Beginners SimHub Nextion Dashboard Setup Guide! [STEP-BY-STEP] [SIM RACING HARDWARE]

[@SimRacingCorner]

▶▶ You can support me on Patreon: www.patreon.com/simracingcorner ▶ 3.5" Basic Nextion Display: www.banggood.com/custlink/KD3yYz2Lzk ▶ Nextion displays on eBay: ebay.to/2VNemaB ▶ USB to TTL TTL Serial Adaptor: (AmazonUK)amzn.to/3ix6T9z (AmazonUS)amzn.to/2NSVeDY ▶ USB to TTL Serial Adaptor eBay: ebay.to/3f1Bwll ▶ SimHub: www.simhubdash.com/ ▶ 3D printed enclosure model: www.thingiverse.com/thing:1527472

[@patrikboubin8083]

Hi, it tells me it cannot open the COM i use. and in the device mannager it says PL2303HXA PHASED OUT SINCE 2012. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SUPPLIER

[@SimRacingCorner]

@@patrikboubin8083 I cover USB to TTL Serial Adaptor compatibility in the video. Sorry, I don't have time to answer further questions. That's the idea of this video tutorial.

[@patrikboubin8083]

Oh okay, imma try it if it doesnt work imma just refund it before the time is out.

[@patrikboubin8083]

Didn’ fookin realize it could be this im so stupid xd i used old one from old school which we used on lynux. Thank you man😂

[@thomasherbrig4951]

I watched this video recently and based on this I bought such a display. Later I have seen that the Nextion Plug in is depreciated. This is not your fault. I missed this. It was very difficult to bring the Nextion display to life. Uploading to the device worked from the beginning. No problem with this. But there was no communication between Simhub and the Display. After a lot of searching I found the solution. I had to change the baud rate to 115200 instead of 9600 (seems to be the default). Before uploading I had to change the settings of the program in the Nextion Editor to 115200. An in the debug mode I had to send a command bauds=115200 to the device. Then it worked. Just if somebody else has the same issue. Works great although depreciated.

[@tiririca2345]

Here you put this 115200?

[@Y2BuToNz]

Thanks for doing these tutorials on Simhub, the community appreciates it! Nice templates ;)

[@SimRacingCorner]

Hmmm, your name seems familiar!!!... And thanks for making those great templates.👍

[@canadian2fur532]

Just bought one of these because of your channel! Can’t wait!

[@SimRacingCorner]

Nice. Hope you enjoy it!

[@canadian2fur532]

Sim Racing Corner your channel is a hidden gem 👍 not many channels go in depth with building DIY sim gear. Next one I want to try is the pro gauge controller with multiple gauges only down fall is that controller is in Europe and I’d rather find something closer to home. Anyways keep up the fantastic work my dude! 👍

[@SimRacingCorner]

@@canadian2fur532 Thanks Jeremy, appreciate it. I'm using a few gadgets from Symprojects (not the pro gauge), their approach to plug and play simplicity and the intuitive software is very good.

[@Trainboy2005]

Hi, have you tried using a Arduino Micro Pro for this? Trying to get it working but it won't recognize the display. Thanks!

[@gregpruitt1647]

Thank you very much. This looks far easier than I had considered.

[@daviddomene8072]

Hello friend, could you help me? I have a 5-inch nextion screen and I want to connect it to simhub, I follow all your steps, I connect the screen to simhub but it does nothing, it stays with the dashboard image frozen

[@muago222]

is there a dashboard for a 3.2"" display??

[@liciopet3047]

Great tutorial, I bought the 4.3 nextion screen, I open nextion editor and when I upload my dashboard I just see 1 page and if I touch the screen nothing happen. Any suggestions to what to do? Thanks a lot

[@domainexpansion6438]

Is it necessary to use nextion screens? Or are there other options?

[@fpsalien]

Sim Dashboard

[@stu0050]

Thanks for the great setup guide. Will you be doing one to show how to add LED's to this kind of setup ?

[@SimRacingCorner]

I don't have any immediate plans for that Stuart, I have other projects on the go right now. But there is a good chance I will look at this at some point.

[@marcosevera5868]

Thank you, you are very kind and helpful, I looked on race department but there are for the 4.3 "and 3.2" display. I see little or nothing for 3.5, most of the downloads have been removed.

[@SimRacingCorner]

Nextion dashboards can be hard to find. A general google search may reveal a few more out there, but they're spread out rather than a single place to find them.

[@goticalejo]

Great video, excellent explanation, big fan of your channel, keep it up! 🔥🔥🔥

[@SimRacingCorner]

Appreciate it!

[@shelsmith2001]

Great tutorial. Really easy to follow...many thanks!

[@SimRacingCorner]

You're very welcome!

