Anyone using the aem serial data stream gauge?

http://aempower.com/ViewCategory.aspx?CategoryID=64

Feedback? I would much prefer to have one single gauge in my car than gauges all over the place.
Thanks.

 

I'm about to.

The downside as I see it is not being about to have it plugged in at the same time as a laptop. So it is pretty useless for tuning.

 

My friend has one of these and there is a male/female serial port connector where you can connect them in series IIRC. The laptop would be the last one to connect.

 

Damn, that's good to know. And it contradicts what was said in here only last week. I hope you are right.

 

wrong , you can not use both at same time - but all the data the ems broadcast to the guage is able to be monitored when connected thru your laptop when connected-

 

My bad I misread the "at the same time" thing. I haven't tried that yet. Sorry for the brain fart

 

I've got 2 in a pillar pod, I like 'em.

And yes, you can have either the guages or a laptop plugged into the EMS but not both at the same time. Depending on where you put them it's a good idea to configure them before putting them in, you have to use a 'hot' cable (12v) to access the guages and if they're already mounted it's a pain. Fortunately w/2 quages you get 2 cables, I mounted them before setting them up so I hooked up 12v and gnd to the spare cable. It worked fine but having all those connectors and excess wiring under the pod was a pain, I had to trim a bunch out of the back of the OEM pillar to fit everything. I also thought I would be able to configure them serially (both still attatched to the cables) but the software only allows you to do 1 guage at time, which was even more of a pain 'cause I had to unhook the top guage from the bottom one while in the pillar.