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Tyre Pressure TPMS / Wake-Up tool for RDC
gs-riders:
Thanks for your reply Balviambe, think I must have bought dud Chinese senors bought 3 different ones from 2 different sellers and can't get any of them to work. Using the Saturn Astra on my 401, I can read the genuine BMW sensors no problem but it just keeps saying "Senor trigged but cannot be known" on my TS401 with the cheap eBay ones.
Might buy some Autel MX-Senors and see if I can clone my genuine ones so I can have two sets of wheels without all the headaches.
BALVIAMBE:
HI
I ORDERED THE SENSOR FROM EBAY Chinese senors AND HAD TO REPLACE BOTH THE BATTERIES AND THEY READ PERFECT.
MY FRIEND HAS R1200 GSA WITH ORIGINAL SENSOR AND ALSO THOSE READ IN 3 SEC'S
PUT THE TS 401 IN LINE WITH VALVE WHERE THE WHEEL RIM ENDS AND TIRE STARTS.
IT WON'T READ FROM VALVE STEM ON TOP. PUT IT ON SIDE WALL OF TIRE.
USE
US/CN Saturn Astra 2008/01-2009/12 433MHz
US/CN Saturn Astra 2010/01-2010/12 433MHz
BOTH WORKED FOR R1200GS 2016 MODEL.
DID U UPDATE THE TOOL FOR LATEST FIRMWARE. I THINK IT IS V5
gs-riders:
Hi,
I take it your Chinese sensors were not reading properly either so you decided to change the batteries and now they are working fine?
I updated my 401 yesterday so I think I have the most recent version? It says on the tool information page,
Burn date 05/26/17
S/W Ver 3.12,
H/W Ver 3.0,
Sensor Ver 4.07.06.
Should I have a different version? Sorry for all the questions.
BALVIAMBE:
this sensor lie in stores so battries die.
Boss just change the batteries they will work
cr2032 batteries.
open the black part of the sensor.
the batteries are welded with solder on both sides up and down. so be careful while opening.
check youtube how to change batteries of sensor the videos are they.
Jughead:
--- Quote from: BALVIAMBE on October 04, 2017, 03:55:55 PM ---check youtube how to change batteries of sensor the videos are they.
--- End quote ---
Be careful following the youtube videos! They are at best real "Heath Robinson" attempts.
To do this successfully requires the epoxy/resin to be removed around the battery, the battery unsoldered and replaced with the correct one like this:
Attempting to remove the battery by other methods often results in the circuit board copper tracks being damages and broken. I often have clients walking in "hat in hand", asking to repair their buggered circuit boards.
Do yourself a favour and do the job properly the first time. You will have at least 2 more years of hassle free monitoring before the batteries require changing again.
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