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    TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    The longer I use TunerPro the more I like it. I keep finding things that just make things easier and easier. So I figured I would start a thread for the one I found today! Then as I remeber others I will add them. Please feel free to add your tips and tricks to this thread as it's a team effort and not a one man show here.

    Once you have your TP open and bin, XDF and ADX loaded up right click on the top tool bar and you will get a box of tools options. I check them all! But the tip I found today was in the view toolbar called Paremeter Comments. If you hover over a paremeter you can start to read the comment but it goes away and you have to move cursur off then back on, over and over again, I thought there has to be a better way. Go over to the Paremeter tree and click on anything to open it. Once it's open look for a little icon in the toolbar that looks like a paragraph, it's in the view toolbar and click on it. It will display the comments for the Scaler, Flags or Tables paremeter you have open. I haven't figured out yet how to edit or add to these comments but I'm sure it's there!

    EDIT: Greg pointed out how to edit the comments so I figured I would add it here with the tip.
    Quote Originally Posted by gregs78cam
    Right click on the parameter and then click edit XDF parameter. then new window opens with all the info for that parameter.

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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    Quote Originally Posted by EagleMark
    I haven't figured out yet how to edit or add to these comments but I'm sure it's there!
    Right click on the parameter and then click edit XDF parameter. then new window opens with all the info for that parameter.
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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    That's good, now I can add notes to each paremeter. Although most XDF I have are very well comented already.

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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    Yea for the $0E I use I added a table in the parameters that has the addresses layed out with the cooling fan code in the notes. So to add the CFC to any .bin all I have to do is type the code (listed in the comments) into the boxes of the table. Works great. I also have the Variable Intake Tuning flag renamed to Cooling Fan and setup in my TP dash so I can tell if the Fan is on or not.
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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    You can also hover the mouse over the parameter and if there are any comments for that parameter, they will show up in the floating "hover box." Unfortunately that hover box doesn't stay up long, but enough to read the shorter blurbs and see if there actually are any descriptions/information that you can then hit F2 to see in full.

    Quote Originally Posted by EagleMark
    Once you have your TP open and bin, XDF and ADX loaded up right click on the top tool bar and you will get a box of tools options. I check them all!
    I tried this and all I get is the "min, max, move, restore, close" windoze box.
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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    May have mis-clicked?

    Try like in the picture and the tool box will come up like in the picture.

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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    OK, yeah I've seen that. I have to click on the datalog play back slider to access it on my 'puter(s) though, since i have just one line for the tool bar, I only like having what I need in my tool bar. ;)
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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    So here is another tip that I like having setup in TP5. I have 2 dashboards to choose from(more to come), one that is for full screen to use while just driving or datalogging that has everything that a normal person might be interested in seeing at a glance, and a second for on the fly tuning that just has TPS%, MAP%, desired AFR, RPM, MPH, WBO2, Knock retard, BPW, BLM, AE flag, PE flag, O/C Loop flag, and TCC flag, that I keep in the lower third of the screen. That way I can have say the Idle, and off Idle VE tables open above with data trace on, and tune while someone else drives.
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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    Quote Originally Posted by Six_Shooter
    OK, yeah I've seen that. I have to click on the datalog play back slider to access it on my 'puter(s) though, since i have just one line for the tool bar, I only like having what I need in my tool bar. ;)
    Totally customizable!

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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    Quote Originally Posted by gregs78cam
    So here is another tip that I like having setup in TP5. I have 2 dashboards to choose from(more to come), one that is for full screen to use while just driving or datalogging that has everything that a normal person might be interested in seeing at a glance, and a second for on the fly tuning that just has TPS%, MAP%, desired AFR, RPM, MPH, WBO2, Knock retard, BPW, BLM, AE flag, PE flag, O/C Loop flag, and TCC flag, that I keep in the lower third of the screen. That way I can have say the Idle, and off Idle VE tables open above with data trace on, and tune while someone else drives.


    I tryed to cut and paste the dashboards from the Super $42 1227747 ADX into a $OD but they must have differant conversions cause it didn't work.

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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    I tried uploading a screenshot but it was too big for the forum. I will lookin into how to shrink it and still have the resolution to see it. I think in my project thread is the ADX, it should have the two dashboards in it.
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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    You can try copy and paste this into your .adx right after the first dashboard when veiwed in notepad.

    Code:
    <ADXDASHBOARD id="999" idhash="0xCD1D385B" title="Fuel Work">
        <desc>minimum items for fuel trim (VE) tuning</desc>
        <entrycount>13</entrycount>
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="1" itemidhash="0xDE688610" left="65" top="0" right="80" bottom="100" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="1" itemidhash="0xDE69CFB0" left="30" top="0" right="50" bottom="100" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="1" itemidhash="0xDE689CB0" left="10" top="0" right="20" bottom="50" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="1" itemidhash="0xDE6BAAD0" left="80" top="0" right="90" bottom="50" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="1" itemidhash="0xDE6BA0B0" left="0" top="0" right="10" bottom="50" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="1" itemidhash="0xCD3B2D3B" left="50" top="0" right="65" bottom="100" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="2" itemidhash="0xCD51AA5B" left="20" top="50" right="30" bottom="100" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" settxtcolor="0x00FFFFFF" cleartxtcolor="0x000080FF" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="2" itemidhash="0xCD52145B" left="0" top="50" right="10" bottom="100" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" settxtcolor="0x00FFFFFF" cleartxtcolor="0x000080FF" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="2" itemidhash="0xCD52031B" left="10" top="50" right="20" bottom="100" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" settxtcolor="0x00FFFFFF" cleartxtcolor="0x000080FF" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="1" itemidhash="0xDE6A9E10" left="90" top="0" right="100" bottom="50" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="1" itemidhash="0xDE6A9050" left="80" top="50" right="90" bottom="100" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="1" itemidhash="0xDE6BBFB0" left="20" top="0" right="30" bottom="50" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" />
        <ADXDGENTRY gaugetype="2" itemidhash="0xCD52ECDB" left="90" top="50" right="100" bottom="100" bordercolor="0x00C0C0C0" settxtcolor="0x00FFFFFF" cleartxtcolor="0x000080FF" />
    </ADXDASHBOARD>
    I just copy and pasted into my $0D and it displays right, but I haven't tried it while running.
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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    I just noticed that the 3 squares at the end of the last line did not display, so you may have to copy and paste them form the last line of the original dashboard entry.
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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    I tried to do that from a $42 to a $OD and it didn't work correctlhy.

    We need a thread on making ADX files!

    These ADX files opened in a notpad, or in my case I have edit Pad which is a better choice for webmaster duties when it comes to php and cgi files. Anyway they look easy to learn compared to opening a ads file...

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    Re: TunerPro Version 5 Tips thread

    After doing the copy and paste for the dashboard you then need to open the ADX in Tuner Pro, rand set the gauges that aren't correct to what they should be displaying by right clicking on them and selecting the variable that you want it to display.

    The reason for this that I can surmise is that different codes have different variables or at least at different locations within the datastream. This means that you have to point that gauge to the proper location again.

    I know this is what I did with a couple of mine, to copy from one of my $59 ADXs to $0D.
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