Race Technology DASH4PRO User manual

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Table of Contents
1THE DASH4PRO .............................................................................................................................................4
2SOFTWARE SUPPORT ....................................................................................................................................5
3TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION............................................................................................................................6
4TYPICAL SYSTEM ...........................................................................................................................................7
4.1 DATA LOGGER AND DASH4PRO:................................................................................................................ 7
4.2 DATA LOGGER,DASH4PRO AND ECU INTERFACE: ......................................................................................... 7
4.3 DASH4PRO AND ECU INTERFACE: ............................................................................................................. 8
5INSTALLING THE DASH4PRO..........................................................................................................................9
5.1 PHYSICALLY MOUNTING THE DASH4PRO...................................................................................................... 9
6OPERATING THE DASH4PRO........................................................................................................................11
6.1 NORMAL DISPLAY MODE ......................................................................................................................... 11
6.1.1 Normal data display screens..................................................................................................... 12
6.1.2 Pop-up Windows...................................................................................................................... 12
6.1.3 Min/Max data screen............................................................................................................... 12
6.1.4 Lap and Sector times................................................................................................................ 12
6.1.5 Alarms ..................................................................................................................................... 12
6.1.6 Logging Status ......................................................................................................................... 13
6.1.7 Add Track Markers................................................................................................................... 13
6.2 MENU DISPLAY MODE ............................................................................................................................ 13
6.3 OPERATING MODES AND BUTTON FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................... 13
7MENU STRUCTURE ......................................................................................................................................14
7.1 OPERATING THE DASH4PRO MENU ......................................................................................................... 16
7.2 SESSION REVIEW (1 SESSION REVIEW) ........................................................................................................ 17
7.2.1 The Quick Session Review Screen (1.1 Quick Session Review)..................................................... 17
7.2.2 Clearing Session Information (1.2 Clear Last Session) ................................................................ 17
7.3 EDITING BUTTON FUNCTIONS (3 BUTTON FUNCS).......................................................................................... 18
8CONFIGURING SHIFT LIGHTS ON DASH4PRO ...............................................................................................20
8.1 SHIFT LIGHTS ........................................................................................................................................ 20
8.2 PERFORMANCE INDICATOR ....................................................................................................................... 20
8.3 BAR CHART BASED ON VARIABLE ................................................................................................................ 20
8.4 CHANGING THE SHIFT LIGHT BRIGHTNESS (2.1 LED BRIGHTNESS)....................................................................... 20
8.5 CHANGING THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE DISPLAY (2.2 SCREEN BRIGHTNESS) ............................................................. 21
8.6 SETTING WARNING AND SECTOR DISPLAY TIMES (4 WARNING/LAP TIME DISPLAY) ................................................. 21
8.7 VIEW FIRMWARE VERSION INFORMATION (5.1/5.2 SHOW FIRMWARE/BOOTLOADER VERSION)................................ 22
8.8 LOCKING THE DASH4PRO TO A DATA LOGGER (5.3 LOCK DASH4PRO)............................................................ 22
8.9 CHANGING THE DASH4PRO LANGUAGE (6 LANGUAGE) ................................................................................. 24
8.10 DEMO MODE (7.1 DEMO MODE)......................................................................................................... 24
8.11 NIGHT MODE (2.3 NIGHT MODE LED BRIGHTNESS &2.4 NIGHT MODE LED BRIGHTNESS) ................................. 25
8.11.1 Setting up a button for night mode ...................................................................................... 25
8.11.2 Setting LED brightness for night mode.................................................................................. 25
8.12 CHANGING THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE DISPLAY FOR NIGHT MODE (2.4 NIGHT MODE SCREEN BRIGHTNESS) ................. 26
8.13 MONITORING VARIABLES (7.2 VIEW VARIABLES) ...................................................................................... 27
8.14 STARTING AND STOPPING A DATA LOGGING ON A DATA LOGGER FROM THE DASH4PRO.................................... 28
9DISPLAYING DATA.......................................................................................................................................29
9.1.1 Switching between Data screens .............................................................................................. 29
10 LAP TIMING ON DASH4PRO ........................................................................................................................30

