ProCoach

Toby, I received the intial stock of MXL2/MXG with 1.11.XX 11/25, then they updated the firmware to 1.12.00 early this week, before I sent them out, then they updates the firmware yesterday to 1.12.08 for the dashes.

The SmartyCam HD was updated to .36 from .32 yesterday for the cameras.

Toby Pennycuff

Looks like 3.03.10 version of Race Studio 3 is about to come out. Web updater inside of RS3 tries to download newer version, but the download fails.

ProCoach

Reported. Italy doesn't open for another eight hours! Lol!

Matt Romanowski

I received the tracking that my second allotment shipped today. If anyone is in need of an MXL2 or MXG, let me know, I will have stock after filling orders.

The more I dig into RS3, the more I am impressed with how much more capablility is in these dashes.

winders

Please elaborate!

ProCoach

I'm out of my second shipment!

Matt Romanowski

The math channels in the dash simplify things for people with adjustable brake bias. Rather than having to remember a front/rear pressure, you are able to show the actual percent. You can also do this with thresholds, so it will only show when you are over xx pressure. Very cool to replicate dry/wet brake bias setups. There are more on board math channels coming too.

The shift lights can be gear dependent and 7 different colors. You can do them as solid bars or single lights. They can be solid bars that build or single lights that move. They can also go left to right, right to left, outside in, or inside out.

The alarms are very, very powerful. The alarm light can be any of the 7 colors. You can make it so multiple things needs to be triggers for the alarm to come on. For instance, RPM over 2,000, engine temp over 180, oil pressure under 20 lbs. You can also make it so an alarm is any of a number of channels - think making an alarm light just for overheating. It would turn on if oil temp was over 250 OR water temp over 200 OR CHT over 500, etc.

Then, once you have an alarm, you can make the light come on continuous, blink fast, or blink slow. Multiple lights can be lit, so it will basically work like a MoTeC SLM but on the dash itself (any combination of lights on, colors, blinking, etc can be done for each alarm). You can also change background color of the dash with alarm and display a message or have a pop up message. The alarm can also control one of the digital outputs to work a relay to turn on a cooler, fan, pump, or even an extra seperate alarm light for the people who ignore dashes! Then to shut the alarm off, you can do it when the alarm condition is no longer met, the dash is turned off, a button pushed, or the data downloaded. Pretty cool!

You can also do alarms for wheel lock ups now too!

The new pages are very interesting with pages for drivers, crew, engine warmup, etc. Add in new SmartyCam integration, CAN expansions running at 200 Hz, the second CAN input, and things more.

I'm sure I've forgot a few things too. There are also a ton of background things that make these dashes some of the most powerful and precise loggers anywhere!

ProCoach

RS3.03.10 is fixed now.

Toby Pennycuff

Was talking to Mark at Iron Canyon Motorsports last night about his ICM fuel sender for my 2001 GT3 Cup. He mentioned that there is "smoothing" of channel input now that will help "calm down" a fuel level measurement/display while on track. Can any of you elaborate on how this would be setup in RS3 using the ICM fuel level connection plugged into one of the 8 analog channels?

Matt Romanowski

In the channel setup it's listed under filtering. I will post a screen shot later.

ProCoach

In my opinion, the setting up of the ICM is what takes time. To calibrate, you need to pump out the tank, then add one gallon at a time and take raw readings, THEN enter the custom sensor values. I do it twice.

The smoothing is not a big deal and doesn't affect the readout.

Matt Romanowski

Here is the photo of where to find the smoothing.

The setup is going to be the same no matter what you use for a sensor as you will have to calibrate it as a custom sensor. Depending on what you want for accuracy, you don't have to do it gallon by gallon. You can do it 2 or 3 gallons at a time, it will just affect the accuracy a bit. It's not hard, it just takes some time.

The smoothing of the signal in the dash should make a big difference
in an application like this. It will smooth the fuel sloshing similar to what the Iron Canyon device did. I would try the smoothing before you invest in the adapter, especially if the guy at Iron Canyon said to do that!

spg993tt

aim just captured a huge piece of motec's business. i loved the simplicity and modern flare of AIM but felt it lacked a lot. and yet motec , for me, was overkill.
AIM did a great job here.

Toby Pennycuff

Thanks Matt. I've ordered the ICM sensor (after securing Ohm ranges) and will report back on setup.

Toby

Matt Romanowski

If you have the ohm readings, it is very easy. The laborious part is getting the ohm readings.