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[MaksV]

I take it you work for the company who made it? :)

Thank you for clearing up exactly WHAT they can do! Now I know I have to have one of these, period. Question, what needs to be done to make the gauge function with the readings I want? Is it something I can do or does it need to be set from the factory? If I am running the Innovate LC1, how will it hook up to this?

Thanks, and GPS rocks.

This. Thanks hammered fo rthe info, but lets go a little further, is there an option for the end user to adjust (lets say i want boost, AFR, and oil temp today) but tomorrow I want AFR, volt, and coolant temp, is it a matter of switching plugs to sensors that could be preinstalled? Or can you cycle options on the device. Can I change the configuration myself?

[Varinn]

I think he more than just works there. MC Hammered is a local guy, and a far as I know he is the founder and designer of Podi and their products.

[MC Hammered]

I take it you work for the company who made it? :)

Thank you for clearing up exactly WHAT they can do! Now I know I have to have one of these, period. Question, what needs to be done to make the gauge function with the readings I want? Is it something I can do or does it need to be set from the factory? If I am running the Innovate LC1, how will it hook up to this?

Thanks, and GPS rocks.

The displays are fixed and are programmed when the gauge is made, however, the displays are modular meaning you can swap them in and out of the gauge when you want to change things up

To hook up the LC-1 you just run the wideband output from it (brown wire) to the corresponding input on the terminal block, program the gauge 0V and 5V endpoints to match the LC-1 output and the gauge does the rest.

This. Thanks hammered fo rthe info, but lets go a little further, is there an option for the end user to adjust (lets say i want boost, AFR, and oil temp today) but tomorrow I want AFR, volt, and coolant temp, is it a matter of switching plugs to sensors that could be preinstalled? Or can you cycle options on the device. Can I change the configuration myself?

The gauge is modular by design, just imagine the displays are individual single and dual display gauges are as shown in this picture.

The displays on the gauges themselves are fixed, so what you see is what you get, but you can swap out the gauges for different ones that show different readings. You would require the appropriate sender to supply the new signal as well.



So for your particular setup lets says you were running the following:

left gauge: boost, AFR
right: oil temp, coolant temp

now you wanted to wanted to read voltage, you would do the following:

pull the gauge out
disconnect all the input wires
pop the back cover off
remove the oil temp, coolant temp module
install the voltmeter module
install back cover
connect all the input wires to the correct sensors

done!

now you have the following

left gauge: boost, AFR
right: voltmeter (with bargraph)

[richardM30]

For the person that asked earlier - no the E34 vents aren't exactly the same. :(

I've been watching Winston create this little beauty; congrats on bringing it to market, and thanks to GPS to selling it to the community!

[MR 325]

I am still bot fully grasping it. If I want the gauges to give a different reading than the factory setting do I change out the physical gauge or is it programmed in somehow? If programmed to read differently, how is this done?

[MC Hammered]

I am still bot fully grasping it. If I want the gauges to give a different reading than the factory setting do I change out the physical gauge

Yes. It is held in with 4 screws.

If programmed to read differently, how is this done?

The displays are programmed to show one reading from one sensor only.

A boost and AFR gauge combination will only ever show boost and AFR readings.

Just like a multi bit screwdriver, you change the bit to make it work with the screw.

I do not believe many people will take advantage of this modular design and having up to 4 readings should cover the needs of 95% of the users out there.

In my built Audi I ran boost & AFR, oil temp & oil pressure as those were the 4 items I was most interested in keeping an eye on and never changed them.

For the remaining 5% that have some crazy build, they will already know exactly what parameters they want, would know when they would need to change out displays and if they choose to use both air vents they could monitor up to 8 parameters at once.

[MaksV]

Thanks for the explanation MC. Definitely a very cool tool.

[dude8383]

Can't wait to order a custom one :)

[MR 325]

Thanks for the answers, sorry for the questions!

One final question, is there an additional charge to order a custom combination of gauges?

Thanks!

[rede30]

this is an awesome product. Can't say I have really wanted anything new for a car for a long time but this changes everything.

[MC Hammered]

Thanks for the answers, sorry for the questions!

One final question, is there an additional charge to order a custom combination of gauges?

Thanks!

No problem with the questions as I was expecting them. I want to make sure the customer understands what they are buying and feels good when doing so.

For pricing on a custom setup I will have to forward you to Levent for that. :up:

[MR 325]

I'll contact L, thank you sir.

[brutus87]

Damn, thats badass.

[MC Hammered]

For those of you interested in the Valentine 1 remote display function here is a video of how it works.

The PVG-e30 module would work exactly the same way except you use the remote switch to program and silence the unit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIIZcBXG2Ig

[drivnvordaedge]

Any updates?