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1. PI PURSE Ims 54 Alarm Channel Value Element 55 importing DBC 56 initiallimpbon Ord UBC FIG serere bed a er dale wenn ote Bot dale eae daw pd dod Ov e eee 56 Subsequent Imports of a File 0 ec ee eee ee ee ee ee ee eee eee eee 58 Updating a DBC 5 doa E Ex Ghee RR EEE ERS bars RI ORAS dad 60 Iiported DBC File ow ea Se dae p e E ua we dca S n o cerdo cal ew dea No UU ted 63 Project Validation 65 GConigure DEVICE oes ERA RO eek oe ead 65 Troubleshooting obi pos beni sno Pit ed seio perius 66 Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Introduction 5 Introduction Display Creator is a unique application used to design and create custom display configurations for MoTeC s D series displays and C series display loggers It has versatile and powerful graphical creation functions that allow the configuration of all display elements Many of the functions are self explanatory and onscreen assistance 15 provided See the following three topics before starting a Display Creator project About CAN Signals and Channels H
2. 10 About Alarms 10 Display Creator Tabs nouo a or ar doe A Ma RUE E S 11 Sab ee de utum ibo oc auda Gece an gosse Eh supo eddie 11 Ghannels FUNCUONSs ub etos ba eee Rao aid ie poe ees 12 Conmimilealolis Lab 13 Alame Fal dx 16 Fades a hee 19 Page Management and Properties 21 Overlay he cb ee 23 Pade EICMONES eee Be ore Sees 24 selecting Elements oma Page uua Cete a ebria OE CA a 25 Right Click Menu Element Placement 5 26 UEC ISI TETTE TOTUM 29 INS E 30 muto uua at DL D IUE Du uti 31 wire I IP 32 Sa Gea ee Cae ee 33 Horzontal Bar
3. 34 Create Representative Tick Mark Text 35 Creating a Non Linear ProgressSioN opu dep bb Oe OPER Re ax p Es 37 AUAN NEEDS RERO wie wt TE RT ts 38 VEDIC Ml ate Senne dod ne atas en dote bye abis 39 Create Representative Tick Mark Text 41 Creating a Non Linear Progression 42 OWES fos kee oe 43 Br MC Satie arts 44 Create Representative Tick Mark Text 52525 54 5 5 5 40 aw JAN a e e EVA oS a 46 Creating a Non Linear Progression aoa REIP RIA URS Oho wht ad KEES UNS whe Vas 47 Adding SWEBBDSs di cL a OR 48 CERTI CTI ICM 49 e aan ens qu MS br oa wes ee aaa ees 52 TAXES TRES Ee CMC LS ree EE a aed eae 53 www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 Alarm leom Element sa 2 522 a9 d x ime Bea 54 Alam Messaude EIemellE 252208 58
4. e lam mt T Sha 1 7 n d 5 Ais ow d 3 Us T 17 Il hamo ua bus e p enmia o Re orev Piin ore unn i A we niam Te pus lire bab base MM EC RO Og VIt us bmc RR Click repeatedly on an element at one location on the page This will sequentially select drill down each element whose boundaries encompass the cursor location When the selection reaches the lowest element in the hierarchy the selection loops back to the first element It does not necessarily drill down through every element on the page A more precise method of selecting a specific element is to select it in the hierarchical element tree See Selecting Elements on a Page for more information www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 10 About Alarms About Origin Points This topic applies to alignment of elements on a page As Display Creator does this in a unique way It Is provided here as a preamble See Page Elements for more information Element Origin Points All elements that can be included in a display have an origin point this point is used for the alignment of elements By default text based elements have an origin point at the top left corner of the element this can be changed via the eleme
5. The pointer is the component of the dial to which the input channel is assigned Start and end values start and end angles major and minor divisions and tick text can all be configured e The dial can be setup in a non linear progression For example 0 20 30 40 45 50 55 60 65 etc Linear and non linear progressions All progressions are initially linear as defined in the Configure Ticks window explained below non linear progression as mentioned above can be defined after the linear dial is created See Creating a Non Linear Progression w The Configure Ticks window only defines linear progressions If it is used after non linear adjustments are made it will revert the progression to linear and the non linear adjustments will be lost Configuring Ticks When a dial 15 first created a Configure Ticks window displays this can also be displayed later by selecting the Configure Ticks button on the Properties pane Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 45 The Configure Ticks window displays the current configuration but not any non linear adjustments It will always adjust the configuration to a linear progression based on the values and configuration selected Sets the start and end of the dial relative to the zero angle E o 50 6 b ti division position 30 70 Major Divisions set the number of major divisions does not includ
6. 4 7 Page Mew Season Whites T zx T Group Labels 4 2 Group Channels AL T Channel Value Gear AL 2 Channel Value Reference Lap T L 3 Channel Value Running Lap Time b s H Switch b 52 8 Switch b Switch b s B Switch 3 Rectangle b Switch www motec com Display Creator Tabs 21 Page Management and Properties Pages are created and managed as discreet elements The properties of each page apply just to that page The sections below cover managing pages and their properties Page Management Page management includes functions such as adding deleting and arranging page order Page management 15 done by selecting a page in the Navigation Pages pane and using the right click menu to add copy cut paste delete and move pages or by using the buttons at the top of the Navigation Pages pane xX t Page Properties Page properties are of two types firstly those that govern how the page displays in Display Creator and then those that govern the operation and the look and feel in the finalised project Properties that govern how the page displays in Display Creator v Show Invisible V 2 1 1 21 41 Ft Actual Show Invisibles checkbox Uncheck this so that dotted outlines identifying non visible elements are not shown Snap to grid checkbox Check this so that elements snap to or are positioned in reference to the grid It is recommended to use snap to grid
7. Rectangle Eg Space between the left margin of the page and the 1 1 21 4 1 FR Actual 2 left border of the element in pixels op Space between the top margin of the page and the top border of the element in pixels Width of the element in pixels Change in dimension occurs at the right border left border E MN position remains static Border Width 3 2 BorderColur Height of the element in pixels Change in F Show Fil dimension occurs at the bottom border top border Fil Style position remains static cor EM Conte Centres the element on the page Centres the element and then fits the borders to Fit the edges of the page Border Properties to set border characteristics Properties to set fill characteristics www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 30 Page Elements Ellipse ica Space between the left margin of the page and the 11 21 41 Fe IU left border of the element in pixels 690 E 15 Ei E Top Space between the top margin of the page and the Horizontal Diameter 95 Vertical Diameter 190 Sd top border of the element in pixels Border Horizontal Horizontal width of the element in pixels Change in Diameter dimension occurs at the right border left border position remains static Vertical height of the element in pixels Change in dimension occurs
8. Resizes selected elements to either the width or the height of the first selected element this function is not available for text based elements we Resize occurs from the origin point that is the size is calculated from the element centre not at a border In these examples the blue rectangle is the first selected element For example using the starting Q 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90100 Make same width results in Note that the text is not resized Make same height results in 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90100 www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 28 Spacing Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 Page Elements Equally spaces elements or removes spaces between elements For example HORIZONTAL using this selection as the starting arrangement Equal horizontal spacing results in Elements between the two outside elements moved to create equal spacing Remove horizontal spacing results in Elements moved from right to left For example VERTICAL using this selection as the starting arrangement Equal vertical spacing results in Elements between the top and bottom elements moved to create equal spacing Remove vertical spacing results in www motec com Page Elements 29 Elements moved from bottom to top Rectangle
9. e Imported alarm properties such as name icon and flash rate etc can be edited as required e Manually created alarms operate with no change and can be created and set up as required e Manually created alarms can continue to be selected for inclusion on the Alarm Display element on the Overlay Page If the imported alarm and a manual alarm become active at the same time the alarm with the highest priority on the Alarms tab displays Example scenario Alarm Message Alarm Value Alarm Active and Alarm Flash channels are created each of which use the corresponding signal um EA New Project MoTeC Display Creator Edt Device Hep G 0 m rea E Settings E Communications Channels 4 Functions 8 E Pages Images amp Ga ae x 5 l Name Channel Address CompoundID Bit Offset Bt Length Receive Rate Alam Message G lt DEC Fie 1 gt Display 1 0k 11220001 20 Hz gt Display 2 x1D220002 1Hz 4 Aam Message Address 10220003 Alarm Message i A 5 Alarm Valua Packet Format Big Endan Motec Motorola tua Alarm Value 4 Receive Rate 25 Hz 44 Status Compound Alarm Active gt CRC 10220000 36 Hz Compound ID Ox 0000 The imported alarm is automatically created on the Alarms tab www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 64 Importin
