[Diy_efi] Haltech Data Logging

[Bill - Comcast]

Can you pipe the output to a text file?

If your program's name is haltech.exe and you want the data to end up in 
a file called test1.txt,  try a command line like this....

haltech > test1.txt

hth,

Bill

Ben P wrote:
> well taking a screenshot of the data logging process in windows XP 
> results in all of the data coming out in words (with the simple DOS 
> borders coming out like ASCII art). I have since discovered that 
> highlighting all of the 'picture' in microsoft word, converting it 
> into a monospace text (courier new), and changing the size to 8 point 
> (i think thats it anyway) results in an ASCII picture, with all 
> relevant data in the appropriate columns. However taking a shot of 
> anything with real graphics (like the bar graph tuning screen on 
> haltech units) results in meaningless mumbo jumbo (same characters as 
> opening the datalog files in text, maybe a link here?).
>
> Taking a screenshot in Windows 98 however results in a normal 
> screenshot (i believe this is because windows XP runs a dos emulator 
> in windows, rather than a visual version of dos, as 98 does). This 
> really sucks because 98 can't use memory sticks, and the computer 
> hooked up to the dyno doesnt have a cd burner. So i have to put it on 
> floppy, which is a long forgotten (for good reason) art...
>
> however I still can't get the data to view in anything other than the 
> haltech program.
>
> Is it possible to tell a dos program to 'print' to a .txt file instead 
> of the actual printer? as this would allow me to select the relevant 
> data and put it into a word document for ease of viewing.
>
> Tomorow I will have a shot at hotwiring DOS on the 98 machine to open 
> the datalog file in its own text viewer, maybe that will come up with 
> something.
>
> any ideas/clues?
>
> thanks
> Ben
>
>
>> From: "Lee M. Lemoine" <llemoine at gmail.com>
>> Reply-To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>> To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
>> Subject: Re: [Diy_efi] Haltech Data Logging
>> Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 07:16:46 -0400
>>
>> Hmm, i never really tried exporting stuff from my haltech.  I know 
>> that you
>> can save the documents and review them in the software.  when you say it
>> prints things out in word form, do you mean plaintext or a simulated 
>> font
>> (Postscript)  ?    If its just doing a text dump in a standard dot 
>> matrix
>> (80 columns wide)  i'm pretty sure you can find dos programs that run 
>> "TSR"
>> (Terminate Stay Resident)  which will basically capture all the data 
>> sent to
>> a specific com port and put it into a file --   but if it uses post 
>> script
>> i'm not sure how useful that'd be...    It's worth a shot, it'd be on 
>> a dos
>> freeware site.
>>
>> You'd simply just run that program, then it'll exit back to the dos 
>> prompt
>> --  then you run your haltech software.
>>
>> if you can't find anything let me know later on, i'll look for you -- 
>> gotta
>> head to work here unfortunately though.
>>
>> -- Lee
>> (haltech E6GM)
>>
>> On 9/18/06, Ben P <benof1987 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Now i know its not DIY, but it still has something to do with cheap 
>>> fuel
>>> injection.
>>>
>>> The problem is that I have a Haltech E5, and it does datalogging. And I
>>> can't view the data logs in anything but the haltech program, unless I
>>> print
>>> out all 140 pages of data, and type it up into Excel. As you can 
>>> see, that
>>> is not an option.
>>>
>>> And because the haltech program is in MSDOS, taking a screenshot doesnt
>>> get
>>> me anywhere. (it comes out with the data in word form, not a 
>>> picture, but
>>> it
>>> comes in unorganised streams, which makes it less useful).
>>>
>>> Can anyone think of a fix for this?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>> Ben
>>>
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>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Sincerely,
>> Lee M. Lemoine
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