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Good to see the Desktop PC of awesomeness! hehe XDKitch wrote:Havent really progessed much since last weeks startup, although I powered up my ECU, and tried to see if it would fire the new coils.
No luck. dug a bit deeper, and looks like no signal from VR sensor, hence no RPM signal and no spark.
played around a bit with my bodgey bracket, and looks like I had wrong polarity to sensor, and too much clearance to the trigger wheel (was about 3-4mm). need to make up a sturdy bracket to get down to 0.5-1mm.
Also finally got the Toyota TPS working, weird setup. 5V ref signal + Signal return + earth, but took be ages to work out that the 4 pin plug, has a terminal blanked off on the TPS, turned out that one was the variable signal! so the one I thought was signal must have been just the idle reference signal I think, Toyota 4AGE must work differently? or maybe I have done it wrong still? but it seems to work properly.
Bit of a mess, trying to test everything, there are wires for africa.
Kitch wrote:The PC has two purposes Nick,
A) It is the only computer I have that has a Serial port to connect to the ECU (both my laptops dont)
B) When I am sitting on drivers side, it simulates the weight of a passenger so car sits even when I am working on it
You can pick up a USB to Serial cable (per jeremiahnz's suggestion) from Dick Smiths or the like, if the mood strikes you 
Real? hop eI dont have the same probs with my MS what version is yours?Kitch wrote:yeah I got a serial / USB adaptor, but couldnt get it to work, apparently the MS is a bit fussy with the cable adaptor.
had problem installing the drivers for the adaptor too, wasted an hour or so, so gave up and threw in old "clunky" desktop PC
Yeah they can be a bit temperamental and the drivers often are terrible. We use them at work a lot..... I'll be trying to get one going when I tune my MS as I don't have serial on my laptop and all my 1990's computers are in the binKitch wrote:yeah I got a serial / USB adaptor, but couldnt get it to work, apparently the MS is a bit fussy with the cable adaptor.
had problem installing the drivers for the adaptor too, wasted an hour or so, so gave up and threw in old "clunky" desktop PC
