Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 10:15:01 -0500
Reply-To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>
Subject: Re: Digitool Installed, totally Excellent!
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I don't know of any picture, sorry.
I'll see if I can borrow a digital cam at work tomorrow - but don't hold ur
breath, as I don't know what the lending policy is.
Cheers!
Marshall Ruskin
84 Westy with Digitool
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles "Luke" Lukey <luke@seanet.com>
To: Marshall Ruskin <mruskin@PANGEA.CA>; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, May 16, 1999 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: Digitool Installed, totally Excellent!
>Is there a photo of this beauty somewhere? While I've had no trouble with
>my '88 Wolfsburg Edition (pound head on wooden desktop) a Digitool sounds
>like a worthy addition to the toolbox.
>
>Charles "Luke" Lukey
>Seattle, WA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
>Of Marshall Ruskin
>Sent: Saturday, May 15, 1999 10:10 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Digitool Installed, totally Excellent!
>
>
>Well, the digitool (as well as it's sibling) the Digifant-tool, is a
>box-like instrument module, about the size of a rectangular "coffee mug?",
>with 2 sets of readouts, that is connected to the ecu via a wide ribbon
>cable. The cable is long enough to reach the dash.
>
>The module has a row of leds, with a legend, that show activity of the
>starter, fuel injectors, fuel pump, coil etc - I forget 'em all, it's in
the
>van, darn it!
>
>The is also a large LCD display, and a rotary selector switch with a
legend.
>The LCD shows voltage from the sending unit that is selected by the rotary
>switch.
>
>It shows O2 sensor, AFM, Temp 1, Temp 2, an independent probe that you can
>connect to anything, and darn it, it's in the van - I can't remember what
>else.
>
>So, the leds, being basically binary, show activity (which is "cool" and
>also useful) and the LCD shows the state of the voltages the ecu is getting
>from the senders.
>
>Now, since the cable gets connected to the ecu (soldered right onto the
>ecu's board), the voltages are really very useful for extensive diagnostic
>purposes, more so than if they were directly taken at the sending units
>themselves.
>
>More on the cable. The cable has 2 sections, a short 12" one, and a much
>longer one. The short one has the actual wires laced out so it can be
>soldered to the pins on the ecu's circuit board (where the main harness
>connector is soldered). The other end of the short cable is a 25 pin female
>connector.
>
>This connector mates to a male connector, on the long cable that ends in
the
>digitool module. The purpose of the connector, is so that the tool can be
>disconnected when not needed, without a big fuss.
>
>In case anybody's confused, the short cable stays permanently attached to
>the ecu. The long cable unplugs when not needed, and the digitool can be
>stowed away.
>
>Needless to say, I think it's ingenious.
>
>Cheers!
>
>Marshall
>
>
>
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