TPMS (tire monitoring system) plugin

[WuNgUn]

Originally Posted by _Dejan_

Strange,
So I have few questions.
When you resume computer you can see this HID device in device manager?
If you can. did you try restart CF?
Restarting Windows help(without reconnecting device)?
When you resume reconnecting device help?

Because Im using sleep(S3) and Im don't having problems...

Question: How do you use 'sleep' without draining your battery?

[_Dejan_]

Originally Posted by WuNgUn

Question: How do you use 'sleep' without draining your battery?

I drive car monday to friday. Im mesaure that my system need 0,18A(when is connected to battery and in S3 state) so this is not big power consumption...
Now with DSATX I have option at which voltage cut off power but for now something doesn't work ok - when is in S3 and voltage bo below setted voltage do not cut it off...

[WuNgUn]

It would be nice to be able to use 'sleep'...it works very well (fast) on Vista. I might have to test with it

[_Dejan_]

Originally Posted by WuNgUn

It would be nice to be able to use 'sleep'...it works very well (fast) on Vista. I might have to test with it

Vista have hybrid sleep so it do hibernate before go into sleep, and if you loose power(drain battery to much) it do resume from hibernate else normal resume from sleep... But this is now off topic...

[f1racr]

Is there a guide on the correct procedure to learn the sensors using this plugin ?

I'm just wondering if you put the sensors on the car, then it will see all 4 sensors at the same time since they're all close to each other relatively speaking, if that's the case how do you tell it which sensor is in which wheel ?

Also when the tyres are rotated, how do you know which sensor goes where ?

Shouldn't there really be the ability to put a colour against the sensors so when you move them around you just move the colour to which ever location it's now at ?

[wolfgang928]

Hello,

have a look inside the documentation. There is a way to configure tire by tire with reducing the pressure.

Bye Wolfgang928

[f1racr]

Thanks heaps Wolfgang for making this plugin...........

Can I be cheeky and ask for a few small modifications ?

1. Can the PSI values be rounded up or down to the nearest 1 PSI instead of showing 23.1PSI for instance, it would just show 21PSI and 25.7PSI would show 26PSI.

2. Can you have a little button to turn on and off the 5th sensor on the display so it looks cleaner ?

3. Can you add something similar to what Robbie has done in the RR version and allow the user to select which sensor is in which place. As I see it right now, when you move the wheels around during normal rotation, user would have to clear the PIC using TPMS doctor and relearn ? or keep the sensors in the same places which is a pain if you just want to move wheels front to back or corner to corner.

4. Could you add a time that can be set between warnings. When the tyre pressure is low it goes around and around and around saying the same thing...........would be quite good if you could set the time between warnings.......... that's not essential, just think it'll help make it more user friendly.

What do you think ?

[Salmizar]

Can someone tell me the calculations used to convert the numbers to PSI etc? Zorro made a plugin called logodashboard which displays the info, only drawback is that it displays the raw data unconverted, so I have no idea what the real PSI is, or the temp.

[wolfgang928]

Hello Salmizar,

what is your configuration in logodashboard to use TPMS values.
If you use the command feature to retrieve data via plugin to plugin communication, then i could adapt the command block with a dimension specific return string.

Originally Posted by Salmizar

Can someone tell me the calculations used to convert the numbers to PSI etc? Zorro made a plugin called logodashboard which displays the info, only drawback is that it displays the raw data unconverted, so I have no idea what the real PSI is, or the temp.

What do you want to have?

Bye Wolfgang928

[f1racr]

Any comments on my suggestions Wolfgang ?