Page 1: Table Of Contents
16.3 – CAN termination Page 31 16.4 – Auxiliary output pull-ups Page 32 16.5 – Odometer and trip function Page 32 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...
Page 2: Hardware Specification
1. Hardware specification 2. Software features 3.5” colour TFT dot-matrix display (320x240 pixels) • Selectable between landscape and portrait orientation • Wide viewing angle • Customisable ‘splash’ screen to add your own start-up logo/graphic • 10 x pre-defined page layout templates •...
Page 3: Hardware Installation
3.2 Wiring & connector pinout 3. Hardware installation The dashboard is supplied with a 14-pin Molex Micro-Fit 3.0 connector fitted with four wires, 2 for power and 2 for the CAN interface. Additional wires with crimped terminals are supplied to fully populate the connector as may be 3.1 Mounting required by your installation.
Page 4: Software & Driver Installation
However, if you have difficulty in connecting to your dashboard then you should Note: If you have downloaded the latest G-Dash software from the Geartronics website and you connect to a download and install the latest device drivers from the FTDI website: www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm...
Page 5: Software Setup
OBD2 import – The Geartronics G-dash works with any OEM road car ECU that supports CAN-based On Board The software is split into two main windows. The larger window on the left has a row of tabs along the top to Diagnostics (OBDII).
Page 6: Adding Display
6. Adding display pages 7. Adding & Configuring data channels The G-Dash software allows the addition and configuration of multiple pages which are sequentially scrolled using the 7.1 Adding & renaming channels top button on the front panel of the dash (right button if used in portrait mode). There are nine predefined data page layouts plus a ‘tell-tale’...
Page 7: Display Properties
0-100%. Another example may be a temperature value transmitted with a negative One of the significant features of the Geartronics G-Dash is its ability to change the colour of the channel offset of 40 so that it becomes easier to transmit and display temperatures below 0°C. The G-Dash gauges based on the value of that channel.
Page 8: Working With .Dbc Files
8. Working with .dbc files To save considerable time in setting up CAN channels, it may be possible to obtain a CAN database file from your ECU supplier. This is a special text file that has a .dbc filename extension. The .dbc file uses a standardised format that the G-Dash software can read.
Page 9: Working With Road Car Obdii
The CAN receive and transmit speed can be set individually for each of the two CAN channels. This feature read that are of interest to us. The Geartronics G-Dash is able to read and display all available ODBII parameters can be useful if the dash is used as a ‘bridge’ between 2 CAN buses that are running at different speeds.
Page 10: On-Board Tacho
10.3 On-Board Tacho If the first “Displayed Gear” in the table is reverse, you must manually enter a non-zero value before you can add a new gear. Alternatively you can sample the current value from the gear channel by clicking the In the unlikely event that the engine speed cannot be read from the CAN data stream then it’s possible to “Sample”...
Page 11: Alarms
The Geartronics G-Dash has a fully-featured alarm function that alerts the driver to any problems. This sample button. Continue through all the gears until top gear has been sampled. Press “Exit” (bottom button) triggers a warning message to flash up when a channel value falls outside of the acceptable range.
Page 12: Auxiliary Outputs
Equal to (=) • The Geartronics G-Dash has two auxiliary output pins that may be used to drive relays, lamps and LEDs. They Not equal to (<>) may also be used to connect to digital inputs of other devices. Both pins have open-collector outputs, meaning that •...
Page 13: Can Transmit
13. CAN Transmit CAN Transmit page In addition to the dashboard having the ability to read a CAN data stream, it can also be used to transmit custom CAN messages. A maximum of 10 message IDs may be transmitted at individual speeds of 10, 20, 50 or 100Hz.
Page 14: Engine Log
The engine log function is used to keep a record of the engine run-time and maximum channel values since In addition to the engine log and the recording of maximum channel values, the Geartronics G-Dash has last reset. It also holds a record of the number of alarm events and the number of times the driver has full on-board data recording capability.
Page 15: O 15.2 - Uploading & Saving Logs
(such as the gear number) will look better when stepped The Geartronics Dashview software is a user-friendly data analysis application that is fundamental to 4. Beneath the graph window, and to the left, there are 5 boxes that display the current channel value helping engineers identify and diagnose problems, and to help drivers extract maximum performance from at the point where the graph marker is placed.
Page 16: Appendix
The dashboard is supplied with the CAN terminators switched OFF unless specified otherwise when ordering. If you 16. Appendix need to terminate the bus at the dashboard end then you can either fit an external 120ohm resistor, or you can remove the rear panel of the dashboard and enable the internal terminator by setting the appropriate ‘DIP-switch’...