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Damn that Tom
On the road for the first time since novnov. this my daughter’s version of today’s adventure…
Once upon A time, we set for Disney world excited that all felt well from their c-19 vaccine. The day began with a busted water pipe at the house. No worries says Joe. A plumber can fix it after we get home. Let’s get Daytona today and eat some fried shrimp for dinner.
So, off we set on a merry journey towards I-95. A brief stop at the SC/GA state line for lunch and we notice a beeping noise coming from the dashboard. Strange everyone says. All gauges normal, says Joe. Onward we go. As we pick up speed, the beeping stops. Even stranger. I-95 turns into a parking lot, not once, not twice but four or five times. Each time we come to a slow roll, the beeping begins again. Not strange now, but starting to get aggravating. How odd we all say.
2 hours past our ETAETA, we arrive in DaytonaDaytona. The bus gets parked. The beeping starts again. This time, it seems louder and more intensive. There is a slight pause between each beep, similar to a chirping fire alarm. Joe goes on a tear to find the device that is causing the beep. Mom and I search fruitlessly on the Google to no avail. We can only find references to a tag axle alarm or the fire alarm in the engine. Since this has been going on for four hours, we clearly not burning up. Joe insists that it’s not the tag axel. He dons two screw drivers and starts unscrewing panels. Outside panels come off. The Power is off. The beep continues on its merry way. He can’t squeeze under the dash board without taking the drivers seats out, so I am recruited to take a look around the see what I can see. I see nothing that is recognizable to my untrained eye and give my report. It is not appreciated. Wiring diagrams are analyzed and scrutinized to find the link to the beep.
The dashboard comes off next but, too many wires and no buzzer to be found. Giving up all hope, Joe say ‘find the 800 provost number’. We are put on hold, as many people are having difficulties today apparently. The young lady cannot help us. She transfers us to the tech team. He says ina very confused way…..a 93 provost only has 2 Alarms. Go to the back and try turning off the power. Mom and I stay inside. The beeping stops. Excited beyond belief we holler ‘it stopped’ as it begins again when Joe comes back on board. Huh, we say. The tech man puts us on hold as he’s befuddled. Joe goes back in the back end of the bus. The beeping stops again. Hey, we holler from the inside, it stopped. No didn’t says Joe. It’s loud out here……..
is it something on your phone, Joe? We ask. Now aggregated to the bitter end , he yanks his phone out and see the the tire pressure monitoring system app is pitching all out fit because it has lost communication with a tire. App closed. The blessed beeping stops. Three hours later we are now hollering at the hold song on the prevost number to save the man on the line from finding the elusive beeping.
we made it Daytona, but we did not get that fried shrimp. However it was a happy ending because there no more beeping.
it’s Tom fault.
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sounds like a great time was had by all!
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OMG, laughing like crazy. I can see it coming from Tom now. An offer of free dues.
Have a great trip !
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Good grief, I can understand the problem with Joe not figuring out his pocket was beeping and probably vibrating, especially at his age, but Becky would have figured that out in a heart beat if Joe stood still long enough.
Joe, I know your busy comparing hearing aid models, but what was the tire problem? You know, the constant beeping alerting you there was a problem.
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A problem Jon will never experience …
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There is just something really wrong when something in your pants is beeping to report a malfunction.
I am unable to even comprehend all of the things new phones can do, but I did have a conversation with a member’s wife who advised me her husband had left her for his phone. She indicated he set it on vibrate and he fell in love with the phone.
That’s just wrong, like almost all the other stuff people are using the phone to do.
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Tom gets to pick the next location for the dipole antenna. I’m on my third pick and the unit keeps losing communication with one of the sensors. I have tried:
- the top front passenger corner of the wind shield and it drops the driver tag.
- Inside the bay just ahead of the drive tires middle bus width, it drops the driver front sensor.
- it is currently mounted below the floor of the bay just ahead of the drive tires about 1/3 way across the width of the bus, and it drops the front drivers side sensor.
come on man, does it have to be in the exact center of the bus to work.
as to the App when it goes into alarm, why does it just flash a notification, why not show the diagram and flash the offending tire in red.
The bottom line is that it has lost communication so much I use it to check the tire pressures -pretrip and close the app. I checked them at our lunch stop but failed to close the app. It is so sensitive to position that rolling down the road it works, stopped in traffic or at the end of the day the driver front gets dropped and I never saw the notification on the phone. The phone is mounted on the drivers side column.
My Hearing is fine. Phone Vibration is turned off, eyes not so good to read a notification.
First time in nine years of owning the bus I’ve been stumped and called Prevost Pass. Bus hasn’t let me down yet. Haven’t used the bus enough, chalked it up to a good laugh.
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What type of monitor are you using?
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Joe,
Until the Repeater is out, very soon according to Pressure Pro on Friday, the only answer to loss of signal is the 35′ extended external antenna. Jeff won’t even install the system without the external antenna.
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Similar issues when I first installed my Pressure Pro. Added the antenna as Tom noted, no problems since.
Chuck
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I do want to get this straightened out, since doing a pre trip check and turning off the app loses a bit of the usefulness of the system.
but to be clear my antenna is now external. I bought an SMA cable extension cable. The blue tooth receiver is in the overhead of my galley where it has a clear shot to the phone on the post my the driver. Any further back and the Bluetooth signal is lost.
the antenna is then routed the bay in front of the drive wheels and the dipole is snug to the foam installation.
Not sure where I would go with a different mounting option.
I’ll try and send some pics later. for now it off to Stay Wars.
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What has worked is getting the rubber ducky antenna as far to the rear under the bus as possible. I did my Marathon that way and so has Jon and it was flawless. I first tried under the steering bay like you did and still had toad issues. Most are having success mounting the FX and Dipole antenna mid ship, but it’s trial and error.
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Tom is correct. The antenna length determines where the end of the antenna gets placed, but it works.
I ran mine into the steer compartment and then fished it rearward going over the top of the steer axle arch and ending at the rear of the fuel tank under the tank support.. After 5 years of use I can count the number of occasional “lost signal” notifications on my fingers.
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Here are a couple of photos. The first shows the underside of the spray foam with the dipole snug against the foam. The tips of the dipole do dip down towards the ground but not by more that 1/4 inch. I liberally back filled the hole with silicone. But there is not silicone on the tip of the dipole.
the location is bay in front of the drive tires aligned with the right end of the drawer under the TV in the second photo. So it is 3 ft in front of the drive tire, but only about 1 ft from the passenger side edge.
I’m losing the drivers side steer tire sensor. I’m not even trying to get toad tire sensors.
but from your description of where to place the antenna, I’m not sure where to move it.
and from an earlier question, which I failed to answer, this is the pulse FX system. the monitor is my phone which connects via Bluetooth. I was out of dash for a stand-alone monitor installation.
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Doesn’t look like the photos uploaded from the iPad
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Third attempt at the photos.
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