Prob With Datalogit Kit .

[discopotato03]

Hi all , I went to plug the new Datalogit kit int my PFC and find that it wont plug in . The male plugs on the extension cable and the black box have plastic guide pegs that are too long/wide to fit in the PFC boxes socket .

The Apexi Commander's plug fits fine and when compared the difference is very obvious .

Surely to christ I'm not expected to break the plastic pegs out of these male plugs to get them to fit the PFC's socket ?

I have a home made extension cable made from a 6 pin din plug that's had the 6th pin and the plastic peg removed and yes I made sure it haden't lost any pins in the PFC's socket .

Does everyone attack these male plugs or is it just mine that have a problem .

Cheers A .

[discopotato03]

No one has any answers to this ? Has anyone else bought a new Datalogit recently ?

A .

[discopotato03]

Upon closer inspection the supplied datalogit plugs seem to have the plastic pegs in the wrong place , they look like generic 6 pin din plugs but with only 5 pins .

The PFC unit and the Apexi Commander must have a slightly different version of a "Din Plug" system because their plugs have the plastic peg offset downwards towards the dimple that lines up with the small square hole at the base of the socket .

BINGO - just sussed it out !

Whilst glancing at my old dinosaur laptop I spied a "Din" socket on the back of it . Methinks I wonder if the Datalogit plug or the supplied extension cable fits in there - which of course they didn't ...

Then brain drops into gear and remembers that computers don't use Din sockets - they use PS2 sockets .

I just happened to have an old PS2/USB adapter plug within reach and gess what , it fits the lap tops port and looks just like the Apexi Commanders plug - only 6 pins instead of 5 .

The burning question seems to be why would FC Datalogit supply the gear with Din plugs when the Power FC's socket and the Commanders male plug are PS2 plugs - minus one pine ie 5 ?

I really hope someone thats been around these Apexi Power FC's , like Paul33 , can shed some light on this issue .

Lastly one for the computer hardware nuts , is there such a thing as a 6 pin Din/PS2 adapter plug available because that would adapt me from PS2 to Din and solve the problem .

I should NOT have to break the plastic lugs from the Datalogit plugs to make them work , they should be the correct type .

The silence is deffening , cheers Adrian .

http://www.accesscomms.com.au/reference/ou...lugsminidin.htm

PS Have a look at plugs C and D - note the lug in the middle of the plug diagrams . This is why the "5 Pin mini DIN" wont fit in a "6 pin mini DIN socket even without the 6th pin .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini-DIN_connector

5 pin and 6 pin . The size and the offset of the "middle" peg .

Edited November 8, 2008 by discopotato03

[Duncan]

well, i can help with my solution. my datalogit fitted the pfc tight but OK, but the ps2 cable I used to extend it required a small cutting of the middle peg.

it is important that the fittings are very tight.....a loose cable will cause intermittent loss of power in the ecu even though it is only running a hand controller or datalogit

[Adriano]

I would assume that datalogit were supplied the wrong plug. The datalogit i use plugs straight in without drama.

[Cjmartz2k]

I know somebody that just got a dataloggit last week and had this same problem. He had to break the little plastic piece in the off to make it fit.

[paulr33]

yeah the ps2 cord on the datalogit box is ever so different to the apexi one

you just gotta make it fit

[discopotato03]

I'm not sure if I posted this but I did eventually get the supplied extension cord to fit under duress into my PFC's socket .

I hate to admit I guttsed it but with a few prayers it did go in - it's just a whole lot tighter than it should be .

The risk here is pushing the plug so hard that the socket in the PFC could break its mount and fall inside the box .

I think the the bastards at Apexi don't use an industry standard 5 pin mini DIN socket , their rectangular hole for the plastic guide peg is smaller than a std 5 pin mini DINs peg .

They possibly realised that 5 and 6 pin mini DIN plugs and sockets are very similar , all thats different is the 6th pin and the plastic guide peg/hole .

Apexi's is basically a std 5 pin with a "custom" smaller guide peg hole to suit the commanders plug - which has a real skinny non standard plastic guide pin .

Anyway the extension cord lives in the car and runs behind the carpet and under the edge of the console out of sight so that the black box and laptop can easily reach from the co pilots seat .

I now need to nut out the software and interface the Tech Edge WB02 and start tuning .

Going to be different working with MAF rather than MAP like the old Haltech and Autronic computers I had used .

Cheers A .

PS Also now in the Yahoo users group and have posted asking why some MAF Toyotas have a "base " AFR fuel table as well as the usual fueling table . Why doesn't the Nissan FC Logit software have this feature ?

Edited November 23, 2008 by discopotato03