Eagle Tree OSD Pro - Manual (Page 10)

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Once a parameter is selected from the dropdown menu, it will appear at the next available location on the simulated display. To change the location on the
page for displaying the parameter, just click the location with your mouse, and drag the parameter to the desired location.
If there is a parameter that you would like to display on ALL your OSD Pro main pages, click on the parameter on the simulated display, and click the
“Display on all pages” checkbox. Note that this has no effect if you have defined only one main page.
The text field labeled “Enter OSD Screen Name for the Parameter”
indicates the 3 digit label that will be displayed beside this parameter on
the OSD. You can change this 3 digit label to be whatever you want.
If for some reason you wish to clear all the parameters you have
programmed, click “Reset Parmeters” and configure them again.
Voice Announcement of Text Parameters
A powerful feature of the OSD Pro is its ability to speak the status of
selected parameters to you, so you don’t have to look at numbers on the
screen as much.
Both male and female voices are provided (presently only in English).
Choose which voice you want with the “Select Voice” dropdown menu.
To configure a parameter for periodic voice announcement, highlight the
parameter on the simulated display, and check the “Announce this value
every X seconds” box. Then, choose the period for announcement.
And, if you desire to hear the units spoken for all spoken parameters,
check the “Speak Units” box.
For example, if you configured altitude to be spoken every 30 seconds, and click the Speak Units option, the OSD Pro will speak “Altitude XYZ Meters”
every 30 seconds (assuming your system is configured for Metric).
Note that if you desire to have a parameter spoken only, but not displayed on the main screen, simply place the parameter to be displayed on a page that you
don’t plan on using. For example, if you have your parameters on page 1, and you wish to have Altitude periodically spoken, but not displayed on page one,
place Altitude on Page 2.
Setting Alarms for Parameters
The OSD Pro setup screen makes it easy for you to set up High or Low trigger threshold alarms for the parameters you have configured. These alarms can
be used to alert you of potential problems, before they become serious.
There are 3 ways that the OSD Pro can alert you if a parameter has reached its trigger level:
1) The parameter is displayed in “reverse video” on the screen, with an exclamation point “!” beside it.
2) Optionally, the parameter can be spoken when an alarm for it is triggered. This will happen whether or not you have configured periodic voice
announcements of that parameter. A “beep” is played before the alarm is spoken, allowing you to differentiate a spoken alarm from a periodic
announcement.
3) Optionally, a custom text message can be entered, which will appear on the screen when the alarm triggers. This option is configured by clicking
the “Display Alarm Text” checkbox, and typing the custom text in the “Enter Alarm Text Here” area, as shown in Figure 6.
4) If the OSD display is turned off via the on-screen menus or via the Aux2 switch, you can configure the OSD display automatically turn on when a
particular alarm is triggered.
5) If you have multiple display pages defined, you can have the OSD Pro automatically return to the page which contains the parameter that has
triggered the alarm.
For example, if you want to configure a low voltage alarm of 10 volts, and want the OSD Pro display to remain turned OFF until a voltage lower than 10
volts is detected, you want the parameter spoken when the alarm occurs, and you want the message “Battery Almost Dead!!” to appear, you would do the
following:
1) Add the “Voltage” parameter to the simulated display.
2) With the Voltage parameter highlighted on the simulated display, click “Low Alarm Enabled” and enter “10.0” for the alarm trigger value.
3) Click the “Turn on the OSD Pro when alarm is triggered.” option.
4) Click the “Check here to automatically Switch to this Parameter’s OSD Pro page when alarm is triggered” option (assuming you have configured
more than one page)
5) Click the “Speak This Alarm” option.
6) Click the “Display Alarm Text” checkbox, and type “Battery Almost Dead!!” in the “Enter Alarm Text Here” area, as shown in Figure 6.
Then, while you are operating your vehicle, the OSD Pro display can be turned off with the on-screen menus or the Aux2 switch, and will turn itself back on,
display the voltage in reverse video, and speak “ <Beep> Pack Voltage 9.9 Volts” when a voltage less than 10 volts is detected.
NOTE: If two or more alarm conditions occur simultaneously, only the last occurring condition will be signaled. If the last condition to trigger an alarm
goes away, the next active alarm condition will be signaled, etc.