Author: M.H
D5 System Manual
Document Date: 2016-06-20
Page 1: ...Author M H D5 System Manual Document Date 2016 06 20 ...
Page 2: ...ult calibration 11 4 1 2 Load Calibration 12 4 1 3 Protect Calibration 12 4 1 4 Save Calibration 12 4 1 5 Compare Calibration 12 4 2 CAN 13 4 2 1 Life Racing CAN Receive 13 4 2 2 LRCAN by Ethernet 13 4 2 3 Custom CAN Receive 14 4 2 4 Other CAN Receive Options 15 4 2 5 Custom CAN Transmit 15 4 3 ITEMS 17 4 4 MATHS 20 4 5 SPECIAL ITEMS 21 4 5 1 Display Items 21 4 5 2 Input Switches 21 4 5 3 Brightne...
Page 3: ... 5 4 2 Template Colours 37 5 5 BACKGROUND 37 5 6 COPY PASTE 38 5 7 EDIT MODE 38 5 7 1 Set Gauge Item 38 5 7 2 Item Text Options 39 5 7 3 Item Switch Options 40 5 7 4 Set Gauge Colours 40 5 7 5 Set Gauge Scale 41 5 7 6 Set Item Alarms 41 6 OPERATION 42 6 1 NAVIGATION 42 6 2 ALARMS 42 6 3 SETTINGS 43 7 PRO SPEC 44 7 1 DATA LOGGING 44 8 DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY 45 ...
Page 4: ...amming featuring 5 WVGA colour display 8x shift lights Programmable warnings and alarms Predictive lap timing Ambient light sensor 10 user inputs Easy page navigation Multiple display options Simulation Playback of data files Twin Gigabit Ethernet USB data logging PRO spec only To avoid damage to your new dash read and follow the instructions in this manual carefully This manual assumes the reader...
Page 5: ...es RS232 serial interface Memory USB 2 0 for bulk data storage on USB stick Power Supply 6V to 80V input voltage range with reverse polarity protection Regulated 5V sensor supply output with short circuit protection Physical 55Way D type connector CNC machined sealed IP67 black anodised aluminium case Class leading slim profile for flat panel mounting Maximum dimensions including the connectors ar...
Page 6: ...U TX 4 F88 Pin 88 41 CAN LO 02 17 ECU TX 4 F88 Pin 87 42 USB D 7 9 18 N C 43 DASH TX BI_DA orange white RJ45 Pin 1 19 SENSOR GROUND 44 DASH TX BI_DA orange RJ45 Pin 2 20 ANALOGUE INPUT 2 5V TH 6 45 DASH RX BI_DB green white RJ45 Pin 3 21 ANALOGUE INPUT 5 5V 46 DASH RX BI_DB green RJ45 Pin 6 22 SWITCH INPUT 1 8 47 DASH BI_DC 5 blue RJ45 Pin 4 23 SWITCH INPUT 4 8 48 DASH BI_DC 5 blue white RJ45 Pin ...
Page 7: ...to not push the studs through the membrane However it does not need to be permanently connected for the dash to operate It is recommended to secure the cable once desired angle is determined If permanent it has the option of connecting external switches for more convenient use while driving The Right Left and OK functions can be separately mounted externally by connecting the relevant wire to the ...
Page 8: ...lly open momentary switch connecting SENSOR GROUND pin 19 to the same ANALOGUE INPUT pin 1 4 only through different value resistors The special item AN KEYPAD4 must be assigned to the analogue input used Left 12kΩ Right 4 5kΩ OK 2kΩ Down 0 8kΩ CAN inputs An individual CAN message can be used for every switch input Create the items and ensure they are used to define the CAN inputs under special ite...
Page 9: ...ial Item definitions 3 1 5 CAN The dash uses a CAN2 0B data bus to stream information from the ECU The CAN settings must agree between both ECU and D5 Any CAN configuration errors are displayed on the screen during boot up as a warning message The dash has fixed CAN termination o must be placed at the end of the bus 3 1 6 Dash Comms Dash comms is required to connect the Dash to a PC for programmin...
