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    Starter Contactor Indicator

    Hi All, I have wired up pin number 20 the orange and brown wire to be a starter engage indicator and I would like it to show a yellow. When the starter contactor is energized and I would like it to be a black Hollow. When the starter contactor is not energized however I cannot seem to get...
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    Is The Culture Of This Forum Supposed To Be Snarky

    Hi Dynon, I am a newbie to the Dynon product line and to this forum. To educate myself on the expensive products I just bought and to get my airplane flying safely I have read almost all of the posts on this forum. Some of the guys on this forum are "the salt of the earth" and are pleasant...
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    Can Someone Please Help Me Design A Contact Widget

    If someone can please help me design a widget I would be most grateful as the manual does not discuss this particular sensor widget. Regarding the PILOT side door it is wired so that: When the door is SHUT the microswitch is GROUNDED When the door is OPEN the microswitch is OPEN and the sensor...
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    Dynon Pitot Heater Indicator Sensor Setup

    I understand that the Dynon PITOT HEAT STATUS line (White wire) is grounded when the controller is turned off or not functioning properly. The PITOT HEAT STATUS line (White wire) can be connected to a pin on the EMS and a widget can be constructed to monitor this item so that when the Heated...
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    Suggestion For New Feature

    When setting up the EMS screen and placing the various widget icons on the screen it is kinda difficult to make the icons line up vertically and horizontally. What would be good would be to have some kind of vertical/horizontal grid lines where the user can move the sensors/info icons around...
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    Why So Many CS-02 Choices

    I am trying to integrate the McLagan Enterprises "High Accuracy Current Sensor"? https://www.crazedpilot.com/brands/McLagan-Enterprises.html It is supposed to operate like a CS-02 so when I mapped that pin there were so many CS-02 choices to choose from I was overwhelmed so I picked CS-02 -0...
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    Are Pins 27/28 and 35/36 Internally Connected???

    I have wired up my EMS-220 pins 27/28 to be a Type J thermocouple for TURBINE INLET TEMPERATURE and named that pair "TIT" and then I also wired up pins 35/36 to be an engine cowl temperature sensor using a Type K thermocouple and named that pair "COWL". The problem is that when I put a heat gun...
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    Fuel Calibration Advice Requested

    Can someone please give me some advice on how to calibrate my fuel system? The airplane has two 40 gallon wing tanks that gravity feed into a 4-ish gallon header tank and from the header tank the engine gets its fuel (no return from engine). The wing takes will have capacitance probes and the...
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    External Dimmer Question

    I installed an external dimmer potentiometer using PIN 25 and it works however the dimming function seems to be "choppy" meaning that the display brightness goes up and down in large steps and not very smooth, I fiddled around with the voltages of the various steps however I cannot seem to get...
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    Replacement For CS-02

    I bought a CS-02 from AS and during the installation the wire connector broke off.  Grand Rapids was nice enough and replaced it and then while installing the second unit it also broke apart. See picture. It seems that the design of this unit is very poor and that a slight tug on the three...
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    External Dimmer Pin 25 and 26

    Hi All, Getting closer to SkyView Bliss... Can you please confirm my wiring plan for the following system: -Dual SV-1000 -RockRack switches with switch face LED that illuminates when the switch is ON. -Ten OHM potentiometer I want the SV displays to dim and my switch face...
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    What Happens To EMS During Start With Bad Ground

    I started a new thread for this question that was introduced on another post: What happens if the main negative cable to engine block ground connection is loose or corroded and the starter is engaged...this large amount of current will want to flow down any path it can find so what protection...
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    Do You Need To Run Second Ground Wire To Sensors??

    Believe it or not...some of us really do read instruction manuals... I was re-reading the SV installation manual for the umteenth time and caught this little recommendation: "be sure to connect a ground wire between your engine block or avionics ground block and any of the SV-EMS-220/221’s...
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    What Is Power Consumption Of SV Contact Sensor

    What is the power consumption of the various sensor pins of the EMS? I assume that EMS pins used to produce a OPEN/CLOSED contact annunciation icon on the Dynon screen itself are miniscule power consumers way down in the millivolt range... My new plan based on the information received from...
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    Any GTN-650/SV/Dynon ADSB/IPad Power Users?!?!?

    Any GTN-650/SV/Dynon ADSB/IPad Power Users out there in Cyberspace that can share experience and/or give me some advice?!?!? I am getting ready for a first flight and my airplane has the following avionics: -Dual SV-1000 (with WIFI) -GTN-650 -Dynon ADS-B -Dynon AP -Dynon transponder -Dynon...
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    Pin 18 Power Rating???

    I am considering using pin 18 of the EMS to power these items: -MANIFOLD PRESSURE SENSOR PN 100434-000 PIN C (POWER SOURCE) -GRAND RAPIDS CURRENT SENSOR CS-02 BLUE WIRE (POWER SOURCE) -WESTBERG FUEL CAPACITANCE PROBES POWER SOURCE (2 PROBES) -FUEL COLLECTOR TANK LOW DISPLAY ON THE DYNON SCREEN...
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    Update Only One SV Of Dual SV System???

    I will be running a dual SV system and I have read a bunch of "this just started after the last update" posts so I was wondering... If an update can cause an issue is it possible to only update one of the two systems and then fly a couple of flights and then if all goes well then update the...
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    How Do I Certify That The Altimeter Indication???

    Whoa…I guess I never had to think of this before… This is something I need to deal with soon…so…just thinking (typing) out loud…(helps me think) because…I have not been in the position to “certify” the results of the static/altimeter tests…every airplane I have flown has already been...
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    Dancing Banana Needed!!!

    What this Dynon Forum really needs is a Dancing Banana emoticon. Other forums have the Dancing Banana emoticon option. If Dynon really had excellent customer service they too would add a Dancing Banana icon. Just say'in... [Dancing Banana icon added for dramatic emphasis] :D ;D :D ;D :D ;D...
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    What Is The Best iPad App For SV

    I will be running a Garmin gtn 650 and The Dynon SV system. What is the best iPad app to use for an avionics suite like I will be running? I've used ForFlight and JeppView in the past and was happy with them however I am unaware of the features of other apps (FlightPlanGo, Garmin) out there (...
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