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10.1 USING THE DASH4PRO LAP TIMING FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................... 31
10.2 ADDING TRACK MARKERS FROM THE DASH4PRO.................................................................................... 31
10.3 ADDING TRACK MARKERS FROM THE ANALYSIS SOFTWARE ........................................................................... 33
10.3.1 Using lap marker files with the DASH4PRO........................................................................... 33
10.4 LAP AND SECTOR SCREENS................................................................................................................... 34
10.5 LAP AND SECTOR TIME STATISTICS.......................................................................................................... 35
11 SETTING UP ALARMS...................................................................................................................................37
11.1 CANCELLING AND CLEARING ALARMS ..................................................................................................... 38
11.1.1 Cancelling Alarm messages.................................................................................................. 38
11.1.2 Clearing and disabling alarms until DASH4PRO restarts........................................................ 38
12 REVIEWING MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM DATA VALUES..............................................................................39
13 CONFIGURING THE DASH4PRO UNIT...........................................................................................................40
13.1 DASH4PRO STANDARD CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................... 41
13.2 CREATING A CUSTOM CONFIGURATION.................................................................................................... 43
13.3 CHANGING THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION ............................................................................................... 43
13.4 SENDING CONFIGURATION TO THE DASH4PRO ....................................................................................... 44
13.4.1 Using the Data Logger: - ...................................................................................................... 44
13.4.2 By connecting DASH4PRO to a PC ........................................................................................ 44
14 RE-FLASHING THE DASH4PRO .....................................................................................................................46
14.1 USING THE DATA LOGGER................................................................................................................... 47
14.2 USING THE CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE ................................................................................................. 48
15 FAQS ...........................................................................................................................................................50

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1The DASH4PRO
The DASH4PRO is a data and lap time display that is designed to work with Race
Technology‟s range of data logging products. It is housed in small metal case designed
for steering wheel mounting. It can be used to provide either supplementary information
along side other instruments, or as the primary source of information in some race
applications.
Light weight aluminium housing
Large configuration OLED screen
Steering wheel mounting brackets available
The DASH4PRO is housed in a black anodised case and is controlled by a sealed
membrane keypad. The display is a large OLED type with high brightness, a very wide
viewing angle and adjustable brightness for operation under any lighting conditions.
The DASH4PRO can be configured to show up to 5 screens of data, showing almost
any combination of numerical displays, graphs and bar charts of any variable and also
display warnings etc. This makes it a very flexible solution to all of your data displaying
needs.
For more information, Read the following sections:
Software Support (page 5)
Technical Specification (page 6)
Typical System (page 7)
Installing the DASH4PRO (page 9)
Operating the DASH4PRO (page 11)
Displaying data (page 29)
Lap timing on DASH4PRO (page 30)
Setting up alarms (page 37)
Reviewing Max and Min values (page 39)
Configuring the unit (page 40)
Re-flashing (page 46)
FAQs (page 50)

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2Software support
As part of the standard Race Technology software, we supply a comprehensive
configuration utility for the DASH4PRO which allows the user to tailor the display to
meet your exact requirements. You can use the software to configure the following
features: -
What variables are displayed on the screen and where (information can be
displayed in three differently sized fonts)
What graphs are displayed and where
What bar charts are displayed and where
What lap and sector timing information is displayed
Any filtering on variables
Alarm limits on variables
Units conversions –e.g. from volts to degrees Centigrade, in the case of a
temperature sensor
When illuminated - e.g. based on an analogue sensor, RPM, etc
Configuration of the two sets of LEDs for use as Performance Indicator, Shift
Lights, or a bar chart based on any variable.

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3Technical Specification
Display
Yellow OLED, resolution 128 x 64 pixels.
Case
Custom CNC machined black anodised Aluminium, sealed to IP65.
Dimensions are 123 x 52 x 13.5mm.
Connections
Single 9-way d-type, for serial communications and power for direct
connection to a DL1 Data Logger.
Power supply
Requires 12v at approximately 100mA
Processor
C2000 series 32 DSP running at 150MHz. Internal Flash for program
and configuration storage.
Temperature
range
Operation between 0oC to 50oC, Storage from -20oC to 80oC.
LEDs
High brightness 3mm LEDs. 20 degree viewing angle. 10 steps of
brightness control.
Membrane
keypad
Polyester textured membrane to limit reflections. 12mm diameter
buttons.
Unit fixing
4 x blind threaded holes for M4 screws, maximum depth 6mm.

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4Typical system
Typically the DASH4PRO is designed to be used directly with the DL1 Data Logger.
However, it can also be used with a number of our other products, including the DL2
and SPEEDBOX. It can even be connected directly to an ECU interface to display ECU
parameters only.
4.1 Data Logger and DASH4PRO:
4.2 Data Logger, DASH4PRO and ECU Interface:

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4.3 DASH4PRO and ECU Interface:

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5Installing the DASH4PRO
5.1 Physically mounting the DASH4PRO
The DASH4PRO is designed to mount either on a steering wheel bracket or using the
four blind holes on to a flat surface. Please see the diagrams below for hole dimensions
and spacings: -

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6Operating the DASH4PRO
The DASH4PRO display unit is operated using a simple menu system, using the UP,
DOWN, SELECT and MENU buttons. Pressing UP and DOWN moves between the
menus or cycles through adjustable values, pressing SELECT enters a submenu or sets a
value; and pressing MENU exits the current submenu without setting any values.
There are two operating modes in the DASH4PRO; Normal Display mode and Menu
Display mode. The MENU button is used to switch from normal display mode to menu
system display mode and vice versa.
6.1 Normal Display Mode
This is the default display mode that the DASH4PRO enters into after power up. This
mode allows you to view the data being logged by the attached logger. In this mode, the
DASH4PRO also monitors the current status of the variables for alarm conditions.

