Which four functions do you set your ScanGauge to?

Which four functions do you set your ScanGage to?

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Re: Which four functions do you set your ScanGage to?

I flip between MPG, GPH, LOD, TPS, IGN, fWT, RPM, and trip mileage. With one scangauge.

(Yes, I need another.)

 

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Most of the time I use MPG, RPM. VLT, and FWT and periodically check averge MPG. These settings gives me the chance to watch FE while also watching the electrical system and temperature for unexpected problems. The car has a temperature guage but it doesn't have any numbers just a cold, normal and hot. I just wish I could use the scan guage on my daily driver.

 

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Tank MPG..................Current Trip MPG
Instantaneous MPG.....Battery Voltage

That way I can see how good I do on a segment with the current trip mpg, and I can see what my tank mpg is so I know that if I got 34mpg on a trip if it brought my tank average up or down. Instant mpg so I can dwl, and battery voltage so I can shutoff at lights.

I want to hear what Wayne and Sean have, cause they both seem to get some crazy high numbers.

 

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I'm currently running 2 SG's. I'll see if I can remember off the top of my head which I'm monitoring.
IGN........RPM
FWT........SOC

gps(gas pedal sensor)........CTA(current trip average)
EVM(EV mode on or off).......BTA(HV pack amps)

When I'm on the highway I switch out EVM for TPS so I can get to the elusive TPS 17 for the most effective SHM(Super Highway Mode). My current set up has been partially responsible for my last two tanks of 99.6 and 101.1 respectively.

 

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I've just got the following on mine:

Column1	Column2
Current Trip MPG	Water temp
Instantaneous MPG	Battery Voltage

The ones on the left are the critical ones -- the voltage is the next most important and water temp lets me know ahead of time what to expect of RPM behavior when throwing the car into N and also what kind of power to expect while accelerating.

Thanks for the compliment, Justin.

 

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On the Subaru I choose:

dFE (XGage for daily average mpg)
iMPG
GPH
LOD or TPS

The two top ones are important.

I use GPH to see if the SG has gone into one of its annoying 10 GPH fits during a FAS so I can restart the ICE to clear it. And to clear the 0.24GPH that pops up during a FAS after about 10 sec (kicking the gas clears it).

 

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TPS - primary right foot indicator
MAP - engine load - try to keep below 8".
MPG - indicator for top 2.
CTA - programmed xguage ('current trip average' moved to a guage)


(LOD - I believe that they are trying to calculate '% Power' but it doesn't seem to work in my car.)

 

Re: Which four functions do you set your ScanGage to?

trip mpg instant mpg
tank mpg water temp.

Good morning everybody.

 

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I think I'm pretty settled in with:

Instant MPG....Trip MPG

LOD/sometimes check DTE.....Tank MPG

 

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I recently programmed in HorsePower on an Xguage, and was having fun until I realized that it must be off. I've seen a high of 140 instant HP on the Focus which was SAE rated at 130 HP when it was new, eight years ago. Same for the van: read 209 HP, rated at 200 HP. For the engines' ages I would expect them to have a lower-than-rated HP readout. How accurate could this guage be?

 

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I use two gagues, one SGII and one SGIIx

on the SGII:
RPM TPS
IGN cWT

on SGIIx
rpm soc
gps gas

Explanation:
RPM - This is the ODBII RPM and I leave it up if I want to flip to another gauge on SGIIx.
IGN - I use this to tell when the Prius is in S1 and when it's in SHM.
TPS - I usually only use this for SHM
cWT - I use coolant temp to tell when to force my Prius into S4
rpm - XGauge that lets me know the input RPM (about 1 second before ODBII).
gps - XGauge that tells me the amount of pressure being applied to the gas pedal
soc - XGauge that tells me the state of charge of my hybrid battery.
gas - XGauge that tells me how much gas I have left.

EDIT: I also do everything in metric and suggest others do the same. My Prius was designed, built and tested in metric units, so anything non-metric is derived. I find that the derived (non-metric) readings are less accurate than the metric ones. I also find that metric speed gives me finer granularity so it's easier to tell from my speedo when I start to decel or accel. Metric temps are also easier for me to read all the important thresholds in my thermo logic are metric based (40c, 60c, 70c, 80c).

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I'm still varying all over the place, but I think I've got
RPM, injector, kW, and fuel% up right now. kW is a slight mod
of the HP xgauge where I'm dividing by 31 instead. Seems to be
pretty close to reality given what I know about baseline loading
in the Prius control algorithms.
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tps, mpg, rpm, and ign. don't know why ign is not used more. its tells me when i'm in the fe sweet spot.

 

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I almost have the same as Bomber.

Tank MPG (TPG - Tank [mile] Per Gallon)
Current Trip MPG (CPG - Current [mile] Per Gallon)
Instant MPG
TPS

It's all about the MPG:flag:

 

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fWT MPG
MPH GPH

Thinking of replacing MPH with tFE Xgauge since I check the trip mpg after every stop anyway. Speaking of which, does anyone know how to reset DAY values manually? Occasionally I drive late in the evening (9 p.m. or so) and the next morning, at 7:30-ish, the DAY values don't reset. Consequently, if I do this consistently, the DAY value can represent several days accumulation.

 

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On the gas Jetta: GPH, LOD, VLT and Xgauge for trip average mpg.

On the TDI Golf: GPH, LOD, MAP, and Xgauge for trip average mpg.

GPH is always good for monitoring fuel consumption directly even when you're stopped. I also often use it to gauge my pulses (usually try to keep below 3.0-3.5gph on the gas Jetta).

LOD is good for monitoring my DWL efforts.

VLT is needed on the gas car so I don't drain the battery too low while FASing. Less of an issue on the Golf since the diesel idles more efficiently and I don't FAS it as much (I also don't drive it as much).

MAP is handy on the TDI because it's an indirect measure of boost pressure (subtract the nominal ambient air pressure -- usually in the 14s -- from MAP and you have boost psi). This is my usual tool for gauging pulses on the diesel, and I try to keep it below 22-23 psi.

By far the Xgauge that I use the most is "Avg" (trip average). Because the SG gives inconsistent results on both my cars I don't use it a lot, but it's sometimes helpful in a relative sense. At least the SG is fairly consistent on the highway in the Jetta. I've also programmed in Xgauges for "Mi" trip distance, "Gal" trip gallons, "DAv" day average, "DMi" day distance, "DGa" day gallons, "TAv" tank average, "TMi" tank miles and "TGa" trip gallons. I'd use these gauges a lot more if the SG were accurate, but for me the SG has ended up being basically an engine monitoring tool rather than a fuel economy gauge. Even the distance figure is usually off about 20 miles per tank because of the bus reset problem.

I've noticed the DAY reset problem too. It would be nice to be able to do that.

 

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Right now I've settled on
_____________
TPS | IGN |
TMG* | MPG

*xguage Tank mpg

I'm thinking of moving trip mpg into a gauge and
also like to flip to LOD, GPH. TPS and MPG are the main ones for me.