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04-02-2009, 04:50 PM
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VENDOR - Portal Media
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 141
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USB TPMS Pictures of Working Setups
Hello Everyone,
I have created this thread so that people who already have a working USB TPMS system can post pictures of their installation/setup. I would kindly ask that you post 3 pictures:
1)Close-up of an installed valve stem
2)A picture of the receiver in its mounted location
3)A picture of Car PC (LCD) with TPMS plug-in in action
These three picture will greatly assist users in choosing the best installation location of their receiver and also show what types of tires the sensors will install onto with no issues.
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04-02-2009, 04:57 PM
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VENDOR - Portal Media
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 141
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Pictures of Portal Media's USB TPMS installed onto its Civic 03 4dr EX test vehicle.
Last edited by Lok; 04-03-2009 at 10:03 AM.
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07-28-2009, 10:19 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Michigan/Missouri
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Does the pressure sensor replace the valve stem or does it require a new hole to be drilled and tapped into the wheel for mounting the sensor?
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07-29-2009, 02:31 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Italy
Posts: 558
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It replaces the valve stem.
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07-29-2009, 02:51 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Kristiansand, Norway
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But require reballencing of the wheels?
All aftermarked TPMS is battery powered right?
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07-29-2009, 09:26 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawrenceville GA
Posts: 709
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Quote: Originally Posted by Crinos  But require reballencing of the wheels?
All aftermarked TPMS is battery powered right?
Both are correct.
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07-30-2009, 07:41 PM
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The Last Good Gremlin
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: St Louis
Posts: 1,933
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Sorry it took me so long to post but I was waiting for my new summer wheels that never came. The following pics are of my installs of your TMS on two of my vehicles. The Mustang has the V2 sensors and receiver. The receiver is much better than the prototype one on my Caddy, but the valve cores all leak. As long as I keep the valve caps on snug the tire pressures are maintained.
The TMS on the Mustang works outstanding with my Tablet. The data doesn't overtask my puny 933Mhz processor and the alerts are timely and intuitive since only the wheel that tripped the alert blinks. The recievers for both cars are located under the armrests between the front seats where reception is good from all four sensors.
On the Caddy, I need to monitor air pressure carefully because I have 150 spoke wire wheels that are extremely prone to leaking through the spokes.
The old spokes I had lost 10lbs out per day, so I installed the sensors even on the ones that had been poorly patched. The sensors required some of the silicone sealant be carefully removed around the valve stem in order for everything to fit. But the wheels never leaked near the valve stem/sensor. And the sensors I got directly from Third Eye two years ago have never leaked at the cores.
The Caddy also has a Fusion Brain so I developed an I/O skin for that car that combines everything on one screen. The red ovals are buttons while the yellow ovals are sensors, therefore it was a natural extension to use yellow boxes for the TMS sensors and the whole box blinks red when a threshold is exceeded.
Same tablet works in both cars (Actually all three of my cars), but screens and addons differ from one vehicle to the next. That's why the FB temps/volts/current sensors on this screen are so low. And I just realized the batter indicators aren't on - oh well, something else to add to my to-do list.
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07-30-2009, 08:19 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawrenceville GA
Posts: 709
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In the wheel
It is hard to tell but this is mounted under the back seat next to my XM radio and HD radio receivers.
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07-31-2009, 09:43 AM
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VENDOR - Portal Media
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 141
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Thank You Gizmo and fixerofallthing I really appreciate you posting your install info, I am sure it will help others.
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09-24-2009, 05:08 AM
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Newbie
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 14
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I'd be concerned with battery life/type and having to change the sucker. Anybody got any first hand info for that one?
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10-04-2009, 07:22 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: AZ
Posts: 373
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Are valves bluetooth? Just trying to understand how the sensor works.
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10-04-2009, 07:46 AM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
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Quote: Originally Posted by hexxamillion Are valves bluetooth? Just trying to understand how the sensor works.
They are wireless, but not bluetooth, they are in the 2.4Ghz range, similar to WiFi, as the range seems to reduce when I tried them on my laptop which was connected to my home network.
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10-04-2009, 09:19 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: AZ
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Quote: Originally Posted by Enforcer They are wireless, but not bluetooth, they are in the 2.4Ghz range, similar to WiFi, as the range seems to reduce when I tried them on my laptop which was connected to my home network.
I see.
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10-04-2009, 01:10 PM
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The Last Good Gremlin
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: St Louis
Posts: 1,933
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Quote: Originally Posted by Enforcer They are wireless, but not bluetooth, they are in the 2.4Ghz range, similar to WiFi, as the range seems to reduce when I tried them on my laptop which was connected to my home network.
C'mon E, get it together. You seem to be slipping a little lately.
Yes, the sensors are wireless, but they are RF wireless. And my Third Eye box says the frequency is 433.92MHz. What you experienced with the laptop is a condition known as RF saturation due to the poor bandpass filters on wifi receivers.
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10-04-2009, 02:01 PM
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Confusion Master
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: If you go down to the woods today, You're sure of
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Well, I knew it wasn't Bluetooth, and I knew my WiFi messed up the range 
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