G-Dash
USER GUIDE
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Thanks.
We would like to thank you for choosing
G-Dash Digital Display G-Dash, our new display showing in real
time data sampled by EVO4 logger.
With G-Dash, you can view values
coming from the ECU, from accelerometers,
04 G-DASH KIT as well as from the GPS built into the EVO4,
in addition to receiving information from
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Thanks to its small size it is particularly
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suited for small cockpit installations like
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Its graphic display (G-Dash stands for
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Moreover G-Dash shows some
innovative features, like multi-tasking LEDs.
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CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED G-DASH
G-Dash kit
G-Dash with CAN cable for EVO4
connection.
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CHAPTER 1 GETTING STARTED G-DASH
G-Dash
Configurable Alarm LEDs 1-2 Shift Lights Configurable Alarm LEDs 3-4 Aluminum Body
Diplay
Multifunctional Pushbuttons CAN - Power Connection
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CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION G-DASH
How To install and Connect G-Dash to EVO4.
G-Dash must be connected via CAN bus to
your EVO4 (whose firmware version must
be 43.05.01 or newer), by plugging the
CAN cable into the logger “EXP” port.
ECU - CAN RS232
Beacon Exp. RPM K/L line USB
Speed 1-2
CAN - Power Connection
GPS Antenna Analog Input Channel EVO4 Status
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CHAPTER 1 INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION G-DASH
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Please check the firmware version of your If the firmware is not adequate:
EVO4: connect it to PC via USB, open the
Race Studio 2 software and press If the EVO4 firmware is older than Then run the firmware update program by
‘Device Info’ button (1). 43.05.01, open the aim-sportline.com following the included instructions.
“Download Firmware” website area, and
download the current version onto your
1 computer.
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As an alternative you can just switch
G-Dash on and select Menu>>System 3
Management>>Device Info (2).
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CHAPTER 2 PC CONFIGURATION G-DASH
How to Configure G-Dash.
G-Dash receives its configuration Therefore, select in EVO4 configuration G-Dash pages, shift lights and alarms
parameters from EVO4, so you must G-Dash as the display. configuration is done using the Race Studio 2
configure EVO4 in order to make G-Dash software.
display your data correctly.
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CHAPTER 3 PC CONFIGURATION G-DASH
Pages Configuration.
G-Dash is able to fully configure up to 9 Select the “Pages” tab to enter the Pages n Lap Time: n Rolling Time:
pages, allowing you to view your data in Configuration panel: custom pages are all The lap time of the previous lap will be The lap time is shown for ten seconds, then
user definable and very flexible ways. disabled by default. shown; the rolling time will be shown;
n Predictive Time: n +/- Best Time
Shows a forecast of the current lap time; Shows a prediction of the current lap time in
comparison with the best lap of the session.
The first available page is:
RPM and lap time. (1) Here you can configure two channels and choose one of the different
Lap time visualizations: (2)
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8 Freely Configurable Pages. At the bottom of the list, you find other two pages: Satellites and SmartyCam.
You can add up to four fields per page, n Satellites
defining also the short name that will Satellites shows the level of GPS signal.
describe that field. For good precision, it is best to acquire data
from at least 8 satellites
n SmartyCam
SmartyCam status shows the status of the
camera, when connected to the system.
Of course, you can enable or disable each
of these pages, simply clicking on the
square:
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CHAPTER 3 PC CONFIGURATION G-DASH
Shift Lights Configuration.
Click “Configure Shift Lights” to manage the Shift Lights By selecting the “Advanced options” n The sequence mode of the shift lights:
Shift Light LED’s. function, you can more deeply configure you can choose to leave an individual shift
your Shift Light LED’s. light LED ON or turn it OFF when the
The panel shown below appears and you The available options are: following LED has been turned ON. (1)
can manage all 6 LEDs color and the RPM
threshold value which will turn it on.
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n The shift lights dependence upon the When you select this option you can set the
gear position: maximum number of gears (up to 9): the
you can configure G-Dash to have different view below appears.
Shift Light LED thresholds for each gear
position (2).
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CHAPTER 3 PC CONFIGURATION G-DASH
Alarms Configuration
Click on the “Add new alarm event” button 1 – Fill in the DESCRIPTION field, in order to 3 – ...or a combination of events, for the event (or events) occurs:
to add new Alarms or click on the icon to easily identify the event in the future (1). example: “water temperature is greater You can have G-Dash turn on the LED and
the right to manage existing alarms. than 100 C°” AND “Engine RPM is greater you can also select the LED colour and the
When you click on the “Add new alarm 2 – Describe the Alarm: it can be a simple than 6000” (1) LED behaviour (solid or fast/slow blinking).
event” button, the window below appears. event, for example “water temperature is
Here you can select the event the system greater than 100 C°” (2)... 4 – Then assign what to do with a LED when You can also define a text message (2)
will check and the effect of that event.