Page 10: ...bol The symbol only shows on primary display pages such as road race or stage 3 1 8 USB PRO only Data Logging saves data onto a compatible USB memory stick The dash should be wired to a female USB port as below using standard USB data cable not exceeding 2m in length 1 5V D5 Pin 28 2 D D5 Pin 42 3 D D5 Pin 26 4 GND D5 Pin 27 LR recommends SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16G SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32G 3 2 Software ...
Page 11: ...Installation Life Racing Ltd Page 10 of 45 3 3 Mechanical drawing A3 1 16 ...
Page 12: ...eypad As with all LifeSuite applications LifeDash is designed to be fully useable with one hand using just the keyboard Shortcut keys are underlined and can allow quick navigation and changes 4 1 Calibration Tools 4 1 1 Default calibration When LifeDash is started the following message will appear For Default calibration press OK as prompted The default calibration will start in demo mode and give...
Page 13: ...ed before the calibration can be loaded from a PC file or from the Dash itself For the first password created leave the Old PassPhrase box blank 4 1 4 Save Calibration To save the calibration to a PC file select File Save or File save To for a new location To program the calibration to the Dash select Device Set 4 1 5 Compare Calibration The current calibration can be compared to another file to v...
Page 14: ... become available under the Items tab and in the display layout Frame details are displayed but any editing must be done in LifeCal To add Life Racing PDU frames select Add Frame LRPDU type an address for the starting frame and select which bus the frames will be received on All available frames will automatically be added but cannot be edited For PDU soft inputs select Add Frame PDU Soft i p whil...
Page 15: ... on CAN 1 or CAN 2 Length Frame size in bytes Initial Timeout Time after power up allowed before timeout error Subsequent Time between received frames allowed before timeout error Beacon Ticking this box will result in a beacon event trigger when this frame is received regardless of content Note It is recommended that the subsequent timeout period is made at least three times the length of the exp...
Page 16: ... value This value must match all devices on the same bus Validate Pressing the Validate button will perform a check for any validation errors in the active CAN frames such as repeated IDs A message will only be displayed if a conflict is found Retransmit on other CAN Any incoming CAN message can be retransmitted on the opposite bus by ticking this box A transmission frame will be added in the CANt...
Page 17: ...ion Trigger Transmit when a maths expression is true Frame content Add Item Add an item to the selected frame Remove Item Delete the selected item Item Type Choose between ZERO default blank UNSIGNED numerical value maximum dependent on No of bits MII RAW unscaled item values MII VAL scaled item values rounded to the nearest integer EXPRESSION mathematical expression Edit Item Open the dialogue bo...
Page 18: ...ems are defined and a lap beacon is connected It also has its own items for dash voltage temperature and ambient light sensor Math can also be added with the Add Math button This will create a specific item that allows maths expression input The following options are displayed for every item General Name Full name Used as most gauge labels Abbrev Shortened name Used for alarm and maths expressions...
Page 19: ...engineering units Scale type Operation type Can be NONE equivalent to Mul 1 0 Mul Div Inv or Linearise M Operation value Can be negative C Constant Can be negative Dec Places Number of decimal places to display Scaling works in one of the following ways where X is the CAN value Mul XM C Div X M C Inv M X C Linearise Linearising allows graphical scaling for more complex items To create a graph add ...
Page 20: ...larm Values Alarm low If enabled when item value is lower than this gauge changes colour Alarm high If enabled when item value is higher than this gauge changes colour Note The colour that each gauge changes to in alarm conditions can be individually altered in Edit Mode By default alarms appear red Enumeration Display text depending on numerical value User Icon An icon can be displayed with the s...
Page 21: ...gt1 843 and rpmAvg 200 5000 Where time is in thousandths of a second e g 5000 5 seconds The Text Val function returns the current value of the monitoring item in full text or partial text This is used to display useful messages from the Alarms tab and must be typed in the following format TextVal mon item show name e g TextVal engineEnable 0 or TextVal engineEnable 1 Where 1 is full text and 0 is ...
Page 22: ...by one each time the condition is met DecLatch condition defaultValue minValue maxValue wrap 4 5 Special items The Special Items found under the Items tab are a group of specific items that need defining depending on your configuration for certain dash features 4 5 1 Display Items RPM and Gear should be defined here to take advantage of the specific display behaviours for these items The rev count...