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6.1.1 Normal data display screens
There are four user-configurable data display screens on DASH4PRO that can be used
to display the data being logged. The screens can be configured by the DASH4PRO
configuration program on the PC. Once the screens are configured, the programmable
buttons can be used to select which screen to display. This enables toggling through the
four screens of data. To set up a button to do this, see the section Editing button
functions (page 18) and assign the “Next screen” or “Previous screen” functions. When
changing between screens, the screen number is briefly indicated on screen. Read
Displaying Data (page 29) for more details on this.
6.1.2 Pop-up Windows
Pop-up windows can be triggered by a user input (e.g. pressing a button) or due to data
being received from a Data Logger (e.g. device changed logging status).
6.1.3 Min/Max data screen
Using the Min/Max data screen, you can view the maximum and minimum values for
selected variables while data is being logged. Minimum and Maximum values get
updated continuously while logging. DASH4PRO retains these values after logging is
over and until another session starts. Min/Max Screen is configured with DASH4PRO
Configuration software. To display this screen you have to setup one of the
programmable buttons on the DASH4PRO.
Read Reviewing Maximum and Minimum data values (page 39) for more details.
6.1.4 Lap and Sector times
Lap and Sector screens display the lap and sector specific data during the logging. The
DASH4PRO switches to the Lap or Sector screen automatically at the end of a lap or a
sector respectively. Read Lap and Sector Screens (page 34) for more information on
this.
6.1.5 Alarms
Alarms are visual warnings given by the DASH4PRO when a particular variable goes
out of bounds. The alarm for a variable is immediately activated when the readings go
below the low threshold or exceeds the upper threshold. Setting up low threshold or
upper threshold is done using the DASH4PRO configuration software. Read Setting up
Alarms (page 37) for more details.

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6.1.6 Logging Status
This pop-up screen is displayed for a short duration (600 ms) when the logging status of
the attached Data Logger changes from logging to not logging and vice-versa. Users can
exit this screen and get back to normal display mode by pressing the SELECT button.
6.1.7 Add Track Markers
When the user attempts to add a track marker through the DASH4PRO, this screen will
be displayed. The DASH4PRO will first send a add track marker command to the Data
Logger and wait for a response. The Data Logger will inform the DASH4PRO if a
marker was added successfully or not. If the operation was unsuccessful, the reason for
the failure will be displayed as well.
6.2 Menu Display Mode
This allows the user to configure some aspects of the DASH4PRO display unit
including change button functions, change brightness of the display and change the
brightness of the shift lights, and set or configure other options. The MENU button is
used to switch between menu display and normal mode.
6.3 Operating modes and button functions
The MENU button is used to switch between normal display and menu system display
modes.
When in menu display mode the actual function of the MENU, SELECT, UP, and
DOWN buttons is fixed.
Function of the SELECT, UP, DOWN buttons as well as the MENU + SELECT,
MENU + UP and MENU + DOWN button combinations during the normal display
mode can be programmed, for example, to provide shortcuts to frequently used
features. These features include changing between screens, adding track markers and
start/stop logging from the DASH4PRO unit, and displaying maximum and minimum
values of the variables during logging.
The MENU button is the only button whose function cannot be changed.
To learn how to assign the shortcut functions to the programmable buttons read the
Editing Button Functions (page 18) section.

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7Menu structure
Following figure illustrates the structure of the menu system. The following sections
describe the details and operation of each function.

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7.1 Operating the DASH4PRO Menu
Press MENU button to enter menu system display mode. Using the UP/DOWN buttons
you can then scroll through the menu items. To enter a menu item press SELECT.
Some menu items contain submenus. You can enter into the next lower menu level by
navigating to the required menu item and pressing SELECT.
All the menu items are numbered. Each menu item has a unique ID. For example the
top most menu items have IDs ranging from 1 to 7, while the first item in the submenu
contained under menu item 1 is menu item 1.1.
To change settings: -
1. If you‟re in normal display mode, press the MENU button and enter into menu
mode
2. Navigate to the menu item in question using the UP/DOWN buttons and press
SELECT.
3. If required use UP/DOWN to change the function settings.
4. Press SELECT to save the new setting and return the DASH4PRO to its normal
display mode.
5. If you want to return to normal mode without saving, press the MENU button.
Pressing the MENU button anywhere inside the menu, always brings you back to
the normal display mode.

