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General Discussions / Re: Problem with Simscreen -> freezing the SimDash

« on: February 26, 2012, 05:51:59 pm »

i just tried to flash with the firmware you linked above.
unfortunately the simscreen is not recognized.
no splashscreen on the screen and a red dot in simdash.
bootloader prompted no problems during installing.

i flashed back to the older firmware you gave me last summer. -> http://www.symprojects.com/forum/index.php?topic=170.msg549#msg549
i got the splashscreen back, but keep my initial problem.

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General Discussions / Re: Problem with Simscreen -> freezing the SimDash

« on: February 24, 2012, 01:26:10 pm »

the problem continues simdash windows taskmanager is blocked just changing screen size from small Christiano created by trial
 simdash close so many times and then work changed 8 socket usb of my pc
 win7 64-bit operating system
 thanks

i have no idea what you are talking about, sorry.

christiano,
i run out of options.
i removed everything simdash related, downloaded 1.3.5 again and installed without any lcd files.
seems to make no change. most of the times i start simdash it freezes.

can be a faulty part on the simscreen pcb cause this? because without the screen connected everything is fine.

@ albymagh
simdash is not blocked in my taskmanager. i can shut it down there.
also i tried different usb ports and even pci cards.
Win7/64 here too.

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General Discussions / Re: Problem with Simscreen -> freezing the SimDash

« on: February 21, 2012, 07:13:42 am »

hi christiano. thanks for reading.

it happens every time i start simdash.

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General Discussions / Problem with Simscreen -> freezing the SimDash

« on: February 20, 2012, 11:33:29 am »

hi racing friends,

i have a problem with my simscreen.

i use a revburner and a simscreen. they both worked fine for countles hours, be for the last 2 weeks, the simscreen causes the simdash app to freeze. (i tried 1.2 up to 1.3.6 beta)
if i only use the revburner i don´t have a problem. with the SS connected, simdash stops working and freezes.
if i kill the app using the windows taskmanager and restart it, the simscreen sometimes comes back to life (after a couple of tries)
i tried different usb ports, a pci usb-card and different cables and my second PC. no success.
the screen shows the starting screen as usual, so it is powered.

any ideas what could cause this?

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General Discussions / RevBurner: Tach set to 4, 6 or 8 ylinder?

« on: November 20, 2011, 04:29:42 pm »

hi guys,

one little question:
is there any benefit regarding response time, accuracy, durability or whatever
when i set my tach to 4, 6 or 8 cylinders? (with the correct simdash config file of course)?

i have an autometer lying around that can be set for different cylinders by cutting wire-loops.
do i get the same results with these 3 options or is it "faster" if i set it to match a 4 Cylinder car because the revburenr board has to generate less pulses per minute? or is it "slower" because of that? or no difference?

thanks in advance,
Heinrich

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General Discussions / Re: 1.3.4 final version

« on: November 07, 2011, 11:19:34 am »

Question about SimDash v.1.3.4
In the previous version when minimized SimDash was in the system traybar and now it is only in the taskbar.
How can I move in trybar?

hi christiano.

i have the same "problem".
is this just the way simdash is coded or can we send it to the traybar instead of taskbar?

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General Discussions / Re: SimScreen Gallery

« on: July 15, 2011, 06:10:09 pm »

as most of the racing related information cann be seen in the sim,
one "thumbs up" for every "non racin related information" we can display on the simscreen.

thanks cristiano.

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General Discussions / SimScreen Gallery

« on: July 12, 2011, 05:16:23 pm »

hi guys,

as there is not that much to see in the homepage gallery,
i hope it is ok to ask for *lcd-files in the forums.

so let´s share some designs for the SimScreen.

i start with a pretty useless "startscreen", as the motec displays do:


as a second try i made a "replica" of an WRC Ford Focus 03 (driven by Mathew Wilson)


more will follow as soon as the simdash can read more iRacing data.

what do you guys have on your displays?

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General Discussions / Re: SimScreen damaged?

« on: June 14, 2011, 07:48:50 am »

yes, it is in the actual build.
no restrictions to 1 app and more telemetry output.

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General Discussions / Re: SimScreen damaged?

« on: June 12, 2011, 05:26:34 pm »

so here´s my feedback:

no disconnection issues so far. the firmware seems to work fine.
thanks a lot christiano.

wbr,
markus

btw:
do you have a planned release date for the simdash using the new iRacing API and the system information features you were talking about?
just curious....

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General Discussions / Re: SimScreen damaged?

« on: June 07, 2011, 12:10:08 pm »

hi again.

i tried to update with the firmware you send me in your email.

at the end of the process it showed "programming/verification  -  Failure" or something like this....
does that mean it hasn´t updated or can i just ignore it because of the firmware-beta status?
i can add a screenshot later if you want me to.

the screen works after the update, so it can´t be a complete failure.
i haven´t had the time yet to drive so i can´t decide if the on-off-thing is gone or still there.

i´ll proove that later and give you some feedback.


wbr,
markus

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General Discussions / Re: SimScreen damaged?

« on: June 06, 2011, 03:34:19 pm »

hi cristiano,

yes, i run V1.3.2
but i´ve not upgraded the firmware. i use it as shipped.
iirc i don´t need to upgrade if simdash is showing a device "green". should i try to upgrade the FW?

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General Discussions / SimScreen damaged?

« on: June 06, 2011, 12:26:03 pm »

hi,

my SimScreen worked fine till yesterday.
since then it looses USB-connection. i hear the windows sound for dis- and re-connect and the simdash shows red-green-red-green-...

i put a small vid up on YT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ONjswVrMdw
sorry for the bad quality. just a cheap cellphone cam, but i think one can see the issue.

i tried different ports and cables. all the same.
crosscheck with a second simscreen: everything fine.

is the hardware broken or could this behavior have antoher reason?

thanks for your replies,
H.

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General Discussions / Q about rev-burner for speedos and configuring

« on: February 21, 2011, 05:18:03 pm »

hi folks,

1 thing that i would like to have explained:
let´s say i use a speedo wich goes up to 140 km/h in the real car and i want to use it in the sim:
can i configure the simdash for this speedo that the point wich is 140 km/h represents 350 km/h?
then print a new scale and have a sim-speedo for 0-350 km/h.

is this possible?

edit: sorry for my bad english. i hope i described my question that good that native english speakers can understand it

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General Discussions / Re: "The loaded configuration file is not valid"

« on: February 21, 2011, 01:36:55 pm »

thx mortos. i just wanted to ask...