Blue Bird Coachworks 450 LXi, Owner'S Manual

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450 LXi Owner Manual 5-2 Engine Messenger System
Rev. “C”
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5-2.2.11 Display Functions
Functions of Buttons on the Display
- Simultaneously pressing and releasing the two center buttons (Down and Up)
will cause the display screen to return to the title screen (Instantaneous Data) of the display.
Adjusting the Brightness of the Display
- The display will automatically be dimmed when the headlights are turned
ON and the display is connected to the lighting circuit. The illumination of the display may be adjusted manually.
Figure 2
Front view of Messenger display
(1) Home buttons
(2) Display dimming buttons
The contrast may be adjusted by pressing and releasing the Right arrow
button and the Left arrow button from the Adjust Contrast screen. The
characters may be lightened by pressing and releasing the Left arrow
button until the illumination is satisfactory. The background may be
darkened by pressing and releasing the Right arrow until the background
is satisfactory.
The Down arrow button may be used in order to change the backlight.
The backlight may be turned off by pressing and releasing the Left arrow
button. The backlight may be turned on by pressing and releasing the
Right arrow button.
The backlight may be adjusted by pressing the Down arrow button.
Pressing and releasing the Left arrow button will decrease the backlight.
Pressing and releasing the Right arrow button will increase the backlight.
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5-2.2.12 Additional Features
The Messenger display may be mounted in or on the dash.
The display allows an inside view of the engine’s operation. The Messenger’s display provides information to the driver from
the engines Electronic Control Module (ECM) through the J1708 Data Link.
The Messenger screen has a LCD display.
5-2.3 Messenger Display Screen Map
In order to view specifi c information, a Messenger Display Screen Map is provided in this manual. Arrows are attached to
each block of the Screen Map. The arrows indicate the actual arrow buttons that are available with each screen. Pressing an
arrow that is not shown will have no effect. The display will remain at the same screen.
The fi rst row of the screen map indicates the title screen for each of the columns on the screen map. The farthest title screen
to the right and the “INSTANTANEOUS DATA” title screen in column 1 are adjacent in operation. Pressing the right arrow
button from the farthest right title screen moves to the “INSTANTANEOUS DATA” title screen in column 1.
Movement between the columns of information is permitted when the title screen can be viewed. The exception is movement
between the “Fleet Trip”, “Driver Trip”, and “Lifetime Total” columns. These columns are available with 3176B, 3176C, C-10,
C11, C-12, C13, C15, C-15, C-16, and 3406E engines.
The Up and Down arrow buttons allow movement up and down through the columns. When the bottom screen of a column is
being viewed, press the Down arrow button in order to view the title screen at the top of the column. You cannot press the Up
arrow button from the title screen to get the to the bottom screen.
NOTE: The automatic dim feature will not function if the display
has been placed in a manual dim mode. To reactivate the automatic
dim feature, turn the power to the display OFF, then back ON.