Speedometer needle stopped working X 2

[fahim]

I puchased two rev burners.  One for REVS, one for SPEED.

I bought two identical rev needle guages from ebay. These are well known and are still selling on there.

So rev and speed both work for two months then all of sudden the speed guage seems " DEAD ".

So I think to my self a power surge of some sort has destroyed it and I will now have to buy the same needle guage from ebay. So I purchase another guage (same) and connect it to the rev burner board like last time.

I play for about 3 months this time!!!   I decided to disconnect my computer this time as I got a new GTX480 GFU to install for SLI. So the computer is out of action for maybe 3 days. I plug it all together now and realise simdash is not detecting "rev burner for SPEED".
 
YES... two speed guagues gone dead!

I got really worried because I thought. "oh no. here goes another £25.
The rev burner is fine. like it was last time. it detects USB and it detects the RED LIGHT ON THE chip board.

Help Cristiano if you can.

[Cristiano]

Hello.
I didn't understand if it is the rev burner that is not detected by SimDash or the gauges that just stopped working.

Can you point me to the Ebay page you bought the gauge from please?

Thank you

[fahim]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Swoosh-SM52-Smoked-Black-Tacho-Rev-Counter-gauge-52mm-/400274710708?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5d323b60b4


These are the ones I buy. It works fine with the REVS. And also fine with the speed for 2-3 months.

On the simdash screen it  shows GREEN light for REV burner RED light for rev burner for speed and GREEN light for GI PRO

[Cristiano]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Swoosh-SM52-Smoked-Black-Tacho-Rev-Counter-gauge-52mm-/400274710708?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item5d323b60b4


These are the ones I buy. It works fine with the REVS. And also fine with the speed for 2-3 months.

On the simdash screen it  shows GREEN light for REV burner RED light for rev burner for speed and GREEN light for GI PRO

Thank you.

The rev burner for speed should displays green in SimDash, not red.

Can  you connect the speedometer to the rev burner (for rpm)? I guess it will work.
I suspect the problem is with the rev burner (speed) not the gauge.

[Cristiano]

Sorry but the gauge in the Ebay link is a rev counter. how do you use it to display speed?

thanks

[fahim]

http://www.x-simulator.de/forum/diy-ferrari-dial-t3064-20.html

That's right. I bought two rev counters and open it up as you can see from the above thread. I did DIY Dash setup.

The rev always works fine. But the speed like I said before has died two times after 2-3 months usage.
Good idea. I will switch the board. and test.

[Cristiano]

http://www.x-simulator.de/forum/diy-ferrari-dial-t3064-20.html

That's right. I bought two rev counters and open it up as you can see from the above thread. I did DIY Dash setup.

The rev always works fine. But the speed like I said before has died two times after 2-3 months usage.

Sorry but if you connect the speedometer to the rev burner that drives the PRM gauges, does the speedometer move?

I am trying to understand where the fault is.

thank you

[fahim]

Sorry. I have yet to TEST the speedometer guage on the OTHER rev board. I will test this tonight and let you know. But I know it will not work as it has happened to me before same thing.

But I am pretty sure for some strange reason a power surge is causing the speed guage to die.