Text View is one of the display options in ESP for Elite ECUs. Instead of a graph, it lays the selected tuning table out as a spreadsheet, with every cell showing its value. We use it when we want exact numbers rather than a shape: checking a fuel table cell by cell, copying values between areas, or making small, precise changes on the dyno.
Getting around
- Arrow keys move the selected cell around the table.
- Page Up and Page Down raise and lower the value in the selected cell.
- The cell you've selected is highlighted in blue.
- A blue circle marks where the engine is running in the table right now, so you can see which cells it's actually using.
Watching that circle while the engine runs is the easiest way to be sure you're editing the cells that matter, not ones a few rows away.
What Output Value really means
In the bottom left corner, Output Value shows what this particular table is producing at the current operating point. It's worth understanding its limit: it's only this table's contribution. Corrections from other tables, like temperature or other compensations, can change what the ECU finally uses. If the number the engine gets doesn't match the table, look at the correction tables before assuming the table is wrong.
Use Text View for precision and a graph view to check the overall shape. A table that looks fine as numbers can hide a spike that's obvious in 3D.
For other ways to view a table, see 2D view and 3D view, and for editing techniques read modifying tuning tables.
