A condition is an object that changes depending on the OBD-II value.  The condition has two child objects:  a true container and a false container.  If the condition you set reads as true, the true container will be rendered.  If the condition is not true, the false container will be rendered.  One example is an RPM gauge with a background that turns red when the RPMs go over 6,000.  The condition could be set up so that if the RPMs read 5999 or below, the background will be gray.  If not (if the condition is false), the background will be red.  The true container then would hold a gray gauge background, and the false container would hold a red gauge.

A condition should be read so that "If (PID value) is (operator) to (condition value) then (show container for "true").  If not then (show container for "false")."  In the example above, you would set the operator to "Less than or equal to."  The condition value would be 5999. 

Since the containers are empty by default, you will need to add the objects you desire to each one.  To add an object to a container, right-click it in the Dashboard Object View window, go to Add Object, then select the object you wish to add.  For more information on containers, click here.

You can use two conditions and link them together as an "AND" statement or keep them separate as an "OR" statement.  Condition 1 and its corresponding OBD-II value is always active.  If you choose to enter only one condition, it must be entered under Condition 1.  To add a second condition using the same true and false containers, operator, and condition value, first use the Logic Operator on the Properties window just beneath Condition 2.  To activate the second condition, make one of these selections:

• AND- Select this if you want the container "true" to be rendered only if both of these conditions are met.
• OR- Select this if you want the container "true" to be rendered if either of these conditions are met.

To test your condition, turn on the needle tester by checking its box on the left of its window.  As you scroll across from left to right, the left side will show what happens if the condition is true and the right side will switch the condition to false.

Like all other objects, the condition (and its containers) can be edited by selecting it in the Dashboard Object View window and modifying it in the Properties window.  Here are the condition's properties that can be edited: