Dashboard

You can add a gauge to the dashboard by clicking on the Add Gauge button. This will open a dropdown menu with a list of the available channels in the loaded file or in the serial stream from a VBOX unit.

The channels are grouped by type, such as VBOX, Test type, or connected module. You can use the search bar at the top of the dropdown menu to find relevant channels. 

You can expand and collapse the channel groups by clicking on the arrow next to the group heading. When you select a channel, it will automatically add a gauge for it to the Dashboard area.

As well as using channels from the file or the VBOX unit, you can also add test-specific gauges to the dashboard.

For example in the Accel test, you can display the time, distance, and average acceleration of each run during a live test. All Result Column parameters are available as a gauge, and the channels will be divided between gauges of different categories (i.e. test column gauges, count-down gauges, default gauges and test plugin-specific gauges).

Click on the Reset Dashboard button to reset the dashboard to the default layout of the test or workspace, clearing any non-standard gauges.

VBOX Test Suite has 5 different types of gauges:

• Default
• Target
• Chart
• Angular Meter
• Level

The available gauge types will depend on the selected channel.

You can change the gauge type by selecting a gauge in the Dashboard area and clicking on the Gauge Type you want to use.

If you select the Chart gauge type, you can add a secondary channel that will be included on the Y-axis of the chart.

The Y-axis will be scaled depending on the configuration in the Gauge Settings.

The dropdown menu lets you select the gauge you want to edit. Click on the Settings button to open the settings for the selected gauge.

The available settings will depend on the type of gauge selected:

Default

• Smoothing Level – The level of smoothing that is applied to the gauge. A higher number results in more smoothing being applied to that gauge.
• Decimal Places – Allows the user to modify the number of decimal places shown in the gauge.
• Alert Condition – Specifies the conditions to which the alert should occur.
• Alert Value – The value at which an alert will occur.
• Text colour – Allows the user to change the colour of the text displayed in the gauge (blue by default).
• Alert colour – Allows the user to change the colour of the alert text displayed in the gauge (red by default).
• Flash on Alert – Allows the user to choose whether the alert text flashes.

Target

• Smoothing Level – The level of smoothing that is applied to the gauge. A higher number results in more smoothing being applied to that gauge.
• Alert Condition – Specifies the conditions to which the alert should occur.
• Alert Value – The value at which an alert will occur.
• Target Range – The range that the target gauge will display, centred on the Target value.
• Target – The target number the user is trying to achieve.
• Tolerance – This is the portion of the gauge that will be displayed in green either side of the target value.

Chart

• Smoothing Level – The level of smoothing that is applied to the gauge. A higher number results in more smoothing being applied to that gauge.
• Alert Condition – Specifies the conditions to which the alert should occur.
• Alert Value – The value at which an alert will occur.
• Show From Beginning – When this option is ticked, the chart will show all of the data, rather than just a set range of time.
• Time Range (s) – When the ‘Show from beginning’ option is not ticked, this option allows the user to specify the period of time that the chart should show data from.
• Update when moving – When this option is ticked, the graph will only update when movement is detected.
• Y-Axis Auto – When this option is ticked, the graph will auto-scale the Y-axis.
• Y-Axis Max – Specifies the maximum Y-axis value if auto scaling isn't selected.
• Y-Axis Min – Specifies the minimum Y-axis value if auto scaling isn't selected.

Angular Meter

• Smoothing Level – The level of smoothing that is applied to the gauge. A higher number results in more smoothing being applied to that gauge.
• Alert Condition – Specifies the conditions to which the alert should occur
• Alert Value – The value at which an alert will occur
• Start Value – The value that the angular meter will start
• End Value – The value at which the Angular meter will end.
• Background – Allows the user to change the colour of the gauge background.
• Needle – Allows the user to change the colour of the gauge needle.
• Text And Border – Allows the user to change the colour of the gauge text and border.

Level

• Smoothing Level – The level of smoothing that is applied to the gauge. A higher number results in more smoothing being applied to that gauge.
• Alert Condition – Specifies the conditions to which the alert should occur.
• Alert Value – The value at which an alert will occur.
• Total Bars – The number of bars that will be displayed within the Level Gauge.

You can change the colour of the channels by clicking on the existing colour in the legend and selecting a new one.

Click on the Zoom In button to zoom in on the dashboard. You can also roll the scroll wheel forward to zoom in.

Click on the Zoom Out button to zoom out on the dashboard. You can also roll the scroll wheel backwards to zoom out.

Click on the Reset Zoom button to remove the applied zoom level and return to the default dashboard.

Click on the Help button to open a web browser with the Dashboard topic from the User Guide in the Racelogic Support Centre.