10. ae X DBC File File 2 Name Channel Address Compound ID Offset Bit Length Receive Rate DBC File 2 4 E DBC Fie 1 4 2 Display 1 1D220001 20 Hz Engine RPM 1 File Name l eCDash Config delete demo dbc 4 4 Display 2 10220002 1 Hz Air Temp Inlet Bat Volts C185 4 s Alam Message Alarm Message 4 s Alarm Value Eri Alarm Value 4 s Alam Status Alarm Active Alarm Hash CRC32 CRC32 DBC File Display 1 Boost Pressure 4 s Display 2 Air Temp Inlet 5V Aux Supply Bat Volts C185 mp CRC32 CRC32 CRC32 10 New channel Project Validation Messages www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 60 Importing a DBC file Updating a DBC File Import Once DBC file has been imported it is possible to do a compare between an updated Dash Manager configuration and the Display Creator configuration The icons used to indicate differences are shown in the following table m The message is not the same it contains any number of differences to signals The signal exists in Display Creator but has been removed from the Dash Manager configuration On accepting the update any such signals will be removed from the Display Creator configuration m The signal does not exist in Display Creator and can be added The Dash Manager and Display Creator configurations are the same In the example below the following scenario takes place Display Creator User Manu
11. Alarms Create Page Display s Create as many pages as required Insert and configure elements as needed elements include Rectangles and ellipses Static images and static text Text elements that display a channel value Horizontal and vertical bar graphs Dial gauges Switch elements Alarms Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 Tabs Alarms Tab Alarm Settings Create alarms alarms For each alarm Apply alarm conditions for selected channel s Set alarm message and icon to display on alarm conditions being true Select channel value to display on alarm conditions being true Set alarm priority list order Images Tab Contains images imported into the project Formats bmp dib jpeg png www motec com About Element Selection 9 About Element Selection This topic applies to selection of elements on a page As Display Creator does this in a unique way It is provided here as a preamble Some of the operations used to select elements in Display Creator are unique Such as e Select an element from the element tree list see Page Elements Trua lwia tie Bla Molec Zalga C Caro d mrt i Faan 4 Fapa a Bk F hee s I ulli bet TICCE 7 ES ace m l md d T UM al A E
12. It may be turned off from time to time to allow minute positioning of elements however minute positioning is best done using an element s position properties Snap to grid value Determines how fine or coarse the grid 15 default is 5 Manual zoom Manually select zoom level 54 25 7 Preset zoom levels These are respectively 100 200 and 400 11 21 41 Ft Actual Fit will resize to the maximum space available in the Display Creator window Actual will resize to the actual dimensions of the device for which the display is being created This gives the best representation of the size of the display www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 22 Display Creator Tabs Properties that govern the created display configuration ak _ Page Name High Speed Name Descriptive name given to the page Default is Page n where n is an incremental sequential number used for each added page Border mi Fill Show Border checkbox Check this so that the defined border is shown Elements on the page can overlap and display in front of the border Colour graduated shading using two colours and opacity can be applied t Remove All This is where channel conditions are expressed for the currently Hements selected element in a switch or for a page For an element in a Z3 WX F switch the element is displayed if t
13. m Settings E Channels amp Functions 5 munications Aams Pages Images Ga Channel Address Compound ID Offset Bits Lenath Bits Receive Rate Hz Name Engine speed 4 Message 1 0 000 50 4 4 Message 1 0 495 50 Engine Speed Gear 0 16 ocatior Engine speed ine Speed 16 16 g Type Signed Integer Y Offset 16 Bits Length 16 Bits P Conversio Multiplier 0 100000 2 Offset 0 000000 Elements may be grouped in Quantity Angular Speed s folder hierarchies ips The Display Creator channel associated with this signal The selection list is populated from the channels created in the Channel amp Functions tab Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Display Creator Tabs 15 Used to set the format of the received value Unsigned integer values are absolute containing values from 0 to max for the bit length of the signal Integer values use the two s complement format giving negative and positive values in equal proportions To identify the unique signal the Offset and Length settings tell the device where to find this signal within the message based on the order in which the data Is received Once the signal has been received the raw numeric value can be determined This value can then be scaled using the Multiplier and added to using the Offset to convert the raw value into the final channel value in
14. 60 00 70 00 IJI Configure 80 00 Decimal Places What to show DE for tick marks ime as value Start Value End Value 10 7 Configure Minor Divisions Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 47 Creating Non Linear Progression To create a non linear progression such as in the example below 1 Create an appropriate linear dial 2 For each required major division a Select the tick mark b In the Properties pane change the Value to what 15 required c Select the tick mark text d In the Properties pane change the Text to what is required For example These have also been changed alue changed to 10 Text changed to 10 init 5 alue changed to 5 Text changed to 5 The Configure Ticks window only defines linear progressions If it is used after non linear adjustments are made it will revert the progression to linear and the non linear adjustments will be lost www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 48 Page Elements Adding Sweeps Sweep elements are bracketed sections of the dial that can be used as visual cues In the example below three Sweeps are added with varying properties such as no fill and various radius and width settings To include a sweep on a dial 1 Select the dial 2 From the right click menu select Insert gt New Sweep w The sweep will n
15. Alam Message Alarm Message s Alam Value x1D220004 Alarm Value Alarm Value 4 7 Alarm Status 010220005 Alarm Active Alarm Active Alarm Hash Alarm Hash s CRC32 CRC32 CRC32 Project Validation Messages Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Importing a DBC file 63 Imported DBC File Alarms When a Dash Manger configuration is imported alarm signals can be selected for inclusion with corresponding channels automatically set up The import automatically creates a single alarm in Display Creator the Alarms tab that is shared by all the alarms that were defined in Dash Manager This alarm is automatically assigned to the Alarm Display element on the Overlay Page The default behaviour when any of the alarms defined in Dash Manager become active is to display the alarm data in the Alarm Display element the Overlay Page If multiple Dash Manager alarms are active at the same time the alarm with the highest priority displays Alarm functionality is not impacted by an imported alarm e The imported alarm behaves and is managed in Display Creator just as any other alarm apart from the fact that this one alarm caters for multiple alarms from the Dash Manager configuration e The imported alarm can be selected for inclusion in any Alarm Display element on any page e The imported alarm can be deselected from any Alarm Display element on any page including the Overlay Page
16. Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 Functional Overview Functional Overview The process flow and functions involved in creating a display are depicted in the following diagram Details on the use of each tab and the elements associated with them are provided in the relevant topic within this help file Communications Tab CAN Message s Settings General Create folders to group messages and or signals as needed For messages Define message IDs Address Set other message properties and name For signals Define at least one signal for each message e Set signal name and other properties type location in message stream conversion information etc Assign a channel to each signal channels are defined on Channels amp Functions tab Create and define enumerations as required Pages Tab NOTES A configuration may contain multiple pages e An Overlay Page with transparent and opaque sections is provided on which to insert Alarm Display elements and any other graphical elements This page always overlays the currently displayed page Alarm Displays can be placed on any page Channels amp Functions Tab Channel Settings General e Create folders to group channels as needed For channels Create channels Set channel name and other channel properties Create and define enumerations as required Defined channels assigned to Signals page A page element
17. and the last three govern the vertical position of the text See Element Origin Points www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 56 Importing a DBC file Importing a DBC file A DBC file is created in Dash Manager when a Dash Logger configuration is saved The DBC file is used to import Dash Manager messages signals and alarms to Display Creator and eliminates the need to manually setup these in Display Creator The import facilitates e Automatic setup of messages signals and channels in Display Creator e comparison and update mechanism to highlight and selectively update differences between an updated Dash Manager configuration and Display Creator e Import and setup of Dash Manager alarms in Display Creator Initial Import of a DBC File This topic covers the initial import of a DBC file See Subsequent Imports of a DBC File for imports after the first and Updating a DBC File Import to use the update function that highlights and updates differences between an updated Dash Manager configuration and Display Creator To import the DBC file 1 Select File gt Import DBC File or the Import DBC File icon open the DBC file The Import a DBC File window displays By default all signals are selected for import and channel creation set to occur automatically 2 Make selections on signals required and whether to automatically create the related channel See the f
