[Fot] Data Acquisition - experience with Innovate Motorsports?

[Larry Young]

I wish you'd told me about it before I wasted $500 Steve.  I know, my 
fault for not asking. Thanks for the information.

On 10/15/2011 6:41 PM, Gt6steve at aol.com wrote:
> 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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