Canada280 iam in the okanagan bc i pm you in dec. the only wires that would be backwards would be my led which wouldnt make a difference. Bikes apart now lubing linkage and had a bad wheel bearing. Then will try sucking out some fuel to see if light goes out. ?
scratch what I said earlier, I now wonder if the official ossa fuel indicator is an led or regular bulb? This now has me perplexed. Mark, can you tell if the light on your explorer is led or regular? Regardless of how much fuel is in the bike an led bulb is either lit all the time or off all the time depending on which way I wire the bulb so I wonder if a regular bulb that accepts a charge regardless of how it is wired is the key.......or is my sensor just screwed because the led bulb just stays lit regardless of fuel level.......questions questions questions.....on an issue that is meaningless and now just an annoyance!
No real tricks, from cold I give it a couple of kicks holding the battery button down, the fuel pump can be heard, and then on the third kick it always fires right up. I am experimenting at the moment with a slightly retarded timing set up at the hall sensor, seems to make the engine smoother and very difficult to stall . First real test next weekend so I'll let you know any improvements or not
Canada280 iam in the okanagan bc i pm you in dec. the only wires that would be backwards would be my led which wouldnt make a difference. Bikes apart now lubing linkage and had a bad wheel bearing. Then will try sucking out some fuel to see if light goes out. ?
sorry, yes, I remember you now, how is the bike running?
Thanks elemetal i bought a small green led off of ebay and wired it in using the unused connector end at the head light. But the lights on all the time, if i disconnect the connector at the sensor lights out. Never thought the dummys would wire it backwards, have to drain the tank down to check. ?
If you reverse the wires does the light go out?
Also, are you in BC? looks like you have a Factory R, not many of those around in Canada
I never tried it with 7 or higher, my "garage" laptop,had Xp on it so that is what I use. I will try my work laptop which is running windows 7 in the morning and report back
1. Prolific sub to serial com port driver settings which I think win xp just auto detected and loaded when I plugged the USB adapter in
2. Screenshot showing the cannot connect message. The ecu is not connected and the bike system is not charged with 12 v so this is normal at this stage
3. System devices list showing the prolific adapter on com 5
4. Pic of the adapter wire, I think 10 dollars from best buy
5. Crappy old toshiba running win xp with 1 gig of ram. Takes an age to fire up but runs the software with no issue
Cold here in Toronto as well. The yellow triangle indicates an issue of some sort but it could just be a Windows 7 issue. I just took some pics of my equipment and computer settings as follows
Mark, when you say electronics do you mean actual circuitry in the adapter ir do you mean software? I just use a standard USB to serial adapter that cost me a few dollars from Best Buy
the more I look into this I begin to think that it is really just a windows 7 issue. Do you know anyone with a laptop running XP that you could try? I would be interested to know if it just fired right up on XP
If you specify a com port number on your computer you must also set the same com port on the software and then plug the USB into the same port each time. When I did this I selected com 5 and it always works as long as I use the same USB port on the laptop. Is I plug into a different USB port it does not work as it is looking for com 5 on a different port
I think I just found a generic USB to serial driver and installed it, I don't know if this is what used but a driver and instructions are at this link....http://www.tri-plc.com/USB-RS232/drivers.htm which I found when looking for a generic Xp driver. It's all about the com port.
A $5 adapter from Best Buy may be a cheaper and easier fix than trying to find a laptop with a serial port, but as it's just a wire adapter I don't see how they can quit working unless the wires physically break
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that looks like a specific type of bulb, automotive? I need to find out the voltage output from the connector and then try to find something suitable