PaddyO
Supercharged
I have installed a MC Cruise Control on my 2014 R3T. I have also installed a Smart Brake Module, from the Smart Turn System company, which flashes the brakes when using engine braking to let the drivers behind me know that I am slowing down.
The problem I am having is that the SBM is sensing when the cruise control is using engine braking to slow the bike going down hill and flashes the brakes. The cruise control senses the brakes flashing, thinks the brakes are being used, and disengages the cruise control as it should. However, I do not want the cruise control disengaging under these circumstances.
Both devices are working as they should, yet I do not want them interacting when engine braking is being used to slow the bike going down hill.
I love the law of unintended consequences!
I am thinking that if I put a diode between the wire which goes to the brake light and the SBM, it will keep the cruise control from picking up when the SBM is flashing the brake lights. Because the sensors for the cruise control for when the front and rear brakes are being used are upstream of the SBM, they will still recognize when the brakes are being used and disengage the cruise control.
My questions are:
1) Is my thinking correct?
2) What kind of diode do I need to get?
Thanks in advance for your help.
The problem I am having is that the SBM is sensing when the cruise control is using engine braking to slow the bike going down hill and flashes the brakes. The cruise control senses the brakes flashing, thinks the brakes are being used, and disengages the cruise control as it should. However, I do not want the cruise control disengaging under these circumstances.
Both devices are working as they should, yet I do not want them interacting when engine braking is being used to slow the bike going down hill.
I love the law of unintended consequences!
I am thinking that if I put a diode between the wire which goes to the brake light and the SBM, it will keep the cruise control from picking up when the SBM is flashing the brake lights. Because the sensors for the cruise control for when the front and rear brakes are being used are upstream of the SBM, they will still recognize when the brakes are being used and disengage the cruise control.
My questions are:
1) Is my thinking correct?
2) What kind of diode do I need to get?
Thanks in advance for your help.