18. compound address is specified and signals associated with this message must match the Address and the Compound ID Compound Checkbox Check to identify use of extended addressing Compound ID A compound address value for associated channels Used to set the format of the received value Unsigned integer values are absolute containing values from 0 to max for the bit length of the signal Integer values use the two s complement format giving negative and positive values in equal proportions The Offset and Length settings tell the device where the compound ID is within the message Signal Element Messages signals and channels can be manually created and set up or automatically added by importing the DBC file created in Dash Manager when a Dash Logger configuration is saved See Importing a DBC file Not all signals need to be assigned to channels Unassigned signals are not received These are the properties with a Signal element selected signal can be a single bit or number of bits of the data transmitted in the data section of a CAN message The data section contains up to 8 bytes or 64 bits of data A signal can comprise between 1 and 32 bits of the entire 64 bits of data test cdd MoTeC Display Creator Elements available for inclusion If not valid at Properties of the fms a2 selected location they are disabled i i Edt Device Hep G3 gt Signal element MoTeC
19. the origin point of the element in pixels Appearance Places the origin point of the element at the cent Fort Det ror pu 4 aces the origin point of the element at the centre pS ene ge Centre of the page Style Biz g rl Colaur Text to display in the element Appearance Properties to set font type size style and colour characteristics The rm E icons are used to move the text relative to the origin point The dot represents the origin point and the lines the relative position of the text The first three govern the horizontal position and the last three govern the vertical position of the text See Element Origin Points Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 33 Channel Value This element is used to display a selected channel value Eg Space between the left margin of the page and the i4 41 Fe 7 origin point see Element Origin Points of the element in pixels Y Space between the top margin of the page and the origin point of the element in pixels Contre Places the origin point of the element at the centre of the page Used to select the channel whose value is to display in the element The format the value 15 to take This is either a numeric or time format If the channel can only be represented as numeric then this is automatically set and cannot be changed The amount of decimal p
20. 10 00 Start Value 0 20 00 30 00 40 00 Configure 50 00 60 00 Decimal Places gt What to show E 70 00 for tick marks Ame as value 80 00 90 00 100 00 Major Divisions 234567 8 9 10 in Start Value End Value 10 p ce Configure Minor Divisions Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 37 Creating Non Linear Progression To create a non linear progression such as in the example below 1 Create an appropriate linear horizontal bar graph 2 For each required major division a Select the tick mark b In the Properties pane change the Value to what 15 required c Select the tick mark text d In the Properties pane change the Text to what is required For example alue changed to 70 5 10 15 20 50 60 70 80 90 100 Text changed to 5 Text changed to 20 Text changed to 10 WI ext changed to 15 The Configure Ticks window only defines linear progressions If it is used after non linear adjustments are made it will revert the progression to linear and the non linear adjustments will be lost www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 38 Page Elements Adding Sweeps Sweep elements are bracketed sections of the bar graph that can be used as visual cues In the example below four sweeps are added with varying properties such as no fil
21. DBC file Create pages each page covers the whole screen Pages Tab Create page display elements Page Elements Assign channels to display elements on each After 2 relevant page 7 Define conditions on which pages are displayed Pages Tab Create alarm displays these are placed on pages About Alarms E E Create modify alarm display elements Any time after 8 a Alarm Elements i Assign channels to alarm display elements After 2 Define alarm conditions After 2 Validate and configure device Validate any time during creation to check Project Validation for issues Configure device when ready an Configure Device automatic validate step occurs first Configuration must be valid before the system sends the display configuration to the device Use this link to view a webinar showing the creation of a basic configuration using a DBC file webinar DBC For C Series display loggers these tasks can be automatically performed by importing the DBC file that is automatically generated by Dash Manager If required manual adjustments can still be made See Importing a DBC file For D Series displays importing a DBC file is not applicable However a quick display can be setup by using one of the provided samples See Introduction For C Series display loggers if a DBC file is imported all alarms are automatically set to display in the Alarm Display element on the Overlay Page See Overlay Page www motec com Display Creator User
22. Display Creator Graphics Software for Customising Colour Displays Forint LETT 19 99 99 99 99 7265 9 99 9 ces 9 99 99 99 99 USER MANUAL Printed documents are not controlled While every effort has been taken to ensure correctness MoTeC its employees contractors and authorised representatives and agents take no responsibility make no express or implied guarantees representations or warranties to any third party in relation to consequences arising from any inaccuracies or omissions in this document This is a proprietary document and the property of MoTeC Pty Ltd This publication in its unaltered and original state may be printed stored in any retrieval system and transmitted by any means MoTeC reserves the right to make changes to this document without notice Copyright 2014 All rights reserved Table of Contents OPV TCM sei Ss deters EE ISI ae nas Cand Beer ees 2 cerca area es baat ease 5 About CAN Signals and Channels 6 How to Create a Display Configuration 7 Functional Overview 8 About Element Selection 9 Aout Ongm
23. a real unit of measurement specified by the quantity and unit For example Sending engine temperature as an integer where 0 0 degrees and 1000 100 degrees A multiplier of 0 1 is required to convert this to a floating point signal containing 0 0 to 100 0 degrees Conversions are applied to signal values in two steps 1 Scaled Value Signal Value Multiplier Offset 2 Final Value Scaled Value converted to the specified Quantity For example A signal with a multiplier of 0 1 offset of 50 and a Quantity amp Unit of speed and miles hour respectively are converted as follows Scaled Value Signal Value 0 1 50 Final Value Scaled Value 0 44704 metres second Multiplier A scaling factor applied to the raw CAN value offset 000 Amount added to resulting value after the multiplier Quantity Used to specify the class of data on which to apply the conversion For example temperature The unit to convert to for the quantity selected For example K Kelvin www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 16 Display Creator Tabs Alarms Tab The A arms tab is used to create any number of alarms Although an alarm is created and its condition may become true it will not display unless it has been assigned to an Alarm Display element see Alarm Displays By default all alarms created on the Alarm tab are automatically selected to display in Alarm Di
24. age T Critical i Di Temperature Oi Temperature gt 115 And Engine Speed 0 Yes amp Alam 2 No i Alam 3 No element Add another alarm condition expression Change Channel Alarm Value IIT 0 When alam is active Flash F condition is true On Time 700 5 miliseconde Of Tima 200 a milleeconds 1 Condition Add Alarm Properties Critical Checkbox Check this to ensure the alarm displays when active Non critical alarms may not display in some situations Name Descriptive name given to the alarm www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 18 Display Creator Tabs Contains the statements that specify the conditions under which the alarm becomes active Use to add a condition expression The Add Condition dialogue box displays as shown in the image above w sequence of condition expressions can be inserted and connected by And or Or statements Add Condition Dialogue Box For selecting a display channel defined on the Channels amp Functions tab To insert the required operator lt lt gt gt Channel For selecting a display channel or value that the operator is applied to Value Inverse Result Check this to make the condition true when the defined condition expression evaluates to false Removes the selected expression Use to edit an existing
25. al 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Importing a DBC file 61 An initial import is done Changes are made to the Dash Manager configuration that results in a modified DMC file From the Communications tab in Display Creator the DBC file and Update button are selected ie x The mport a DBC File window displays showing the differences between the Dash Manager and Display Creator configurations 5 Selections are made and the DBC file is imported The Display Creator DBC file is totally replaced with the selections made That is if a signal that was previously included is not selected it will not be included in the new Display Creator configuration Ez New Project MoTeC Display Creator Edit Device E ES baee Roache gt Display 1 10220001 Engine RPM Engine RPM 4 4 Display 2 0 1D220002 2 Display 1 Gag Engine RPM Boost Pressure 4 4 Display 2 Em Air Temp Inlet Air Temp Inlet W 5V Aux Supply SV Aux Supply Bat Volts C185 Bat Volts C185 4 Alarm Message W Alarm Message 4 Alarm Value coo Alarm Value www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 62 Importing a DBC Communications tab after update DBC Hle DBC Hle 1 Name File 1 DBC Air Temp Inlet Aux Supply 5 Aux Supply Bat Volts C185 Bat Volts C185 Alam Message 010220003
