or the wrong CAN bus is selected, the
"wheel-location" (the leftmost) character should be displayed,
but the "value" will be just "-.-" indicating invalid or unavailable.

Please see if that helps.
Cherrs, Gary

 

[mwalsh]

Tire Pressures require
1. using (selector switch up) the CAR-CAN bus, not the EV-bus
2. driving the car about 100 yards, and moving...

When not moving, or the wrong CAN bus is selected, the
"wheel-location" (the leftmost) character should be displayed,
but the "value" will be just "-.-" indicating invalid or unavailable.

Please see if that helps.
Cherrs, Gary

Oh, you never said that in your tutorial. It probably will. :lol:

 

[garygid]

I just posted two User-Instruction Manuals:

1. The GID-Meter User Instructions (F1.09) (pdf)
Hopefully this document will be helpful, and very nearly correct.
Consider this a first "Release" version of this short document, for the F1.09 firmware.

2. The GID-Meter User Instructions (F1.10) (pdf)
Updated to cover the new features in version F1.10 of the firmware.