GxT V953-01, Universal LabScope KV Adapter - Manual (Page 2)

KalScope 575, Mac Tools 2020, 2020-2
If you have any problems viewing an ignition pattern, set up the Ferret 953 and the labscope
using the instructions found on the previous page to aid in trouble shooting.
1. F r o m t h e m e n u , s e l e c t
IGNITION>SECONDARY>DI PARADE.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
Consider the Ferret 953 to be the
capacitive pickup. No matter what type of
ignition system you are testing, leave the
scope confi gured for a 4 stroke engine
4 stroke engine.
2. Connect the Ground lead of the Ferret 953
to a good engine ground, and connect the KV Clips to each of the DIS sparkplug wires.
3. Plug the KV Leads to the Ferret 953 in pairs, one coil at a time. Plug one KV Lead to a
Blue connector, and the other KV Lead to a Red connector. Continue until all KV Leads
have been plugged into the Ferret 953.
4. Start the engine, and adjust the scale of the display until a clear pattern is displayed. If the
spikes appear upside down on any pair of the cylinders, swap the KV Clips at the ignition
coils, or the KV Leads at the Ferret 953.
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1. Connect the Ferret 951 Cylinder #1 Trigger (Required) to Channel
1 using the BNC to Banana adapter.
2. Connect the Ferret 953 to Channel 1 using the BNC to Banana
Adapter. You will need to piggyback or stack both Channel 1 and
the Common jack.
3. Connect the Ground lead of the Ferret 953 to a good engine
ground, and connect the KV Clips to each of the DIS sparkplug
wires only. Do not plug the KV Leads into the Ferret 953.
4. Turn the Vantage on and select the Waveform Viewer. Select the
Ground Controlled Injector option.
5. Confi gure the display to the following parameters: 1 Volt Max
Range, -1 Volt Min. Range, + Slope, 200 ms.
6. Start the Engine. Plug a KV Lead into the Ferret 953. If the
labscope display shows an inverted fi ring peak, plug the KV Lead
into the other color connector. Continue until all KV leads are
plugged in. A typical Double Output DIS system, you will have
half of the connectors plugged into the Red side of the Ferret 953,
and the other half plugged into the Blue side.
7. Start the engine. One bank of inputs should be set to positive and
the other should be set to negative. Plug a KV Lead into the Ferret
953. If the labscope display shows an inverted fi ring peak, plug the
KV Lead into the other bank of connectors. Continue until all KV
leads are plugged in.
Sun LS/2000, UEI ADL 7100
1. The Sun LS/2000 and UEI ADL 7100 require the Ferret 951
Cylinder #1 Trigger to operate properly.
2. Connect the Ferret 951 Cylinder #1 Trigger to Channel 1
using the BNC to Banana adapter, then to Cylinder #1.
3. Connect the Ferret 953 to Channel 2 using the BNC to
Banana Adapter. You will need to piggyback or stack the
Common jack.
4. Turn the Scope on and Set Channel 1 to the 10 volt range,
DC Coupling with the trigger level at about 8 volts with a positive slope. Use the position
controls to move channel one up to the top half of the display.
5. Turn on Channel 2 and set to the .5 volt range, DC Coupling. The Time base should be at
20 milliseconds.
6. Connect the Ground lead of the Ferret 953 to a good engine ground, and connect the KV Clips
to each of the DIS sparkplug wires only. Do not plug the KV Leads into the Ferret 953.
5. Start the engine. One bank of inputs should be set to positive and the other should be set to
negative. Plug a KV Lead into the Ferret 953. If the labscope display shows an inverted fi ring peak,
plug the KV Lead into the other bank of connectors. Continue until all KV leads are plugged in.
OTC Vision, Matco Insight, Interro PDA
1. The Ferret 953 works with the Labscope DMM module. Some
confi gurations of these units have a Cylinder #1 Trigger, others
do not. The following directions assume the use of a Ferret 951
Cylinder #1 Trigger.
2. Connect the Ferret 951 Cylinder #1 Trigger to the Red channel,
and then to #1 Sparkplug wire.
3. Connect the Ferret 953 to the Green channel.
4. Connect the Ground lead of the Ferret 953 to a good engine
ground, and connect the KV Clips to each of the DIS sparkplug
wire only. Do not plug the KV Leads to the Ferret 953.
5. Turn the Scope on and set the Red and Green channels to the
following parameters: 0.5 volts with a time base of 50ms.
6. Start the engine and adjust the trigger point until it is placed on
leading edge of the Red Channel signal. Select a positive slope
for the trigger.
7. Start the engine. One bank of inputs should be set to positive and
the other should be set to negative. Plug a KV Lead into the Ferret
953. If the labscope display shows an inverted fi ring peak, plug the KV Lead into the other
bank of connectors. Continue until all KV leads are plugged in.
OTC Perception
1. This Labscope requires the use of the Ferret 951 Cylinder #1 Trigger.
2. Connect the Ferret 951 Cylinder #1 Trigger to Channel 1 using the BNC to Banana Jack
Adapter. Then connect the 951 to #1 Sparkplug wire.
3. Connect the Ferret 953 to Channel #2 using the BNC to Banana Jack Adapter. You will
need to stack the common jack on top of the Ferret 951 Common Jack.
4. Connect the Ground lead of the Ferret 953 to a good engine ground, and connect the KV
Clips to each of the DIS sparkplug wire only. Do not plug the KV Leads to the Ferret 953.
5. Turn the Scope on and select the Single Display Mode.
6. Select Channel 2 to be displayed, and make sure the display is triggered. Please note
that tthis Labscope always triggers on Channel 1. The purpose of this setup is to trigger
on Channel 1 while displaying Channel 2.