26. al MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Importing a DBC file 57 On completion of the import the Communications and Channel 4 Functions tab are populated with the selections made n the Communications tab a folder is created that contains the imported communications configuration It 5 given a default name such as DBC File 1 as shown in the example below This can be changed in the Properties pane Any subsequent imports are given their own folder DBC DBC Fle 1 Name DEC File 1 DBC Hle 10220001 10220002 EB Air Temp Inlet BV Aux Supply Gap Bat Volts C185 4 4 Alam Message Alarm Message 4 Alam Value Alarm Value 4 Alam Status Alarm Active Ez Alarm Hash 4 s CRC32 x 1D 220000 CRC32 Project Validation Messages www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 58 Importing a DBC Subsequent Imports of a DBC File Become familiar with the initial import of a DBC file before reading about a subsequent import see Initial Import of a DBC File Importing will import all signals and associated messages selected and will place them a separate folder Depending on what the user may want to achieve using the compare and update function may be more appropriate see Updating a DBC File Import Below is an example of an Import a DBC File window when importing an updated DBC file Following this diagram 15 an image of how t
27. alarm message will not display between flashes Contains the statements that specify the conditions under which the alarm message should flash For this to have an effect Flash if condition is true option must be selected in the When alarm is active field Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Display Creator Tabs 19 Pages Tab The pages defined on this tab comprise the displays available for the current project The Properties pane at the right side of the Display Creator window will change depending on what is selected For information on management and properties of a page see Page Management and Properties For information on the properties of individual elements see the Page Elements topics All pages are initially created by the user except for the Overlay Page which always overlays the currently displayed page A project can contain any number of pages but only one Overlay Page Default page The Default Page is the first page listed in the Navigation Pages pane that does not have any display conditions assigned to it in the Switched Element section of the Properties pane Page display switching criteria A device that uses a Display Creator project will display pages according to the following criteria e The page displayed is the page whose display conditions are true however f more than one page has conditions that evaluate as true then the page highest the list displa
28. arm Display element Space between the left margin of the page and the left border of the element in pixels Space between the top margin of the page and the top border of the element in pixels Ga os 11 21 41 Adus F 4 Page Width of the element in pixels Change in 4 4 Display dimension occurs at the right border left border Channel Value position remains static AT 12 Message 3 Aam Icon Height of the element in pixels Change in Rectangle dimension occurs at the bottom border top border position remains static Centres the element on the Alarm Display Centres the element and then fits the borders to the edges of the Alarm Display Alarm Message Element The Alarm Message element is a child of the Alarm Display element 11 21 41 Ft Actual Alarm Message Space between the left margin of the Alarm z Fort Defaut Fort Anal 60 Display and the origin point see Element Origin are eS Points of the element in pixels B 7 m Colour Space between the top margin of the Alarm Display and the origin point of the element in pixels 42 RA amp t 4 Overlay TP 4 i Places the origin point of the element at the centre CENTI Mem Dept Centre of the Alarm Display E aA ET 2 Aam Message Appearanc
29. at the bottom border top border position remains static Centres the element on the page Fit Centres the element and then fits the borders to the edges of the page Border Properties to set border characteristics Properties to set fill characteristics Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 31 Image Ses MoTeC Space between the left margin of the page and the a left border of the element in pixels 205 7 Space between the top margin of the page and the top border of the element in pixels Horizontal width of the element in pixels Change in dimension occurs at the right border left border position remains static Vertical height of the element in pixels Change in dimension occurs at the bottom border top border position remains static Centre Centres the element on the page Fit Centres the element and then fits the borders to the edges of the page Reset the image to its original size Properties set the opacity of the element 0 is fully transparent 255 is fully opaque www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 32 Page Elements Static Text Used to display text Space between the left margin of the page and the dd 21 41 Fe Origin point see Element Origin Points of the element in pixels Y Space between the top margin of the page and
30. be manually created and set up or automatically added by importing the DBC file created in Dash Manager when Dash Logger configuration is saved See Importing a DBC file Channels used as required in Display Creator elements Not all signals need to be assigned to channels Unassigned signals are not received See the following for a depiction of the functional process flow How to Create a Display Configuration Functional Overview Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com How to Create a Display Configuration 7 How to Create a Display Configuration To create a functioning display the following tasks are required The tasks sequence and dependencies shown below are provided to indicate functional relationships Pages elements channels etc can be created deleted modified at any time and at will Setup It is best to define the display device and default font before performing any of the tasks below see Settings Tab Changing the device after creating a display configuration will automatically resize all elements so as to fit on the device s screen Setup communications messages and signals Any time before 12 Communications Tab Importing a DBC file Setup channels for use in the display elements Any time before any of 3 6 7 10 11 12 Channels amp Functions Tab Importing a DBC file Assign channels to signals After 1 and 2 Communications Tab Importing a
31. can end up being offset to the right if the operating system font size is set to greater than 10090 To fix this 1 Right click on the operating system desktop and choose Screen Resolution from the pop up menu 2 n the Display Set up choose Make text and other items larger or smaller 3 the resultant screen make sure that the assigned text size is set to 100 Multi lingual fonts How can use multi lingual fonts To use non english fonts on the display the operating systems input language needs to be assigned accordingly see the following From the Control Panel choose Clock Language and Region select Change keyboards or other input methods In the resultant screen or tab select Change keyboards select the Add button and add the required language A dialogue boxes and or toolbars should appear from where to assign the language and the Input Mode a St 20 20 19 In Display Creator when adding a new text item to the page simply type into the Text field top right of the screen After entering the required text press the Tab key and then the Enter key Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com
32. cluded on the Overlay Page The Overlay Page allows for powerful presentation options such as allowing common elements to display on every page A significant amount of development time can be saved by using this technique For example a Dial element placed on the Overlay Page will display on every page with the design around the dial varying depending on the page it overlays yee rae Ss ESSI Device do MoTec j 1 Channels amp Functions 144 Communications Pages Images 7 Show Invisible Snapte gid 5005 Th 6 11 21 41 Rt Actual 4 44 b Gauge 4121 1 Alarm Display Nam Display T HE 1 Aam Channel Value 2 Nam Message Aam Icon www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 24 Page Elements Page Elements Elements can be added to a page these and their specific properties are described in subsequent topics Also there are a number placement functions that can be applied to elements and these are only available via the right click menu See Right Click Menu Element Placement Functions It is important to understand two other aspects of element management the origin points and the elements tree Element Origin Points All elements that can be included in a display have an origin point this point is used for the alignment of elements By default text based elements hav
33. condition The Edit Condition dialogue box displays which is identical to Add Condition dialogue box M Moves a selected expression up or down Remove All Removes all condition expressions Display Message Show Message Checkbox Check this to enter a message that is to display when the alarm becomes active The Alarm Display element used for the alarm must have an Alarm Message element associated with it in order to display the message Show Icon Checkbox Check this to select an icon to display when the alarm becomes active The Alarm Display element used for the alarm must have an Alarm Icon element associated with it in order to display the icon Change Change the selected icon Display Channel Value Used to specify a channel value to display when the alarm becomes active The Alarm Display element used for the alarm must have an Alarm Channel Value element associated with it in order to display the value Channel Used to select the display channel to use Format of the value either numeric or time format Formats offered are those that are applicable to the selected display channel The number of decimal points to which the value should extend Used to define the flash behaviour for the alarm message when the alarm becomes active Used to choose the circumstances under which the alarm message should flash active The amount of time the alarm message will display between flashes The amount of time the
