Editing An Existing Gauge
Edit A Gauge
As you can see on your dash, you already have quite a few gauges on the screen and you may like the
setup but want to tweak it for your particular application. This is made extremely easy and intuitive
because it will act just like a smart phone that you're already used to using.
Simply place your finger on the gauge you want to edit and hold it there. A menu will appear and you
can select Edit Gauge. Once here you will be presented with 3 different tabs that control all of the
aspects of displaying this gauge to you. You should never need to go into Advanced and unless you are
trying to change the colors of the name, value or needle, we don't need to go into the Style tab, so we'll
focus on the General tab where most of the settings are made.
•Gauge Sensor – This is where you set what channel this gauge is going to display. The
dropdown list will initially only have ExtPwr until it is connected to your DataMaxx Main
Module. Once connected your Dash will automatically sense all of the sensor on your
DataMaxx and you will then have those sensors as options in your drop down list. Please note
that whatever name you calibrate a channel for in the DataMaxx calibration process is what will
be displayed here.
•Gauge Size – Easily change the size of gauge. Choose between Extra Small, Small, Medium,
Large and Extra Large.
•Gauge Type – Allows you to change the look and feel of the gauge. You options are
Full Needle Dial, 90% Needle Dial, Half Needle Dial, Alphanumeric, Switch Display, Record
and Thermometer.
•Refresh Rate – This modifies how quickly the needle updates and how much smoothing is
involved. The default refresh rate is fast, however, if you have a signal that is noisy and the
needle is bouncing around too much, move the refresh rate to Medium or Slow. Options are Full
(no smoothing or delay, 100% raw data), Fast (quick reaction, minimal smoothing), Medium
(quick reaction, more smoothing), Slow (slower reaction, max smoothing).
•Gauge Range – This will determine what the minimum and maximum values shown on the
gauge will be. There are typically two methods to setting the min and max. The first is to set it
based on the min and max ability of the sensor in question (i.e. 15 psi min is 0 and max is 15).
The second option is to set them in a way that allows your ideal condition make the needle stay
at 12 o'clock. If you always want to launch the car when the temp gets to 140 then make the min
70 and the max 210. This means the the 140 degree ideal range will be when the needle is
perfectly at 12 o'clock and gives you instant visual feedback.
•Scale Type – This will change whether the gauge numbers will be divided by 1, 100 or 1,000.
If you are using the gauge for RPM you will likely want to set it to divide by 1,000.
•Gauge Target – Setting the gauge target will place a red line where the needle should be. This
gives you a reference point for what the needle should be. Setting the +/- of the gauge target
will place a green background behind the red target line so that you will know that as long as
the needle is bouncing around the green, that you're good to go. This is especially useful for
starting line times when you want to make sure your pressures are where the should be and that
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