MoTeC M1 Software Tutorial: M1 Tune Warnings
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M1 Tune Warnings
03.16
| 00:00 | Each package allows us to configure a wide range of package-based warnings and we we will deal with these a little further through the course. |
| 00:08 | These package based warnings can be viewed through the ‘Warning Source’ element that can be found on a number of the worksheets in a particular package. |
| 00:17 | There are worksheets however that don’t include a warning source element, and if you are on one of these worksheets, you may not notice that a warning has become active. |
| 00:27 | Tune-based alarms are a convenient way of allow you to configure any alarms you want, and have them pop up regardless of where you are at the time. |
| 00:36 | We can configure these alarms by clicking on the warning icon here. |
| 00:40 | This should be very familiar to anyone who has configured a MoTeC dash, and the setup is similar. |
| 00:47 | We can start by clicking ‘Add’, to add a new warning. Now we can give the warning a name. |
| 00:53 | For this example, lets set up a engine temperature warning, so we can call the warning ‘Coolant Temperature’. |
| 01:01 | Below this we can choose what will happen when the warning is triggered. |
| 01:06 | Normally we would want to choose either ‘Alert’ which will bring up a box on the screen, or ‘Warning’, which is a little more subtle and will display the warning on the bottom status bar. |
| 01:17 | With these warnings we can also choose to play a sound when the warning is triggered, or alternatively when it is active to bring your attention to the alarm. |
| 01:26 | Now we can enter the conditions that we want the warning to trigger. |
| 01:30 | In this case we can start by searching for ‘Coolant Temperature’ in the search box here. |
| 01:37 | We can then use the greater than symbol and enter the temperature we want the warning to trigger at. |
| 01:42 | In this case I’m going to enter eighty degrees. |
| 01:46 | We can also choose how long to wait after the alarm is acknowledged before it becomes active again. |
| 01:52 | This prevents the alarm constantly popping back up. |
| 01:56 | Once I’m are happy with the alarm, I can press Ok. Since the coolant temperature is below 80 degrees, nothing will happen. |
| 02:04 | Let’s open the alarm back up though and change the temperature to 30 degrees. |
| 02:09 | Now when I press OK, you can see the alarm is instantly activated, and an alarm box pops up to warn me. |
| 02:16 | I can press ‘A’ to acknowledge the alarm and the warning will disappear. |
| 02:22 | If the coolant temperature remains above the threshold, the alarm will activate again after the programmed delay time elapses. |
| 02:30 | Now let’s see what happens when we open the alarm again and change it from an alarm, into a warning. |
| 02:36 | If we press OK, you can see that this time rather than a window opening up, the alarm is displayed in the lower status bar. |
| 02:43 | If we press shift and F3, this will open the alarm window where we can see the details of the alarm. |
| 02:49 | This is a slightly less obtrusive way of bringing our attention to a particular warning. |
| 02:55 | When the alarm window is open, we can click on the ‘Log’ tab to view a log of all of the alarms. |
| 03:01 | We can see when they have become active and when they have been acknowledged. |
| 03:06 | We can create as many alarms as we want here, and we can use a combination of alarms and warnings depending on the severity of the event. |