34. divisions does not include the initial ee ee es position and the start and end values Ten would give 11 0 10 20 30 40 50 601 70 80 90 100 positions including the start The ticks can be same as the value or different Configure Ticks x Major division Minor division Tick Value Tick Text Minor Divisions oO 10 00 Stat Value 0 20 00 Set whether minor divisions are required and the number of aa 30 00 divisions between each major division Configure 50 00 60 00 29 00 Same as value 80 00 90 00 100 00 Decimal Places V Configure Minor Divisions Cancel Create Representative Tick Mark Text sometimes the tick mark text is best shown as text that is representative of the actual value such as on a tachometer which is the displayed text x1000 The method for doing this is shown in the following example This configuration gives the result shown at right Configure Ticks Tick Value Tick Text 0 00 10 00 Start Value 0 0 20 00 30 00 40 00 Configure 50 00 60 00 70 00 ame as value 80 00 90 00 100 00 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Major Divisions Decimal Places 8 a3 Bi2g 5 8IB Ba Configure Minor Divisions 4 www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 36 Page Elements This configuration gives the result shown at right Configure Ticks Tick Value Tick Text 0 00
35. e Properties to set font type size style and colour characteristics The rm Ed icons are used to move the text relative to the origin point The dot represents the origin point and the lines the relative position of the text The first three govern the horizontal position and the last three govern the vertical position of the text See Element Origin Points Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 55 Alarm Channel Value Element The Alarm Channel Value element is a child of the Alarm Display element 11 2 1 4 1 Bb Actual Alarm Channel Value Space between the left margin of the Alarm Display and the origin point see Element Origin Points of the element in pixels Font Defauk Font Arial 60 Space between the top margin of the Alarm B z EEE Display and the origin point of the element in pixels Colour Centre Places the origin point of the element at the centre ka AXA442 of the Alarm Display 4 E Page Page 3 Alarm Display g 1 Alam Channel Value Refresh Rate Used to specify how frequently the value is refreshed Appearance Properties to set font type size style and colour characteristics The FE icons are used to move the text relative to the origin point The dot represents the origin point and the lines the relative position of the text The first three govern the horizontal position
36. e an origin point at the top left corner of the element this can be changed via the element s properties as an example see Static Text All other elements have an origin point in the centre of the element this cannot be changed however the alignment of these elements is internally calculated so that alignment 15 based on the element s border The distinction is that text elements will align using the location of the origin point For example Take these two selected elements the origin point for the Text element is at the bottom left Aligning the elements to top has the following effect the origin point of the Text element the top of the rectangle is aligned with Elements Tree The elements tree is a hierarchical view of all elements on the i o page All operations that can be done to an element directly by MoTec selecting the element on the page can also be done via selecting These one the element in this view It is a convenient method of selecting Sid an element especially in a complex display and can be used for ar used to cutting copying pasting and deleting adjust the depth of an element his view also depicts the Z Order which is the depth of each element or group of elements The higher in the list an element or group is placed the closer it is to the front the element at the top of the list will display in front of any other el
37. e the initial position and the start and end values Ten would give 11 positions including the start The ticks can be same as the value or different Configure Ticks Minor Divisions al Face Tick Value Tick Text 0 00 Set whether minor divisions are required and the number of TG 10 00 10 divisions between each major division FE Ee Tee 30 00 20 00 Start Value 0 End Value 100 0 00 60 00 ick le 70 00 Configure 80 00 30 00 Decimal Places 100 00 Major Divisions s 825 ub Em value Start Value End Value 10 Configure Minor Divisions www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 46 Page Elements Create Representative Tick Mark Text sometimes the tick mark text is best shown as text that is representative of the actual value such as tachometer which 15 the displayed text x1000 The method for doing this is shown in the following example This configuration gives the result shown at right Configure Ticks Tick Value Tick Text 0 00 0 Stat Angle 77 E 20 00 20 30 40 30 00 Major Divisions 40 00 Stat Value 0 50 00 50 60 00 60 70 00 70 3 Configure 80 00 80 90 00 90 Decimal Places d m w Configure Minor Divisions Tick Value Tick Text 0 00 10 00 20 00 p Major Divisions 40 00 Start Angle Start Value 01 50 00
38. els Space between the top margin of the page and the top border of the element in pixels me g Alam 2 Horizontal width of the element in pixels Change in dimension occurs at the right border left border position remains static Vertical height of the element in pixels Change in dimension occurs at the bottom border top border position remains static Centre Centres the element on the page Fit Centres the element and then fits the borders to the edges of the page Selected Alarms 1 cns Use to select the alarms to display in the element amp Ga X ate Y 4 Page Overlay LET Alem Display 1 Channel Value Border 2 Aam Message of 3 Alam kon Use to set the border properties of the appearance rectangle ial H4 epesrance Rectangle Use to set the fill properties of the appearance rectangle Opacity can be set from the Fill Colour drop down Alarm Elements The Alarm Icon Alarm Message and Alarm Channel Value elements are inserted as required into an Alarm Display element and are the means by which alarm information is displayed when an alarm becomes active For graphical and informational purposes Rectangle Ellipse and static Text elements can also be inserted www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 54 Page Elements Alarm Icon Element The Alarm Icon element is a child of the Al
39. ement The depth can be adjusted using the right click menu drag and drop or the arrows available at the top of the list 4 7 Page Overday 4 LETT Alarm Display 1 Alam Channel Value 21 Alarm Message ab 3 Alarm 4 Appearance Rectangle Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 25 Selecting Elements on a Page Selecting elements on a page The various methods for selecting elements are e Individually click an element on a page e Select a number of elements by dragging the cursor over the page to enclose a group of elements e Select an element from the element tree list see Page Elements Gr Hem Tuer Depb Credis 14 lwia Netw d Ela Molec Fe Balya Cors cran 4 mrt Fapa oa Bx F hee rete Y s I dde p im 1E C ace xm E IDEM NT T M animam i osit 4H c a 6 tae Ts E p ea an E emna Det i in Doge 1 ede iR lieu Un cs plier cs Bl om AINE Bll Cdp gt UME D r Click repeatedly on an element at one location on the page This will sequentially select drill down each element whose boundaries encompass the cursor location When the selection reaches the lowe
40. ent EFEN 27 Settings E Channels amp Functions Cawtffhunications 4 Aams Pages WA mages Address Compound ID Offset Bae Length Bes Receive Rate Hz Name Message 1 50 435 50 0 16 Engine Speed 16 16 Faka Fama Big Enden Fiabe OD Elements may be grouped folder hierarchies Message name Name given to the message The name could identify the type of data transmitted in this message or some other aspect that is relevant Message Address Type Two formats of message ID exist Standard which uses 11 bit and has values between 0 and 2047 Extended has 29 bit and has values between 0 and 536870911 Address The Address value tells all other devices what to associate the incoming data with based on their internal databases All addresses should be shown as hexadecimal numbers Packet Format For signals containing more than 8 bits 1 byte of data the byte order can be either most significant data in the lower byte offset or most significant data in the higher byte Lower byte is specified by selecting Big Endian higher byte by selecting Little Endian Default is 50 Hz and can be user configured www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 14 Display Creator Tabs Compound Optionally a message may contain further addressing of the signals by extending the address into the data section of the message The location of the
41. figure Ticks Major Divisions Start Value 0 Configure Decimal Places dme as value Start Value Iv Configure Minor Divisions 4 www motec com Actual values What to show for tick marks End Value 10 Tick Value 0 00 10 00 20 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 60 00 70 00 80 00 20 00 100 00 Tick Value 0 00 10 00 20 00 30 00 40 00 50 00 60 00 70 00 80 00 20 00 100 00 Tick Text S agagsB5ss5s ala e Tick Text in a p ce n t R amp Cc Co Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 42 Page Elements Creating a Non Linear Progression To create a non linear progression such as in the example below 1 Create an appropriate linear horizontal bar graph 2 For each required major division a Select the tick mark b In the Properties pane change the Value to what 15 required c Select the tick mark text d In the Properties pane change the Text to what is required For example Text changed to 15 alue changed to 15 Text changed to 10 alue changed to 10 10 alue changed to 5 5 Text changed to 5 The Configure Ticks window only defines linear progressions If it is used after non linear adjustments are made it will revert the progression to linear and the non linear adjustments will be lost Display Creator User Manual 2014 Pub
42. figure Ticks window explained below non linear progression as mentioned above can be defined after the linear bar graph is created See Creating a Non Linear Progression The Configure Ticks window only defines linear progressions If it is used after non linear adjustments are made it will revert the progression to linear and the non linear adjustments will be lost Adjusting direction of fill The direction in which the bar fills can be selected from the properties pane left to right or right to left However the start and end values need to be manually changed in the Configure Ticks window explained below to change the progression to fit the purpose See the following example 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 This bar has a right to left This bar has a left to right ll direction with adjusted Ill direction with default start and end values start and end values Configuring Ticks When a bar graph is first created a Configure Ticks window displays This can also be displayed later by selecting the Configure Ticks button on the Properties pane Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 35 The Configure Ticks window displays the current configuration but not any non linear adjustments It will always adjust the configuration to a linear progression based on the values and configuration selected Major Divisions Set the number of major
43. g a DBC file al gj ag Settings Communications Channels 4 Functions 4 Alarms Pages p Images m ERES DN Bae 4x Alarm File 1 Alarm File Name File 1 Alam 77 Critical Any number of other manually created alarms could also be listed here EAE The imported alarm is automatically selected to display in the Alarm Display element on the Overlay Page New Project Display Creator mS Edt Deuce Hep 0 5 s E Ca AT Settings Communications E Channels amp Functions 4 Ir Images oto F Show invisible V Snaptogid 5 2 10005 Top 85 2 Height 80 4 All the alarms defined in Dash Manager shown below will use the same imported alarm as shown in the previous images C MoTeC C185 Dash Manager delete demo File Connections Calculations Functions Online Tools Help tea PF Condition Reference Lap Time Reset True Engine RPM gt 8000 rpm Engine Temp gt 100 0 C for 1 00 s modify by 5 0 C modify count 1 Bat Volts C185 lt 10 00 V for 2 00 5 and Engine gt 1000 rpm 4 alarms configured 44 available Remove Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Configure Device 65 Project Validation A display configuration ca
44. group of elements The order is displayed in the elements tree the higher in the list an element or group is placed the closer it is to the front the element at the top of the list will display in front of any other element The functions below operate according to the following criteria e All elements will move relative to the first selected element does not apply to Spacing that is the first selected element will remain stationary and all other elements will move as required to achieve the result e g alignment With Switch elements all functions operate on the Switch not on the elements in the Switch However the elements in the Switch might be affected For example if the Switch size changes the elements in the Switch will resize relative to the changed size of the Switch but not text based elements Origin points are used in determining element arrangement see Element Origin Points Aligns a selection of elements An alignment can be applied and then another alignment can be applied to the resulting alignment In these examples the blue rectangle is the first selected element Using this selection as the starting arrangement Align left Align right results results Align top Align bottom results results in Align vertical Align centre horizontal results centre results in Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 21
45. he Communication tab would appear if the import was to go ahead test dcproj MoTeC Display Creator Help HW EI Le mm Address Compound ID Offset Length Receive Rate Name DBC File 1 R Bowne m 4 s Display 1 x 10220001 20 Hz zm Engine RPM Engine RPM Mame eCsDash Config delete demo dbc 4 gt Display 2 510220002 Air Temp Inlet Air Temp Inlet Ye updated w Emp 5V Aux Supply Aux Supply EH 4 4 Display 1 om Boost Pressure aiias md Auto Create v cao Air Temp Inlet ir SV Aux Supply T6 4 Aam Message ee canna 0 Bit Length 16 4 s Alam Value a i Alarm Value ps pus m Mein 4 Alam Status in itiplier 0 1000000 Offset 0 0000000 ae Si Alarm Flash RS 2 Unit kilopascal kPa 4 s CRC22 Usage General Select a message to view its properties Select a signal to view its properties and configure its channel Check the checkbox for each signal that you want to import Click OK to import the DBC File Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Importing DBC 59 Communications tab after import Gu RI 27 Settings 8 Communications Channels 8 Functions 2 Alarms Pages Images
46. he conditions are true For a a E Paa H 3 the page 15 displayed if the conditions are true in AL 1 Channel Value 1 2 Horizontal Bar Graph Wt I Vertical Bar Graph x H Dial Gauge This is a hierarchical tree view of all elements on the page Use 3 5 Switch the right click menu and the buttons provided to manipulate the a iE Alarm Display elements as required 1 Aam Channel Value 2 Alarm kon The order in which elements are displayed indicates their layer on the page At the top of this list is the front layer 3 Appearance Alarm Message and the bottom the back How elements display when 7 Rectangle overlapped is dependant on this layer order C3 8 Elipse 181 Ted One Two Three 10 mage Lal 11 Rectangle Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Display Creator Tabs 23 Overlay Page On a device the Overlay Page is always displayed and overlays the current page Its background is 100 transparent By default the Overlay Page contains an Alarm Display element that has all alarms assigned selected see Alarms Tab and Alarm Displays The Alarm Display element will only become visible if one of the alarms associated with it becomes active All other elements on this page that are not part of an Alarm Display element will always be visible Any of the elements that can be included on a page can also be in
47. l and various offset Z Order and width settings To include a sweep on a bar graph 1 Select the bar graph 2 From the right click menu select Insert gt New Sweep The sweep will not display on the bar graph unless start and end value 15 entered With positive offset changes the sweep moves DEF ee NE EA LL mo down relative to the bottom edge of the bar with 10 20 90 40 50 60 70 90 90 100 negative changes the sweep moves up relative to the bottom edge of the bar c f fa As the width changes the bottom border of the sweep either expands or retracts while the top border remains stationary Where to begin the sweep Offset 34 2 Where to end the sweep Sat Value Value End Value Value Border Use to set the border characteristics as required LE Use to set the border characteristics as required Show Fill Style Solid FilColour e Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 39 Vertical Bar Grape A Vertical Bar Graph element graphically displays the value of the assigned channel as it varies This element is ideal for purposes such as a temperature or pressure bar Note the following Each graphical component of the bar graph as shown in the elements tree including tick marks and text values can be formatted and moved anywhere on or off the page e The bar graph bar i
48. laces allowed for the value Refresh Rate Refresh Rate 20 He Font ve 7 BEE SEE Colour Used to specify how frequently the value is refreshed Appearance Properties to set font type size style and colour characteristics jc The E F3 icons are used to move the text relative to the origin point The dot represents the origin point and the lines the relative position of the text The first three govern the horizontal position and the last three govern the vertical position of the text See Element Origin Points www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 34 Page Elements Horizontal Bar Graph A Horizontal Bar Graph element graphically displays the value of the assigned channel as it varies This element is ideal for purposes such as a Gain Loss bar Note the following Each graphical component of the bar graph as shown in the elements tree including tick marks and text values can be formatted and moved anywhere on or off the page he bar graph bar is the component of the bar graph to which the input channel is assigned e Start and end values major and minor divisions and tick text can all be configured he bar graph can be setup in a non linear progression For example 0 20 30 40 45 50 55 60 65 etc Linear and non linear progressions All progressions are initially linear as defined in the Con
49. least one alarm should be assigned e Inserting elements into the Alarm Display element can only be done by selecting it and using the right click menu Consider the following O At least one of either Alarm Icon Alarm Message or Alarm Channel Value elements should be inserted See Alarm Elements O For graphical and informational purposes Rectangle Ellipse and static Text elements can also be inserted as or if required e Can contain as many Alarm icon Alarm Message and Alarm Channel Value elements as wanted However the same alarm information is displayed in each o display information from two or more different alarms at the same time create a separate Alarm Display element for each alarm and assign the appropriate alarm to each e Any elements inserted into an Alarm Display element be placed anywhere on the page not necessarily just within the bounds of the Alarm Display element Regardless of their location all included elements move in relation to the Alarm Display element as it is moved The appearance background is essentially a rectangle that cannot be deleted It can however have its fill hidden making it transparent or the fill colour opacity adjusted to suit Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 53 Alarm Display 1 1 2 1 4 1 FR Actual Space between the left margin of the page the left border of the element display in pix
