Two Stroke Tach and Ignition Setup Help

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pvo22
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Two Stroke Tach and Ignition Setup Help

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I've got a Microsquirt v3.77 and am having trouble setting up my trigger wheel. I had the bike running using Auto trigger, and no dual spark but the RPM's were twice as high as they were supposed to be. I then read more and came to the conclusion that I should set up the trigger as described in the auto trigger instructions: http://www.megamanual.com/seq/autotrig.htm for a two stroke. Setup went well when selecting the single cam wheel option in the dual spark menu when I was testing the ignition and tach signals with a cordless drill and the plug removed. Using a timing light the offset was dialed in for the initial advance and everything was fine. Once I put the plug back in I tried to start it and my helper noted that the offset was roughly 25 degrees off of what we noted with the cordless drill. The only difference between the cordless drill test and actual starting procedure is that the trigger wheel never has an opportunity to move backwards when the plug is removed. Depending on where the kick stops the crank may rotate backwards slightly on occasion. Is this something to be concerned about? The other strange thing we noted when trying to set the offset in single cam mode was that offset worked fine to 180 degrees but once past 180 it jumped to the otherside of the flywheel. I don't understand this. Since then I tried positioning the missing tooth closer to the hall sensor. It is now roughly 25 degrees from the hall sensor when the piston is at TDC. In my last attempt to get a tach signal and spark at the correct time I tired deactivated the auto trigger function and entering the info manually but I didn't get very far with this. I got spark but no RPM in one configuration and then I tried going back to the single cam mode and got nothing. Could someone please tell me where to go from here as I am quite confused. Basic info: 500cc two-stroke single cylinder engine with kick start, 36-1 trigger wheel with hall sensor, Microsquirt v3.77, ls2 coil. Bike ran when using auto trigger, and no dual spark mode. Offset was about 12 degrees off in this configuration and RPMs were always double what they should've been.

One other note: Trigger wheel is mounted to the outside of the magnetic flywheel. Not sure if this may cause some interference?

Attached are some of my msq files
Single Cam.msq
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No auto trigger.msq
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pvo22
MegaSquirt Newbie
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Joined: Mon Feb 13, 2012 3:13 pm

Re: Two Stroke Tach and Ignition Setup Help

Post by pvo22 »

Switched to VR sensor. Seems to be working better for the moment.
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