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ECUTalk Consult LCD V2 Sensor Display / Trip Meter / Time Trials / USB Interface

This item is a blue or green LCD (customised to your choice, see below) plug and play diagnostic display/trip meter for pre-OBDII Nissan cars with the 14 pin grey consult port (see car list below), it can display sensor and trip meter data (see below), read and erase fault codes, perform time trials (e.g. 0-100 km/h), etc, all without the use of a laptop.

For more involved diagnostics/logging, it also has an integrated USB 'consult cable', which can be activated by the USBIF option on the main menu. This allows the display to be hooked up to a laptop and used just like any other consult cable (like in my other items). The display will come with a USB cable (standard USB Type A to Type B cable, like those used with printers). The display is 144mm wide, 48mm high and 33mm deep (buttons protrude 3mm), and weighs around 260g. The display has a hi-temp polycarbonate black matte enclosure. Cable length is approximately 140cm.

The LCD is 20x4 character display with LED backlight. You can chose between a green lcd or a blue/white one. Both coloured screens are in stock, you should indicate the colour you would like in the 'add message to seller' field in checkout, or contact me after purchasing to indicate which you would like. The blue/white display is a 'negative' mode LCD which makes it harder to see in competing light or on an angle than the green LCD (which is easier to see with external light), keep this in mind when deciding on colour.

The blue screen below is showing the main sensor display, and the green screen is showing the trip meter display (see down further for more pictures). Both colour displays have the same functionality. Click for larger picture.

blue1s.jpg

green2s.jpg

Firmware updates may be available in the future to add additional features (e.g. the display hardware has an onboard buzzer, the most recent firmware added support to use it for audible alerts), and you would be contacted by email if new updates become available.

Once connected and the car is on or running and your display is connected to the 14 pin grey consult port, you can then:


  • View sensor data - such as speed, RPM, battery voltage, economy, injector %, timing, AAC, O2, water temp, air flow and throttle.
  • View trip meter data - such as current/ave speed & fuel economy, trip fuel used, fuel rate (litres/hour), KMs travelled, time elapsed.
  • View/clear error codes - view fauls and the number of times the car has started since the fault was logged
  • Perform time trials - 0-60km/h, 0-100km/h, 0-160km/h, 0-400m (and MPH equivalents if MPH option is set).
  • View peak values - view peak speed, RPM, water temp, injector %, timing, air flow, and throttle for the current trip.
  • Change options - units as km/h or mph (which determines L/100KM or MPG), C or F, TPS V or %, LCD backlight settings, etc
  • Audible Alerts - user definable alerts for RPM, speed, water temp, air flow, injector % and battery voltage (v2.02 firmware)

You will be provided with a CD including a user guide, USB drivers and the following Consult software:


  • ECUTalk (our own software, gauges pictured far below left)
  • OBD Scantech 1.29 Nissan (gauges pictured far below right)
  • Conzult (freeware version, picture furthest below)
  • Calumsult

consultport.jpg

Suitable for most Nissan car models from 1989-2000 that have the 14 pin grey consult port, which is typically found near or attached to the in-cabin fuse box. It will not work for newer vehicles with the OBDII port (e.g. 350Z). It wont work if you have replaced your ECU with any aftermarket one like PowerFC, Autronic, EMS, etc (but remaps or daughterboards with the original ECU are OK). The common vehicles in Australia that are supported includes (but is not limited to):


  • R32 Skyline (9/89+ only) / R33 Skyline / R34 Skyline
  • C34 Stagea
  • S13/S14/S15 Silvia / 180SX / 200SX / 240SX (SR20/KA24DE engines only, not CA18)
  • Z32 300ZX
  • N14/N15 Pulsar (including GTiR) / N15 Almera
  • B13 NX Couple / NX-R Coupe / NX100 / NX1600 / NX2000
  • B13/B14 Sentra / Sunny
  • P10/P11 Infiniti G20 / Primera (not P11-144, this is OBDII which is not consult compatible)
  • K11 Micra
  • U13 Bluebird
  • GQ/GU Patrol (TB42E, TB45E only, check for port, if you have OBDII plug then adaptor may be available)
  • R50 Pathfinder WX (VG33E, 95-98, other models not tested)
  • G50 Infiniti Q45
  • Y32 Cedric/Cima (VG20/VG30 engines, not RD28)

Note: The display will come with the latest firmware which adds support for TB45E engine and adds a second trip meter screen that records all trips data (the current trip meter screen just records the current trip). It also allows adjustments to fuel and ignition timing if you know what you are doing (use at own risk, read the user guide that comes with the display). There is also a minor change to where sensors are display (temperature is at the start of the second line pushing instant economy and injector duty cycle to right - ignition timing then moves down a row to where temperature was previously).

Sensor Display

v2_sensors.jpgTrip Meter Display

v2_trip.jpgMain Menu

v2_menu.jpgFault Codes

v2_faults.jpgTime Trials

v2_timetrials.jpgTime Trial

v2_timetrial.jpgPeak Values

v2_peakvalues.jpgOptions

v2_options.jpgLCD Options

v2_lcdoptions.jpgUnit Options

v2_unitsoptions.jpg

This picture shows the front and back of the unit - of course this item is only for one display (just two are used to show front/back in picture).

both2s.jpg

Pictures of some of the software listed above that can be used with the display in consult cable mode (USBIF from the menu)

ecutalk_v1.2_16sensors.jpg scantech.jpg

conzult.gif

  • 6 months later...

sorry to use this thread.. but ive been playing with program and its says you can adjust timg and ari/fuel.. im useing the consult cable.. i cannot find any options to change timing / a/f.. can any one help or point me to a place.. have been searching for hours ;) thanx

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