50. lished 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 43 Adding Sweeps Sweep elements are bracketed sections of the bar graph that can be used as visual cues In the example below four sweeps are added with varying properties such as no fill and various offset Z Order and width settings To include a sweep on a bar graph 1 Select the bar graph 2 From the right click menu select Insert gt New Sweep The sweep will not display on the bar graph unless a start and end value 15 entered ES Jm With positive offset changes the sweep moves to the right relative to the right edge of the bar with negative changes the sweep moves left relative to the right T edge of the bar End Value Value As the width changes the right border of the sweep either expands or retracts while the left border remains stationary tpn Border Width 3 2 BorderColour 7 Start Where to begin the sweep Value Show Fill Fill Style Solid mico Use to set the border characteristics as required www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 44 Page Elements Dial A Dial element graphically displays the value of the assigned channel as it varies Note the following Each graphical component of the dial as shown in the elements tree including tick marks and text values can be formatted and moved anywhere on or off the page
51. lsius ops o E Mrima vabe 6 Elements may be grouped in folder hierarchies Mamm Vales 10 Channel Properties Name given to the channel As this will be assigned to a signal it is recommended to use a name that corresponds to the signal Used to specify the expected format of the received value or an enumeration Used to specify the class of data expected for the channel Display Unit Unit chosen for the applicable type of channel signal Enumeration Properties Name Name given to the enumeration Value of the enumeration Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Display Creator Tabs 13 Communications Tab This tab allows manual setup of CAN messages and signals and the assignment of channels Messages signals and channels can be automatically created for use in Display Creator by importing the DBC file created in Dash Manager when a Dash Logger configuration is saved See Importing a DBC file The properties displayed for this tab vary depending on whether the Message or Signal element is selected as shown in the Message Element and Signal Element examples Message Element These are the properties with a message element selected C test cdd MaTeC Display Crestor Elements available for inclusion If not valid at Properties of the acu d E selected location they are disabled Message elem
52. lso be displayed later by selecting the Configure Ticks button on the Properties pane The Configure Ticks window displays the current configuration but not any non linear adjustments It will always adjust the configuration to a linear progression based on the values and configuration selected Major Divisions Major Divisions Tick Value Major Divisions 10 Set the number of major divisions does not tajo Start Value 000 5 End Value 10000 include the initial position and the start and end 8 values Ten would give 11 positions including the 7 Configure Start Decimal Places 0 V Same as value Configure The ticks be same as the value different Minor Divisions 4 Minor Divisions Set whether minor divisions are required and the number of divisions between each major division Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 41 Create Representative Tick Mark Text sometimes the tick mark text is best shown as text that is representative of the actual value such as a tachometer which is the displayed text x1000 The method for doing this is shown in the following example This configuration gives the result shown at right Configure Ticks Major Divisions Start Value Configure Decimal Places dme as value I Configure Minor Divisions 4 This configuration gives the result shown at right Con
53. mmunications Channels amp Functions e Alarms e Pages e mages Settings Tab Defines the display or logger device for which the display configuration is being created Changing the device will automatically resize all elements so as to fit on the device s screen The default font used for the configuration is also specified on this tab The display configuration is not valid and cannot be sent to the device if a default font is not specified Font d di Trebuchet MS dp Verdana Th Aharoni A green tick in the font icon Amienne indicates that it is a Windows system font As such there Is certainty that these fonts will be available if the project is moved to another PC www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 12 Display Creator Tabs Channels amp Functions Tab This tab allows manual creation of channels These are subsequently assigned to signals Messages signals and channels can be automatically created for use in Display Creator by importing the DBC file created in Dash Manager when a Dash Logger configuration is saved See Importing a DBC file The properties displayed for this tab vary depending on the element selected Element available for inclusion not valid Properties of the prf at selected location they are disabled selected element 8 Pages mages Data Type Floating Port Quanity Temperature Unt ce
54. nnot be sent to the device if it is not valid for this reason check the validation before sending Use the Device gt Validate Project menu to validate the project configuration If the validation fails the issues that caused failure are listed in the Project Validation Messages pane Resolve the issues and try again Configure Device Use Device gt Configure Device menu or the Configure Device button A list of possible devices displays select the appropriate device to send the configuration to and select the Send button w Sending a configuration will automatically save the project e A display configuration cannot be sent if it is not valid If an attempt is made to send the configuration and it fails due to validation problems the issues that caused the failure are listed in the Project Validation Messages pane Resolve the issues and try again www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 66 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Channel values are not displaying on the display Series products require an enable to receive files created in Display Creator If you have accidentally sent a file to the display without the enable you will need to do the following in Dash Manager 1 Select the Online gt Update Device Firmware menu option 2 Select the Online gt Dash Options Upgrades menu option to purchase the enable The display area is not centred The display area
55. nt s properties as an example see Static Text All other elements have an origin point in the centre of the element this cannot be changed however the alignment of these elements is internally calculated so that alignment 15 based the element s border The distinction is that text elements will align using the location of the origin point For example Take these two selected elements Aligning the elements to top has the following effect the origin point of the Text element About Alarms Managing alarms in Display Creator can be summarised as follows the top of the rectangle is aligned with Required alarms and the conditions which make them active are defined the Alarms tab See Alarms Tab e Any number of alarms are then assigned to any number of Alarm Display elements see Alarm Displays An Alarm Display element is a parent element that can contain Alarm Icon Alarm Message and or Alarm Channel Value elements See Alarm Elements When an alarm becomes active the appropriate Alarm Display and its child elements display the alarm information e Multiple Alarm Displays be placed on the Overlay Page and on any other page s See Overlay Page and Pages Tab Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Display Creator Tabs 11 Display Creator Tabs Display Creator contains six tabs required to create a display configuration That 15 Settings Co
56. ollowing example of an Import a DBC File window If a signal is required and the Auto Create for the channel is not selected the channel must be created manually in the Channel amp Functions tab and assignment of the channel to the signal made manually in the Communications tab Import a File Provides automatic creation of the channel for the currently selected signal Name Updated Channel Creation 4 s Display 1 Engine RPM 4 Display 2 Air Temp Inlet 5V Aux Supply Bat Volts C185 Alam Message Alarm Message 7 Alam Value Alarm Value 7 Alam Status Alam Active Alarm Hash 8 CRC32 rmm CRC32 Engine RPM Auto Create Air Temp Inlet Auto Create BV Aux Supply Auto Create Bat Volts C185 Auto Create Alam Message Auto Create Alam Value Auto Create Multiplier 0 1000000 Alarm Active Auto Create Quantity Angular Speed Alarm Flash Auto Create Unit rev sec ps Usage General CRC32 Auto Create Select a message to view its properties Indicator to show if changes have been to view its properties and configure its channel sckbox for each signal that you want to import made to the Dash Manager configuration port the DBC ir a Scent since the last time the DBC file based on to import E the same configuration was imported Display Creator User Manu
