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by faraday
Tue Mar 16, 2010 11:31 pm
Forum: General software support
Topic: DL1 configuration start-stop-control
Replies: 10
Views: 16763

Markus, please elaborate:

Have log files been created, or were you just concerned because of LED activity :?:
by faraday
Thu Sep 03, 2009 1:08 am
Forum: General support questions
Topic: GPS lock LED flickering
Replies: 3
Views: 7057

I can't recall the production version/firmware details, but the GPS status in some cases indicates the number of satellites locked.
by faraday
Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:43 pm
Forum: Sensor-related questions
Topic: Vauxhall speed transducer - where am I going wrong
Replies: 5
Views: 13595

GT means gear tooth, but given the complexity mounting one in an automotive gearbox that hasn't been designed from scratch for such a thing, it would be easier to mount them on individual wheels. This should be what you're trying to measure anyway. The other problem you may well have, if you where t...
by faraday
Sat Jul 04, 2009 1:56 am
Forum: General software support
Topic: Calculating Fuel used
Replies: 6
Views: 12450

Not just pressure, but temperature as well. The first thing you need to do is characterise the injectors, preferably individually, to voltage. Some ECUs will not offer user access to apply this information anyway. I hope all have some built in voltage compensation. Fuel delivery is not actually prop...
by faraday
Mon Jun 29, 2009 1:44 am
Forum: Sensor-related questions
Topic: Measure gearbox Temperature
Replies: 1
Views: 7980

It is possible to buy thermocouples in the form of a washer that you install under the head of a bolt or nut. Cylinder head temperature sensors are traditionally a special case of this technique. They replace the sparkplug washer. Thermocouple (TC) outputs need to be amplified for all but special pu...
by faraday
Sun Jun 14, 2009 4:23 am
Forum: General software support
Topic: USB to serial port adapter issues with VISTA OS
Replies: 12
Views: 21068

You may have done this already... If not, rename the port to the same COM number that works on the desktop. Check that the Baud rate is the same too.
Good luck
by faraday
Mon Jun 08, 2009 3:13 am
Forum: Installation questions
Topic: Reflash DL1 Firmware from Data Card (not Com port)
Replies: 4
Views: 10423

Keyspan and Tripp is not too visible in Australia. It looks better than the cheaper stuff on the market.

Does the USB/Serial adaptor cable work as well as the expensive PCMCIA devices?
They are difficult to source here as well.
by faraday
Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:36 am
Forum: Installation questions
Topic: mounting orientation of DL1
Replies: 2
Views: 8414

Note that on a bike, much of the accelerometer data can be misleading. For mapping analysis, you should disable the accelerometers. The GPS will do the job for you, with the DL1 mounted in any orientation. Just make sure that it is not too close to sources of EMI.Same goes for the routing of the ant...
by faraday
Thu Jun 04, 2009 3:23 am
Forum: Sensor-related questions
Topic: 0 - 5 Volt sensors - Loss of resolution with 0 - 12 Volt ip?
Replies: 9
Views: 24755

Many young engineers think in black and white and lust for a squillion significant figures. Real life, which includes inanimate machines and the measurement there, of just ain't like that. Lawyers are not the only chaps dealing with grey areas. The same applies to the documentation Nevertheless, as ...
by faraday
Wed Jun 03, 2009 5:07 pm
Forum: Sensor-related questions
Topic: 0 - 5 Volt sensors - Loss of resolution with 0 - 12 Volt ip?
Replies: 9
Views: 24755

Perhaps all I share with Faraday is his christian name, but we should all aspire to achieve as much as he did. As a student more from the sciences than humanities and to my detriment now a mechanical engineer, I was aware of Faraday and "his" cage. Thirteen years ago, I adopted our current...
by faraday
Wed Jun 03, 2009 3:03 pm
Forum: Sensor-related questions
Topic: 0 - 5 Volt sensors - Loss of resolution with 0 - 12 Volt ip?
Replies: 9
Views: 24755

I hope your SADs are improving with some increased sun (northern hemishere, I presume, unlike myself). My mood slipped somewhat when we lost the 0-5 V inputs the early DL1s had. An economy measure, no doubt, but perhaps justifiable when the price of a DL1 is considered. Look at your problem from the...
by faraday
Sat May 30, 2009 12:32 am
Forum: General support questions
Topic: Minimum pulse width on DL1/DL2 RPM input?
Replies: 5
Views: 9217

When you say magnet, I think of an inductive pickup, which will generate an increasing voltage when the revs rise. I would expect this would stay in whatever the range might be, but perhaps... I recall seeing a specification somewhere in R-T literature... My experience with sensors/triggers other th...
by faraday
Fri May 29, 2009 11:59 pm
Forum: General support questions
Topic: Forum software
Replies: 4
Views: 8035

Dan, you are not alone. I doubt that the problem will fix itself. My "service" degraded to the extent that my login details were not remembered. Other sites did not suffer, however. My machine was getting sluggish with close to full drives. Addressing that didn't fix performance, so I did ...
by faraday
Fri May 01, 2009 7:40 am
Forum: General support questions
Topic: Dash2 displays New Marker with formatted compact flash
Replies: 6
Views: 10403

Ta.
Fine apart from a dicky knee from coaching assistance to U/12 footy :oops:
by faraday
Fri May 01, 2009 12:06 am
Forum: General support questions
Topic: Dash2 displays New Marker with formatted compact flash
Replies: 6
Views: 10403

Nice, but when I say my car, I'm the engineer, not the driver. It's difficult to reach into this GT style race car, even if you can be next to it when it leaves the pits... I often do data for several cars at a meeting, usually in the one category. Invariably the driver is the car owner, with assort...

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