[@yasirshahzad3732]

@@SimRacingCorner I downlaoded the latest version but didn't get these templates

[@SimRacingCorner]

@@yasirshahzad3732 That's how I got these, that's as much as I can tell you.

[@GaryVapes]

Nice one mate! Thanks for your efforts 👍🏻

[@Serubal]

I watched your video and see you have the same issue. I recognize if you are shifting, the nextion display shows allways an N between the gears. Are there any idears to eliminat this? Is this specific to ACC?

[@SimRacingCorner]

This occurs in all titles. In fact also on my Leo Bodnar SLI-M which isn't driven by SimHub. Shifting between gears is passing neutral in between those gears so it's being registered. So it's down to the game output telemetry, not the display fault.

[@radityaindera3442]

Nice tutorial. One question can we change the idle wallpaper to something else? Like our own logo for example. If so where can we change it?

[@SimRacingCorner]

You can, you have you search around in the Nextion editor for the asset and replace it.

[@victorstory8995]

Good morning mate! how do i create nextion screen software to communicate with an elm327 mini scanner? could you give me a tip please?

[@scottkostric8379]

That makes like much more simple cheers. Do you know if the usb to TTL works with the current gen nextions?

[@chrisbarker5336]

Nice vid and a great channel 👍🏻

[@SimRacingCorner]

Thanks 👍

[@jordyschellekens997]

I have a error, Nextion not found... how can I fix that?

[@wreck.create.MAK0]

when it came to uploading the dashes- mine just hangs out- tried using SD cards- and then it says its in the wrong format- when it s in fat32. got issues!

[@gregorypruitt5068]

Excellent video. I have been looking at these for some time. Currently, I use a Anrdoid phone with another sim dashboard type application. Can you describe why I may want to use this solution rather than the Android phone solution I currently use? Thanks for doing this video.

[@SimRacingCorner]

It's just a different thing doing a similar job. There's no practical reason to swap from an Android phone app.

[@gregorypruitt5068]

@@SimRacingCorner What does it cost to build this kind of sim dash device? In the video, you indicated that more than one of these devices can run with the sim. What are examples of the various types of devices?

[@SimRacingCorner]

There are links in the description of the parts required. Depends on the screen size changes the cost. It's cheap. You can run multiple Nextion screens at once. So the same as this, with different dash info if you wish.

[@kresleymoura]

Great video, mine it’s saying “file version is to low” do you know why? Tks.

[@dutchdrawing]

Same here, did you ever find a fix?

[@skaven6663]

Great video , thank you .

[@guilhermedocarmofarah3050]

Can u give me the download link for the dashboard please? cant find it anywhere

[@olivergiroux517]

My TFT file won’t open, it asks what I want to open the file with

[@FabioRocha316]

great tutorial, thank you so much

[@SimRacingCorner]

You're welcome fella

[@mickaeldavid1304]

Hi, maybe it is a dumb questions but what would be the avantage of a nextion over using a used mobile phone that simhub supports as well?

[@SimRacingCorner]

The overall size profile of the Nextion and different screen size options make it ideal for DIY wheel plate projects.

[@mickaeldavid1304]

@@SimRacingCorner Right, it makes sens. Thanks for the reply !

[@bmxer480]

I am hoping you can help, everything works like you said except when I go to load the dashboard. It tells me file version is too low

[@derekwynn1452]

Did you ever figure this out?

[@wulfblakevonkampfar5989]

Sir I don't have COM10 but just COM1, It miss something but I didn't find anything

[@Hyperoblio]

Hi. where i find the simhub dashboard files porsche gt3? tnx

[@zumTobel1]

is there any option that i bring the display back to factory reset? i cant find anything in the internet. thx

[@SimRacingCorner]

You're effectively overwriting the onboard flash memory when you upload to the Nextion. So you'll need the original code to rewrite it to the factory state.

[@namitox1402]

Do it work on PS 5 and F1 22? I have the Simhub App and can see telemetrie data on Android Smartphone...is this the same ?

[@SimRacingCorner]

SimHub only works on PC. The Android app communicates with the PC client.

[@07kyroblox72]

Is it a must to use Nextion monitors?

[@SimRacingCorner]

No, it's just one of the options.

[@07kyroblox72]

@@SimRacingCorner so I could like use a third party monitor and use the Nextion system?

[@07kyroblox72]

@@SimRacingCorner that’s the part which i’m unsure of haha

[@J273]

Sorry this may be a daft question? Do you need simhub running on your pc for this to work or is it run off the SD card on the nextion itself? Thanks

[@SimRacingCorner]

SimHub needs to be running too.

