Kavlico Oil Pressure Sensor

[rv3flier]

Ok, thanks. Any tools supplied are long gone since I'm the third owner. I'll need to get some D sub pins & sockets before I proceed. I'll report back when I've accomplished the deed.

[Mich48041]

John,
While you have the panel apart, you might want to make the D-180 data port accessible. Read what WingedFrog has to say about how useful the data is. You have already found one of the 3 wires (wht/yel) that goes down into the tunnel to a serial port. There is an old thread that deals with relocating the serial port and converting it to a USB port and mounting it where it is easy to plug into your computer. Bill H is good at finding those old threads. A Serial to USB Adapter is required. Dynon's part number is 100512-000 for $20.
I download the data after every flight and use an Excel spreadsheet to look at the data.

[rv3flier]

BINGO!

Thanks Joe. Bypassing the resistor was what was needed. It now works like it should. Although Dynon states that the Kavlico sensor will read 12 psi at a minimum, that's not what I'm seeing. Powering up the Dynon shows zero psi and upon start up the pressure increases linearly from zero on up to 76 psi. No matter --- it now works.

Also, I already had a serial connector in the tunnel and when I did the update to 5.5 on the D-180 I added a serial to USB connector which now sticks out of the top of the tunnel. I've never downloaded any flight data up until now, but I'll give it a try before too long.

Thanks again.
John