Page 23: ...sation curves Sending a zero will set the brightness to automatic 4 5 4 Shift lights The D5 has 8 high intensity LED shift lights These can be controlled by either the ECU via CAN or the Dash ECU control ECU control is altered in LifeCal under Output Functions Change Light This method allows more complex options such as hysteresis and auto shifting In On Engine Speed f gear ChangeLightStage each g...
Page 24: ...ash as changeLightStage Dash control The Dash gives basic control of shift lights with no additional options This is done in the Special Items section of the Items tab by selecting Edit Special Item with RPM_LEDS highlighted Chose No to open setup calibration RPM special item must be defined Double clicking or pressing enter on a highlighted cell will allow the number to be changed The number repr...
Page 25: ...ceived over CAN Any non zero value will turn on the corresponding symbol When defining indicators consider the incoming CAN message and whether it is already flashing Assign a flashing item to CAN_TT_LEFT RIGHT_IND or a solid item to CAN_TT_FLASH_LEFT RIGHT_IND 4 6 Virtual Switches Virtual switches can be implemented onto the 1x7 text page These switches are enumerated items that can be toggled wi...
Page 26: ... that will appear when the alarm is triggered The On Conditions are the conditions that must be met for the alarm to trigger The Off Conditions are the conditions that must be met to switch off an alarm after it has triggered Alarms are case sensitive and must use abbreviated names in expressions Units used in alarm expressions are the same as displayed units To open the Alarm Editor either press ...
Page 27: ...ustom conditions Two LED s are used by default for when an alarm or warning has been triggered Red for alarm and yellow for warning This function is overridden if custom conditions are used Custom LED s are set up in the Alarms tab of LifeDash in a similar way to ordinary alarms Add alarm and open the alarm editor Custom LED functions are written in the format GREEN_LED On conditions Off condition...
Page 28: ...ent Ambient light sensor linearisation can be changed with the use of the two graphs These determine the brightness levels of the screen and LED s when brightness is set to automatic PWM can be changed with the keys or typed when selecting a lux level Approximate lux level scenarios are displayed below for reference Note LED s will require a high minimum PWM percentage It is recommended that this ...
Page 29: ...tra page layouts The Max Lap Time defines the amount of memory storage that can be assigned to fastest lap data This will automatically be set when a fastest lap is loaded The fastest lap stored in the dash can be loaded from a saved session with the Load Lap from LRD button This is cleared when defining a max lap time Beacon mask time can be defined to avoid recording a fastest lap at the first b...
Page 30: ...e displayed next to the file name Total calibration size cannot exceed 4MB Large files will take longer to program into the dash Backgrounds can also be used to display custom layout features gauge icons or logos Note Images must be 800x480 pixels in size and be in one of the following file formats BMP JPG PNG Generally JPG images will have the smallest file size often by a large degree but may ha...
Page 31: ...cuts can be reversed for your preference by selecting Options Swap MENU OK keys With Demo mode disabled gauges will display default values set from the items tab The item values can be temporarily changed to a set figure using the Set MonItem Values button This can be used to test alarm conditions custom LED s and shift lights Pages can also be renamed here using the Set Page Name button and typin...
Page 32: ...templates to choose from These can then be customised with further options such as colour and scale changes To select a template on each page select Menu Template Options Change Template and choose an option from the list with the OK key Changing a template will also change the page name to the default for that page Adding removing or renaming pages must be done with the PC application This page c...
Page 33: ... edited Intended for use with the Life Racing PDU32 these pages will give current ratings and status of all PDU outputs and will automatically work when PDU items are added This page cannot be edited Race Arc1 Race Arc2 The Race Arc template uses a swept rev counter a large gear indicator and several text displayers The layout and number of text displayers differs from Race Arc1 and Race Arc2 depe...
Page 34: ...the centre There are also 4 gauges around the outside that can be set to display any numerical item Common items also have a corresponding symbol Road Arc uses an arc rev counter and sweeping gauges Road Arrow uses a needle rev counter and bar gauges The road pages are the only pages that display tell tales such as indicators and lights The settings page cannot be altered but gives some global opt...