7. Start the engine. One bank of inputs should be set to positive and the other should be set
to negative. Plug a KV Lead into the Ferret 953. If the labscope display shows an inverted
fi ring peak, plug the KV Lead into the other bank of connectors. Continue until all KV leads
are plugged in.
Dual Trace LabScope
The Ferret 953 will work with any dual trace labscope. The instructions below will give you
the steps necessary to get a basic ignition waveform on the screen. Use of other features
specifi c to your labscope may enhance the display of the pattern.
1. Connect the Ferret 951 Cylinder #1 Trigger to Channel 1, and Cylinder #1.
2. Set Channel 1 to the following parameters: DC Coupled, 0 to 5 volt range, time base of
about 20ms.
3. Set Channel 1 to be the trigger with a positive slope. The trigger level should be about 4
volts.
4. Connect the Ferret 953 to Channel 2.
5. Set Channel 2 to the following parameters: DC Coupled, 0 to 1 volt range, time base same
as Channel 1.
6. Connect the Ground lead of the Ferret 953 to a good engine ground, and connect the KV Clips
to each of the DIS spark plug wires only. Do not plug the KV Leads into the Ferret 953.
7. Start the engine. One bank of inputs should be set to positive and the other should be set to
negative. Plug a KV Lead into the Ferret
953. If the labscope display shows an
inverted fi ring peak, plug the KV Lead into
the other bank of connectors. Continue
until all KV leads are plugged in.
Use the features of the scope to display
and analyze the ignition waveform.
Fluke 97, 97/Auto
1. Connect the Ferret 953 to Channel A of the 97, 97/Auto. Set
Channel A to DC Coupling, 2 Volt Range, 20 ms/Div.
2. Connect the Ferret 951 or Fluke RPM80 to Input 2 of the 97,
97/Auto, and Cylinder #1. You can also plug into the external
trigger port on the 97, 97/Auto as well. Set Channel B to DC
Coupling, 50 Volt Range.
3. Set the trigger level at about 8 volts with a positive slope.
4. Connect the KV Clips to each of the DIS sparkplug wires only.
Do not plug the KV Leads into the Ferret 953. Connect the
Ground lead on the Ferret 953 to a good engine ground.
5. Start the engine. One bank of inputs should be set to positive
and the other should be set to negative. Plug a KV Lead into the
Ferret 953. If the labscope display shows an inverted fi ring peak,
plug the KV Lead into the other bank of connectors. Continue
until all KV leads are plugged in.
The screens show what a 6 cylinder DIS engine looks like on the
Fluke 97. At this point, you may use the features of the scope to
display and analyze the ignition waveform. The screens to the left show what the ignition
waveform looks like when Channel B is turned off and the Min/Max feature is activated for
Channel A.
Fluke 98, 98-2
1. Connect the Ferret 953 to Input 1 on the 98 / 98-2.
2. Connect the Fluke RPM90 to the trigger input on the Fluke 98
/ 98-2, and to Cylinder #1.
3. Use the Vehicle Data function on the Fluke 98 / 98-2 to select
the proper number of cylinders. Regardless of the ignition
type, select Conventional Ignition
Conventional Ignition.
4. Connect the KV Clips to each of the DIS sparkplug wires only.
Do not plug the KV Leads into the Ferret 953. Connect the
Ground lead on the Ferret 953 to a good engine ground.
5. Start the engine, and select the RPM function on the Fluke
98/98-2. Make sure the RPM reading is stable. Do not be
concerned with the actual RPM reading. If the RPM reading is
not stable, move the RPM90 up and down the sparkplug wire,
or fl ip the pickup over.
6. Once the RPM reading is stable, select the Ignition Secondary
function.
7. Start the engine. One bank of inputs should be set to positive
and the other should be set to negative. Plug a KV Lead into the
Ferret 953. If the labscope display shows an inverted fi ring peak,
plug the KV Lead into the other bank of connectors. Continue
until all KV leads are plugged in.
The screen above shows what a 6 cylinder DIS engine looks like
on the Fluke 98-2. At this point, you may take advantage of all of
the features of the Fluke 98 / 98-2 to display and analyze the ignition waveform.
KalScope 565A, TekMeter
1. Connect the scope’s Cylinder #1 trigger
to Channel 1 input and then to Cylinder
#1 spark plug wire.
2. Connect the Ferret 953 to Channel 2
of the scope using the BNC to Banana
Adapter.
3. Connect the Ground lead of the Ferret 953
to a good engine ground, and connect the KV Clips to each of the DIS sparkplug wires
only. Do not plug the KV Leads into the Ferret 953. Start the Engine.
4. Turn the scope on and confi gure Channel 1 to the following parameters: 5 volt range, DC
Coupled, Spike Detect on, Trigger set to Channel 1 with a positive slope. Set the trigger
level so it resembles the screen above. Turn Channel 1 off.
5. Turn on Channel 2 and set to the following parameters: 200mv range, DC Coupled, Spike
Detect on, and a 20 millisecond time base.
6. Start the engine. One bank of inputs should be set to positive and the other should be set
to negative. Plug a KV Lead into the Ferret 953. If the labscope display shows an inverted
fi ring peak, plug the KV Lead into the other bank of connectors. Continue until all KV leads
are plugged in.
The screen below shows what a 6 cylinder
DIS engine looks like on the KalScope 565A
or TekMeter. At this point, you may use all
of the features of the scope to display and
analyze the ignition waveform.
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