X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost06.isp.att.net ([207.115.11.56] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.4) with ESMTP id 4179146 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:53:57 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=207.115.11.56; envelope-from=bbradburry@bellsouth.net Received: from desktop (adsl-230-67-114.mco.bellsouth.net[74.230.67.114]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc06) with SMTP id <20100326015319H06009uiabe>; Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:53:19 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [74.230.67.114] From: "Bill Bradburry" To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: EM-2 alarms for Tracy Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:53:23 -0400 Message-ID: <32589ECFF0CC42D3A81F1B81A0D8FDFC@Desktop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0030_01CACC65.97E98FF0" X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcrMeaG7SXoMov/4RdClQQjP/lZy1QADWfxQ X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.0.6001.18049 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01CACC65.97E98FF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dang that sucker is smart!! Thanks, Tracy! _____ From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Tracy Crook Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 8:16 PM To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: EM-2 alarms for Tracy The EM2 knows that you haven't started the engine yet and it doesn't think you need to be bothered with a flashing alarm about low oil pressure and other out of limit things until after you do. Tracy On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Bill Bradburry wrote: Tracy, I didn't initially hook up the alarm light on my system as I was concerned that it would be going off all the time while I got everything working. Well today I hooked it up. I wired P3-10 to the positive on a 5V LED and P3-2 to the negative side. When I turned the EM-2 on, the light did not light. The voltage was low and was flashing, but the alarm light was silent on the issue. I did not have the EC-2 turned on and the engine was (of course) not running. Just the EM-2 was on. Is this expected behavior? I thought the alarm would go off if anything was out of its setting. The voltage was low so at least something was out. (I am not concerned about this as I have a low voltage monitor which was telling me at the time that I had low voltage.) Thanks, Bill B ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01CACC65.97E98FF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Dang that sucker is smart!!

 

Thanks, Tracy! 

 

From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Tracy Crook
Sent: Thursday, March 25, = 2010 8:16 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: = EM-2 alarms for Tracy

The EM2  = knows that you haven't started the engine yet and it doesn't think you need to be = bothered with a flashing alarm about low oil pressure and other out of limit = things until after you do.

Tracy


On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 7:51 PM, Bill Bradburry <bbradburry@bellsouth.net>= wrote:

 Tracy,

I = didn’t initially hook up the alarm light on my system as I was concerned that = it would be going off all the time while I got everything working.  Well = today I hooked it up.  I wired P3-10 to the positive on a 5V LED and P3-2 = to the negative side.  When I turned the EM-2 on, the light did not = light.  The voltage was low and was flashing, but the alarm light was silent on = the issue.  I did not have the EC-2 turned on and the engine was (of = course) not running.  Just the EM-2 was on.

 

Is = this expected behavior?  I thought the alarm would go off if anything was out of = its setting.  The voltage was low so at least something was out.  = (I am not concerned about this as I have a low voltage monitor which was = telling me at the time that I had low voltage.)

 

Thanks,

Bill = B

 

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