cygnusx1 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 A friend of mine offered his workplace today to assemble the MegaView unit for my MS-II. He designs boards for IBM. There is no better place to work on electronic projects than an IBM research facility! Amazing stuff they work on over there. He gave me a tour of the place. They are building some SERIOUS computers there. One of them is water cooled. When I say water cooled, I mean 10" water main water cooled! The "computer" is about 75' x 45' and about 8' high. Well anyhow, he assembled the Megaview unit pretty quickly as he really knows his stuff. I wanted to use the wave soldering machine but he said the prep time would be too long. What a difference it makes when you have a $1000 soldering iron and all the RIGHT tools. It went together, we plugged it in and POOF, no-nothing. The MS-II unit shut right down and the display did nothing. We checked it all out and it was built right. We scoped it and all the components were good. Unfortunately, we had very limited web access so I couldnt get the manual online. After a while we threw in the towel and I figured before we fried something we should tell DIYAutotune about this. I emailed them and in about 10 minutes, Jerry, the owner, emailed me back and told me that with Megaview and MS-II, you need to remove pin #9 on the DB9 socket of the Megaview. I tried it and BAM, the display lit up and all the values are ticker-taping across the screen. It looks awesome. I will try to get some vids up tomorrow of the whole MS-II hooked up to the Laptop and the Megaview. I cant wait to get working on the car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datman Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Sounds good! is there a megaview available for the MSII ? I canj't see one on the diyautotune page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 There was....it's not on the page anymore tough? Maybe they are restocking them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Look under MSI page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Good stuff. I wish it came in colors other than red though. (perhaps blue) The red looks too night rider for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datman Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Does the megaview for the MS1 also work on the MS2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 The MegaView I have is using the VFD display which is pale blue flourescent. I am probably going to use a piece of lime color-tinted 1/8" lexan to make a mount for it where the radio goes. With the right lexan tint I can just about match the stock gauge color. You also could go to a photography supply shop and ask for "gels". They are clear color-tinted plastic sheets used for adding color tints to photography. I'll probably cut the lexan to fit the entire radio opening, mask off a window for the VFD and paint the rest of it semi-gloss black. The buttons to operate the Megaview will also mount in the lexan. The megaview can be used to do some tuning with it's buttons. The only problem to tackle now is those darn dim stock gauges! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cramer Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 The difference is the programming on the Megaview's CPU - it needs an external programmer to change the code, unlike Megasquirt. I'll see if we can get a few of the MS-I kits reprogrammed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoeightythreez Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I eventually want to try to get a megaview setup to play through my stereo. (A JVC with a 3" LCD screen!)...it has an A/V input so All I have to do is figure out how to get the realtime display (but with larger values and less of them) onto my Head unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 If you could mirror image the characters on the megaview and then mount the VFD on top of the dash. You could reflect the display off the windshield for a heads-up display! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 video? pictures?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 I promise....tonight. I'll take some video of the MS-II running on the PC and the Megaview. Videos of the car will have to wait until more Spring is in the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I eventually want to try to get a megaview setup to play through my stereo. (A JVC with a 3" LCD screen!)...it has an A/V input so All I have to do is figure out how to get the realtime display (but with larger values and less of them) onto my Head unit. You might be able to use the palm megatune code, it should showe the display like your looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 15, 2007 Author Share Posted March 15, 2007 Oh well I have to break my promise for videos. I actually took the video and then I got a call from mom that she was going to the emergency room with a 104 fever! Spent the rest of the evening in the hospital. She is now on i.v. antibiotics for an internal infection resulting from a minor surgery. I tell you, this might be obvious advice but, STAY AWAY FROM DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN!!!! Germy places they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 22, 2007 Author Share Posted March 22, 2007 I need to practice video compression YUCK... but anyhow here is a video of the MS-II and Megaview on the bench. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7184866050736929904 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-ya Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Looks great! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted March 25, 2007 Share Posted March 25, 2007 looks very cool, I've been contemplating one of those myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christoc Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 I really don't need to see more toys, I need to get the toys I have currently working! Nice video cygnusx1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted March 27, 2007 Share Posted March 27, 2007 Cool! can you change your fuel/spark maps with that thing too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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