GEARTRONICS G-Dash Colour Dashboard, Installation & Setup

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Geartronics G-Dash 1 user manual
G-Dash Colour Dashboard
Installation & Setup
V1.0.39
(February 2021)
Geartronics Ltd. 50-52 Greenhill Main Road, Sheffield, S8 7RD, ENGLAND. Company registration number: 05729232
Web: www.geartronics.co.uk | Email: info@geartronics.co.uk
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Table of Contents
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1 – Hardware specification Page 3
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2 – Software Features Page 4
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3 – Hardware Installation Page 5
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3.1 – Mounting Page 5
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3.2 – Wiring & connector pinout Page 6
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4 – Software & driver Installation Page 7
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4.1 – G-Dash Software installation Page 7
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4.2 – Windows Device Driver installation Page 7
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4.3 – Initial software connection page 8
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5 – Software setup Page 9
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5.1 – Basic layout page 9
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5.2 – Main window tabs page 9
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5.3 – Saving & loading configurations Page 10
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5.4 – Start-up splash screen Page 10
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6 – Adding display pages Page 11
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6.1 – Adding channels to pages Page 11
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7 – Adding & configuring data channels Page 12
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7.1 – Adding & renaming channels Page 12
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7.2 – Configuring channels Page 12
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7.3 – Manual CAN setup Page 12
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7.4 – Display properties Page 13
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7.5 – Display colours Page 13
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7.6 – Display limits Page 14
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7.7 – CAN data scaling Page 14
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7.8 – Configuring analogue input channels Page 14
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7.9 – Analogue scaling Page 14
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8 – Working with .dbc files Page 16
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9 – Working with road car OBDII Page 17
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10 – General settings tab Page 18
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10.1 – CAN speed Page 18
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10.2 – Display orientation Page 18
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10.3 – On-board tacho Page 19
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10.4 – Vehicle speed measurement Page 19
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10.5 – Gear indicator configuration Page 19
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10.6 – Calculated gear number Page 20
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11 – Alarms Page 22
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11.1 – Alarm behaviour Page 22
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11.2 – Adding & configuring alarms Page 22
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12 – Auxiliary outputs Page 24
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12.1 – Configuring auxiliary outputs Page 24
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13 – CAN transmit Page 25
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13.1 – Configuring a CAN transmit channel Page 25
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14 – Engine log Page 27
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15 – Data logging Page 28
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15.1 – Setting up logging Page 28
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15.2 – Uploading & saving logs Page 29
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15.3 – Dashview data analysis Page 29
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15.4 – Dashview keyboard functions & shortcuts Page 30
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16 – Appendix Page 31
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16.1 – Brightness adjustment Page 31
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16.2 – Display icons Page 31
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16.3 – CAN termination Page 31
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16.4 – Auxiliary output pull-ups Page 32
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16.5 – Odometer and trip function Page 32