New Diagnostic Software for MBE ECU
Discussion
Hi Olli
Been using your s/w very successfully ! Thanks for creating it.
One favour...I have made a bluetooth adaptor so I dont have to mess around with cables. Works a treat...but when I kill the ignition, the BT module of course vanishes. On switching igntion back on, it doesnt find the MBE again...that's ok I could live with that by just closing re-oping MBETool. But when I try to close I get an excpetion dialog, in fact for everything I then try to do...cliking, closing etc etc. I have to use task manager to kill it (Win7 btw). Even then it puts up a fight...eventually stops. I restart MBETool and hey presto...all working again.
Can you trap this ?
Pete
Been using your s/w very successfully ! Thanks for creating it.
One favour...I have made a bluetooth adaptor so I dont have to mess around with cables. Works a treat...but when I kill the ignition, the BT module of course vanishes. On switching igntion back on, it doesnt find the MBE again...that's ok I could live with that by just closing re-oping MBETool. But when I try to close I get an excpetion dialog, in fact for everything I then try to do...cliking, closing etc etc. I have to use task manager to kill it (Win7 btw). Even then it puts up a fight...eventually stops. I restart MBETool and hey presto...all working again.
Can you trap this ?
Pete
Oli, firstly thanks for developing this software. I've had no end of problems getting original sotware to run on my 4.5 ajp cerb. Yours ran no problem first attempt on XP. I've had a quick play and car has been stalling at low revs and adaptives showing -0.4 on both banks but one going up to high 20s when increasing revs up to 2000 rpm. What happens if I press reset adaptives button on software? I suspect I need to get banks balanced but seeing that button suggests it might do something?
The adaptives are stored in memory of the ECU and they are re-adjusted everytime you drive. Resetting the adaptive means setting both adaptive maps to zero. The Ecu will then rebuild them. If after a long run one bank is out of the normal range you know that you have a problem on this bank.
Yes, I have made some modifications so it only goes offline after loosing the COM-Port without an error.
You only have to reconnect afterwards.
I'm only waiting to make the new version public, because I want to have implemented the Read Adaptive Maps before.
Unfortunealy I spent some time on my Wideband Lambda project which runs fine now, last week was the 3 Nations Gathering, next weekend is Zolder Continental Meeting.
If you send me a PN with your eMail, I could send you an interims version.
You only have to reconnect afterwards.
I'm only waiting to make the new version public, because I want to have implemented the Read Adaptive Maps before.
Unfortunealy I spent some time on my Wideband Lambda project which runs fine now, last week was the 3 Nations Gathering, next weekend is Zolder Continental Meeting.
If you send me a PN with your eMail, I could send you an interims version.
Not going to be much help here other than to say you're over revving the engine when it's cold and the battery needs a charge
Seriously though I've had this programme plugged up to mine and the range and presentation of parameters is excellent, so good in fact that I actually understand some of it! Great job by Oli.
Seriously though I've had this programme plugged up to mine and the range and presentation of parameters is excellent, so good in fact that I actually understand some of it! Great job by Oli.
s6boy said:
Not going to be much help here other than to say you're over revving the engine when it's cold and the battery needs a charge
Seriously though I've had this programme plugged up to mine and the range and presentation of parameters is excellent, so good in fact that I actually understand some of it! Great job by Oli.
He He +1 on revs and battery!!Seriously though I've had this programme plugged up to mine and the range and presentation of parameters is excellent, so good in fact that I actually understand some of it! Great job by Oli.
Olli's program is excellent, great piece of work which allows most of us to run this on XP laptops which the TVR Diag program never did reliably and at times, was so flaky!!
If you don't know what you are looking at or for? Then I suggest you take to a recommended TVR Indy dealer??
Trev
s6boy said:
The only thing that stands out for me is the oil pressure reading quite low. Other than that it looks very healthy.
Just had Dom fit his 4.3 in my Tam - that's about what my new engine reads when "hot". TVR Power's opinion is that it is a normal reading as when tested "wet" that is, using a pressure gauge on the engine, it is about twice that reading. Another TADTS for the Speed Six.Regarding the wrong values:
I programmed the detection of the ECU over the serial port not very strict. So it can happen, if you have selected a wrong port which is responding in some manner, that the software shows random values.
But I see an advantage in this simple detection: The Software connects easier with the different ECUs and I don't need to make changes to the program for every MBE ECU which TVR fitted.
If you look in the footer of the window, you can see 'MBE Type found'. So the type is missing, should be something like 'ECU #94130116 found'...
I programmed the detection of the ECU over the serial port not very strict. So it can happen, if you have selected a wrong port which is responding in some manner, that the software shows random values.
But I see an advantage in this simple detection: The Software connects easier with the different ECUs and I don't need to make changes to the program for every MBE ECU which TVR fitted.
If you look in the footer of the window, you can see 'MBE Type found'. So the type is missing, should be something like 'ECU #94130116 found'...
Edited by EvoOlli on Saturday 21st June 13:07
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