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ECUTalk Consult LCD V2 Display
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Buy ECUTalk LCD V2 Display
Price is $220 + postage (+$5 for blue)
Includes USB A-B cable + dust plug
Green display no stock till July 7
Ensure your car has a consult port! |
Within Australia (Express $8) |
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Overseas (Airmail $20) |
Green $---
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Blue $233
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Green $---
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Blue $245
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Green displays are currently out of stock, expected back in stock July 7.
Note: There is a $40 discount available for people in colder climates (esp.
northern Europe,
Canada, Russia, etc) who wish to receive the old style enclosure (the matt/rough textured one as seen in most pics below).
These were upgraded to the higher temperature polycarbonate glossy enclosures (as pic above) as the old style ones
deform in high temperatures (such as leaving them on the dash in a parked car in a hot day). Also, there are limited numbers of white enclosures
that look good with the blue displays (about 7 white, 15 black). If you wish to receive the discount for the old style enclosure,
contact us. It would be your responsibility to ensure
the enclosure remains below 60C/140F.
Background
The ECUTalk Consult LCD Display is a diagnostic and monitoring display for Nissan
cars supporting the Consult diagnostic protocol. The display is ‘plug and play’
into the factory consult port
(14 pin grey female connector located near the driver’s side fuse box).
Here is an extremely unrehearsed demonstration of it:
19MB divx avi. A noticable omissions was I forgot to show
when you turn it over from KM to Mi (miles), it switches to MPH for speeds and MPG for economy (see images below).
The display has two main display screens, a sensor display screen, and a trip meter screen.
The display has a USB port, and can be used as a USB consult interface by selecting USBIF
mode from the main menu, and then normal consult applications (including the free
ECUTalk software and others listed on the
consult cable page) can be used from your laptop.
Features
- Sensor display, showing speed, rpm, battery voltage, fuel economy, injector duty
cycle (both banks if available), ignition timing, AAC, O2 voltage (both banks if
available), water temp, AFM voltage (both banks if available), TPS voltage/%
- Trip meter display, showing current speed, fuel economy, and trip average speed,
average fuel economy, fuel used, fuel usage rate, distance travelled, and time elapsed.
- Fault code reading and clearing
- Integrated USB consult interface passthru (the same as using a normal USB consult
interface)
- Maximum/peak sensor values recorded for the current trip
- Time trials (0-60, 0-100, 0-160, 400m)
- Options (injector/cylinder setup for economy readings, KPH/MPH, C/F, and TPS V/%
settings)
There is a video demonstration of the older V1 display
here (and text commentary).
While there have been more functions added to V2 display, the general menu layout
and feel of the device is similar. There is also a
video of a early display prototype (from 2005) which shows the blue screen
in action. Also see the second paragraph of this page for video of this specific
display.Improvements over V1 Displays
The V2 display is the second version of the Consult LCD Display, and comes with many improvements:
- Size is less than DIN stereo size and thus could be mounted in a DIN space
- A trip meter screen has been added in addition to the existing sensor display
- The firmware is updatable by the user (with a laptop), so future features can easily
be added
- A removable USB connection for the integrated consult interface/firmware updates
- A more efficient power supply is being used, meaning less heat and no ‘blobs’ in
the cable
- The contrast and backlight settings for the LCD can be adjusted
Hardware Specifications
- Dimensions: The unit is 144mm wide, 48h, and 33d (buttons protrude 3mm), and weighs
~250g
- Enclosure: Matte Black, ABS plastic (ABS UL94V-0 EP), 3mm nominal thickness. Enclosure
sockets together with 2 ‘C’ pieces, no glue is used or required.
- LCD module: 20x4 character display with backlight. Contrast and backlight are adjustable
in the LCD options. Green and Blue screen options are available.
- Buttons: The display has 2 black buttons (ignore colour of pictured buttons below),
the left is the ‘enter’ button, and the right is the ‘cursor’ button. Enter typically
selects menu items, and cursor moves the cursor to different menu items.
- USB port: There is a USB type B connector below the buttons. The display comes with
a USB cable, and a USB ‘dust plug’ (inserted into the USB port when not in use).
- Micro SD card slot: On the left of the display there is a microsd card slot. This
is intended for possible future expandability, and the initial release firmware
(v2.00) will not utilise it at all. If this is used in the future, the data on it
may not be FAT file system compatible, and as such any data on it will be lost,
and it will not be readable (without formatting) in normal card readers etc.
- Buzzer: The display has an onboard buzzer for future features (via firmware upgrades)
such as warnings or alerts (e.g. over temperature). You may hear this ‘click’ when
the display is turned on, reset, etc.
Enclosure Note: The matt/rough textured enclosures from the first batch should not be left in direct sunlight as it may
deform in extreme heat (60C+). The newer
glossy polycarbonate enclosures can handle high temperatures so they are fine to
mount anywhere.
LCD Colour Note: The blue display is a negative mode display, and competing
light sources may make it harder to see than the green screen, as a result it may
also have lower viewing angles. The rise/fall time of the display (similar to computer
LCD response time ms rating) also appears slower than the green. Keep this in mind
when choosing which LCD colour to get. Also, the image below is more accurate representation
of blueness of screen than the image higher up which is a bit washed out
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