As a megasquirt user, I am always curious as to what others are running setting wise. Now I understand each car will be different, but I have been thinking about building a 2gnt MS user database. I wanted to get everyones idead and options on this.
OK what I think would be benifical to upcoming MS users as well as current MS users is a database where each user would enter in all their setting information via a form or screenies. Since settings can change quite frequently you can update them as you like and even have a text field to explain how you car runs with these settings.
Plus there would of course be the "car mods" section so a user could do a search in the database for someone that has very simalar mods and it would display a table of results to people that have almost the same listing of mods. So you could go and check out what settings work for them and maybe use them as your base and you can tune from there.
Remember this is just something I've been thinking about and wanted some input on it.
I didn't want to put this in any other section because I know all the MS users come in here. But if you would like to move it to a more suitable thread please do. I would ask that you just leave it shadowed.
#2730, "RE: Thoughts for MS users" In response to Reply # 0
This is a good idea, especially now with the Main page Wiki being setup as it is. I would be willing to post up my Megasquirt settings if you are able to get it all sorted out. The big thing here I think would be getting it organized correctly. With different users running different versions, firmware etc. not all of the settings are going to correlate.
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#2731, "RE: Thoughts for MS users" In response to Reply # 1
Exactly....thats why I wanted to get with you all and we could come up with everything we need that is of utmost importance.
This way it will be a full database with every detail. We just need to create a heiarchy for it. I think if we all put our heads together on this we can make it pretty sweet!
I can make it so they can integrate it into the forum database as well.
#2732, "RE: Thoughts for MS users" In response to Reply # 1
I agree it's an awesome idea, it's just going to be difficult to get it all organized. But if you can figure it out which I know you can then I'm all for sharing my information.
#2733, "RE: Thoughts for MS users" In response to Reply # 3
Joe (Boostedeclipse) already had this setup about a couple years back. At least i thought it was him. Might have been Shawn McHenry that did it.
At any rate its not a bad idea but it needs to read as a word doc. If you make it a site where people save their MSQ's, then you will have a variety of differnt version and a shit load of questions from people asking why they cant open my MSQ.
Another thing to consider is the dating of settings. Every 3-4 times I drive my car i change the settings so my map never stops changing.
#2734, "RE: Thoughts for MS users" In response to Reply # 4
Originally posted by Star Turbo Talon Joe (Boostedeclipse) already had this setup about a couple years back. At least i thought it was him. Might have been Shawn McHenry that did it. At any rate its not a bad idea but it needs to read as a word doc. If you make it a site where people save their MSQ's, then you will have a variety of differnt version and a shit load of questions from people asking why they cant open my MSQ. Another thing to consider is the dating of settings. Every 3-4 times I drive my car i change the settings so my map never stops changing. Terry
I agree with this. I think posting the .MSQs is a bad idea. This could cause unwary people to download these and cause more problems than starting from scratch. I would be happy to post screenshots or even transcribe all the pertinent info into a document or "questionaire" page, but posting .MSQ files can lead to problems.
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#2735, "RE: Thoughts for MS users" In response to Reply # 5
I agree with the MSQ files as well. What we need to do is come up with a list of fields for our database. Ones that will really break down everything so there is no confusion.
#2736, "RE: Thoughts for MS users" In response to Reply # 6
I think the big thing would be being able to load your .vex files, all the other settings are easy enough to enter in but having to enter in an entire map can be tedious(sp?).
#2737, "RE: Thoughts for MS users" In response to Reply # 7
I can setup the db so each user can upload any files we want. I can have them set as links with any kind of stamp we want also.
Need to get a flowchart started so we know how we want to break this down exactly. So whatever you can think of that is vital for this db, post it up and once we have our list we can then break that down into a heirarchy.
#2739, "RE: Thoughts for MS users" In response to Reply # 8
Alright well basically we need to be able to enter and view every setting. What firmware we're using, map sensor, o2 sensor, injectors, what board we're using, flyback board or not. Be able to load up all of the fuel/spark tables. Man there's just so much to consider, I wouldn't even know where to begin.