57. ot display on the dial unless a start and end value is entered As the radius changes it moves the whole element udi to or away from the centre As the width changes the inner border either expands to or retracts from the centre Start Where to begin the sweep Value End Where to end the sweep Value m Ua Use to set the border characteristics as required Use to set the border characteristics as required Start Value Value End Value Value Fill Style Solid X Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 49 Switch A Switch element controls the contents of an area of the page that is bounded by the Switch The Switch element can contain any element except for another Switch or an Alarm Display Each element in the Switch occupies the complete area of the Switch Elements can only be added to a Switch by selecting it and using the right click menu or by selecting Add in the Switch Navigation pane on the left Any number of elements can be included in a Switch but each element must have an assigned condition When running on the device the Switch will display only one of those elements The element displayed is the first in the list for which the condition evaluates to true If no conditions evaluate as true no element is displayed Switch properties Space between the left margin of the page and the left border of the elemen
58. ow to Create a Display Configuration This topic includes automatic quick setup Functional Overview Help and Samples The purpose of this help system is to provide an understanding of Display Creator concepts and the information necessary to create a display configuration However it is not possible to cover the extensive flexibility built into the system or the many options available Therefore in conjunction with using this help it is highly recommended to analyse the sample projects that ship with Display Creator and watch the various webinars provided by MoTeC This link is to all available webinars including Display Creator webinars To open a sample project Select File gt New Select the device model for which the display is required Select a sample from the Template list Click OK po X pe c o gain an understanding of how to create a display read this help and then methodically deconstruct one of the samples www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 6 About CAN Signals and Channels About CAN Signals and Channels CAN Messages Communications Tab Channels amp Functions Tab Other Signals channels Signals are assigned Channels for use channels the in Display Creator and managed in ng created in the age Communications Communications Channel amp channels Messages signals and channels
59. s the component of the bar graph to which the input channel is assigned e Start and end values major and minor divisions and tick text can all be configured e he bar graph can be setup in a non linear progression For example 0 20 30 40 45 50 55 60 65 etc Linear and non linear progressions All progressions are initially linear as defined in the Configure Ticks window explained below non linear progression as mentioned above can be defined after the linear bar graph is created See Creating a Non Linear Progression The Configure Ticks window only defines linear progressions If it is used after non linear adjustments are made it will revert the progression to linear and the non linear adjustments will be lost Adjusting direction of fill The direction in which the bar fills can be selected from the properties pane left to right or right to left However the start and end values need to be manually changed in the Configure Ticks window explained below to change the progression to fit the purpose See the following example This bar has a bottom to top fill direction with default start and end values This bar has a top to bottom fill direction with adjusted start and end values www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 40 Page Elements Configuring Ticks When a bar graph 15 first created a Configure Ticks window displays this can a
60. s true if the channel Fluid Level is lt 25 as seen in the Switch Element pane Edt Device Hep G 00 S Settings Le fq Communications 5 CA Pages WA images ox F show Snape 5 00 am Dam 011010 Hew Season 2 EX O Swatch Gad X X da dA X amp fo o Mew Season Vibites T 52 1 Switch 3 2 Switched Element a 1 Switehied Element www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 52 Page Elements Alarm Displays An Alarm Display element is a parent or group element Its child elements are used to display the alarm information alarms are defined on the Alarm tab when they become active See Alarms Tab More than one Alarm Display element can be included on the Overlay Page and on any other page see Pages Tab This allows flexibility in the presentation of different alarms An Alarm Display element can have any number of the alarms from the Alarm tab associated with it This allows the same area on the display to be used for multiple alarms To setup 1 Place an Alarm Display element on the page 2 Select the Alarm Display and use the right click menu to insert the alarm child elements Only alarm elements from the Alarm Display right click menu will be associated with the Alarm Display The following applies for each Alarm Display element At
61. splay elements on the Overlay Page Therefore at the simplest level all that is required to display an alarm is to create it Any number of Alarm Display elements be added to the Overlay Page or any other page See Overlay Page and Pages Tab When a single Alarm Display element has a number of alarms assigned to it and more than one of these alarms become active at the same time the alarm that is higher on the Alarms tab list will display If in the meantime another alarm becomes active that is higher on the list that alarm will immediately replace the currently displayed alarm If Alarm Display elements are included on pages other than the Overlay Page the alarm will only become visible if that page is also the one that is currently displayed However that same alarm will nevertheless display on the Overlay Page and be visible unless it has been deselected Therefore the possibility exists that the same alarm could be displayed twice Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Display Creator Tabs 17 test_alarm_display cdd MoTeC Display Creator Properties of the 1 s i Alarm element Doves G3 Al liE 2 v m m Cauca 7 Settings 4 Communications Channels amp Functions 4 Alarms amp 4A Condition Critical Message Name OBC Fie 1 Alarm DEC File 1 Alarm Alarm Active True Yes From Channel Alam Mess
62. st element in the hierarchy the selection loops back to the first element It does not necessarily drill down through every element on the page more precise method of selecting a specific element is to select it in the hierarchical element tree Selecting elements that are part of a Switch element Only one individual element in a Switch element can be selected at one time Multiple elements within a Switch element cannot be selected as a group To select these 1 Select the Switch 2 Select the required element from the Navigation Switch pane www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 26 Page Elements Right Click Menu Element Placement Functions Apart from specific element properties there are a number of element placement functions that can be applied to elements these are only available via the right click menu All functions other than Z Order require more than one element to be selected The Z Order function is only available for single element or parent element selections child elements move with the parent The functions are described below Allows a selection of elements to be grouped so that they can be manipulated as one object such as moving the whole group forward or backward Z Order these appear in the elements tree as a group folder Elements that are grouped can still be moved independently to any location The Z Order which is the layer depth of each element or
63. t in pixels Space between the top margin of the page and the top border of the element in pixels Horizontal width of the element in pixels Change in dimension occurs at the right border left border position remains static Vertical height of the element in pixels Change in dimension occurs at the bottom border top border position remains static Centres the element on the page Centres the element and then extends the borders to the edges of the page www motec com Display Creator User Manual 2014 Published 1 July 2014 50 Page Elements Example of a Switch This is an example of a fuel indicator switch that will display one of two icons based on the fuel level With the Switch selected Two image elements are included in the Switch as shown in the Switch list and Elements Tree one of which is a low fuel image C7 Exemple Whites PC cdd Display Creator ER Leve Hb 20422 4 3 Settings Channels amp Functions Communications 4 Alam Pages images aA T Show Invisible f Sapte gid 50700 00 amm O0 00 00 Season 2 Cad X t 4 4 Page Season Vilites 3 Switch b OPUS I Switched Bement Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 www motec com Page Elements 51 With the low fuel image element selected The condition of this element become
64. ys If there no pages whose conditions evaluate as true then the Default Page displays If a Default Page does not exist and there are no pages whose display conditions are true then only the Overlay Page displays Although a condition expression can use any channel to switch pages automatically a convenient method to manually switch pages 15 to use channels assigned to push buttons www motec com Display Creator User Manual MoTeC 2014 Published 1 July 2014 20 Example Display Creator Tabs The example below 15 similar to one of the sample configurations that ships with Display Creator For more detailed information of what is possible see the individual element help provided in the Page Elements topics Also take time to study the construction of the sample configurations available l cin EE ee en mi olf jar ator Properties properties disp played according to the element page selected Elements available for inclusion on the page TUN 0025000 Mew emn Wh Whites 1 5 D a to New Season Whites 2 0 00 00 Hierarchical element tree listing all elements on the selected page Convenient method of selecting copying pasting and farranging element order 00 00 00 Pages added to the cument configuration 0 0 00 Ut do Hew Season Whites 3 Display Creator User Manual MoTeC O 2014 Published 1 July 2014 dad Xo E

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