How to configure gauges/'dashboard' in MT?

[Rallyfinnen]

I would like to configure my own 'dashboard' in MT, so it would always come up with the gauges I normally want. Cane somebody give me a hint on how to configure that? (so I dont have to change them every time i start MS)

[Broke4speed]

Go into 'msns-extra.ini' in your Program Files/Megasquirt/Megatune2.25/mtCfg directory, and find the section that looks like this:

;Gauge Setup 0

gauge1 = RpmHiResGauge
gauge2 = afrGauge
gauge3 = voltMeter
gauge4 = dutyCycle1Gauge
gauge5 = VacBooGauge
gauge6 = matGauge
gauge7 = cltGauge
gauge8 = pulseWidth1Gauge

This is where your MS looks for its opening gauges. There is a listing of gauge data directly above this, and all you have to do is change the name of the gauge you don't want, to the name of the gauge you do want . This is one of my custom setups, I find it fits my needs better than the stock configuration. You'll also see quite a few configurations listed in the .ini, cut and paste any of them into 'gauge 0' and you'll get different layouts.

[Rallyfinnen]

Great! I now have my own favorite setup every time i open MT!
Thanks!

[djandruczyk]

Great! I now have my own favorite setup every time i open MT!
Thanks!

well, u can also try megatunix which has some pretty good looking photorealiastic gauges that are all configurable and layoutable via MTX's gaugedesigner and dashdesigner. The only downfall is that mtx does NBOT yet support MS2. (soon to change)

http://megatunix.sourceforge.net

DL instructions in my signature.

[jacobrussell]

Great! I now have my own favorite setup every time i open MT!
Thanks!

well, u can also try megatunix which has some pretty good looking photorealiastic gauges that are all configurable and layoutable via MTX's gaugedesigner and dashdesigner. The only downfall is that mtx does NBOT yet support MS2. (soon to change)

http://megatunix.sourceforge.net


DL instructions in my signature.

i get a missing DLL error when i try and run it
missing libairo-2.dll

[djandruczyk]

Great! I now have my own favorite setup every time i open MT!
Thanks!

well, u can also try megatunix which has some pretty good looking photorealiastic gauges that are all configurable and layoutable via MTX's gaugedesigner and dashdesigner. The only downfall is that mtx does NBOT yet support MS2. (soon to change)

http://megatunix.sourceforge.net


DL instructions in my signature.

i get a missing DLL error when i try and run it
missing libairo-2.dll

Did u follow the install instructions?
i.e. install the CORRECT GTK+ runtime
make sure GAIM is uninstalled if u have it

that error is most common if you forget to install the GTK+ runtime (which it tells you right in megatunix's installer), it can also appear if GAIM is installed which hoses GTK+ apps other than itself on windows.

[carbonbydesign]

I tried adjusting the Gauges Setup 0 in my megatune to this:

;Gauge Setup 0

gauge1 = RpmHiResGauge
gauge2 = afrGauge
gauge3 = cltGauge
gauge4 = pulseWidth1Gauge
gauge5 = VacBooGauge
gauge6 = egoCorrGauge2
gauge7 = matGauge
gauge8 = voltMeter

and it still loads the standard gauges. Am I missing something here?

[beige91]

ooohhh! could you be so kind as to post the code for your gauge #5? if the title is accurate, it's vacuum/boost in one gauge?

and because i'm not sure if we know this, you know you can't just write something in for "gaugeX = ", right? you have to actually build the gauge using the different parameters as it's listed in the manual here:

http://www.megamanual.com/megatune.htm#installgauge

if you did that, and you have a way to put boost and vacuum on one gauge, plz post the code. thank you.

[efahl]

More appropriately, put all of your changes in "custom.ini" and they will overwrite the definitions in msns-extra.ini, so that if you upgrade your firmware/ini the changes won't get thrown away.

[rs2000]

if you did that, and you have a way to put boost and vacuum on one gauge, plz post the code. thank you.

Its already there! Assuming you're using ms1 with MT2.25 right click on a gauge, highlight 'swap to' and its 10th from the top! It is also possible with ms2, but I'm not sure if the right clik works or not. To make it perminant edit the ini as is being described.

[beige91]

nope, it's MSII extra code...

[Asteris]

I don't see any combined boost/vacuum gauge like that on MSII extra.

It would be fairly easy to do, if config file could accept mathematical expressions like:

mapGauge = map -100, "Engine Vaccum/Boost", "kPa", -100, 150, -100, -20, 100, 140, 1, 0

or a way to define a new variable (let's say mrv=map-100) and use it instead of map on the above config line.

[redmist1]

I'm using a 7" VGA screen in my car and want to reduce the number of guages and make them bigger. I can delete guages in the ini file but "undefined" guages still apear in all the locations.
Thanks
Pete

[Asteris]

I don't see any combined boost/vacuum gauge like that on MSII extra.

It would be fairly easy to do, if config file could accept mathematical expressions like:

mapGauge = map -100, "Engine Vaccum/Boost", "kPa", -100, 150, -100, -20, 100, 140, 1, 0

or a way to define a new variable (let's say mrv=map-100) and use it instead of map on the above config line.

MS-II boost-Vacuum in one gauge done.

Open megasquirt-II.ini and find the
map = scalar, S16, 18, "kPa", 0.100, 0.0

, then add after it:

boostVac = { (map - 100)/100 }

Then find GaugeConfigurations and add

boost = boostVac "Boost", "bar", -1, 2, -0.9, -0.8, 1, 1.5, 1, 1

Next time you start Megatune, you should be able to swap a gauge to the boost/vacuum combination gauge.

Don't know if it should useful to be baro compensated or not...

[greenv8s]

I'm using a 7" VGA screen in my car and want to reduce the number of guages and make them bigger. I can delete guages in the ini file but "undefined" guages still apear in all the locations.
Thanks
Pete

Conversely, I've got a nice big laptop screen and I'd like to have more gauges if that were possible. Wouldn't it be cool if we could specify the number of gauges and have them automagically sized and laid out to fit?

[Gokart]

Megatunix is able to do custom gauges. You can design the sizes, orientation, color, layout etc. You can have as many gauges as you like to be display on your screen. Isn't that cool?

[I-w]

^ ^ ^

yup dats Awesome.

[Minami Kotaro]

Did u follow the install instructions?
i.e. install the CORRECT GTK+ runtime
make sure GAIM is uninstalled if u have it

that error is most common if you forget to install the GTK+ runtime (which it tells you right in megatunix's installer), it can also appear if GAIM is installed which hoses GTK+ apps other than itself on windows.

I've tried to install MegaTunix several times, following instructions to the letter, and always have missing .dll files, as well.