A couple of friends and I played several months with the Innovate stuff
for an engine dyno. We sent it back to Innovate twice. Had lots of
problems with RF interference from all sorts of sources. Was also
sensitive to the USB to RS-232 conversion cable. Could never get
consistent readings with it. Finally the SSI-4 box quit and we gave up
rather than sending it back a third time. Some of their stuff may be
OK, but our experience trying to record direct to the computer was very bad.
I have still not found a cam grinder. I have been busy restoring my
TR250, which is now done and looks great.
Larry Young
On 10/6/2012 3:25 PM, Alexandre Camoletti wrote:
> Dear Larry! I am back into my FOT inbox, not read since Feb this year!
> 10-14h per day at work, then workshop (or bed) and week ends 15-20h in the
> shop, so no email time, except for orders etc.
> Now I try to catch up. Hope you are well !
> Regarding the subject of your email below (Oct 15 2011): I plugged in my
> Innovate LM-2 with RPM and other sensors. Works perfectly fine. Had read
> horrible stories about RPM, impossible to read, bouncing all he time, etc.
> I simply used exclusively HQ screened cable (each wire being self screened,
> then the whole cable is screened again ) to feed 12V to the LM2 and same
> cable for the sensors. With soldering, not crimps or split in. And a common
> negative all to bat negative via the screened cable. Such cable is
> expensive, like 5 per yard, but it works just perfectly, RMP is stable and
> accurate within 10rpm, sensors as well and the software LogWorks works fine
> too.
> Did you manage to get your Innovate stuff work with the dyno?
> What about camshafts ? Id' love to get yours for the TR3-4!
> Cheers!
> Alex
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] De la
> part de Larry Young
> Envoyi : samedi 15 octobre 2011 23:59
> @ : FOT
> Cc : Tom Young
> Objet : [Fot] Data Acquisition - experience with Innovate Motorsports?
>
> Does anyone have experience with data acquisition using hardware from
> Innovate Motorsports?
>
> Some friends and I are bringing an old water brake dyno back to life for
> some engine testing. The data acquisition stuff at Innovate Motorsports
> looked good and they could furnish everything we needed. We bought a
> pressure transducer to get torque (thru force using a hydraulic cylinder), a
> Hall effect sensor to get RPM, and a wide band oxygen sensor for AFR. These
> are connected through an interface "box" which goes to an RS232 port using
> USB to RS232 cable.
>
> We've had nothing but problems with their system. We had to return the
> interface box once already to be fixed (which took about 3 weeks).
> After that we were able to get pressure, but it often loses its settings and
> must be reset. We get RPM a few seconds before it craps out. No AFR. The
> whole system is flaky. I am now sending the box and sensors back a second
> time. I think the interface box still has problems. I can't decide whether
> to give up on them completely. It seems like it shouldn't be this difficult.
>
> Does anyone else have experience with this company? Do you have a different
> company you would recommend? I realize this is a little different from data
> acquisition for racing, since we are going direct to the computer, but
> thought some of you might have a suggestion.
>
> TIA, Larry Young
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