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Title: VmsPC retarder temp won’t display
Post by: Tom Lang on July 01, 2018, 09:43:50 pm
I'm trying to get my VmsPC to display retarder temp. The pid sniffer shows the temperature, but the gauge is blank except for the "F"..  I'm running v3.0 build 1, and tried reinstalling. The gauge is set up exactly the same as the one for trans temp, and that one works fine.

On a related note, I tried running v4, and it claims to communicate with the engine, but no parameters are returned. I tried both isl400 engine files.

Thanks
Title: Re: VmsPC retarder temp won’t display
Post by: Tom Lang on July 01, 2018, 09:51:16 pm
I'm trying to get my VmsPC to display retarder temp. The pid sniffer shows the temperature, but the gauge is blank except for the "F"..  I'm running v3.0 build 1, and tried reinstalling. The gauge is set up exactly the same as the one for trans temp, and that one works fine.

On a related note, I tried running v4, and it claims to communicate with the engine, but no parameters are returned. I tried both isl400 engine files.

Thanks


I found the error. My parameter file has a typo on the format, uppercase F instead of lowercase f. 

Still looking for answers on v4
Title: Re: VmsPC retarder temp won’t display
Post by: Roger & Susan in Home2 on July 01, 2018, 10:25:09 pm
Tom, on some earlier 4.x versions check the bus check box on the communications set up.  It should say both. Send me a PM if you need some help.
Title: Re: VmsPC retarder temp won’t display
Post by: Tom Lang on July 01, 2018, 11:06:09 pm
I just downloaded v.4 today. Should be the latest version. Which isl400 should I select?
Title: Re: VmsPC retarder temp won’t display
Post by: Tom Lang on July 01, 2018, 11:19:09 pm
Thanks. Selecting "both" did the trick. Now I start the long process of designing my layout again. I wish it were easy to import my v.3 .scr have download access to v.4 layout files for isl400 Foretravels.