The ignition driver (System>Ignition Driver) is a simple driver that allows you to set the ignition type. Legacy firmwares and certain models of ECU may not have all available options.

Ignition Mode
Mode sets the coil driving sequence, as per the following list:

Off
With Ignition mode set to off, the coil outputs will not be triggered even when Sync is maintained. This is usually not used as fuel will still be injected (depending on the Injection Driver Fuelling mode) which may then wet-up the spark plugs.

Distributor (Fires Only Coil 1)
This mode will fire Coil 1 an even amount of times per 720* based on the number of cylinders set in the Engine Driver. For example, if it is set to 4, then every 180* an ignition event will be sent to Coil 1.

Wasted Spark
This mode required only a Crank signal to operate. It will fire through coils up to the total number of cylinders divided by 2, with an angular separation between events of 720* divided by the Number of Cylinders.
Example 1: 4 Cylinder will fire Coil 1 then Coil 2 alternately every 180 degrees. 

Example 2: 8 Cylinder would fire Coil 1, 2, 3 and 4 with a 90* spacing to each cylinder.

Note the order will also be based on the Firing Order set in the Engine Driver.

Wasted Spark (COPS)
This mode will fire the coils in sequence as per Wasted spark, and it will also fire the matching cylinders coil based on the firing order in a wasted spark configuration.. This allows you to use individually triggered Coil-On-Plug ignitions with only a crank signal.

Example, with 4 Cylinders wired with COPS to Coil 1,2,3 and 4, and a firing order of 1,3,4,2, the coils 1 and 4 will be fired then 180* degrees later coil channels 3 and 2 will be fired.

Fully Sequential
This mode will fire the coil outputs sequentially in order as given by the firing order, spaced evenly dependant on the number of cylinders. This will require both a cam and crank signal to work correctly to determine the engines phasing.

Coil Rest State

The Coil Rest state is typically not user settable.

Coil Type

Please see the following section for more information about Coil Types. Certain models do not allow changing of modes due to hardware limitations.

Fixed Fire
This mode will ignore all ignition timing information (expect for the trigger offset) and fire at a fixed angle as set in the Fixed Fire Advance box.. This is used to help "time up" the ignition triggering.

It should be set to NO after timing has been set to the Ignition Advance will vary based on sensor/engine speed data as per the ignition tables.

Note older firmwares may be limited to only allowing fixed fire to 10* BTDC.