[Shotimes] L0S PCM?

[Paul Nimz]

>A relay is a mechanical device that uses an electromagnet to close a set of
>contacts.

So a 100A 240V SS relay is really a driver?????

Paul Nimz
'97 TR
'93 EG mtx


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim and Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@comcast.net>
To: "'Paul Nimz'" <pnimz@v8sho.com>; "'Adam Parrott'" <parrotta@usa.net>; 
<shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] L0S PCM?


>I suggest that you do a Google search on "Output Driver"
>
> In the Personal Computer world where everything has been mis-named from 
> the
> beginning, a driver is some code.
>
> In the industrial controls world, a driver is a solid state device that
> changes the state of an output.
>
> A relay is a mechanical device that uses an electromagnet to close a set 
> of
> contacts.
>
> If it were truly a relay it would be a simple matter to open up the EEC,
> desolder it and solder in a new relay.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Paul Nimz
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 9:59 PM
> To: Adam Parrott; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] L0S PCM?
>
>
> Driver smiver....
>
>
> A driver is code that runs a piece of hardware.  Your problem is a bad on
> board relay.
>
> Paul Nimz
> '97 TR
> '93 EG mtx
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Adam Parrott" <parrotta@usa.net>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 6:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] L0S PCM?
>
>
>> Agreed with Jim and Mark.  A TwEECer will not be able to correct or
>> even work around a physical (electrical) problem like a bad/bum driver
>> (which is most likely the cause of your secondaries problem with the
>> L0S).
>>
>> OTOH, a dead PCM also makes a fashionable paperweight.  ;)
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jim and Debbie Leyden" <jndleyden@comcast.net>
>> To: "'Shotimes'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 6:20 PM
>> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] L0S PCM?
>>
>>
>> Sounds like a hardware problem, most likely a blown output driver.
>>
>> Make a good Frisbee!
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of Ron Porter
>> Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 2:13 AM
>> To: Shotimes
>> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] L0S PCM?
>>
>>
>> Can the twEECer board correct a bad circuit that runs the secondaries?
>> This
>> PCM doesn't feed the 12v to the green wire at idle, it sits at about
>> .7-.8v
>> all the time, not only after 4K like it's supposed to.
>>
>> Ron Porter
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of Mark Nunnally
>> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:07 PM
>> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] L0S PCM?
>>
>>
>> 91
>>
>> with the twEECer board, you can run the X2J program on any year
>> computer
>> :)
>>
>> mark
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
>> To: "Shotimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 11:03 PM
>> Subject: [Shotimes] L0S PCM?
>>
>>
>>> Anyone know what year MTX had the L0S PCM? I know it wasn't '89 (B9,
>>> or something like that), and not the later Gen 2s with the X2J.
>>>
>>> FWIW, I had bought a spare X2J from Justin Shick in the chance that
>>> was the problem with my inop secondaries. Well, turns out that was
>>> it. The car is now back to it's ass-kickin' BOS-equipped self.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I got a surprise when I wrestled out what I thought was the
>>> original X2J. Turned out to be a reman L0S. Original owner was doing
>>> the "dyno-tune via USPS" with Vadim when he installed the BOS back in
>>> the '90s, so I suspect this got swapped somewhere along the line.
>>>
>>> Ron Porter
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