Originally Posted by
markk
Yes the removable functions were a problem, for people that were a bit loose with the happy clicking!! lol
just for you you can now 'lock all' to prevent your fat fingers and thumbs deleting things, but then you could always have re-loaded them had you deleted them.
Resizers have been fixed, that's what I love about it, if there is something you don't like they will change it simply as, unlike motec, who will charge you and then tell you it will take one of the software designers 12month to be in touch.
Its all good! the amount of revisions there has been is a testament to ongoing development if you ask me, and there have been a lot, not just for bugs/fixes but for additionality and 'user quirks' and the display can show what you like, and I mean anything, in design, layout, graph, charts, function lol sounds like im trying to sell one here.
I bought mine, and got involved with GEMS because no body could offer me an ecu to do everything I wanted for less that £1200, at the time DBW was the biggest cost to all ecu suppliers, yet GEMS came in at £1200 with it.
When your mapping on the road in a car with very hard suspension...the mouse pad is a terrible thing to be forced to use. Things get clicked whether you like it or not. It isnt fat fingers or thumbs. Forcing mousepad use is just a shit way to do things.
Yes it works better if your in a comfortable environment like a dyno, but not the real world.
Yes you can reload....but why should I have to ? I'd rather a clean efficient tuning software than one you have to keep reloading to make functions viewable.
But yes the actual screen tables etc are good, well coloured and laid out. Just too big for a screen size and too easy to delete lol
And yes actual map tuning via keyboard is pretty good. But working through the software less so because the mouse must be used, so trying to move from one tab to another is awkward, especially when on the move.
A simple keyboard option here would be far better.
As Ive said, every brand has good points and bad, but ultimately the user interface is a hugely important item.
Mouse pad use is an issue with Motec too, as you can easily grab the windows and move them by accident. They too need a lock screen function, as the software just seems very sensitive via the mouse pad.
If all tuning was made easier via the keyboard, those things would never happen, and IMO tuning is far far faster.
The mouse will always be there to use when you want it...but limited keyboard access just makes any ecu more difficult.