MAP adjustment

Tuiliere

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Hello,

I am surprised it is not possible to adjust the Manifold Pressure.
One of my friends who have an Advanced Flight System have the possibility to adjust the MAP. That's a plus for a best accurate system.
I have a 0,5 inch difference with the reality and it changes the % power.
Is it possible to add it in one of your next release ?

Thank you
Sylvain
 

dynonsupport

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If your MAP is off by 0.5", then there is something broken somewhere. We've calibrated the sensor at Dynon and don't believe customers need to make any adjustments. We'd expect it to be within 0.2".

Remember that MAP should not match the BARO setting unless the plane is at sea level.

Finally, 0.5" error makes less than a 2% difference in % power, which is within the error the overall calculation.

If you really want to adjust it, you can edit the sensor file.
 

Tuiliere

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Hello,

I didn't understand. You said you believe your customer don't need any adjustment and at the end, If I want really to adjust it I can edit the sensor file.

Can you explain how I have to proceed to adjust it ?
In advance thank you

Sylvain
 

Tuiliere

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OK I clearly understood. Is there somebody on the forum who already made this modification with success ?

In advance thank you
Sylvain

PS : See you at Aero Friedrichshafen..
 

kurtfly

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Andrieu,

To modify your sensor calibration you need to modify your .sfg file. Export current file and edit using Notepad. Save new file with new unique name. You will need to import the new file back into SV once modification is complete.

The current MAP sensor cal is defined as:

sensor={
id=100434-000
;VERIFIED POLY, FILTER?
function=PRESSURE
pins=C37_P26
; THIS NAME IS FOR A SPECIAL CASE FUNCTION WHICH WILL NOT APPEND "PRESSURE" TO THE END OF THE SENSOR NAME
name=MAP
;The below are in PSI, not inHG, like all pressure senders
min_val=1.25
max_val=29.5
resolution=1
round=.1
is_piecewise=0
low_coeff={
c_x4=0
c_x3=0
c_x2=0
c_x1=5.7752
c_x0=1.2153
}
low_resistance=NONE
low2high_cross=0
high_coeff={
c_x4=0
c_x3=0
c_x2=0
c_x1=0
c_x0=0
}
high_resistance=NONE
high2low_cross=0
window=.2
shift=3
age=16
}

Note the engineering units it outputs is in PSI. Looks like SV converts PSI to inHg later in the process. So first you have to convert .5 inHg to psi. 29.92 inHg = 14.696 PSI. So .5 inHg = .24559 PSI. You did not mention if you needed to add or subtract .5 inHg. So all you need to do is either Add or subtract .24559 to/from the c_x0=1.2153 (intercept). This will shift the slope by the .5 inHg as you desire across the entire range. As Dynon mentioned it may be beneficial to have another reading at the other end of the range to come up with a new slope value (c_x1).

So after you modify your .sfg file you will need to load it into your system. Also remember you will need to load your custom .sfg after every firmware upgrade as it will revert it back to the factory settings.

Good luck,

Kurt
 

Tuiliere

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Thank you very much Kurt for your detailed reply.
I will test it as soon as possible.

Kind regards
Sylvain
 

Tuiliere

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Hello,

I remarked max_value on the sensor file is 29,5 rather than 29,92 in the reality . Is it normal ?

Sylvain
 

dynonsupport

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As Kurt said, and the file says right above, those numbers are in PSI, so 29.5 PSI is 60 inHg.
 
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