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7.2 Session Review (1 Session Review)
7.2.1 The Quick Session Review Screen (1.1 Quick Session Review)
The DASH4PRO also functions as a lap timing display. In addition to this the
DASH4PRO is able to store and display lap time statistics of the current session. This
information is kept in the DASH4PRO until power down, or a new session is started.
Once a data logging session has completed (the user started data logging on the Data
Logger and subsequently stopped logging), if valid lap timing information is available,
the quick session review screen will pop-up.
This screen displays statistics such as the best lap, number of laps, average lap time,
total lap time as well as allowing the user to scroll through the lap time for each
individual lap.
You can scroll through the available pages by pressing the UP or DOWN buttons. By
pressing the SELECT or MENU buttons you can leave the session review screen.
In addition to this you can also view the quick session review screen by the following
method: -
1. Press the MENU button while in display mode to enter the menu
2. Navigate to menu item 1 Session Review
3. Press the SELECT button
4. Navigate to menu item 1.1 Quick Session Review and press the SELECT button to
bring up the quick session review screen
5. Press UP and DOWN buttons to look at the different pages of the quick session
review screen. You can return to normal display mode by pressing either the
SELECT button or MENU button
7.2.2 Clearing Session Information (1.2 Clear Last Session)
If your Data Logger has stopped logging and session information is available on the
DASH4PRO, and you restart logging, the session information will be automatically
cleared. Additionally you can clear the session data manually by using the following
method: -
1. Press the MENU button while in display mode to enter the menu
2. Navigate to menu item 1 Session Review
3. Press the SELECT button
4. Navigate to menu item 1.2 Clear Last Session and press the SELECT button

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7.3 Editing Button Functions (3 Button funcs)
The UP, DOWN, and SELECT buttons and MENU+UP, MENU+DOWN and
MENU+SELECT button combinations can be programmed to perform many different
„shortcut‟ functions in normal display mode. This does not change the function of the
buttons from their standard purpose in menu display mode.
To change a button function: -
1. Press MENU button to enter the menu display mode.
2. Use UP/DOWN button to navigate to the menu item 3 Button Funcs and then press
the SELECT button.
3. You will be asked to press the button you wish to change the function of. Press
either the SELECT, UP or DOWN button. Alternatively you can hold down the
MENU button, press and release one of the other buttons and then release the
MENU button. This has the effect of selecting the MENU + UP/DOWN/SELECT
button combination.
4. The display will change to show which button is selected (on the first line) and the
current function assigned to that button (on the second line). For an instance if you
select the DOWN button, and currently it has the “Previous Screen” function
assigned to it then the display would look as follows: -
Then use UP/DOWN buttons to select a function to assign to this button. The second
line of the display changes as you select the function.

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Following are the shortcut functions that can be assigned to the SELECT, UP or DOWN
buttons or MENU+SELECT, MENU+UP or MENU+DOWN button combinations: -
Next Screen
Scrolls through the screens in ascending order
Previous Screen
Scrolls through the screens in descending order
Start/stop logging
Starts/stops the DL1/DL2 logging function from the DASH4PRO
Add track marker
Manually adds the track marker at present GPS coordinates
Show Min/Max
Shows the Minimum and Maximum values for the user selected variables for the
current logging session
Toggle night mode
Toggle night mode on and off. The brightness of the display and LED lights are
dimmed in night mode to suit low light conditions
None
If the button is assigned with this function, nothing happens when you press the button
outside in normal display mode
5. Press SELECT to assign the selected function to the button. The DASH4PRO will
be returned to the normal display mode.
6. To cancel assigning the button function, press the MENU button.

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8Configuring Shift lights on DASH4PRO
There are six lights on each side of the DASH4PRO, either side of the display. These
can be configured to be either red or green lights and can take one of the following
functions depending on the configuration: -
8.1 Shift lights
Based on the engine speed, the lights can be illuminated in a number of ways. If
required, different RPM can be used in each gear and an alternative set of conditions
can be set for low temperature operation based on the value of a second variable. This is
particularly useful to keep engine speed down until the engine is properly warmed up.
8.2 Performance indicator
This mode shows the current time slip rate as either a bar chart from bottom to top, or as
an indicator from the centre outwards. It requires data from a DL1 MK3 or VIDEO4 to
operate in this mode.
8.3 Bar chart based on variable
Either bottom to top or centre out display of any chosen variable, with user configurable
levels at which the LEDs are illuminated.
There are separate configuration sections for the left and right lights.
8.4 Changing the shift light brightness (2.1 LED Brightness)
The brightness of the shift lights can be changed to suit personal preference.
1. Navigate to the menu item 2.1 LED Brightness and press SELECT. The shift lights
will then be illuminated at the current brightness setting.
2. Use the UP and DOWN buttons to move the on screen slider and adjust the
brightness to the desired level.
3. Press SELECT to save the brightness setting. The DASH4PRO will return back to
the normal display mode.