Datalogging with SCTx4 Device

[glock-coma]

thx for breaking down this process, I did some logging yesterday with just the x4 and I did hit the start/stop button between runs.
I didn't save the first run on the laptop so I assumed I lost it......but I didnt.

When I down loaded the second run, the first log was still in there.
The car was off but the tuner was still connected between runs but it was probably a 1/2 hour between them.

So it seems it will keep more than one log at a time.

Heres the log,
first log is at 509.808
second log at 1502.645

 

[StealBlueSHO]

thx for breaking down this process, I did some logging yesterday with just the x4 and I did hit the start/stop button between runs.
I didn't save the first run on the laptop so I assumed I lost it......but I didnt.

When I down loaded the second run, the first log was still in there.
The car was off but the tuner was still connected between runs but it was probably a 1/2 hour between them.

So it seems it will keep more than one log at a time.

Heres the log,
first log is at 509.808
second log at 1502.645

Technically your are correct, you can hit the record button again to pause it and again to resume as long as you don't disconnect it OR start a new log... however, there have been many a times where I paused a record and accidentally started up a new datalog. This particularly sucks when you get a really good log just to loose it.

I went ahead and updated the How To with this... just hope people pay attention! lol

BTW: Logs look great, but I would imagine you still have more to go.. I went around 15 Revisions with Bradley and then a couple more after the wastegate mod... 

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

Steal Blue, have you figured out how to get the DMRs working?

I am in an endless loop of downloading the update, it telling me it installed them, then continuing to tell me I need the update every time I open the program.

When I try to validate pids I get squat. 

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

thx for breaking down this process, I did some logging yesterday with just the x4 and I did hit the start/stop button between runs.
I didn't save the first run on the laptop so I assumed I lost it......but I didnt.

When I down loaded the second run, the first log was still in there.
The car was off but the tuner was still connected between runs but it was probably a 1/2 hour between them.

So it seems it will keep more than one log at a time.

Heres the log,
first log is at 509.808
second log at 1502.645

Damn, everybody gets higher shift points than I do...

 

[StealBlueSHO]

Steal Blue, have you figured out how to get the DMRs working?

I am in an endless loop of downloading the update, it telling me it installed them, then continuing to tell me I need the update every time I open the program.

When I try to validate pids I get squat.

Yea I ran into that update issue as well... I just kept letting it update until it took...

To validate the list you need to hook up the SCT to your car and then to the laptop as well, and then go through the validation process.. it was the only way I could get that to work...

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[ajpturbo]

Steal Blue, have you figured out how to get the DMRs working?

I am in an endless loop of downloading the update, it telling me it installed them, then continuing to tell me I need the update every time I open the program.

When I try to validate pids I get squat.

Yea I ran into that update issue as well... I just kept letting it update until it took...

To validate the list you need to hook up the SCT to your car and then to the laptop as well, and then go through the validation process.. it was the only way I could get that to work...

Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

Stock for stock...logs i get from people always show the 10'-12' sho's reving higher

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

Steal Blue, have you figured out how to get the DMRs working?

I am in an endless loop of downloading the update, it telling me it installed them, then continuing to tell me I need the update every time I open the program.

When I try to validate pids I get squat.

Yea I ran into that update issue as well... I just kept letting it update until it took...

To validate the list you need to hook up the SCT to your car and then to the laptop as well, and then go through the validation process.. it was the only way I could get that to work...

Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk

Yeah, I did that but I guess they haven't "took" yet.

Very annoying.

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

Any chance of a screen shot of the available DMR's?

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

So, if anyone with a 2013 + wants DMR support, delete Livelink and the Device updater then download the newest versions, update, and you should be good to go.

You will need to revert back to stock when updating the device installer but you don't need to swap out your 3 bar for this process.

After the updated software is installed, take your laptop and livelink to the car , hook up and verify your pids. On mine, the DMRs were mixed in with the oem and OBD pids.

I must warn you, be prepared for a datagazm...Mine has well over 1000 pids now.

Once that is done, make note of your strategy number, you will need it for offline mode. You can then select your strategy when disconnected to edit/create the config file. import your current config file then add/swap DMRs

 

[StealBlueSHO]

So, if anyone wants DMR support, delete Livelink and the Device updater then download the newest versions, update, and you should be good to go.

You will need to revert back to stock when updating the device installer but you don't need to swap out your 3 bar for this process.

I must warn you, be prepared for a datagazm...

The problem I'm having is I want to build a new config file consisting of DMR's and pids but when I'm hooked up to the car all I see is DMRs and when I'm not connected I can only see pids.

Any ideas about this issue would be appreciated.

Also, does anyone know how to delete old logs off the handheld? I don't see the old logs but the time on the existing files have gotten pretty outrageous. It's like the data is gone but the time window still exists so it takes forever to find what I'm looking for.

Can't help you with PIDS vs DMR... BUT... what do you mean delete logs off the old device? Are  you talking about the config files? or are you actually talking about the logs? On the SCTx4, whenever you stop datalogging and start a new datalog it over writes the existing log on the device. HOWEVER, if you leave the device plugged in to the car in datalog mode it will just record static until it fills up or you reset it.

