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Dunner · 07-09-2012, 07:10 PM

Ron, you need one of these ] after the first [quote.

You still have about 55 minutes to "edit" your post. Hint - hint.

4Knights · 07-09-2012, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dunner

Ron, you need one of these ] after the first [quote.

You still have about 55 minutes to "edit" your post. Hint - hint.

I tried no luck- doesn't work unless no one posts after you. Unless its just an IPad thing.
Now I'm going to go to the Dairy farm down the road and ask for a cow magnet! I swear if they laugh at me I will send you a box of cow freshener straight from the pasture!

Dunner · 07-09-2012, 08:10 PM

If the hay bales they use are held together with twine instead of bailing wire, they may not use the magnets anymore. They should still know about them and may even have some.

Keitha · 08-19-2012, 07:51 PM

Any live stock supply store should have the magnets.
We used a livestock pill pusher to insert them, as well as meds.
Balling Bolus Pill Gun Pusher Equine Cattle Cow Medication Ss Vinyl Head 1' - Pets - Shopping.com

I have a couple magnets around.
I also like the magnet parts cups.

Keith

BarbOD · 08-21-2012, 02:21 PM

Ordered my 507 system today. Looking forward to being "protected" and informed as I go down the road.

pcurt23 · 09-05-2012, 07:26 AM

I have recently installed a TST (August 2012) system on my 2007 Bounder. They worked fine for our first trip but in the last two weeks I have had false alarms on two tires. And a faulty reading on one tire ( displayed 88 lbs through the sensor while the actual pressure was 115 at the valve stem The 115 lbs was courtesy of Cummings bridgeway). I bought the TST because of the pass through sensor but I have had to remove them just the same as my Dorian system because my $100. air chuck will not fasten on the stem. It will not fasten on the flow through stem.
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Dunner · 09-05-2012, 07:55 AM

I had a false high temp alarm on my 507. I powered it down/up and it has been fine since.

Sky_Boss · 09-05-2012, 09:26 AM

I don't know if this has any bearing on the false tire pressure but...

I recall reading an item regarding TPMS not getting tire pressure readings. The article said to consider backing out the valve core a little bit to ensure the TPMS engages the air release of the core. I think they said that backing out the core about 1/4 turn at a time and testing was recommended until the TPMS showed pressure. If I also recall correctly, this was related to the TPMS not showing any pressure. I suppose it could be possible that a TPMS showing less than actual PSI might also benefit from trying this but that would be purely a guess.

Of course, this would only apply to externally mounted sensors.

greystroke · 09-05-2012, 09:47 AM

Love my system. It has saved at least one tire already. But there may be a glitch in the system. Maybe glitch is the wrong word.

After your system is operating on all 10, what happens when a sensor stops transmitting for unk reasons. Will the system alarm after so many minutes of not transmitting?? I don't think so. The display continues to show the last transmitted pressure. The best way to check for this on the road, I feel, is watching the temps. The temps always change a little so if they change you know the transmitter is working.

I found this out one day when I disconnected the toad and my wife drove out of the park. Even though miles away the display continued to show the last transmitted pressures. There were no alarms. When she came back an hour later the displays merely updated so there appears to be no alarm when a sensors fails to transmitt.

Sky_Boss · 09-05-2012, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by greystroke

Love my system. It has saved at least one tire already. But there may be a glitch in the system. Maybe glitch is the wrong word.

After your system is operating on all 10, what happens when a sensor stops transmitting for unk reasons. Will the system alarm after so many minutes of not transmitting?? I don't think so. The display continues to show the last transmitted pressure. The best way to check for this on the road, I feel, is watching the temps. The temps always change a little so if they change you know the transmitter is working....

The TST 507 system I have will not show any tire pressure or temperature information when it looses connection with a sensor and will beep forever each time it checks the tire with a lost connection. I have had that happen 4 times. In all 4 cases I simply shut the monitor off (which killed the alarm) and restarted it. The system then reconnected to all tires. All 4 times I lost the left side outer. I will install a repeater this winter in preparation for adding a toad and 4 more sensors.

greystroke · 09-05-2012, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by athuddriver

The TST 507 system I have will not show any tire pressure or temperature information when it looses connection with a sensor and will beep forever each time it checks the tire with a lost connection. I have had that happen 4 times. In all 4 cases I simply shut the monitor off (which killed the alarm) and restarted it. The system then reconnected to all tires. All 4 times I lost the left side outer. I will install a repeater this winter in preparation for adding a toad and 4 more sensors.

Obviously mine is not working that way. If my toad leaves the campsite it will continue to display last known pressures. So maybe I have a malfunction based on your post. Since the transmitters transmitt every 5 minutes, how long does it take your alarm to go off.

Has anybody else discovered this?

Sky_Boss · 09-05-2012, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by greystroke

Obviously mine is not working that way. If my toad leaves the campsite it will continue to display last known pressures. So maybe I have a malfunction based on your post. Since the transmitters transmitt every 5 minutes, how long does it take your alarm to go off.

Has anybody else discovered this?

HMMMM

I'm not sure about that 5 minute thing. My monitor cycles through all sensors and it takes about 30 seconds (about 5 seconds per tire) to scan all 6 sensors. I suppose it is possible that the sensors only update every 5 minutes but I am not aware of any documentation that supports that.

It wouldn't make any sense to have the system tell you of a flat/blow out 5 minutes after it occurred.

Dunner · 09-05-2012, 11:34 AM

For immediate or a certain % of loss or gain, it alarms almost immediately. If I take a sensor off, it beeps within seconds. I think it does only transmit regular data every 5-10 minutes though. A loss of signal makes that tire go blank. Not sure if it alarms, but I think so.

If you disconnect your toad, you can disable the toad alarm by pressing certain buttons at the same time.

Sky_Boss · 09-05-2012, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Dunner

For immediate or a certain % of loss or gain, it alarms almost immediately. If I take a sensor off, it beeps within seconds. I think it does only transmit regular data every 5-10 minutes though. A loss of signal makes that tire go blank. Not sure if it alarms, but I think so.

If you disconnect your toad, you can disable the toad alarm by pressing certain buttons at the same time.

That all makes sense to me.

When I say "alarm" I mean it gives a single BEEP as it scans over a sensor that has gone MIA.

I would think that driving the toad away would cause 4 sensors to beep for each toad tire sensor and data to disappear.