Connect GM IAT with AFM in place
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Hi,
for the parallel installation of the MS1 in my 99 NB I made myself a little wiring plan - one thing which I am still not sure off is - how do I wire the GM AIT sensor - if I understand it right - one sensor wire goes to pin 20 at the DB37 - where goes the other wire (because I still need my AFM - to keep the car from throwing CELs). Can I connect it to pin 26 - Vref as this applies +5V? Or do I need a different voltage?
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for the parallel installation of the MS1 in my 99 NB I made myself a little wiring plan - one thing which I am still not sure off is - how do I wire the GM AIT sensor - if I understand it right - one sensor wire goes to pin 20 at the DB37 - where goes the other wire (because I still need my AFM - to keep the car from throwing CELs). Can I connect it to pin 26 - Vref as this applies +5V? Or do I need a different voltage?
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Ground (earth).
The IAT sensor is a variable resistor. One wire goes to pin 20 where there is an internal pullup, and the other side goes to ground. Pull a wire back to the MS and ground it to the common point, which means the point at which the MS and its other peripherals also go to ground.
The IAT sensor is a variable resistor. One wire goes to pin 20 where there is an internal pullup, and the other side goes to ground. Pull a wire back to the MS and ground it to the common point, which means the point at which the MS and its other peripherals also go to ground.
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Alternately, you could install a separate GM-type sensor for the MS. This will simplify your build and your future software configuration.
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Since you are doing a parallel install, if you plan to share either the CLT or MAT sensor with the stock ECU, you should remove the corresponding pullup resistor, and enter the bias value of the pullup from the stock ECU, which Braineack has listed in his writeup for various years.
Alternately, you could install a separate GM-type sensor for the MS. This will simplify your build and your future software configuration.
Alternately, you could install a separate GM-type sensor for the MS. This will simplify your build and your future software configuration.
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If one is doing a parallel install, as the OP is doing, and wiring the GM IAT sensor through the factory wiring he/she has to take into account the resistor in the stock ecu. Just making it clear to the OP that he does not have to do this if he wires the GM IAT directly to the MS. I'm sure some people might overlook that when doing it that way.
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No, because you have no way of editing the bias resistor value programmed into the stock ecu to take into account the presence of the R7 resistor so the stock ecu will not know your correct CLT and will not turn the fans on at the proper time. The stock ecu also uses temp for idle control. I guess if you give fan and idle control over to the MS you can do it that way.
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