Anyway, sorry about that last little ramble.  To answer the question

now...  I dont see any reason you cant fit it all. (KISS)

MAP:XX   RPM:XXXX  F.FLOW:XX.X   MIX:XXXX [units??]
INTAKE:XXX     EGT:XXXX       COOLANT:XXX [the temps]
MPG:XX.X      FUEL:XX.X    ENDURANCE:XX.X
O2:XXXX     TABLE:XXXXXXX   ADDRESS:XXXXX

I'm sure you have thought of something like this.  I thought Tracy's

system wasn't going to use an O2 sensor.  Maybe its optional?  I cant
imagine going anywhere and not being forced to use leaded gas once in a while.

Dang it. I see that I have rambled again.. one of those days.  :-)

Dave Leonard

Yes I considered the terse mode as you suggested. Is every body else OK
with such a display? Much easier to program. Kind of limited. If you
want to add something you will not have room. The scroll up and down
in a list trick has almost unlimited expansion capabilities.


Paul Lamar

Paul,

  I assume (mistake?) that most if not all will be using either an engine
monitor such as the RMI uMonitor, Grand Rapids EIS, Audio Flight Avionics
AV8/AV10 (thats what I have), etc... or will be using conventional steam
gauges for primary engine monitoring. In either case, the EFI display would
provide additional nice to have info.The format descriibed above is OK
but  if that is the approach chosen I would like to minimize the clutter by
not displaying redundant info such as RPM, coolant temps, EGT, etc... which
is already covered by my AV8. Furthermore, the table and address info would
presumably only be used when setting the system up and for troubleshooting
so I wouldnt want that info displayed full time. It just adds clutter to
sort through  when scanning the instruments.

  I assumed (again a mistake?) from conversations with Tracy a couple of
years ago at Copperstate that the EFI display would provide MAP, fuel flow
info, and possibly mileage info using GPS data. So the AV8 that I bought
provides all the other engine monitoring that I required.

  The AV8/AV10 monitors only display 1 line at a time so the monitor can be
setup to scroll through all parameters at user defined intervals, or it can
be setup to display just 1 parameter full time with other parameters
automatically displayed if they go out of limits. They also have an
optional 4 line LCD that can be user configured to display any selection of
parameters desired. That would be the best choice for the EFI display IMO,
but would obviously require more software. I would be willing to pay more
to gain this flexibility. BTW on the AV8 all config is done with 3 push
buttons on the front panel. Its pretty simple and straight forward.

Mike Wills

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