[@Simlife101]

Yes pc needs to running sim hub

[@simracer9188]

hey, I got the nextion 4.3 and also a Arduino nano but i cant figure out how to make them work together. I followed you guide but when trying to upload i got "nextion not found" i suspect that the reason is that its a Arduino clone as i only got (com 1 and com 4) to show up not com 10. do you have any idea if this is even possible to connect it using a Arduino nano.

[@SimRacingCorner]

I don't know, I haven't tried using any type of Arduino with the Nextion.

[@simracer9188]

@@SimRacingCorner I figured it out! so if anyone want to do the same and connect a Arduino to a nextion display then do the following: 1.instead of connecting RX - TX and TX - RX you have to connect RX - RX and TX -TX. 2. use a jumper cable and connect RST to ground. the rest of the steps are all the same. Btw touch screen also works :)

[@alessiomessina2422]

with NEXTION NX4024K032 it gives me an error

[@hugoandersson5627]

Will it still work if you change pc

[@SimRacingCorner]

Yes

[@taranagnew436]

what's the diffrance between basic and enhanced versions of the display's?

[@SimRacingCorner]

This will help ----> kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqW7dHaHfJWba9k

[@taranagnew436]

@@SimRacingCorner thx

[@tobiasosterlin5139]

Hey. Keeping my fingers crossed you still watch comments for this video :) I'm building myself a GTE PRO wheel. Got LEDs sorted and the template is up and runnning on my nextion. I follow your guide but the screen wont react when im ingame. What could be wrong?

[@SimRacingCorner]

I do read the comments, I can't offer an answer to why it's not working for you. I can only suggest you post the question on the SimHub website forum.

[@seekyou]

i have the same issue. could be that last revision of nextion are not compatible anymore with simhub. so you have to switch to other solutions

[@guingui1253]

Hi! Nice vid, my problem is that I purchased my dash “just ready to connect” but when I connect the usb to my pc, the screen shows just an image that the seller put. Any help would be great

[@guingui1253]

Pd. I play on console

[@SimRacingCorner]

You should contact the seller

[@Simlife101]

@@guingui1253 well it won't work you need sim hub running which on supports pc

[@marcosevera5868]

Hi I got a nextion 3.5 for space reasons but I saw that in the nextion editor in the template folder there are only two car models, it would be of great help to be able to find them, I normally use ACC with ferrari 488 you can help me with this. Thanks in advance Marco.

[@SimRacingCorner]

C:\Program Files (x86)\SimHub\NextionTemplate\BuToNz - Nextion Template Pack v1\3.5

[@chiragjeram]

nice video, is free version of simhub enough for sim racing?

[@SimRacingCorner]

The free version locks down the Nextion to a lower refresh rate so it's best buy a license. It's donationware so you pretty much pick the price, so it's not a lot.

[@MRSPORTYTRUCKER]

At 5:22 you can just hit the upload button, it does all of that automatically lol

[@michelevitarelli]

Where can we purchase one of these displays?

[@SimRacingCorner]

Hi, I've included links in the video description to cover that.👍

[@Zerohunt3r]

Hi use u very good Tutorial. but by upload i have a problem. "unable to open Port COMXX". Any Idea to fix it ?

[@SimRacingCorner]

What USB to TTL Serial Adaptor are you using?

[@Zerohunt3r]

@@SimRacingCorner I found my fold. I connect the adapter on a hub. On PC direkt it works.

[@SimRacingCorner]

@@Zerohunt3r Awesome, that's a good tip to know.

[@yasirshahzad3732]

4:22 form where did you get these SIMHUB templates?

[@SimRacingCorner]

They come with SimHub

[@pmm4177]

so is it possible this would be ps4 compatible?

[@SimRacingCorner]

No

[@jamescovert5658]

What was on the screen that gave other cars position around you? or was that part of the game?

[@SimRacingCorner]

It's a SimHub overlay kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWS6i4OQbclld7s

[@Simlife101]

@@SimRacingCorner I think you got confused or maybe pushing videos lol joke. That radar is built into ACC so in game not due to sim hub.

[@Simlife101]

@@SimRacingCorner He means the radar built into ACC

[@SimRacingCorner]

@@Simlife101 You're right, I didn't rewatch the clip. I am often asked about the SimHub radar that's always visible in the racing videos, I took it for granted that what he was asking.

[@Simlife101]

@@SimRacingCorner I understand and would be difficult and time consuming to look up every video just to see what the person is referring too.

[@lemiastkuosky]

What is the best screen to use? HDMI format or using Nextion with Arduino? what's your choice?

[@SimRacingCorner]

It's not a binary answer as it depends on your use case, in fact I use a Nextion and an HDMI screen. You can see them operating in my sim racing video playlist.

[@zumTobel1]

nice vid, and thx for the efforts. 👍 and im wondering if its posible to do on the samo way with a arduino uno? coz the uno has the samo pins (5v,GND,RX,TX) ???

