Output of distributer's magnetic pickup

[Shannen Durphey]

Raymond C Drouillard wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> The module I have has five pins on one side and two on the other.  The
> "two pin" side goes to the coil.  Three pins on the "five pin" side go to
> the ECM (signal out, signal in, and a 5v level that will cause the ECM to
> be bypassed if it's missing).  The other two pins go to the magnetic
> pickup coil in the distributer.  I'm trying to feed the signal from a
> Motorcraft Duraspark distributer into those two pins.  I tried both
> polarities.
> 
> I would measure the voltage myself, but I don't have access to a 'scope.
> 
> Ray Drouillard
> 
I seem to remember that 5-7VAC is enough to trigger the
module.  If you have a DVOM you can measure the voltage from
the distributor.  

Do you have the module powered up?  One of the wires from
the coil is ign+ to turn on the module, the other is coil-.

Shannen