Dan,
I took a quick look at engine time items and have a couple of general comments, which I am sure you are aware of, but this may help others.
First consider that the injector timing and gas production is basically asynchronous unless you are producing gas in the injector itself.
Most modern cars with injectors have a single gas line running to an injector rail which hooks to individual injectors. Pressure on the fuel line is maintained by the fuel pump. The timing of when the injector is opened and how long it stays open is all controlled by car electronics.
I know this is a simple view, but Stan’s system basically follows the same model. One difference is that fuel is vapor (gas) and there is no fuel pump. Gas pressure is created by running fuel cells, so we need to tell fuel cells when to produce more gas. This where is looks to be more complicated but not a lot as it is still asynchronous in its basic function. Injectors run just like a normal car with the same timing issues but changed to match Stan’s “gas”. What is different is we need to tell Stan’s system when we are using more gas than idle condition.
Part of this is done of card that converts pulse duration into voltage level. This same card sets minimum “idle” voltage level and upper limit voltage level. As the pulse duration is set by the TPS this input is just telling the system I will be using more gas so produce more faster, so pressure does not drop. The same card also has the input from gas pressure sensor to cut off gas production if pressure gets too high.
I believe Stan found that this works if the car is running but what happens when pressure drops too far when car is off if at idle when pressure drops too low. Stan’s VIC has an additional input to accept another signal to produce gas when this happens. I believe it was triggered by a low tank pressure sensor (could be the same sensor used for high pressure) but I have not seen where he generates this input to the VIC.
How this input is generated needs to be addressed but at a minimum a large part of the GMS will need to be on.
Now in the case where the injector is producing the “gas” it has become a more tightly coupled and complex system.
Earl