If it is a small red dot, that should be the security system warning indicator.

With the Ignition switch off, put the bike into the “run” position, then turn on the ignition. This should put your bike into diagnostics mode. Use the “Trip” switch to cycle through the codes. anyway….that red light means check your codes!

The red “key” light is telling you that the security system is operational. The fact that it goes out after you start it up means that the security system is disarmed.

To reset the system, upright the bike, set the “kill” button in the “run” position and cycle the ignition off, on then off. It’s also in the manual.

Tip over sensor cuts ECM controls of injectors, coils and fuel pump. It should not do this until bike is leaned more than… uh… some amount of degrees towards the mother earth.

The Roll Over Sensor (ROS) triggers a battery isolation in the event of a vehicle rollover by signalling the isolation switch to disconnect power to the trucks system. The Roll Over Sensor has been designed for high reliability undergoing thorough environmental and lifetime testing.

The Roll Over Mitigation function constantly monitors the vehicle behavior with the help of the ESP® sensors and intervenes when the vehicle threatens to roll over. Roll Over Mitigation brakes individual wheels and reduces the driving torque to prevent roll over and to stabilize the vehicle.

An active rollover protection (ARP), is a system that recognizes impending rollover and selectively applies brakes to resist. ARP builds on electronic stability control and its three chassis control systems already on the vehicle – anti-lock braking system, traction control and yaw control.

Working Principle A tilt sensor has a metallic ball that is designed to move the two pins of the instrument from the ‘on’ to the ‘off’ position, and vice versa, if the sensor reaches a pre-determined angle. Tilt sensors are the environment-friendly version of a mercury-switch.

While not as precise or flexible as a full accelerometer, tilt switches can detect motion or orientation simply. Another benefit to them is that the big ones can switch power on their own. Accelerometers, on the other hand, output digital or analog voltage that must then be analyzed with extra circuitry.

Vcc is used to power up the sensor; to provide a fixed negative reference, ground is used, and the output of the sensor is analog.

High sensitive accelerometer sensors can measure acceleration more easily compare to low sensitive ones. Accelerometer can be used as tilt sensor but not all tilt sensors are used as accelerometers e.g. mercury based tilt sensor can not provide measurement of acceleration.

Accelerometers can be used for measuring both dynamic and static measurements of acceleration. Tilt is a static measurement where gravity is the acceleration being measured.

An accelerometer is a device that measures the vibration, or acceleration of motion of a structure. The force caused by vibration or a change in motion (acceleration) causes the mass to “squeeze” the piezoelectric material which produces an electrical charge that is proportional to the force exerted upon it.

The Android platform provides two sensors that let you determine the position of a device: the geomagnetic field sensor and the accelerometer. For determining a device’s orientation, you can use the readings from the device’s accelerometer and the geomagnetic field sensor.

Smartphones and other mobile technology identify their orientation through the use of an accelerator, a small device made up of axis-based motion sensing. The motion sensors in accelerometers can even be used to detect earthquakes, and may by used in medical devices such as bionic limbs and other artificial body parts.

Uses of a gyroscope or accelerometer The main difference between the two devices is simple: one can sense rotation, whereas the other cannot. Using the key principles of angular momentum, the gyroscope helps indicate orientation. In comparison, the accelerometer measures linear acceleration based on vibration.