The PVCX was the first flash device for the Indian Motorcycle developed by Dynojet. Dynojet engineers squeezed out amazing performance for this device, ultimately providing a means of capturing the CANBus data available on the Indian. It did have limits on logging, one of them was around 17 minutes worth of recording time per log. If you are logging with the PVCX, then the following are guidelines:
How to begin recording logs with the PVCX:
To begin capturing logs on the PVCX, mount or place the PVCX in a place you can get to easily. Keep the PVCX connected to the diagnostic port while logging. Turn on the power switch to your bike. When the PVCX's 4 display panels come up with values displaying, start your bike.
To begin recording/logging, please first warm up the bike with about a 5 minute ride, this is important that the engine is at full operating condition. Furthermore, it is important to ride for about 5 minutes every time your start your engine before recording, this is true even if the engine is hot. The enrichment circuit is active for a fairly long time after start/re-starts.
Once you are past the enrichment mode, press the middle button on the PVCX. The display will say "Recording" and the Green LED light will turn on. If the Green LED light is not on, then it is not recording. Make sure nothing can bump the middle button as you ride.
The PVCX will stop automatically when the log file reaches 512kB or up to 17 minutes. You can stop it manually by pressing the middle button. The Green LED will go off and the display will say "Recorded LOG0x.CXL". You can start a second log by pressing the middle button if so desired. The file name of the log file will automatically increment to the next number, i.e. LOG01.CXL, LOG02.CXL, etc.
DO NOT turn off the engine if you are still recording, the file will be lost. I always make sure the Green light is off or I hit the middle button to save the log and stop recording before I turn the Power Button off.
Note, if one or more logs are 1k bytes long, that means it started then stopped immediately. This is from the PVCX detecting a double press (it needs better debouncing). So, look at the Green LED light on the PVCX, if it is not lit, then you are not recording. I always check this light to know when to start recording again too. (I had my PVCX mounted on the handlebars, but you can place yours anywhere you can reach and/or see it.
Once you have capture 1 or 2 full logs, you are ready to copy them over to the computer to be processed with the Power Core Software Suite.