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Owner’s Manual INSTRUMENTS Uncasville, CT ISO157A ECR#3131 12/02 Electronic Programmable Speedometer IS0157 F A R I A C O R P . U N C A S V I L L E , C T M A D E I N U . S . A . 1 6 6 8 - 5 0 - 3 7 A MPH 05 0 10 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 Km/h 20 30 40[...]
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Descr ip tion Odometer P a ge 1 T rip Odometer P a ge 1 Hour -meter P a ge 1 Ov er S p eed C onditi on P a ge 2 Ma ximum S a v ed S p eed P a ge 2 Sett i ng t h e S p eedometer P a ge 3 B oot menu Pa g e 3 Serv ice Hours P a ge 3 Serv ice Di stance P a ge 4 Clear Hours P a ge 4 Clear Di sta nce P a ge 4 Pro gram H i gh Axle P a ge 4 Pro gram Lo w A[...]
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Pag e 1 C O MMER C IAL S PEED O ME TER F unct ions a v ailable: 1 . Odometer disp la y 2 . T rip odometer di spl a y (resetab le) 3 . Hour -meter (either r pm or k e y-on) 4 . Serv ice inter v al f or mile s or kilometers (re set , c lear and dis able f eatures) 5 . Serv ice i nterv al f or hours (reset , c lear and dis able f eatures) 6 . Ov er -s[...]
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Pag e 2 P1 P2 P1 P2 T he la st digit on t h e ri ght blin ks up and do w n i ndic atin g the hour -meter funct ion . T he hour -meter cannot be reset. Groundin g P1 -E t hr u a n o il lo w pres s ure s witch c an stop t he hour -meter . If P1 -E is not grounded t hen the hour -meter will r un c ontinuous l y with the k e y on. T o pr o v ide a tr u[...]
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Pag e 3 pro grammed b y ha nd or done aut omat ic all y , f or both o f the hi gh and lo w rang e axle s . Set ting t he speedo met er T here are tw o ma jor sp eedometer settin g rout i n e s . The fi rst i s act i v ated d uring boot-up . If the pu sh-butt on is pre s sed a nd held on w h en po w er i s fi rst tur ned on the “ boot menu ” w[...]
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Pag e 4 T hi s will cont i nue f or all the di gits a nd will g o bac k to t h e fi rst di git and rep eat. If the pu sh-butt on is not pre s sed f or 3 2 sec onds the micr oproces s or will retur n t o nor mal and will chan g e nothing . T his i s usef ul i f you ’ re onl y h ere t o chec k when the pre sent serv ice inter v al will o ccur . T [...]
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Pag e 5 pul ses per mile or kilometer r ounded o f f t o the nearest 1 0 0 t h. T h e ri ghtmost di git will b e a “ P ” t o remi nd the op erat or that the y are i n the “ Pro grammi ng ” mode . T h e di git cha nges a n d i n p u t s a re t h e s ame as numb er 1 (Serv ice Hours) abo v e . Al so pre sent is t h e same opt ion t o do nothi[...]
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Pag e 6 If y ou w ant a dif f erent item from t he menu, y ou must pre ss and relea se the pu sh-butt on b ef ore f our seconds ha v e pa s sed. T he menu items will loop c ontinuous l y . If y ou w ant to g et out at thi s po i nt with no c ha ng es , stop at t h e la st menu item “ donE ” , and i n f our sec onds the micr oproces s or will re[...]
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Pag e 7 T he sp eed at thi s point is not importa nt. T he op erator ma y e v en st op and w ait , a s l ong a s pow er is not tur ned of f a nd the mea s ured mile or kil ometer is f o llo w ed as strai ght as pos si ble , the op erator ma y not tur n around and g o i n the oppos ite di rect ion . Al s o f or the max imum accurac y , the op erat o[...]
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Pag e 8 Shrink T ubing or Wrap H ar ness P1 6 - p in conne ct or Pin A Battery Input Pin B Ground Pin C Over speed signal Pin D External Push-Button grnd Pin E Hourmeter control Pin F Speed Axle 2 speed axle (ground selects low axle, open connection selects high axle) Hourmeter control (ground disables hour-meter) External push button (ground activ[...]
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Pag e 9 P1 H ar ness P2 4 - p in conne ct or Shrink T ubing or Wrap Pin A +8.4 vDC Pin B Faria ® Bus A Y Pin C Faria ® Bus BZ Pin D Ground Power for external sensor Speed pulses in from sensor Ground Dash lights (controls gauge back lights)[...]
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Copyright 2002 by the Thomas G. Faria Corporation, Uncasville CT No part of this publication may by reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the company.[...]