Matt Romanowski

A new firmware and RS3 was released this morning for folks with one of the new dash loggers. It's available in RS3. The big news is you don't need an internet connection to update firmware anymore.

Here is the full list of updates.

Software Race Studio 3.05.00
- New web updates management: now it is possible to download device firmware even if no device is connected. Devices will be updatable once connected.

- Now it is possible to show odometers and lap times information on the display and to remove undesired fields.

- Improved start data recording management in order to avoid possible recording failure conditions due to lap channels and odometers.

- New encryption management for the configuration of CAN2 and CAN1. - Added math channel to use precalculated gearings.

- Introduced 'Clone' possibilities for configurations.

- Fixed decimal figures management in analysis of drks from MXG-MXL2: now all places in which a channel is shown are coherent.

- Improved autoselection management of xrk files in download window. - Improved test properties and forced values management in RS3 download window.

- Improvements and fixes in management of deletion of alarms and math channels.

- Minor improvements in user interface.

- Minor improvements in the configuration of MXL2 display.

Firmware MXG - MXS - MXL2 1.14.38
- Date/Time automatic synchronization to GPS time in addition to PC, preserving time zone setting

- Odometers and lap times can be used as generic display measures - Implemented exit timeout from Messages and Popups according to configuration - New menu system: Date time (Time zone, DST, time format), Odometers, System Info

- CAN 1/2 encrypted format management - alarms/event management improvement

ProCoach

Just used this at the Glen! Nice new menus and the preconfigured gears are encouraging. Did not work the first time perhaps because my channel names were mismatched.

Matt Romanowski

I haven't had trouble with the gear calcs, but the pre-configured gears will be nice.

jwasilko

You must live a clean life....i've never been able to get them to work :-)

ProCoach

Neither have I. In dozens of cars, including my own.

pmason

Your going to make me climb in to my trailer to update the dash :-) before this weekends race. While I really could of used the off-line feature I really don't want to be the first person to try it :-)

Matt Romanowski

It's my AiM secret. I've had it working since early April with no trouble.

ProCoach

A secret doesn't help solve the problem every user (and every dealer I've spoken to, including folks like Roger and Doctor Dave on the worldwide distribution list) has experienced. I haven't heard anyone but Robbie at AiM (and now you) who's been able to make it work. That's not good. Hence this fix.

This solution is a good one and will allow me, other dealers and, most importantly, the end users to configure their dashes with no guesswork and be guaranteed results. Thank goodness.

Matt Romanowski

I didn't do anything special. Went into the dash, told it to do the gear config, then drove in each gear for about 5 seconds. It worked perfect from then on. I don't know if it makes a difference, but I set it for 20 Hz and to use a wheel speeds sensor, not GPS.

I don't think it was Dave that had trouble, but more Ron. Ron's problem is the constant changing of drop gears. If people aren't changing gears all the time, the old calculated gear method will work fine. For folks who are changing gears all the time, the new method will be great.

gobuffs

Count me in the camp where the gear calc never worked. No problems in RS2 on my MXL. Never could find the "start gear calc" on RS3 or in the buttons on the dash.

Anyways. It sounds like the precalculated gearings is in the math channels. i don't see that after updating RS3. All I see is bias, bias with thresholds, and linear correction. I still have a gear calc from previous versions, but it doesn't have a place to enter any data. I asked from when I first got it to be able to enter my max RPMs, all gear ratios, diff ratio and tire size to get the calculated gear right. I hope this is what they added (and somebody can point me to it as I don't see it).

ProCoach

Make sure the firmware is upated to 1.14.38, then you will be able to see the new channel choice on the configuration screen.

I "received" the config, added and set up the PreCalc Math channel, saved it and sent it back after the update. It didn't work. I then discovered a channel name mismatch between ecu_RPM and P911_RPM in the config and the math channel. Renamed the log channel the same as the math channel measure and tried it again.

All is well.

gobuffs

Updated the firmware. Don't see any new math channels. Still same 3 as listed in my last post.

I see the gear calc if I start a new config. Can't modify old config. Grrr.

jwasilko

Did you try 'receiving' the config from the dash as a new config? Hoping that might help.

gobuffs

Yeah tried that...didn't work.

Rebuilt config (took an hour with all the stuff I have)...then I figured out the issue....you can't have 2 different gear math channel strategies enabled at one time. Since the config already had the gear calc from before, the others didn't show up. So when I deleted the previous gear cal from the config, then that option and the new option showed up.

jwasilko

Thanks for sharing that. Wish this stuff came with some sort of release notes....