How to Set Up a Wideband in HP Tuners This guide will take you step by step through the process of setting up a wideband O 2 sensor in your HP Tuners VCM Scanner. Before you begin, if you are using an Innovate LM-1 that you have NOT YET reprogrammed the Analog output for 0-5 volts (it is set to 1-2 volts at the manufacturer), you MUST watch the first part of the video BEFORE you begin setting up the VCM scanner for the wideband. If you do not have an LM-1, or if your LM-1 has already been reprogrammed then you may proceed with the steps using the video as a guide as well. You may skip the opening part of the video that shows reprogramming the LM-1 using the LM Programmer software. Items Needed: 1. HP Tuners VCM Suite Software 2. Laptop 3. Wideband (we use Innovate Motorsports LM-1; however, this guide will work with any wideband) 4. How to Set Up a Wideband Video, available on our website in the free downloads section. 5. Wideband Offset spreadsheet, available on our website in the free downloads section. Document Content: This document is broken out into three sections: 1. Setting up the Wideband in the Table (Primary) which starts on page 2. 2. Setting up the Wideband in the Charts Display which starts on page 10. 3. Setting up the Wideband in the Gauges Display which starts on page 14. Follow each section in order. To learn more about The Tuning School s products, please see page 17. THIS AREA INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 1
Procedure to Follow: Section 1: Setting up the Wideband in the Table (Primary) Step 1: Open your VCM Scanner and make sure that there are no log files open. Step 2: Select Displays on the toolbar and then select Table (Primary) from the menu list. This will open the Table Display box. Step 3: Right click on EIO Input 1 and select Insert from the list. This will Bring up The Insert AUXs box. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 2
Step 4: Expand the User Defined tree by clicking on the plus sign. Double click on Configure User Defined to select it. Step 5: The Configure User Defined Enhanced IO Inputs box will appear. The numbers represent five possible sensors you can add. Select a number that is undefined by clicking on it once. This will highlight it blue. Step 6: Name your wideband and enter an abbreviation for your wideband (for example LM1 Custom). In the pull down menu for Sensor, select Air Fuel Ratio. In the pull down menu for Units, select afr. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 3
Step 7: Next we need to determine the values needed to properly scale the chart. We can do this by inputting values into the Wideband Offset Spreadsheet. This spreadsheet is provided for free download from our website. See the list of items needed on the first page of this document for the spreadsheet location on our website. Open the Wideband Offset Spreadsheet. There are two tabs in this spreadsheet. The first is the Calculator tab. This tab is where you can enter your wideband data (i.e. volt range and afr range). The second tab is the Common WB data tab. This tab has the wideband data for some of the most popular widebands on the market. If yours is not listed, you can check the information that came with your wideband or look on the manufacturers website for specifications. Step 8: Click on the Common WB data tab. For this example we are going to use The LM-1 set up for 0 to 5 volts. See next page for screenshot of this spreadsheet information. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 4
Step 9: Click on the Calculator tab. Enter the LM-1 voltage under Volts, then enter the afr units under Units (afr). Step 10: Go back to your HP Tuners VCM Scanner screen. The Configure User Defined Enhanced IO Inputs box should still be on the screen. Enter the data from the HP Tuners Formula section of the spreadsheet into the text boxes to the left of the chart on the Configure User Defined Enhanced IO Inputs box. For our example, enter the value of 10 into the box to the right of the plus sign and enter the 0.5 into the box below the volts text. This will rescale the chart to 0 to 5 volts and 10 to 20 afr which matches how you previously programmed your LM-1 (our example). See both screenshots on the next page for examples. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 5
Step 11: Close the Configure User Defined Enhanced IO Inputs Box. A dialog box will appear asking if you want to commit the changes. Select yes. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 6
Step 12: You will notice that your wideband is not in the Table (Display) yet. To get the wideband to display here, you will need to add it. Right click on EIO Input 1 and select Insert from the list. The Insert AUXs box will appear. Expand the User Defined tree and the custom wideband that you just finished creating should be displayed in this list. Double click on it to insert it into the Table (Display). The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 7
