Trigger wizard/dash not matching spark advance table

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Embryo
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Trigger wizard/dash not matching spark advance table

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Hello all,
I recently pulled apart my engine to rebuild everything, along with changing a few items for a more broad powerband. Since I have gotten everything back together, I seem to have an issue with either my tune or configuration but I can't find it. Like normal, I got the engine running and warmed up to use the trigger wizard. When I opened the wizard the value to match was 26.3°. I set my dial back timing light to 26° since I only have a TDC mark on my flywheel and adjusted the trigger offset to make everything line up perfect. I then burned the values and saved the tune as a baseline. When I exited the trigger wizard the dash value stayed at 26.3° when in reality it should be 21°, which is my default 0%tps/2000rpm spark advance value.

I have gone through the tune and tried to verify that there are no corrections being made. I don't know what exactly has changed between then and now, but it has got me boggled. In lieu of trying to figure this out and spending a bunch of time, I set my timing light to 21° and adjusted the trigger offset to match the flywheel at an idle. I really would like to get this sorted that way all my advance figures are true on the dash and in the logs. Thanks, Evan
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Matt Cramer
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Re: Trigger wizard/dash not matching spark advance table

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The tune says RZ - is this a two stroke?
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Embryo
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Re: Trigger wizard/dash not matching spark advance table

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Yes Matt it is a two stroke. I had the MicroSquirt on a Banshee for two years and it was flawless. I just converted the topend to a RZ350 setup, which has powervalves. The bottom end and my trigger wheel/pickup is the exact same as previous though. Thanks, Evan
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Re: Trigger wizard/dash not matching spark advance table

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Does your dial-back light have a two stroke mode? A lot of them are designed for four strokes and get confused by an engine that sparks every crank revolution.
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Embryo
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Re: Trigger wizard/dash not matching spark advance table

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Matt, the issue is that the value in the Trigger Wizard is 26.3° whereas the timing value in my 0%tps/2000rpm cell is 21°. When I do a log, the displayed timing value is 5.3° higher than what the spark advance table is commanding.
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Re: Trigger wizard/dash not matching spark advance table

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There's probably some secondary setting in play. Please post a data log of the problem and a copy of your MSQ.
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Re: Trigger wizard/dash not matching spark advance table

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I did post a copy of my .MSQ and no one downloaded it so I removed it. Like my post that disappeared said, I upgraded the the firmware to 3.780 and everything works great with the trigger wizard value matching the commanded spark cell.
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