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Sorry of my late response, I've been out of town for three days.

After reading all your mails now I can see clearly; for me it looks like 
the JP Instruments has  bought the VMS for possibly eliminating a 
competitor. Such things everyone knows, this happens day by day in business 
life and can be accepted without further ado if it is a matter of kitchen 
utensils or baby napkins. In my opinion in aviation it cannot be. Our planes 
are flying at least for twenty or thirty years and for that time we depend 
on replacement parts as well as required support to the whole equiment. In 
that case a company just cannot be allowed to bleed! Of course, I also 
contacted JP Instruments, but they had no no no  interest at all in helping 
me. The only person who tried to support me each time I called was Ottis 
Cameron from VMS (a very kind man), but he also obvisually could not move 
anything inside the VMS company.

In view of the fact that I live  4500 NM north/west of Texas I cannot make 
things going on and so I decided to wait some more weeks, but certainly not 
10 more months like Mike Aarons! From the Austrian Authorities I will not 
get a permission to fly without any working fuel level system. So, if I 
cannot receive my fuel level calibration from VMS I consequently have no 
other way than throwing the VM1000 including EC100 and the Fuel Level System 
to the rubbish heap and then install a new system. I still don't know what 
kind of system it may be but one thing I know exactly: this system will not 
be from VMS and  never never never never never never never a product of  JP 
Instruments.

Ronald Heidegger
Austria

Lancair Super ES
yesterday 99,99%  within a few weeks 95%


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lancair" <lancair@USTEK.COM>
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 6:37 AM
Subject: [LML] Re: Fw: VisionMicrosystems


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Subject: [LML] Fw: VisionMicrosystems
Does anyone know what's going on with Vision Microsystems????????
Ronald Heidegger,  Austria
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Had a very informative conversation with Mr. Ottis Cameron at VMS.  He
painted a very clear picture and it ain't good.  Vision Micro Systems is
now just a sales and marketing group located in Texas.  All engineering
is done at the partent company, JP Instruments.  JPI is quite busy
developing new products and selling current models, and they have
effectively withdrawn support for the older models like the VM-1000.

The early VM-1000 were rather basic and fuel quantity was not designed
as an integral part: it was a custom add-on.  That function requires a
EPROM to be programmed with specifics about the engine and fuel system.
There was a burner that should have been shipped to the new VMS
facility, but it is still in pieces and anyway there is no one there to
use it.

The engineers at JPI do not have time to write code and program the chip
for new engine and fuel combinations.  However it could be possible for
them to cut and paste from a similar setup used on another aircraft.
They just see no motivation to do so right now.  The official corporate
line is that they MAY have that capability SOMEDAY.  Anyone willing to
bet on that?

So it sounds like builders with a VM-1000 have an orphan with limited
use.  Badgering VMS will do no good - they are powerless in this
situation.  JPI does not want to be associated with it and they do not
want to field any phone calls and e-mails about it.  I called JPI and
they immediately tried to get me to call Ottis in TX.

Hmmmm - so if the wheel gets squeeky might it get some grease?  Fellow
Lancarians, could we help brother Ronald and send a note to the JPI
folks asking for them to help him?  Headline:  JP Instruments abandons
owners of Vision Micro Systems!

Contacts I found were:

Kristie, Sales Manager: kristie@jpitech.com
Joe Polizoto, owner

and

JP Instruments
Technical Support Department
3185-B Airway Ave.
Costa Mesa CA 92626-4601 USA
Ph: (714) 557-3805,  Fax: (714) 557-9840


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