Problems with my Tbalancer and pump - help needed

AFK_Matrix · 26 Oct 2006 at 22:12

Hi,

Ok I have a Tbalancer fan controller and have now managed to get Win XP to recognise it etc. But on the XS forums one member says i can attach my Laing DDC Pump to the sensor hub which inturn connects to the tbalancer and it will detect its flow and thus I can set it up so that if the pump does not turn on the computer will automatically shut down.

The only problem is that the software isn't detecting the flow from the DDC pump, know this is a long shot but can anyone help me pls?

welshtom · 26 Oct 2006 at 22:14

so how are you connecting to the sensor hub and powering the pump? with a splitter of some sort

AFK_Matrix · 26 Oct 2006 at 22:20

Hi Tom.

Well the pump is just connected to my PSU, to control the Volts to the pump I would need a miniNG. But this guy said that all I had to do was take the cable with the blue wire and plug it into one of the flowmeter connectors on the sensor bus and this then connects to the tbalancer.

But nothing is being detected.

DaveMac · 26 Oct 2006 at 22:21

If your DDC has the seperate RPM monitor wire you connect this like a fan to set the alarm RPM levels.

If you DDC has no monitor wire you will need to buy a seperate flow-meter.

welshtom · 26 Oct 2006 at 22:22

hmm i couldnt really help before and i dont think i can now.

sounds like you;ve done the right thing with the connections. maybe the sender wire from the pump is broken, you tried it on a mobo connector and see if its picked up through the mobo software?

AFK_Matrix · 26 Oct 2006 at 22:28

Ok will try and plug the wire into the mobo see what happens, any particular software i should use to see if its working?

Well it definetly has a blue cable with a 3 pin connector on the end so i suppose i can try it on one of the fan channels, just don't want to damage the pump or the tbalancer doing that.

welshtom · 26 Oct 2006 at 22:29

pluggin that into one of the fan headers on the mobo will be fine, i;d use the cpu fan header and use speedfan or something, smart guardian does it too for the dfi;s

DaveMac · 26 Oct 2006 at 23:02

Nothing will be damaged, the Navigator software defaults to 100% operation until you change it.

Its not the easiest software to use but very good and very controlable once you get your head round it.
I'd recommend to just connect a spare fan to it and mess around with it till you get it sussed.

I use it with MBM to control rad fans on different channels to temp curves so as the temps rise each fan kicks in at different levels and as the temps increase the fan speed increases, and vice versa.

AFK_Matrix · 27 Oct 2006 at 10:24

Hi DaveMac,

Oh after much messing around Win XP now sees the fans and the sensors, although when I was briefly testing the fan speeds yesturday it wasn't reducing the ones I thought it would so gonna have a look at that.

But I was told that the Blue cable from my pump would be able to plug into the sensor bus and then the software would detect the pumps flow rate. But if as you say it detects its rpm then I think I need to plug it into a Fan channel on the tbalancer. Will give this a try tonight.