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  1. Use one Aux output to turn on all three relays. I would power the fuel pump relays direct from battery power. This is needed as you are using three pumps and not just one. The primary relay power must come form ignition switched power.

    ECU hold power, is used to close the idle valve before the ECU shuts down. When you turn the ignition off everything including fuel pump turns off. Only the idle value is still active for a few seconds.

    Trigger grounds in the Vipec harness are connected to A7, which is the shield ground. All grounds on the Vipec are common. You can use any of them.

    Yes you can have the stock narrow band 02 sensor and the signal for the Innovate thing connected at the same time. Use separate volt inputs. Select one as narrow band and the other wideband.

    Ray.

  2. Volt 6 is available on the expansion connector. This can be used as a switch input for your dual maps. The Volt input will need a pullup resistor added. This is a 1k 1/4w resistor connected to the 5 volt output on the expansion connector and the Volt 6 wire.

    You would connect the Volt 6 wire to a switch that is connected to ground on the other side. In the software select Volt 6 as a GP Input. Then setup a Virtual Aux output as the switch input. If you send me your map, I will set this up for you.

    Ray.

  3. All Vipec ECU have an internal barometric sensor. When you have MGP as the axis of the fuel table the ECU automatically adjusts for changes in barometric pressure. You do not have to do anything as far as tuning or extra tables.

    Ray.

  4. There is no plugin ECU available. There is a good chance we can support the triggering. I would need information on the pattern to confirm this. If you are based in the USA, then Neel at Apex Speed Technoliges could make you a plugin adapter harness.

    Ray.

  5. Why do you need ignition retard ? is this to build boost.

    I would make the ignition trim activation 90% TPS.

    If the engine is turbocharged, avoid using ignition cut as it can damage the turbocharger and the engines valve train. Fuel cut cannot hurt anything and should always be used with turbochargers.

  6. If the engine knocks due to being too lean, then the engine needs retuning so under full load it is not lean. To tune lean as a way to get more power is flawed. Rich does not make for less power, just reliability. This is why there is no option to add fuel as the engine should not be lean.

    Ray.

  7. I can only imagine how even more difficult it may be to click the right key at the right time be when being thrown around at 130mph in a race boat.

    It is many many times easier then trying to use a scratch pad. There are very few keys that you need to learn to see just how fast and easy a keyboard is. You should take the time to learn a few. Keys can save you much scratching and clicking.

    As far as finding keys to press on the keyboard I have keys marked with labels so I do not have to look for them. I only have to glance in the direction of the keyboard to know where the key I need is located. I may post a picture of my laptop to show what I mean.

    Some very useful keys...which do not take much to learn

    Esc makes the settings menu slide out and closes it.

    F2 saves the map to your hard drive

    F3 makes the software go on and off line

    F4 locks the changes in the ECU (the most used key)

    F key makes the fuel table visible at any time and puts the cursor on the current cell.

    I key makes the ignition table visible at any time and puts the cursor on the current cell.

    R key opens the runtime window.

    Page Up increases a value

    Page Down decreases a value

    [ or ] key cycles though the pages.

    F8 starts and stops the logger.

    Arrow keys move you around tables or settings.

    There are a lot more, and some of them give you helpful tuning aids you just cannot get with a mouse.

    Ray.

  8. I don't understand the need to ease the use of the keyboard when all laptops these days have a touch pad.

    Here is my experence as to why keyboard is needed.

    Try using a scratch pad while tuning a boat. You are siting in the observer set which faces backwards. The boat is doing 100 to 130 mph. You have one hand holding the AFR meter and the other the laptop. You are being bounced around in the seat and you are not holding on. There is nothing but terror in your mind and you have to make changes to the tune. All you have spare is a finger to hit keys.

    As I said many times to Ashley the software programmer, you do not tune engines siting behind a desk with a big screen and external mouse. I am very happy now that the software can be used to tune under real conditions.

    Ray.

  9. When tuning a key board is much faster. Rather then having to find the mouse pointer on the screen, then move it to where you want to make a change then clicking, you just hit one key. It is not as if using the mouse has been removed. It still works. Also adding keyboard support has very little to do with the new look.

    The reason the settings menus and tables were changed is due to legal requirements. In the past...part of the software was written by a sub contractor. So there are no legal claims as to who owns the code, it was rewritten.

    Is it the look or the functionality that is the problem ?

    On the keyboard thing...Below is a comment from a experienced Vipec and other make ECU tuner. It is comments like this that we find good, as the software has been criticized for a long time for being too slow to use.

    I have been playing with the new software offline during the Easter weekend and somehow I do not seem to need to use the mouse at all! Great!

    Snake trail, switchable color gradients, logged value cross hairs... very nice!

    Navigating thru the different selections is now very fluent - feels very natural and intuitive.

    One small detail still bothers me:

    Pressing 'B' marks active cells in all tables, which is good feature.

    Unfortunatey I cannot get only these red cells turn back to neutral, as pressing F9 turns also all the other markers off.

    Could it be possible to select which markers to reset, or to add a command resetting the B-marker only? (Like the Y and Z-markers do).

  10. Switch inputs have to go to Digital inputs. It is possible to use a volt input if you add an external pullup resistor. This is a 1k 1/4W resistor connected to 12v and the volt input wire. The volt input voltage is then selected as a condition for a Virtual Aux output. This Virtual Aux output is then selected as the switch for the boost tables.

    Ray.

  11. The "skin" cannot be changed. You can change the colours. I must admit you are the first to not like it. A lot of effort was put into making the software easier to use with a keyboard, this is why the settings have a different format.

    The PC logger rate depends on the quality of the communications over the USB cable. The more ignition and other noise the more gaps you will get in the logs. If you want a fast constant rate, then use the ECU memory logger.

    I will see if more colours can be added.

    Ray.

  12. It has always been the case that you cannot have the PC and a dash connected at the same time. I did at one time think you could unplug the dash cable at the dash end, but this cannot be done. The dash must be disconnected at the ECU before connecting the PC.

    There is only one communication channel from the main processor. The goes to the USB and RS232 components on the PCB. This is why you cannot have two devices talking to the processor at the same time.

    When CAN communication becomes available you can have a dash and PC connected at the same time.

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