Plans: 1. Implement a virtual Engine Management System using the AM13 Microsquirt's ECU. The objective here is to verify my mechanical gauge outputs agree with the installed ECU. Status: 20% complete. The AM13 engine comes with RS232 and CAN Bus data ports. During engine development these ports are used to tune/monitor performance. They also can be used to drive a virtual electronic gauge cluster if desired. Since I was using dial gauges I did not hook them up to anything previously. The compatible sensor/gauge system available through Aeromomentum is another $900.00 and would be redundant. That said I figured there had to be free or inexpensive tools available from other sources. After some extensive research I found a free tool available from EFI Analytics called Tuner Studio Lite. It provides basic capabilities. I also bought a RS232 to USB adapter and a RS232 to Bluetooth Adapter. The USB adapter is used with a PC and Tuner Studio. The Bluetooth adapter is intended for my iPad with the Mobisquirt app in the appstore. Software designated for the Megasquirt 2 (MS2) also can support the Micosquirt. Apparently the Megasquirt 2 controller is an enhanced Microsquirt controller. After some difficulties I found that the trick to interfacing the PC was to go into the PC system's device folder and rename the COM port associated with the RS232 adapter to COM11 in my case. The software has a routine that looks for hardware on a pre-programmed series of COM ports and data rates until it finds one that works.
2. Change the engine oil. Status. Complete. I've accumulated over five hours on the engine thus far. It was time to change the oil per the break-in process.
