MicroSquirt.com read only forum (Jan.15,2018)

For what it is worth, my laptop froze up while I was attempting to tune my new MegaSquirt. I think that it suffered an internal fault due to excessive heat because I had it laying down flat upon my car seat. Now, I keep a space between the seat and the laptop for air ventilation.

At the same time ...

:D Now I know why I was not able to get any spark advance. The cable wiring instructions that I used specifically stated not to connect a wire between pins 36 between the relay board and MS DB-37s. So, I did not!

The specific instructions for EDIS state that the SAW signal comes out of MS-II on DB ...

Thanks Tommy,

I may be overlooking something completely, but my version of MegaTune 2.25 does not have a Spark button. All that I can find under Settings is Ignition Settings, which does not contain a Fixed Angle category. I may be overlooking something.

Also, the MS-II assembly manual states that ...

Some more reading led me to the article "Ignition Control with MegaSquirt II" wherein was the diagram for the pull up resistor. Maybe installing it will give me some spark advance. If not, let me know.

Speedster

Hi,

I got my ACVW to fire up on my MS-II, V3 with relay board and was attempting to tune the enrichments when I decided to check the ignition advance. My timing light showed no advance from the base setting of 7 degrees, regardless of RPM. MegaTune shows ignition advance, but I understand that this ...

:idea: Having given the shortcut question some more thought, I recalled that the original desktop shortcut was in my Recycle Bin. I restored it and it opened up MegaTune just fine. So, I do not know what the problem was, but now everything works. I also recall reading about another installer ...

:D Checking the shortcut properties, it contains my path to MegaTune, which is "C:\Program Files\MegaSquirt\MegaTune2.25b715"

When I tried to open MegaTune prior to deleting the shortcut, I received an error message that referred to a problem with MegaSquirt-II.ini. From this I assumed, maybe ...

:D I was having trouble with the dialog boxes dropping down on MT, and the mtCfg would not open. After spending a couple of weeks searching the posts and messing around with my laptop, everything works great now. Generally, here is what I found, in hopes that it will assist someone else having ...