PLX Gauges very compact!
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PLX Gauges very compact!
Is anyone using the PLX DM-100 or 200 Gauges?
I searched but three letters don’t work.
I wanted a compact unit that could take the place of 4 gauges.
These also have a 0-5 volt output for logging.
Works well as advertised.
Barry
http://www.plxdevices.com/products/dm100/
I searched but three letters don’t work.
I wanted a compact unit that could take the place of 4 gauges.
These also have a 0-5 volt output for logging.
Works well as advertised.
Barry
http://www.plxdevices.com/products/dm100/
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This is what the 5 sensor modules look like all clipped together behind my PFC.
One for the DM-100 gauge, and one each for the AFR, Front EGT, Rear EGT, and Oil Temp.
One for the DM-100 gauge, and one each for the AFR, Front EGT, Rear EGT, and Oil Temp.
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moconner, A Porsche guy intergrated the gauge into the tach which somewhat matches our odo readout on the speedo. Very neat installation!
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What I really want is to program their gauge to show boost in an analogue fashion plus four or five other parameters digitally so that one gauge shows everything I need. I don't think it is possible to do this, however.
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The sensor kits come by themselves, and then you have to buy the gauge kit separately. I have the OLED gauge with the wideband kit, and it seems to work pretty well although I have nothing to compare it to.
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It's dark like Poe.
That is money. I have a newer GReddy boost gauge I'm sick of and now I know exactly what to replace it with. Heck, I'll be able to dump the freaking Commander and just read numbers off the A-pillar.
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Actually, I was referring to the modules themselves. I am about to mount their AFR module and am planning to buy oil temperature and two EGT modules and had no idea where I was going to put them.
What I really want is to program their gauge to show boost in an analogue fashion plus four or five other parameters digitally so that one gauge shows everything I need. I don't think it is possible to do this, however.
What I really want is to program their gauge to show boost in an analogue fashion plus four or five other parameters digitally so that one gauge shows everything I need. I don't think it is possible to do this, however.
A guy on youtube put the unit, screen only, in the rear view mirror!
The image can be reversed and used "heads-up" on the windshield also.
Barry
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I visited PLX a while ago (they are close by) to pick up a AF gauge, and really liked the DM-100 and the overall modularity. Those that have puchased it - I don't suppose there is any chance it could do this? Can it flip displays on a threshold-exceed event?
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What I want is a single gauge showing an analog boost, that would change to show one of water temp/oil temp/oil pressure/AIT if any of these exceed a threshold value. It would be nice if it sounded an audible alarm, too. I'd mount the single gauge on the steering column.
I visited PLX a while ago (they are close by) to pick up a AF gauge, and really liked the DM-100 and the overall modularity. Those that have puchased it - I don't suppose there is any chance it could do this? Can it flip displays on a threshold-exceed event?
I visited PLX a while ago (they are close by) to pick up a AF gauge, and really liked the DM-100 and the overall modularity. Those that have puchased it - I don't suppose there is any chance it could do this? Can it flip displays on a threshold-exceed event?
Barry
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I bought the DM-100 and tried out the warning levels. The triggering and display seem pretty full featured, but the warning doesn't latch - it displays only as long as the trigger parameter is past the threshold.
So it would be ok for monitoring relatively static variables like water, oil, or intake temperature, but not for monitoring dynamic variables like boost pressure. I am planning to use it to display excessive water or oil temps.
Other impressions:
- In general I am very pleased with it. The sensor modules are compact and it is great to have a way to bundle lots of sensors into one gauge - very clean. It could be better though:
- The display is too bright for my tastes at night. I hacked a fix for this by choosing darker colors for one of the display options. I switch to that at night. If I were more motivated, I would generate images for the custom gauge option and use that for a dim night gauge instead. But generating a custom gauge seems like a PIA, since you need to generate a 100 different images to show the needle in every possible position.
I suggest getting the visor. I didn't but wish I had. The displays washes out badly when the sun shines on it. I will probably drop by PLX and buy one when I have a chance. Hope it fits with the steering pod I have, because...
The DM-100 is too large a diameter to fit in the typical steering column pod. I had to grind down the bottom of the gauge to make it fit.
The sensor modules don't slide together like PLX says they do - apparently the aluminum extrusion tolerances didn't account for the anodizing or something. I used a dremel to cut the rails down on mine quite a bit to reduce friction enough so I could pound them together without destroying the module.
I have the AF sensor module over by the datalogit and PowerFC, and the display and sensor modules underneath the fuse box on the driver's side. I bought a 10' Hosa connector cable to attach the two.
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