Prevent a gauge from going negative

[aw113sgte]

I have a boost gauge, 0-12psi, when in vacuum the gauge rotates past zero. The needle ends up on 11PSI. Any way to set a gauge limit to prevent this rotation?

[Laminar]

One of TunerStudio's standard options is a "Vac/Boost" gauge that's ranged from -30 to 30 by default. Is there a reason you don't want to see vacuum? Would switching the gauge type to a basic readout or bar gauge work?

[aw113sgte]

One of TunerStudio's standard options is a "Vac/Boost" gauge that's ranged from -30 to 30 by default. Is there a reason you don't want to see vacuum? Would switching the gauge type to a basic readout or bar gauge work?

Since I'm using shadowdash on a small screen, on a motorcycle, I'm trying to make the gauge as easy to read quickly as I can. Bar graph could work but I'd prefer circular as it's quicker to read at a glance.

[grom_e30]

i second that it would be nice to be able to select a min gauge reading and to limit the travel to that

[LT401Vette]

In the next release the gauges have pegs. When at the peg, the needle shakes to indicate it wants to go further.

In 2.6 what you can do is create a new OutputChannel that limits the value to positive.
i.e.:

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[OutputChannels]
   
   positiveBoost = { boost >= 0 ? boost : 0 }, "psi"

This assumes the OutputChannel you are currently using is named boost.

Then assign your gauge to that channel instead.

[TheSilverBuick]

Nifty. I wasn't sure if it was just my settings or if they all kind of did that. I kind of got around it by hiding the worse offender (AFR) under another gauge so the needle just disappears when above 18.

[aw113sgte]

In the next release the gauges have pegs. When at the peg, the needle shakes to indicate it wants to go further.

In 2.6 what you can do is create a new OutputChannel that limits the value to positive.
i.e.:

Code: Select all

[OutputChannels]
   
   positiveBoost = { boost >= 0 ? boost : 0 }, "psi"

This assumes the OutputChannel you are currently using is named boost.

Then assign your gauge to that channel instead.

I looked in the dashboard and it's using boostvac, not "boost", I searched the maincontroller.cfg and saw boostvac and boostpsig, but not "boost". I'm guessing boostvac will work or should I use boostpsig in my custom.ini?

[Brian H EFI]

I checked the .ini file and it looks like either of those two outputChannels would work so go ahead and try the boostvac outputChannel
and see if that does what you want.

[aw113sgte]

Woo hoo, that worked! I used boostvac.

[grom_e30]

used this for a temp gauge to mimic a dashboard gauge works great cheers.