No cam or crank signal

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rucorey
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No cam or crank signal

Post by rucorey »

I'm not getting any signal from these sensors. I don't see any activity when cranking in the composite, tooth or engine logs. I must be missing something obvious...

Kit car w/ Ford/Yamaha SHO motor.
Pre-assembled MS3.57/MSX
All new wiring.
LS1 coils w/ no other ignition bits.
Looking for sequential ignition.

Existing VR Crank Sensor w/ 36-1 tooth wheel - (Wired to 3.57#24 TACH IN White in shielded wire In 'Crank' Tach input)
Shield and Ground - (Wired to 3.57#1&2)

New Hall Cam Sensor - (Wired to MSX#32 Cam input Dark Green In 'Cam' Tach input)
12V power and ground to sensor ground

Is there something obvious I can check? I have sequential ignition, dual wheel and cam in on MSX CAM enabled. Even if the other settings still need tweaking, shouldn't I get SOME signals when cranking?

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Also, I've checked the VR crank and Hall cam jumpers and pots.

Update: I've probed the signal wires from the cam and crank sensors while cranking. Cam shows 0-12V and the crank sensor shows .4V. It looks like both these sensors are working, but not getting received correctly at the MS. Could this be a faulty unit? I'm attaching the msq.
Matt Cramer
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Re: No cam or crank signal

Post by Matt Cramer »

You need to change the wheel setup to "dual wheel with missing tooth".
Matt Cramer -1966 Dodge Dart slant six running on MS3X
rucorey
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Re: No cam or crank signal

Post by rucorey »

Nice! Now we're getting some data. This was the spark I needed... :shock:

I'm going to start looking through the rest of the setup now. Here are the current logs.
tooth_2015-04-17_12.03.40.csv
trigger_2015-04-17_12.04.20.csv
2015-04-17_12.34.45.msq
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