msns-e, msd 6al, and no sparkie

[badjuju]

I'm using a cherry hall effect sensor and magnets mounted on my crank pulley for my rpm triggering. It's sensing fine.

 

I'm using my ms box's fidle circuit to trigger my 6al box. However, it's not sparking.

 

I have my spark inverted, I have set my fidle to spark output a, and my dwell is set to 50% fixed duty.

 

To rule the box out, I grounded my white wire (the one which is supposed to run to ms's trigger wire) and it sparked just fine.

 

Can someone please point me in the right direction? I can supply more info if you have questions.

[badjuju]

K, I soldered up x12 to - of led17, and it's sparking fine. now to get the sucker to start.

[badjuju]

So i got it to start, but the sucker stays at 15* btdc no matter what (it's actually way more advanced than that, but it says it's locked at 15). I come to find out that it's reading the rpm as ~260 at idle. This can't be true because the engine won't idle that low, and I know it's more like 600-700. I think it's stuck in cranking mode and is locking the advance at 15, since it's reading the rpm to be under 300. I sanded down my magnets on the pully a little, with no luck. I'm thinking maybe it's just not reading one for some reason? or maybe not reading two... Any suggestions?

[badjuju]

Just came across this thread while searching for hall sensor info, and thought i'd update the thread with a solution.

 

I just adjusted the position of the hall sensor, problem solved.