Fascinating. I did not even know the newer models had ambient temperature display. Now I want a new Concours!
Maybe it calculates in deg C and converts
Maybe it calculates in deg C and converts
I rejected that thought a while ago because it wouldn't explain the odd/even thing. Looking at a table, you can see either truncated or rounded Celcius conversions would still result in odd and even numbers in F.
http://www.temperatureworld.com/ctable1.htm
Just a guess but I think this is correct. I have observed the exact same thing as you Max. For awhile I thought it only displayed in odd temps. But then I would see it even a few times. I have noticed on my Ducati CC when you bump the accel button sometimes it does not read 1 mph higher but sometimes it does. I think it is bumping by 1 kph but I have it is displaying in mph. I think something similar may be going on with the outside temp display on the C14.
It is possible that with certain rounding methods, truncation, or even floating point anomalies, it might keep the numbers even or odd throughout a certain RANGE that is big enough to fool us most of the time. It it is quite possible that on any one trip, one could find themselves only in that range and see only odd or only even numbers.
The "temp at startup" with 2 degree granularity VS. the strange C to F conversion could be easily proven/disproven if someone can verify they have, indeed, seen BOTH odd and even temps without restarting the engine. I can't be 100% sure I haven't seen both, even if it is really rare. I will keep an eye out for it, though
I suppose another good test would be for people to report what it does when the display is put into Celsius units. I have never done so (and really don't wish to, since I can't think in C), but if it moves in single degree C numbers (both odd and even), it lends even more credibility to it being due to strange C to F conversion...
First world problems! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_problem
Maybe it calculates in deg C and converts
I didn't notice the startup state much but the running values were certainly odd numbers MUCH more often than even numbers. If I had to guess 10 to 1 odd to even.
It is possible that with certain rounding methods, truncation, or even floating point anomalies, it might keep the numbers even or odd throughout a certain RANGE that is big enough to fool us most of the time. It it is quite possible that on any one trip, one could find themselves only in that range and see only odd or only even numbers.
The "temp at startup" with 2 degree granularity VS. the strange C to F conversion could be easily proven/disproven if someone can verify they have, indeed, seen BOTH odd and even temps without restarting the engine. I can't be 100% sure I haven't seen both, even if it is really rare. I will keep an eye out for it, though
I suppose another good test would be for people to report what it does when the display is put into Celsius units. I have never done so (and really don't wish to, since I can't think in C), but if it moves in single degree C numbers (both odd and even), it lends even more credibility to it being due to strange C to F conversion...
First world problems! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_problem
When in dec C mode the temp goes up and down in 1 deg C increments
Max, I betcha a dollar you did NOT see 42, 44, 49, or 53 degrees Fahrenheit. EVAH.
$1 US in the mail for each of those temps.
You guys sure want to make up some complicated stuff to explain something quite simple.
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