If anyone has a tyre pressure sensor kicking around with a dead battery, i would like to borrow it to see what battery it is and how it can be fixed.....will hopefully be able to sort them for future.
PM me for address
cheers
Ant
Hi Ant, they have a 3v CR2032 battery with solder tabs in them, same as a gameboy backup battery I believe. A piece of cake to strip down - a couple of clips and a screw under the sticker. Make a note of the position and polarity of the old battery, remove it and solder the new one in. I did mine last week, still yet to test it though. You can test the TP sensor battery voltage without stripping it down as it has two small holes in the plastic case, you just need a voltmeter that has very fine tips on the leads, or maybe use a couple of pins in the holes.
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http://forum.cog-online.org/index.php/topic,29847.0.html
The above link address is the mod for replacing the batteries I have done this and it works a treat
Regards Kenny :devil2: :devil2:
I believe the newer TPS are much more difficult to open
Cheers Guys......
Quote from: Kwikasfuki on March 29, 2014, 08:11:57 PM
I believe the newer TPS are much more difficult to open
Everything opens eventually :hammer: :mfr_lol:
Where's Kall when you need him with is axe? :mfr_lol:
Oh well, just went on a test ride and the bloody rear tps still doesn't work. I guess its either completely knackered or its lost its pairing with the Module. Pity they can't be tested before they go in the tyres without having to use the Kawasaki software.
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Quote from: shaggs147 on March 29, 2014, 11:38:14 PM
Oh well, just went on a test ride and the bloody rear tps still doesn't work. I guess its either completely knackered or its lost its pairing with the Module. Pity they can't be tested before they go in the tyres without having to use the Kawasaki software.
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Before replacement did it work? I.e. low battery warning and then eventually display pressure?
No Asif, about 3 months ago it just stopped working, with the dashes on the display. When I tested the old battery though, it was reading completely flat at 0 volts.
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Could be just that it needs re-pairing. Did you take a note of the code on the sensor?
Yeah I took a picture of it as I remembered someone from here having to have the tyre removed again to check the code. I believe the only way to pair it is by getting a dealer to do it with the diagnostic software, is that correct?
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I believe so yes, it's a dealer only option. :sad:
Looks like the KDS3 software can be downloaded off the net :whistling:
Can't find KDSAdaptor.sys and KDSAdaptor.inf which are required to install the software
Asif do you have the link to the software as I can't find it? There's a 6pin adapter to an obd2 plug on eBay, but doubt if the software will talk to that. I'll keep a look out for the official adaptor
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Quote from: shaggs147 on March 30, 2014, 10:39:42 PM
Asif do you have the link to the software as I can't find it? There's a 6pin adapter to an obd2 plug on eBay, but doubt if the software will talk to that. I'll keep a look out for the official adaptor
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There's two links in this post (http://www.zx-10r.net/forum/showpost.php?p=1724295&postcount=8). One for x64 and the other for x86 (i.e. 64bit and 32bit windows)
Let me know if you have any luck with the KDSAdaptor.sys and KDSAdaptor.inf files
There's a YouTube of the install so you can see why those two files are needed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e_5qcHUfjU
Doubt it talks to ODB2. Motorcycles don't have to be ODB2 compliant and I don't think Kawasaki is
Quote from: Ant on March 29, 2014, 08:17:29 PM
Cheers Guys......
Everything opens eventually :hammer: :mfr_lol:
:mfr_lol: The new ones are a sealed unit and filled with epoxy. Can be done I bet
Allegedly, the new batteries will last 10 years or 100k miles. But they will still need replacing after that time ...
Here's a link to the company (http://www.schraderinternational.com/Products/Product-Folder/NA-TPMS-OEM-Sensors?sc_lang=en-US-NA) that manufactures the new ones. Note the sealed units.
Cheers for the info asif, will let you know if I have any luck with it. I would've thought that filling the new sensors with epoxy would make the wheel a bugger to balance.
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The KDS3 software isn't that expensive.
Its the cables that are expensive. Does any know of aftermarket cables that can be used?
Does anyone have a TPS they want to sell ???
The new ones won't take the aftermarket angled tyre valves as they are one sealed unit..............!! :ohplease:
I knew this was coming...
There are some for sale in Miami Jim which are a decent price....but they are 315 MHz... Now ones that recently sold in the Uk were at 434MHz.
Are the ones in the States different, or did they change frequency when they were updated ? :surrender:
I could do with someone buying one over in the states and posting to me.... :rolleyes:
That's a real good question about a possible frequency change but I don't think that's the case. When the old ones are changed out, from what I understand, the new ones work with the existing electronics on the bike. If they changed frequency then they might not unless the tool that registers them can tell the ECU (or whatever) that listens for the signal to change the listening frequency as well.
The frequencies used in the UK and US for the entire KiPass system (both for the authentication fobs as well as the TPS sensors) has always been what it is now but each country has always used different frequencies. We have always used 315 MHz, and that is a generic, short distance, 'open' frequency here in the US. I imagine your 434 MHz is similar in being a sort of open band in the UK, and possibly all around Europe. I believe Kawasaki only makes TPS sensors available in two frequencies but may well be wrong on that.
The bottom line is that we cannot use the other's radio frequency gear on our bikes (UK and US being 'us').
You folks (everywhere but the US and Canada as far as I know) also use O2 sensors in your exhaust systems and are set up to use that feedback in your ECUs- we do not have the sensors on our bikes and so obviously do not use that data in our ECUs. Not sure if they outright swap but even if they do, they would not work correctly on the other country's bikes.
Brian
Quote from: Ant on June 05, 2014, 01:47:50 PM
There are some for sale in Miami Jim which are a decent price....but they are 315 MHz... Now ones that recently sold in the Uk were at 434MHz.
Are the ones in the States different, or did they change frequency when they were updated ? :surrender:
I could do with someone buying one over in the states and posting to me.... :rolleyes: