Mailing List flyrotary@lancaironline.net Message #38838
From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] now, nice purchase...now EM2 AGAIN <sigh>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 06:10:28 -0400
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Chris,
It all looks very familiar, but I did not find the answer. I'm starting to think that the long wire runs we have to make for our pusher installations have something to do with it? My wiring was done by an retired electronics professional and was first class. At the beginning I was getting on my EM2 screen characters that looked Japanese? Tracy recommended a filter that solved the problem. Looks like the long wires were picking up some electrical noise?
Wish you good luck.
Buly

On Jul 31, 2007, at 1:07 AM, Christopher Barber wrote:

Also, as stated, I replaced all the buttons and when done the buttons do
seem to work properly (and the old ones worked the same, but like you, my
first thought was the buttons so I changed them all and the abort button
twice...just in case I had a bad new button).  They seem to work properly as
when I push the up button the pages toggle up, I press down and the
direction reverses etc.  I hit button 3, abort, and the screen does go to
the main screen, but only for about one second before returning to the
calibration screen.

I redid all the wire and terminations on all the wires to buttons and the
wires to P3.  You know what an added pain this is with the long runs on a
larger canard.  I don't know if it is relavant, but the behavior is the same
whether I have P2 plugged in or not (I have also made sure the unused
connections listed in the manual needing to be grounded are, as well as
checking my other grounds).  I have not instaled P1 yet.  However, the EM2
was working originally, after a shut down of the engine is when I noticed
the problem, no changes had been made.

 I originally had my up/down on one ground wire to a common ground block and
about/ack to another wire on the same ground block...now they all share a
common ground wire as I believe the manual states, however, the behavior
remained the same regardless.

As of today, all the termination have been redone as they go from the ECU to
the EM2 and all checked for solid connection.  Even though I thought I was
thourough before, I am sure I was more so now.  To my cridit (maybe), the
engine did start right up following my efforts. I have reviewed and
re-reviewed the set up to determine if I am missing something....well, what
I am missing is whatever it is I am missing.  arggh.  Thanks again. Onward
through the fog.

All the best,

Chris


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