[Fot] Data Acquisition - experience with Innovate Motorsports?

[Gt6steve at aol.com]

Innovate and crap that doesn't work????  Oh Hell yeah I have an  opinion!!
 
I spent a big amount of money on their system about five years ago and  
never got any results.  I sent it back for analysis and they simply sent it  
back without comment.  Nothing, nada, zilch!  Here's your shit, thanx  for the 
money sucka!
 
I am on a vendetta to tell the world about these worthless farks!   Don't 
buy their crap!
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/15/2011 4:33:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
cartravel at pobox.com writes:

Does  anyone have experience with data acquisition using hardware from 
Innovate  Motorsports?

Some friends and I are bringing an old water brake dyno  back to life for 
some engine testing. The data acquisition stuff at  Innovate Motorsports 
looked good and they could furnish everything we  needed.  We bought a 
pressure transducer to get torque (thru force  using a hydraulic 
cylinder), a Hall effect sensor to get RPM, and a wide  band oxygen 
sensor for AFR.  These are connected through an interface  "box" which 
goes to an RS232 port using USB to RS232 cable.

We've  had nothing but problems with their system.  We had to return the  
interface box once already to be fixed (which took about 3 weeks).   
After that we were able to get pressure, but it often loses its settings  
and must be reset.  We get RPM a few seconds before it craps out. No  
AFR.  The whole system is flaky.  I am now sending the box and  sensors 
back a second time.  I think the interface box still has  problems. I 
can't decide whether to give up on them completely. It seems  like it 
shouldn't be this difficult.

Does anyone else have  experience with this company? Do you have a 
different company you would  recommend? I realize this is a little 
different from data acquisition for  racing, since we are going direct to 
the computer, but thought some of you  might have a suggestion.

TIA, Larry  Young
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