Silverleaf Data Tracking

[jacwjames]

I wanted to track my tranny temp so set up data tracking on the Silverleaf. 

I had a tranny heating problem, this happen after a new radiator install, my tranny has the internal radiator cooler.  So last year I added a separate cooler in series and knew it was doing it's job just my watching the temps while driving but I wanted to get better info so I looked at the data tracking.  I actually did it last year after a trip and then my wife took the rig for a trip BUT (bless her heart🤬) she couldn't get the Silverleaf to work.

So she took another trip last week from Knoxville to Asheville, a good test through the mountians.  Prior to the trip she said she wasn't fooling with the Silverleaf but I told her it has to be up, I have alarms set up that will alert her of a major problem (volts, engine/tranny temp, oil pressure) I told her the rig doesn't move unless the TPMS & Silverleaf are up. 

So yesterday I checked it.  I have the logging every minute, which seems excessive but I wanted to see the correlation between engine and tranny temps along with boost figuring I would know when the rig is going up any long grades.  It definitely worked, tranny temps stayed below engine temps and recovered pretty quick. 

And as an added benefit I could tell that my wife (bless her heart) had the Silverleaf up the entire time as the data list was pretty long with the ~5 hr drive👍

[Dr4Film]

I am another proponent of the SilverLeaf VMSpc.

Like you, my coach does NOT move unless the SIlverLeaf and the Pressure Pro TPMS are on and reporting.

[J Goddard]

Ditto to @Dr4Film comment. Actually, I don't turn the ignition key until my VMSpc is booted up and displaying. The logging capability has assisted me in determining STOP ENGINE light recently. It turned out to be a non-issue and easily corrected. I wouldn't want to be without it!

[Rocketman3]

Ok … how do you do the data logging on the Silverleaf VMSpec?

[jacwjames]

Across the top of the Silverleaf screen is the tabs for setting up the screen, one of the tabs is Advanced.

Click on it and it will bring up a list of several options, one of which is data logging, 

JJust click on the things you want to track and the time interval, I did it every minute.  

In my case I selected engine temp, transmission temp, boost, volts. 

I selected Automatically Start Log and it will start when the engine is running. 

So after my wife got back from her trip I accessed the log and looked at it to confirm the transmission temps were tracking close to the engine temps, they were.  I could tell when she was climbing hills because of the boost.  It was about 300 lines long but easy to scroll through.  You can also down load it to a text file.

Edited June 12, 2023 by jacwjames