NateZ Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 When i use the scanner on hptuners, it starts to record info right when i press the start scanning button, before i even press the record button.... it's really annoying because it makes my logs reaaallly long. Is there somthing i am doing wrong or? Thanks, Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSminneapolis Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 when you hit the start button that essentially just starts the logging. say you hit the start button go drive around for a while then park it and shut it off...if you do not hit the record button then you loose everything. and...once you hit the start button - anytime you hit the record button it will record everything that has been monitored. IMO logs can never be to long. i usually try to get a solid 30 minutes of logging...when tuning the cruising side of the truck...when tuning WOT i just pick a place where i can start and stop easily and just start recording just before i punch it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateZ Posted December 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 when you hit the start button that essentially just starts the logging. say you hit the start button go drive around for a while then park it and shut it off...if you do not hit the record button then you loose everything. and...once you hit the start button - anytime you hit the record button it will record everything that has been monitored. IMO logs can never be to long. i usually try to get a solid 30 minutes of logging...when tuning the cruising side of the truck...when tuning WOT i just pick a place where i can start and stop easily and just start recording just before i punch it... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> so then should i just hit the record button when i am done monitoring or? Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_w Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I never understood the function of the start scanning vs start recording buttons. They both do exactly the same thing for me. Either one will start scanning/logging data onto the screen. What matters is what you do with it when you're done. If you hit a scan/record buttong again after you've already got data you want, you'll lose that data. I have to go into the pull down menu and manually save it off somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_w Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 Another thing that doesn't work - Under "Logging" - "Start Logging". It's supposed to log directly to a file. No. It don't. It does the exact same thing as "Scan" - "Start Scanning". If it does log to a file............... it never tells you it's location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSminneapolis Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 when you hit the start button that essentially just starts the logging. say you hit the start button go drive around for a while then park it and shut it off...if you do not hit the record button then you loose everything. and...once you hit the start button - anytime you hit the record button it will record everything that has been monitored. IMO logs can never be to long. i usually try to get a solid 30 minutes of logging...when tuning the cruising side of the truck...when tuning WOT i just pick a place where i can start and stop easily and just start recording just before i punch it... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> so then should i just hit the record button when i am done monitoring or? Nate <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i always make sure i hit the play and recod button at the same time. you don't want to know how many times i have shut the truck off without hitting the record button... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_w Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 ....Yeah, when I shut off the truck without stopping the scan, the thing will clear out the screen and try to keep scanning. After hitting the stop button, you can still save what you had by using the "Save Data As" option... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonmalibuss Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 You can also just hit the play button and before you shut the truck off hit disconnect I believe it's under the file button and you won't lose all of your data I belive HPT knows that all of these buttons do the same function and I think they are trying some different things to make changes and possibly make it so you can hit a key to start recording so your not fiddling around with the cursor while driving! Check out the posts on their site there is a lot of info there about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted December 23, 2004 Report Share Posted December 23, 2004 You can also just hit the play button and before you shut the truck off hit disconnect I believe it's under the file button and you won't lose all of your data I belive HPT knows that all of these buttons do the same function and I think they are trying some different things to make changes and possibly make it so you can hit a key to start recording so your not fiddling around with the cursor while driving! Check out the posts on their site there is a lot of info there about it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Spacebar used to be the key. A lot of us complained though so it might be disabled now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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