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PLUS+1 Hardware => Controllers => Topic started by: clindhorst2 on March 13, 2016, 04:32:21 AM

Title: hour meter for engine
Post by: clindhorst2 on March 13, 2016, 04:32:21 AM

I am lost on getting a transition from the clock pulses every time a second passes. I have a DP720 display screen, which comes with a realtimeclock. I assume this is a very easy fix but I can't figure it out. I have loop counters like they show in the user manual, daisy chained together. I am wondering if they have created a function block for this that I haven't found or if I have to go through all this. This would be an extremely useful function block.

Thanks.

Lindhorst

Title: Re: hour meter for engine
Post by: ssutherington on March 15, 2016, 07:59:26 AM

Use a hardware read, CK1S for 1 a second pulse or CK60S for 60s pulse. See the API for details
Make sure the real time clock is running.

Title: Re: hour meter for engine
Post by: oiltronic on March 19, 2016, 12:14:58 AM

No internal hour meter in the engine ECU that you can access by J1939?  Even the smaller CATs we use have one.

Title: Re: hour meter for engine
Post by: jashom1 on June 09, 2016, 12:53:42 AM

If you download and install the Inverter Function Block library, there is an hour counter block in there which I have used a few times and works quite well.  It takes the head scratching out of it  :)

Cheers,

John.