[@SimRacingCorner]

Yes, you can. The only reason you might want to use an Arduino is if you want to add rev light/shift LEDs to your display. Of course, you'll need to program the Arduino for all this to work. You can find stuff online on this type of configuration.

[@zumTobel1]

@@SimRacingCorner so i can put the display and the rgb (rpm strip) to one arduino uno? or then i need 2?

[@SimRacingCorner]

Just a single Arduino board would be required. github.com/SHWotever/SimHub/wiki/Nextion-Display#wiring-nextion-through-an-arduino-micro

[@zumTobel1]

@@SimRacingCorner thx man. 💪💪👍

[@lifzz-gv1sx]

@@SimRacingCorner i couldnt understand by just reading it, i really need a recorded tutorial soldering and coding

[@dog3665]

will the dashboard work with Z1 software.

[@SimRacingCorner]

No, as the Nextion can not take a direct video feed from the PC, the dashboard is uploaded to and stored on the Nextion memory. Z1 Dashboard just creates a windowed dashboard on your desktop which you can move around or present on another monitor.

[@willcannon1350]

Could you tell me if there is a way to edit/make a display that shows custom info from iRacing I choose Fuel gear, laps, remaining tire wear ,lap times

[@SimRacingCorner]

You can, it's not simple, but there are video tutorials on KZbin to learn this.

[@jorgeponfe]

thank a lot !!!

[@SimRacingCorner]

You're welcome!

[@dialledin7036]

Hoping you can help, I’ve got no driver on my nextion and a yellow exclamation mark symbol. What do I do from here? Thanks

[@SimRacingCorner]

Are you talking about the device manager in Windows?

[@dialledin7036]

@@SimRacingCorner I am yep! I’ve made sure all my wires are in the correct place

[@SimRacingCorner]

Okay, the Serial to USB adaptor is at fault, not the Nextion. In the video, I mention that you need to make sure you have a Windows 10 compatible Serial to USB adaptor. The yellow exclamation mark means it is not. So you need to replace that adaptor. Links in the description to ones that will work.

[@dialledin7036]

@@SimRacingCorner thank you for getting back to me so quick. Appreciate your help!

[@SimRacingCorner]

@@dialledin7036 No worries, have a good one.

[@connorbellracing]

For some reason when I try to upload a dashboard, it says nextion not detected or whatever. I’m talking about the step at around 6:00. I have the screen plugged into a pro micro controller and the screen seems to be working just fine as it shows those intro screens and “tests” while being plugged in. Anyone know what my issue could be?

[@bmxer480]

Switch your TX and rx around

[@jordyschellekens997]

I have the same, do you fix the problem?

[@Speed_Newgarden]

can you use nextion screens with ps4?

[@SimRacingCorner]

No, PC only.

[@marcusroquedasilva991]

Bom dia... Alguém teria um touchscreen 4.2" E qual seria o valor? Ou alguma loja q venda o recerido material. Tipo número do fone, zap ou E-mail

[@leonidarndt]

works with ps4?

[@SimRacingCorner]

No

[@brunohudson4425]

Thank you very much for the tutorial! But I think a tablet size (7) is cheaper than nextion screen! For example The alcatel 1T size (7) tablet ...

[@marcusroquedasilva991]

Boa tarde.. Por favor, alguém pode me ajidar a conseguir um painel touch compatível com o módulo... eDIP240-7

[@Speed_Newgarden]

Can this work with ps4?

[@bertalanmarosvolgyi1664]

no, it needs the simhub software.

[@Speed_Newgarden]

@@bertalanmarosvolgyi1664 simhub works on ps4 via a mobile phone but i want to use a screen instead

[@bertalanmarosvolgyi1664]

@@Speed_Newgarden yeah it kinda works on a phone, but the ps4 doesnt have a simhub program on it, and you need it for a display

[@bertram-raven]

Nextion support is now dropped in SimHub.

[@Chris-8888]

Working for ps4?

[@SimRacingCorner]

No

[@Chris-8888]

@@SimRacingCorner thank you for the quick response

[@passionaviation1741]

so i followed all the steps. but for some reason when the game is running , the values aren't changing :(

[@seekyou]

i have the same issue. could be that last revision of nextion are not compatible anymore with simhub. so you have to switch to other solutions

[@passionaviation1741]

@@seekyou like other screen?

[@marcosevera5868]

sorry I think I explained myself wrong, I found the folder but for the 3.5 display there are only two templates 599xxx and mp4, I wanted to know if there was a way to find others for this display. I hope you can tell me where. Thank you again Marco

[@SimRacingCorner]

That's the only templates included with SimHub. You can find more here: www.racedepartment.com/tags/nextion/

[@superisaac3303]

my stupid thing doesn't even work