Shift light is not working with SPI-D

[ItsDaPlumber]

I'm using it for iRacing and i know it is not supported to where i can check the box for in-game shift points. But if i have it set to shift at a certain rpm, it should still work in iRacing. Also, i have a jumper on mine and a set of 4 pins. The jumper stays right?

[Cristiano]

Hello.
the shift light connects to the two pins near the edge of the board. the jumper instead stays on the inner pins.

If the shift led doesn't work, try to invert the wires, because only one way works.

Cheers
Cristiano

[Cristiano]

here you can see better how to connect the shift light:

http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af253/bclancy/SPID-Back.jpg

Cheers

[ItsDaPlumber]

Ok. Thats where i have it and i tried turning it around and it still doesn't work. I will try it again and double check everything. Thanks for the quick response!!!!

[challenger1]

Hello.
the shift light connects to the two pins near the edge of the board. the jumper instead stays on the inner pins.

If the shift led doesn't work, try to invert the wires, because only one way works.

Cheers
Cristiano

Mine seems to be intermitent, it did work for awhile though, if I set the SPI-D to read MPH and set not to blink,  can I still set the shift light to blink with RPM and my setpoint?

[Cristiano]

Yes you can.
Does your problem only happen with the new firmware or did it happen also before.
If you think you have found a bug you should report it to me, so I can fix it in the following release of SimDash.

Thanks
Cristiano

[RamjetR]

Heya

Quick note on the SPI-D Shift light... Actually this is a top tip for the SimDash on a whole..

SimDash by default uses the RPM "=" shift light on setting... This is great if you can see the very split second it hits say 6K rpm on the way to 7K. For a microsecond it would be ON, then off again at 6,001 RPM.

Make sure that you use the settings like:

RPM ">" 6000 rpm. This will make sure the light is on when ever the RPM is Greater than 6000 rpm.

This also applies to the Proshift too. With each LED you choose to use, give it a > command. That way each LED will light sequentially as it rises through the preset values to say 7000RPM redline?

So, if you want something to light up when something is higher than a specified value (especially RPM and Shift lights) .... use the ">" in your SimDash configuration.

A quick guide on how to use SimDash wouldn't go a miss Mr Symprojects people man/woman. I'll see if I can whip one up after I've finished my build log. Can't wait to show everyone

Rammy.

[Cristiano]

Heya

Quick note on the SPI-D Shift light... Actually this is a top tip for the SimDash on a whole..

SimDash by default uses the RPM "=" shift light on setting... This is great if you can see the very split second it hits say 6K rpm on the way to 7K. For a microsecond it would be ON, then off again at 6,001 RPM.

Make sure that you use the settings like:

RPM ">" 6000 rpm. This will make sure the light is on when ever the RPM is Greater than 6000 rpm.

This also applies to the Proshift too. With each LED you choose to use, give it a > command. That way each LED will light sequentially as it rises through the preset values to say 7000RPM redline?

So, if you want something to light up when something is higher than a specified value (especially RPM and Shift lights) .... use the ">" in your SimDash configuration.

A quick guide on how to use SimDash wouldn't go a miss Mr Symprojects people man/woman. I'll see if I can whip one up after I've finished my build log. Can't wait to show everyone

Rammy.

Hello.
Thank you for your suggestions. They make a lot of sense.
I will change the default settings for the Pro Shift and SPI-D plugins.

Cheers
Cristiano

[RamjetR]

Your welcome...

.... I'd bet money thats where most of the "My [insert symproject thing here] doesn't work" threads come from.

I managed to get my new SPI-D, GI Pro and Proshift running like a dream last night. I just so happened that I had shift light problems too and it turned out that I hadn't selected the Greater Than symbol for the shift limit. It caught me out, and I reckon that would fix itsdaplumber's problem too.

Ramjet.