Page 35: ...ear number in the centre and optional text displays in each corner Stage 2 has the same layout as stage 1 but with two monitoring items allowed in the centre This view shows up to nine items as text depending on what grid layout you choose 1x7 2x2 2x4 3x3 It can be used for any item but is most useful for those with text outputs This can be useful for showing engine status and diagnostic items or ...
Page 36: ...angle in degrees from the horizontal plane Dial Sweep selects the length of the gauge in degrees from the start location Dial Arc Opaquicy allows the opacity to be altered from 1 almost transparent to 8 fully opaque Clear User Options will reset the dial to defaults 5 3 Display Toggles The toggle menu allows certain visual features on the main display templates to be turned on and off To access th...
Page 37: ...es Finer changes to individual features can be applied using the Template Colour tool Individual gauge colour changes are done in Edit Mode 5 4 1 Colour scheme To change colour scheme for all pages select Menu Change Default Colour Scheme and select from the list To change the colour scheme for a single page select Template Options Template Colour Scheme Blue on black Blue on white Green on black ...
Page 38: ... Custom colours will be retained if a new colour scheme is selected but lost if a new page template is selected Use copy and paste to reload your colours Background colour has no effect if custom background is used 5 5 Background An alternative to a coloured background is to display a custom image This must first be loaded in the Backgrounds tab of LifeDash before becoming available to use Selecti...
Page 39: ... PC To enter edit mode select Menu Toggle Edit Mode A gauge should now appear yellow Gauges can be cycled with the use of the Up and Down keys or the mouse Press OK to select the highlighted gauge and open the Edit Mode Menu 5 7 1 Set Gauge Item To change what items are displayed select the desired gauge and select Set Gauge Item from the menu Select the device then the item from the list This lis...
Page 40: ...nly each element can be resized The auto reduce option will shrink text if it begins to overlap another item or the screen boundaries This is active by default but is disabled when a forced value is used Also available is the option to display raw values rather than the converted engineering value This can be used to diagnose faults and assist in correct CAN and item setup ...
Page 41: ...tion value Selecting switches to the second value Returns to default when switch is released Latched Increment Increase enumeration value with each key press Latched Decrement Decrease enumeration value with each key press A selectable or switchable item will be distinguished by a surrounding box with the active item highlighted Use the arrow keys to navigate 5 7 4 Set Gauge Colours Individual gau...
Page 42: ...set in the Items tab Up and Down make small changes whilst Left and Right make larger changes Select OK when done Values cannot exceed those given in the Items tab 5 7 6 Set Item Alarms This allows the alteration of item alarm values without the use of a PC These changes are global for the selected item and cannot be different across pages This is done in the same way as the gauge scale Up and Dow...
Page 43: ...rs Menu can be opened by holding the left or right switches This gives quick access to settings without the need to change or obscure the page Settings available include Reset Trip Distance Reset Lap Stats and Save 6 2 Alarms Warnings are displayed on the screen in yellow and can be dismissed using the OK button When a warning is active a yellow LED on the bottom of dash will light up The LED will...
Page 44: ...urn Demo Mode On Off Reset the trip Distance by selecting Reset Trip Distance Reset fastest lap by selecting Reset Lap Stats Unhide dismissed warnings by selecting Display All Warnings Reset the logging file index counter back to 0001 by selecting Reset LRS index PRO Spec only Selecting Clear Flash Cal will delete everything in the dash s memory and reset it Any changes made can be saved through t...
Page 45: ...OWN button for about a second The USB icon will change to white indicating it s safe to remove Failing to do this can corrupt logging files Data logging files are stored in LRS format and are named with eight digits The first four numbers match the connected ECU serial number The remaining four numbers are an index number given by the dash This number will update for every file saved even on diffe...
Page 46: ... 2015 10 01 MH V2 1 PRO Spec information updated 2015 12 23 MH V2 2 New features added compare function virtual switches Added Custom page examples 2016 01 08 MH V2 3 New features added LR CAN over Ethernet raw value text option 2016 04 11 MH V2 4 Custom yellow and red LEDs Switch input special items clarified Input clipping on min max item values Background import updated Change Page alarm Item m...
