A new version of UTEC Control Center is available for download at http://norcalevo.net/ucc/ucc-2.zip. This release adds AFR graphing (not really tested), an auto-save feature for the logger, and some bug fixes. You can see a more complete incomplete revision history at http://www.geocities.com/biggerboogieman/ucc

 

Thanks for the update and the added features. I used your program to tune last weekend and it was very easy to use and simplified the process. I guess I just like the GUI over hyperterminal. Keep up the good work.

 

Yeah, I've used it to build a few maps and smooth the fuel and timing curves that would otherwise be a PITA.. I haven't used it hooked up to my UTEC yet though.. As long as it digests my log files I'll be happy..

 

I still can't figure out how to graph in it but i bet it isn't the programs fault.

Ben

 

FYI, the application digests my log files from my Digital dashboard..

Here's a thought, if you can get it to connect with TCP-IP in addition to serial, it can interface directly with my app and work transparently with both..

 

Did you ever release your digital dash board? If not I might jus tgo buy one of the ones from WRXhackers

 

Haven't had the time to work on it recently.. I posted a copy of it awhile back, but never got any feedback on it.. ITs written in VB so there's some quirks with it.. I've been focusing on the windows CE version of it..

Anyway, the point of my post, I have a quick suggestion, you might want to change the cell colors (different shades of red or blue that increase in intensity as the value in the cell gets higher or lower) red for negative, blue for positive.. and white for ECU or 0..

The reason I suggest doing that is you can see a map of the compensation easier if their represented as shades of blue or red as opposed to looking only at numbers..

It makes sense if your looking at a map that has quite a few different levels of compensation and you want to see the subtleties quickly..

Also, haven't seen the AFR graph in action yet, but you might want to setup your graphing to read the data from the logger page and display it in addition to realtime display.. This way you can import old logs and graph them quickly..

 

Nevermind, I'm an idiot, found the read data from logger..

 

The cell shading is an interesting idea, Jack. I'll put it on my list.

The graph doesn't work in real-time at all, it only displays data that you have loaded into the logger as a graph.

It would be pretty easy for me to add TCP/IP support. So your app listens on a TCP port, and passes the data through that it reads from the UTEC? Or would I be reading from the UTEC and passing it to your app? That might even be cooler because we could have your dashboard play back a selection from my logger in real-time.

 

My app is a client/server.. it has a listener portion (basically you telnet into it) and it has the dashboard portion.. I made it so it can use tools like this concurrently.. the serial/telnet interface will run as a service (when its done) which is why I wrote it to be seperate..

 

So would I be able to connect to it to send data to the dashboard?

 

Yeah you can telnet to it and it looks just like a serial connection.. then your app and my dashboard can run at the same time.. since your logger is always collecting data in the background from logger shift-1, it works exactly the same and can run at the same time.. I just have to refine my code to be a little more stable..

 

Ok.. I discovered a problem uploading maps to the utec.. it kept timing out and I wasn't sure why.. when I immediately connected to the UTEC with a term prog, it basically was at the "hit enter" prompt to start upload..

If your "Scraping" data from the screens.. make sure its dependent on short prompts and not a specific length of data or particular quantity of keystrokes..

Not sure if its the new beta firmware I'm running, or the TUNA that is inline..

So far everything else works pretty well, map downloads works fine..

Also, you can upload and download parameter files, not sure how its formatted but I can get some info on that one so you can alter your UTEC configuration in a GUI also..

 

BTW if you want to host the file and documentation somewhere, I can host it on my 'tuner shop' website that I'm starting to work on..

 

They probably changed a prompt it was relying on. Could you do me a favor? Start a text capture in HyperTerminal, and upload a map (starting from the main screen), and send me the capture?

I considered doing an editor for the configuration, but decided it wasn't worth the effort since I don't change the settings too often.