Return-Path: Received: from rokland5.awh.us ([67.15.10.31] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP-TLS id 796150 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:11:21 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=67.15.10.31; envelope-from=bob@bob-white.com Received: from bgp01386375bgs.brodwy01.nm.comcast.net ([68.35.160.229]:33044 helo=quail) by rokland5.awh.us with smtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DBc2S-0002N5-6T for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:10:32 -0600 Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:10:30 -0700 From: Bob White To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: EC2 auto program Message-Id: <20050316101030.3cae683b.bob@bob-white.com> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.9.6 (GTK+ 2.4.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - rokland5.awh.us X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lancaironline.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - bob-white.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Hi Tracy, Sounds great. Put me on the list for upgraded EM2 and EC2 chips as soon as they are available. Is the new "Cold Start" feature included also? You may have this whole set-up thing idiot proof by the time I get my engine running! Bob (need all the help I can get) White On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:22:20 -0500 "Tracy Crook" wrote: > MessageThe EC2 with the auto programming mode hardware is in layout at the PC assembly facility that I use. Today's test is an alternate approach that uses the EM2 to monitor mixture and calculate MAP table corrections. It then sends the corrections over the serial data link to the EC2. > > The good news is that this approach will allow current EC2s to auto program if it is connected to an EM2 with the new feature. Old EM2s will be upgradeable to auto program. > > Conceptually, auto programming was fairly easy to do. The hard part was making it relatively goof-proof. Some of the aftermarket automotive EFI units have an auto program mode but Bruce Turrentine found that they were so error prone as to be unusable. Experienced help was almost always needed to set them up correctly. > > Tracy (hoping real world results are as good as bench tests indicate) -- http://www.bob-white.com N93BD - Rotary Powered BD-4 (real soon)