robert_allen

Ok. Quick update here. I put one of the CH10 guides on one of the Monte's, pushed the car through the base at varying speeds as I didn't want to rewire the lead wire ends and it didn't make a difference. So I then tried Andy P's suggestion (though it took a few minutes to figure out what he was telling me..."orange" lol. ) and put a CH07 wood track guide on the Monte. The guide needed to be sanded down a little bit for a smooth ride. I then did the same thing, pushing the car through at varying speeds. At first it didn't count laps correctly but then it started to be consistent and counted laps flawlessley no matter what speed I pushed it through. Ok, great. Problem solved but the guide would still need some massaging as it was tight in the holder and wouldn't turn smoothly. I didn't feel making the modofication to the CH07 guide tonight so I decided to run some other cars just to have some fun. I ran a Revoslot Viper around the track and no problems. I ran several other Scalextric GT cars around and they all performed great. So just for fun I grabbed another Monte Carlo (with digital chip) and ran it around and low and behold, it was counting laps perfectl6y. What???? So I set up a practice race to do 50 laps and it counted every lap. I grabbed another Monte, this one was analog and it also counted 50 perfect laps. I don't know what to tell you. 😮

AndyP. What is the revision number of your hardware (it is viewable in the APP)? 1.0.1 What version of the software are you using? 2.2.2 (33) What revision are the digital chips you are using (likely G or H)? H Rev G chips have a large capacitor mounted to the PCB (yellow/blue packaging), Rev H have all nice small surface mounted components (grey packaging). Could you also upload a picture of where the powerbase is located on the track?

I have sent an enquiry to Customer Service and will wait for a response. Thanks again for all your suggestions. I'm not keen on drilling a new hole and refitting the electronics. I don't feel I should have to do this with a newley released car. Should work right out of the box after installing a chip.

Hi. I tried the black electrical tape on the guide. I added an extra 5mm to the original length of the guide making the distance from the end of the modified guide to the LED approximately 15mm. It counted laps perfectly. No missed laps at all. The only problem now is the the tape added enough width to the guide that it now gets stuck at some sections of the track. :)

I'll take some pictures tommorow.

1: The chips were actually the first thing I tried. Made no difference. 2: haven't tried the tape thing yet. Will try tommorow. 3: LED's are seated the same as the Protoypes.

Ok. 1: I just gave the cars a try in Analog mode and the cars count laps correctly. 2: The counting problem is with both Pace cars and human controlled cars in Digital mode.

I just measured the distance between the back of the guide flag to the middle of the IR LED. The distance is 22.35 mm. Doesn't Scalextric test this kind of thing?

DR_C Here's a pic of 2 cars together. The Monte Carlo is on the left and a Daytona Prototype on the right. /media/tinymce_upload/a7aac84052889f4a8d49bb22ee625f93.JPG

Has anyone else had problems the new Monte Carlo's not counting laps with the Arc Air Pro? I have 4 new Monte Carlo's with 4 brand new chips in each car and they all have a problem with counting laps. I've tried several other types of cars such as GT3's and Daytona Prototypes and all other cars count correctly. For whatever reason the Monte Carlo's will skip several laps before counting a lap. It happens with the the Official App and the 3rd party app as well.