---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 06/07/17: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:13 AM - SL-70 Install /Configuration issues -> Installation Manual (Ralph E. Capen) 2. 10:28 AM - Re: Can Westach Use 5VDC? (William Hunter) 3. 12:58 PM - Re: SL-70 Install /Configuration issues -> Installation Manual (Dan Charrois) 4. 01:42 PM - Re: IVO Prop current limiter (kfav8r) 5. 01:44 PM - Re: SL-70 Install /Configuration issues -> Installation Manual (Ralph E. Capen) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:13:02 AM PST US From: "Ralph E. Capen" Subject: AeroElectric-List: SL-70 Install /Configuration issues -> Installation Manual Working on an installation/configuration issue related to my SL-70. The latest Installation Manual I have is dated October 1999 and does not reference how to enable the EXTended mode or that it is available. It is available in the software in my SL-70 and I have been provided instructions to successfully enable the EXTended mode - but I would like to know if there are any other differences outlined in a later manual. Software currently in the SL-70 is MICR 015 and FPGA 1.1 from the set-up screen and offers the EXTended mode option in the configuration. Does anyone out there have a later version of the SL-70 Installation Manual? I want to make sure it is working properly while helping my ADSB equipment vendor! The SL-70 Installation Manual references the Altitude message only. I have the SL-70R manual dated September 2003 and there are enough differences that I am confident it does NOT fully apply to the SL-70! The SL-70R Installation Manual references the EXTended mode and "Mode" messages that are transmitted when the EXTended mode is enabled...hopefully, this info is also present in a later version of the SL-70 Installation Manual. Does anyone out there know how to 'capture' the RS-232 data as it is transmitted from the SL-70 in a readable format? I have a serial port on my computer connected to the TX pin from the SL-70 and set to 1200, 8, 1, N in HYPERTERM (old Windows software). It does capture the 'bursts' of data but the results are unintelligible on the software screen. The SL-70 Install Manual gives me a good idea about what I 'should' be seeing. Maybe I need special settings or special software! Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated! Thanks, Ralph Capen ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:28:49 AM PST US From: William Hunter Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Can Westach Use 5VDC? Rob, It took awhile for me to get back to this thread but THANKS!!! For posterity sake, I tried the 5 VDC power source from Skyview and that did not work however the 12 VDC PIN 15 works great!!! Now I can check fuel by just firing up the Skyview (press and hold button #1) and do not need to have to connect the battery master!!! Thanks, Bill Hunter On Jun 1, 2017 2:19 AM, "Rob Turk" wrote: > From the specifications it doesn't appear you can use 5V to power these > probes. They are specified 12/24V (28V max), with the output being 0-5V. > You should power them from the main bus, or (if your Skyview installation > manual lists it), to the +12V Auxiliary Output pin (pin 15 of the 37-pin > connector). Not all SkyView systems appear to have that pin so double check. > > On 6/1/2017 1:33 AM, William Hunter wrote: > > I have two Westack capacitance fuel probes and I would like to power them > from PIN 18 of the Dynon Skyview. That pin is a 5 VDC output and the only > other item that this pin will power is a Grand Rapids CS-02 Hall Effect > Sensor. > > > Any experience would be most appreciated!!! > > .. > > > Cheers!!! > > > Bill Hunter > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:58:06 PM PST US From: Dan Charrois Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: SL-70 Install /Configuration issues -> Installation Manual First of all, I have to say I don't know anything about the SL-70. But I thought I'd just mention one possibility - if you see bursts of unintelligible data, that's often indicative of a non-matching baud rate. Do you know for sure that the SL-70 transmits its data at 1200 bps? That's actually a fairly slow rate... again, without knowing the specs of the SL-70, I'd expect higher - like maybe around 9600. If you're not sure of the baud rate, try higher rates and see if you find one that gives intelligible data. Dan > Does anyone out there know how to 'capture' the RS-232 data as it is transmitted from the SL-70 in a readable format? I have a serial port on my computer connected to the TX pin from the SL-70 and set to 1200, 8, 1, N in HYPERTERM (old Windows software). It does capture the 'bursts' of data but the results are unintelligible on the software screen. The SL-70 Install Manual gives me a good idea about what I 'should' be seeing. Maybe I need special settings or special software! > > Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Ralph Capen > > > > > --- Dan Charrois President, Syzygy Research & Technology Phone: 780-961-2213 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 01:42:11 PM PST US Subject: AeroElectric-List: Re: IVO Prop current limiter From: "kfav8r" Finally got the plane out to run the engine. I modified the circuit, adding the 100 uF capacitor and the 10 Ohm resistor per Bob's instruction. Same behavior as before -- without engine running, the blades would change pitch fairly consistently, with an occasional premature cut-off at the extremes when trying to reverse the pitch; with the engine running, the pitch would change slightly, but the power would be cut off rapidly. I added my multi-meter in the loop to see what kind of current was flowing. Without the engine running, cut-off would occur, as before, at around 9 Amps. With the engine running, the meter indicated around 2 to 8 Amps before the circuit was shut down, with most readings around 2 to 5 or so Amps before cut-off. Not sure how reliable the meter readings are given the quick circuit shut-down. -------- Doug Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=469887#469887 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 01:44:19 PM PST US From: "Ralph E. Capen" Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: SL-70 Install /Configuration issues -> Installation Manual Good question for verification Dan, The SL-70 manual specifies it as an acceptable rate. It is selected in the configuration of the SL-70. The primary receiving device (MX-20) can only use 1200 Baud - and it is receiving data properly and is displaying it without error messages. Verified - and I have tried other rates without success...with and without reconfiguration! -----Original Message----- >From: Dan Charrois >Sent: Jun 7, 2017 3:56 PM >To: aeroelectric-list@matronics.com >Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: SL-70 Install /Configuration issues -> Installation Manual > > >First of all, I have to say I don't know anything about the SL-70. But I thought I'd just mention one possibility - if you see bursts of unintelligible data, that's often indicative of a non-matching baud rate. Do you know for sure that the SL-70 transmits its data at 1200 bps? That's actually a fairly slow rate... again, without knowing the specs of the SL-70, I'd expect higher - like maybe around 9600. If you're not sure of the baud rate, try higher rates and see if you find one that gives intelligible data. > >Dan > >> Does anyone out there know how to 'capture' the RS-232 data as it is transmitted from the SL-70 in a readable format? I have a serial port on my computer connected to the TX pin from the SL-70 and set to 1200, 8, 1, N in HYPERTERM (old Windows software). It does capture the 'bursts' of data but the results are unintelligible on the software screen. The SL-70 Install Manual gives me a good idea about what I 'should' be seeing. Maybe I need special settings or special software! >> >> Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated! >> >> Thanks, >> Ralph Capen >> >> >> >> >> > >--- >Dan Charrois >President, Syzygy Research & Technology >Phone: 780-961-2213 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aeroelectric-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/AeroElectric-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aeroelectric-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.