Gear flashes and alarm leds, Ecu connection – AiM MXL2 User Manual
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4. Gear Flashes and Alarm LEDs
MXL2 features 10 RGB gear flash LEDs that
can be freely configured in a very flexible
way. For each LED, you can define the RPM
CHAPTER 4 GEAR FLASHES AND ALARM LEDS
CHAPTER 5 ECU CONNECTION
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MXL2 also has 6 different alarm LEDs that
you can configure in order to turn them on
or off depending on the value of the analog
or digital inputs, ECU values, expansion
values, GPS information or math channels.
You can associate an alarm LED, a message
and a digital output with each event.
The steps to manage the data coming from
the ECU are the following:
1. Determine which hardware connection
is available for your ECU.
2. Read the documentation about your ECU
at www.aim-sportline.com and identify the
name of the proper software driver to be
specified.
3. Using Race Studio 3, configure MXL2
setting your ECU driver with the menu
shown here below, that appears when you
create a new configuration.
The ECU has to be set when configuring
your MXL2 with RS3 configuration
software.
The steps are explained in section 10.1.
5. ECU connection
MXL2 can acquire data from the ECU of
your vehicle.
The list of the ECU protocols available is
published on our site:
www.aim-sportline.com/download area,
ecus connections.
This list includes approximately 500
different protocols and is constantly
updated with new protocols and upgrades
published every week.
When possible, documents explaining how
to configure your ECU to ensure
compatibility between the data flow
transmitted are available, too.
From an hardware point of view, MXL2 is
compatible with all currently available
connections: CAN, RS232 or K line.
value at which to turn it on and the colour.
You can also define different RPM values of
each gear number.
You can configure them in order to turn them
off when the condition disappears, when you
push a pushbutton, when the test is finished
or when the data are downloaded after the
test.
Please, read section 10.1.4 in order to see how
to manage gear flashes and alarm LEDs.
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