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You can add different events and define the Finally, you will configure the duration of Once the configurations are built, a
alarm as a combination of ALL the events the alarm. (2). Here are the options: summary will appear: any time you need to
or ANY of them (1). edit the settings, just click the botton and
n Until the condition is no longer met proceed.
n Until the data is downloaded
n Until the device is turned off
n Until a button is pushed
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CHAPTER 4 KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION G-DASH
Keyboard Configuration.
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Once G-Dash is turned on, the Pressing GPS page: this shows the number of visible SmartyCam page: this shows the
RPM and Lap Time page appears: Menu>>Display Setup>>PageSetup>>Page satellites and their signal strength. on-board camera information, when
it shows RPM and lap time (the lap time you can enable up to eight connected (see related chapter).
selected among the four modes explained Custom Pages.
above), together with current lap number
and the additional configurable channels. You decide where to show the desired
variables (up to 4 on each page) from those
sampled by the ECU, the accelerometers
and the GPS values from EVO4.
To choose the variable, select it when you
choose the ‘Sel’ menu item:
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CHAPTER 4 KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION G-DASH
Selecting “Menu” you can also: Besides page setting, the “Display setup”
feature allows you to:
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n Set the Time/Date format. n Set the partial odometer and also track n Choose the displayed language and view n Enable/disable the backlight.
the engine running time (of up to 4 engine). the device info (serial number and installed
firmware version) of both G-Dash and EVO4, Adjust display brightness as well as LED
by selecting the “System Management”. intensity.
Set how long the lap time will be shown on
the display after crossing start/finish line.
Choose if the keyboard will always be
visible (‘locked’ mode) or not (‘auto hidden’
mode).
By pressing the “Create New GPS Track”
item, the system stores that GPS location
and will automatically calculate lap times
each time you cross that location.
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CHAPTER 5 ENGAGED GEAR G-DASH
Engaged Gear.
Engaged gear information is provided by Gear calibration may be restarted using the
EVO4 and automatically displayed if you keyboard: the path is
choose – in the System Configuration panel Menu>>System Management>> Restart
– to set the gear: Gear Calibration.
- using a potentiometer
- via ECU connection
If you choose the “Calculated” mode, during
the calculation G-Dash will show this icon
in the RPM and Lap Time page.
Once calculation is finished, the gear
number will appear.
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CHAPTER 6 POWERING ON AND OFF / DATA RECALL G-DASH
Powering On/Off. Data Recall.
G-Dash is powered by EVO4 and turns on Pressing the “MEM” pushbutton (1) you will
and off with the EVO4 with no additional recall the data from the latest test sessions
user input. stored in memory (max. 6).
As soon as EVO4 senses an RPM value,
G-Dash menu will change.
The configuration functions will then show;
“LIGHT” to quickly and conveniently
backlight the display and “TRCK” to easily
create and store the GPS location so the 1
system will automatically calculate lap
times each time you cross that location.
The first page of the data recall screen
shows a session summary: the best 4 laps,
total distance run, total time run, Max RPM
and Max Speed.
The second page shows all of the session
laps with lap times and speeds (min and
max).
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CHAPTER 7 INTERACTION WITH SMARTYCAM G-DASH
To visualize up to 16 channels of data sampled by the EVO4 (including ECU based data) on
Interaction with SmartyCam. SmartyCam generated videos, you must configure your EVO4 with the Race Studio 2 software
and send the configuration to the SmartyCam. In the Race Studio 2 software, follow this path:
“Device Configuration”>>“EVO4”>>>“SmartyCam functions setting”.
SmartyCam
G-Dash communicates with SmartyCam via The panel below appears. The drop down menus show channels (ECU
the CAN-bus through EVO4 datalogger. It shows functions that can be displayed on and others) coming from EVO4 grouped by
SmartyCam video (left) and channels (ECU type (i.e. on Water Temperature you will
To connect both G-Dash and the and others) that can be assigned to that find all of the temperature channels).
SmartyCam to EVO4 ‘EXP’ port you will need function (right).
a Data Hub.
If you find the channel you are looking for, select it and associate it with SmartyCam function.
If you do not find it in the list, select the “Enable Channel for all Functions” checkbox to verify
that the channel is being supplied by the EVO4 (ECU and others) as all available channels will
be shown.
When you have all of the channels set that you are interested in, click on the “OK” button and
then the “Transmit” button at the top of the page. The “Functions to Channels” information will
then be automatically sent to the SmartyCam.
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CHAPTER 7 INTERACTION WITH SMARTYCAM G-DASH
SmartyCam HD
In G-Dash Menu, the SmartyCam page
follows the GPS page:
The path is Menu>>Display Setup>>Page
Setup>>Smarty.
This page displays if the SmartyCam is
currently recording (REC: ON).
Also displayed is the amount of memory is
left on the MicroSD memory card inserted
in the SmartyCam.
SmartyCam SmartyCam GP
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CHAPTER 8 G-DASH DATA SHEET G-DASH
G-Dash
n Graphical Display
n Aluminum body
n Grey backlight
n 4 RGB Alarm LEDS
n 6 RGB Shift Lights
n Dimensions: 119x82x20 mm
n Weight: 350g
n Waterproof IP67
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