 

[derfdog15]

So, if anyone wants DMR support, delete Livelink and the Device updater then download the newest versions, update, and you should be good to go.

You will need to revert back to stock when updating the device installer but you don't need to swap out your 3 bar for this process.

I must warn you, be prepared for a datagazm...

The problem I'm having is I want to build a new config file consisting of DMR's and pids but when I'm hooked up to the car all I see is DMRs and when I'm not connected I can only see pids.

Any ideas about this issue would be appreciated.

Also, does anyone know how to delete old logs off the handheld? I don't see the old logs but the time on the existing files have gotten pretty outrageous. It's like the data is gone but the time window still exists so it takes forever to find what I'm looking for.

Can't help you with PIDS vs DMR... BUT... what do you mean delete logs off the old device? Are  you talking about the config files? or are you actually talking about the logs? On the SCTx4, whenever you stop datalogging and start a new datalog it over writes the existing log on the device. HOWEVER, if you leave the device plugged in to the car in datalog mode it will just record static until it fills up or you reset it.

I leave mine plugged in and on the datalog screen pretty consistently, and tend to see the time axis be pretty high when I actually record. To alleviate this, I sometimes unplug the X4 before leaving if I know I am going to datalog, and plug it back in, as well as stopping the log before I do this. Seems to help

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

So, if anyone wants DMR support, delete Livelink and the Device updater then download the newest versions, update, and you should be good to go.

You will need to revert back to stock when updating the device installer but you don't need to swap out your 3 bar for this process.

I must warn you, be prepared for a datagazm...

The problem I'm having is I want to build a new config file consisting of DMR's and pids but when I'm hooked up to the car all I see is DMRs and when I'm not connected I can only see pids.

Any ideas about this issue would be appreciated.

Also, does anyone know how to delete old logs off the handheld? I don't see the old logs but the time on the existing files have gotten pretty outrageous. It's like the data is gone but the time window still exists so it takes forever to find what I'm looking for.

Can't help you with PIDS vs DMR... BUT... what do you mean delete logs off the old device? Are  you talking about the config files? or are you actually talking about the logs? On the SCTx4, whenever you stop datalogging and start a new datalog it over writes the existing log on the device. HOWEVER, if you leave the device plugged in to the car in datalog mode it will just record static until it fills up or you reset it.

I leave it in gauge mode pretty much at all times and hit record when I need it.

 

[StealBlueSHO]

So, if anyone wants DMR support, delete Livelink and the Device updater then download the newest versions, update, and you should be good to go.

You will need to revert back to stock when updating the device installer but you don't need to swap out your 3 bar for this process.

I must warn you, be prepared for a datagazm...

The problem I'm having is I want to build a new config file consisting of DMR's and pids but when I'm hooked up to the car all I see is DMRs and when I'm not connected I can only see pids.

Any ideas about this issue would be appreciated.

Also, does anyone know how to delete old logs off the handheld? I don't see the old logs but the time on the existing files have gotten pretty outrageous. It's like the data is gone but the time window still exists so it takes forever to find what I'm looking for.

Can't help you with PIDS vs DMR... BUT... what do you mean delete logs off the old device? Are  you talking about the config files? or are you actually talking about the logs? On the SCTx4, whenever you stop datalogging and start a new datalog it over writes the existing log on the device. HOWEVER, if you leave the device plugged in to the car in datalog mode it will just record static until it fills up or you reset it.

I leave it in gauge mode pretty much at all times and hit record when I need it.

Right, so when you are in Gauge/Datalogging mode the timer is progressing even though you are not technically recording any data... so when you do finally decide to record something, the time stamps are from when you originally put the device in Gauge/Datalogging mode and NOT when you actually hit the recording mode.

 

[JimC1]

Thanks, I will load the file to my X4. Easier than dragging along the laptop for a session.

And this may explain why I only got the idle and not the rest of the data when I did it the other day with my laptop. I had hit the data log "red circle" and apparently that locked in to that data stream only. I could see the data on my laptop but nothing was saving apparently but the previous idle setting

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

So is anyone else having issues with the histogram function?

When I try to make one all that comes up for selection are the analogs.

 

[FoMoCoSHO]

Another thing....I've been having issues with config files built out of validated pids failing to load.

Anyone else ran into this?

 

[StealBlueSHO]

Only time I have run into that issue was when I building config files without validating against my ECU...

 

[Black Dream]

Thanks for this amazing write up. I'll be doing this today to send to Torrie at Unleashed but I have no idea what to log.  Continuous normal driving, 0-60 runs, full throttle runs for a certain length of time, etc.  What say ye tuning gurus?

 

[Macgyver]

AJP had a datalog setup for Laptops. Just install livewire and he has a config file that runs what he needs to see to tune which is what you need to see. Maybe Torrie has a similar thing.

 

[ridered74]

Thanks for this amazing write up. I'll be doing this today to send to Torrie at Unleashed but I have no idea what to log.  Continuous normal driving, 0-60 runs, full throttle runs for a certain length of time, etc.  What say ye tuning gurus?

Not tuned by Torie anymore, but when I was I would just do a 0-100 log. Might want to just shoot him an email and ask him what he wants to see, he'd probably reply within about 3 minutes.