Step 13: Close the Insert AUXs box. Step 14: Plug in the HP Tuners interface into the vehicles computer. Be sure that the car is in a well ventilated area with the parking brake on or the vehicle in park. Open the Table (Display) if it is not already open. Verfy that your wideband is on and start scanning with the VCM Scanner. Step 15: With the car idling, monitor your wideband display and the wideband reading in the Table (Display). If there is a difference from what the VCM Scanner is reading and what the wideband is reading, you have a voltage offset error. You can fix this in the Wideband Offset Spreadsheet by following steps 16 through 19. If you have no error, you are done with this portion of the exercise. Your next step is to add the wideband readings to the chart display. That section starts on page 10. Step 16: Write down the difference you see between the VCM Scanner readings and the wideband readings. For example, if the VCM Scanner is reading 14.0 air/fuel ratio and your wideband is reading 14.6 air/fuel ratio, then there is a -0.6 offset (14.0 14.6). If the VCM Scanner is reading 14.0 air/fuel ratio and your wideband is reading 13.4 air/fuel ratio, then there is a 0.6 offset (14.0 13.4). It is important to distinguish if you have a positive or negative error (always subtract the wideband reading from the VCM Scanner reading). Step 17: Open the Wideband Offset Spreadsheet. Enter the offset difference you found between the VCM Scanner and the wideband (step 16) into the Offset Adjustment section of the spreadsheet (see screenshot on the next page for location). For our example, we had a -0.6 offset, so we will enter -0.6 into the spreadsheet. Inputting a value in this portion of the spreadsheet will update the HP Tuners Formula section of the spreadsheet. In our previous example, the values in the HP Tuners Formula section were 0.5 and 10. The updated values for our example are now 0.5 and 9.4. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 8
Step 18: In the VCM Scanner, open the Table (Primary) if it is not already open. Verify that no log files are open. Right click on EIO Input 1 and select Insert from the menu. The Insert AUXs box will appear. Expand the User Defined tree and double click on Configure User Defined. The Configured User Defined Enhanced IO Inputs box will appear. Select your Custom IO Input from the list by clicking on it. In our example, it is called LM1 Custom. Enter the new HP Tuners Formula values from the Wideband Offset Spreadsheet into the box next to the plus sign. In our example, the value to enter is 9.4 (see screenshot above and screenshot on next page). Close the Configure User Defined Enhanced IO Inputs box and click yes to commit the changes. Now is also a good time to save your config file again (remember to save as with a new file name). THIS AREA INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 9
Step 19: Repeat step 14 and 15 to verify that the changes that you made fixed the voltage offset error. If there is still a noticeable error, repeat steps 16 through 19 until the error is dimished. Setting Up the Wideband in Charts Display Step 1: Open the VCM Scanner if it is not already open. Select Displays on the toolbar and then select Charts from the menu list. With the charts display open, right click anywhere on the chart and select Chart Settings from the menu. The Chart Configuration box will appear. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 10
Step 2: With the Chart Configuration box open, expand the Chart 2 tree by clicking on the plus sign next to Chart 2. We are going to replace the Wideband spot on the chart with our custom wideband that we just set up. For our example, that is the LM1 Custom. Select Wideband from the Chart 2 tree. Step 3: Click on the text click to insert or change next to PID. The Insert Parameter box will appear. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 11
Step 4: On the Insert Parameter box, under the AUX Input List, expand the User Defined Tree. Double click on the text for the wideband that you just set up in the previous section (in our example, this is LM1 Custom). The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 12
Step 5: Verify that the units displayed are afr. Update the Max and Min values. For our example, this will be 20 for Max and 10 for Min. Step 6: Close the Chart Configuration box and click yes to commit the changes. You should now have your custom wideband displaying in the Chart Display. Do not forget to save your config file. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 13
Section 3: Setting up the Wideband in the Gauges Display Step 1: Open the VCM Scanner if it is not already open. Select Displays on the toolbar and then select Gauges from the menu list. With the Gauge Display open, right click on the left-hand gauge (typically Speed) and select Properties from the menu. The Gauge Properties box will appear. Step 2: Click on the text next to PID (there might be writing here or it may be ghosted writing that says click to insert or change make sure you are selecting a PID and not a sensor). The Insert Parameter box will appear. See next page for screenshot. THIS AREA INENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 14
Step 3: On the Insert Parameter box, under the AUX Input List, expand the User Defined Tree. Double click on the text for the wideband that you just set up in the first section (in our example, this is LM1 Custom). This will update the Gauge Properties box with the new PID. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 15
Step 4: Verify that the units displayed are afr. Update the Max and Min values. For our example, this will be 20 for Max and 10 for Min. You can also set alerts for this gauge. In our example, during a wide open throttle run, we want to set an alert to notify us if the air/fuel ratio exceeds 13.5. We set the Alert Upper value to 13.5. The gauge will turn red if 13.5 air/fuel ratio is exceeded at any point. Step 5: Close the Gauge Properties box and select yes to commit the changes. Your custom wideband will now be displayed with the gauges. Do not forget to save your config file. The Tuning School, Inc. Copyright 2010 Page 16
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