CTIS and Arduino

[Plasa]

One solution could be to check if pressure when inflating is below the preset. This means that there is not enough pressure in the tank and that the tires will deflate instead of inflate. Doing so it can be avoid that the pressure in the wet tank gets below a critical level. Than it can be used the cheap compressor switch that start below 80 and stop at 120...
And I hope that people will check that something is going wrong if engine fan starts spinning due low air in the wet tank.
BUT it's not as safe as it's now: if wire is broken the ctis will not start...
Christian

 

[Ronmar]

One solution could be to check if pressure when inflating is below the preset. This means that there is not enough pressure in the tank and that the tires will deflate instead of inflate. Doing so it can be avoid that the pressure in the wet tank gets below a critical level. Than it can be used the cheap compressor switch that start below 80 and stop at 120...
And I hope that people will check that something is going wrong if engine fan starts spinning due low air in the wet tank.
BUT it's not as safe as it's now: if wire is broken the ctis will not start...
Christian

That can’t happen unless your tires are over ~85 PSI or you are drawing CTIS air from somewhere else. CTIS(and the fan) pulls air from the protection valve and it wont let air out of the wet tank unless the tank pressure is over 85PSI…

 

[SheaNash]

Can I get a link or a pm regarding the CTIS Arduino purchase? I can't PM Christian as I don't have enough posts, and likely won't, as I am dumb and everyone has already asked my silly questions.

 

[Third From Texas]

@Plasa should see your post

 

[Third From Texas]

Can I get a link or a pm regarding the CTIS Arduino purchase? I can't PM Christian as I don't have enough posts, and likely won't, as I am dumb and everyone has already asked my silly questions.

And unlike other forums, there are no dumb questions here...

But let's get that post count up. Ask away

 

[Ronmar]

And unlike other forums, there are no dumb questions here...

But let's get that post count up. Ask away

This is starting to look like one of those “Hold my beer” moments

 

[hike]

Can I get a link or a pm regarding the CTIS Arduino purchase? I can't PM Christian as I don't have enough posts, and likely won't, as I am dumb and everyone has already asked my silly questions.

What LMTV do you have?

 

[STI2NR]

Can I get a link or a pm regarding the CTIS Arduino purchase? I can't PM Christian as I don't have enough posts, and likely won't, as I am dumb and everyone has already asked my silly questions.

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[Plasa]

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Sent you a PN...

 

[SheaNash]

What LMTV do you have?

6x6 1997 Stewart and Stephenson. My hope was to build a small habitat and be a responder for the storms in Florida.

 

[GeneralDisorder]

6x6 1997 Stewart and Stephenson. My hope was to build a small habitat and be a responder for the storms in Florida.

The factory Dana controller IS water proof. And also programmable. It also seems to a little more tolerant of wiring harness short circuits. Buddy of mine bricked his Arduino due to his truck developing a wiring harness fault. Dana controller survived and was able to diagnose and report a fault code.

 

[SheaNash]

My son in law is using it now to transport diesel fuel to the att towers in Florida. There getting ready to head into the west coast of Florida the moment this hurricane oasses

 

[Plasa]

This for sure. It's MIL standard, and not just a brick of diy electronic...

Christian

The factory Dana controller IS water proof. And also programmable. It also seems to a little more tolerant of wiring harness short circuits. Buddy of mine bricked his Arduino due to his truck developing a wiring harness fault. Dana controller survived and was able to diagnose and report a fault code.

 

[SheaNash]

When you say Dana controller, are you talking about the original CTIS system? Noob, sorry

 

[Ronmar]

When you say Dana controller, are you talking about the original CTIS system? Noob, sorry

Yes.

 

[GeneralDisorder]

When you say Dana controller, are you talking about the original CTIS system? Noob, sorry

Correct. It's a matter of preference really. I mentioned the factory controller because it wouldn't care about being wet in a high-water rescue environment, etc.

You can read a bit about them and what you can do with them here on this thread:

CTIS pressure settings increase - no programming, transducer, or module required.

Well this is going to make a few people (including myself) feel really silly...... I've been getting pretty deep into a CTIS diag on a friends truck and had the occasion to swap modules between my truck and his, and vice-versa. And I've been going over documentation and troubleshooting info and...

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