Ecu and software
Ecu and software
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Ballsy

Original Poster:

317 posts

246 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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Ive been reading back thru a few posts about connecting the car upto the laptop, ive noticed ppl saying theres two diffrent types of ecu, has anybody got pics of the differences? My car is a 96 4.2, daft question.....wheres the ecu situated? iam guessing the passenger footwell!!

What does the software actually do?? can you adjust anything or it is just for diagnistic purposes.....or is it best left to people that know what there doing?

Oh and can some nice person email a copy of the software...Ballsy@blueyonder.co.uk

Cheers

headcase

2,389 posts

246 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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YHM

Ballsy

Original Poster:

317 posts

246 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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got the software now.....thanks to headcase

touchingcloth

11,706 posts

268 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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Any chance I could get a copy if it is emailable sinclair @ voyagervip.com (without the spaces)

Mucho obliged.

budaholic

1,516 posts

264 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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touchingcloth said:
Any chance I could get a copy if it is emailable sinclair @ voyagervip.com (without the spaces)

Mucho obliged.


TC.... YHM mate

Bud

nemasis

310 posts

281 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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doesnt matter what ecu you have got,ring dave at www.automedon.co.uk he can tell you how to link the ecu to your lap top

carl_w

10,741 posts

287 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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nemasis said:
doesnt matter what ecu you have got,ring dave at www.automedon.co.uk he can tell you how to link the ecu to your lap top
Come on nemasis, this is getting beyond a joke now. What's your involvement in Automedon? A quick keyword search gives nine mentions of automedon in the last couple of weeks, seven of which are from you (the other two are one from spartacus, and another from me taking the p1ss...)

>> Edited by carl_w on Thursday 11th May 22:27

gazzab

21,638 posts

311 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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and will this garage really be happy for us to call for advice when we live the other end of the country and wont be able to actually use them?

Scrooloose

888 posts

245 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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Ballsy said:
What does the software actually do?? can you adjust anything or it is just for diagnistic purposes.....or is it best left to people that know what there doing?


What is the answr to this question???

Julian64

14,325 posts

283 months

Thursday 11th May 2006
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Its basically a moving graph of most of the input sensors to the engine, lambda, temperature injector times etc etc.

Also a rudimentary screen showing logged error faults in the engine.

Pretty damned essential for engine diagnosis, or just to compare pre and post service graphs to see whether you've ballsed up the setup or not.

Trellis

590 posts

268 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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Any chance someone can mail me a copy too?

many thanks!!

ellis@happyshack.plus.com

thegreengoblet

1,040 posts

245 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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Me too please.... thegreengoblet@skytec.co.uk

Thanks in advance

headcase

2,389 posts

246 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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Trellis, Green Goblet YHM!



nemasis said:
doesnt matter what ecu you have got,ring dave at www.automedon.co.uk he can tell you how to link the ecu to your lap top



For people who dont follow the forums that closley nemasis is an ex factory worker who was on the cerb production line, he also works at automedon in Blackpool, it does beg the question Will automedon answer questions over the phone to people who will never take their cars there because they are at the other end of the country! Presumably they will or nemasis wouldnt be plugging away so avidly! BTW Nemasis did you have any luck finding those schematics?

Ballsy

Original Poster:

317 posts

246 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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has anybody got pics of the two differences in the ecu's?? do you have to open the ecu to get to the plugs?

malman

2,258 posts

288 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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One you open it up and there is a nine pin D serial connection. The other has no connection inside, it has a 3 pin plug on a fly lead outside the ecu. AFAIK

Julian64

14,325 posts

283 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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Julian64 said:
Its basically a moving graph of most of the input sensors to the engine, lambda, temperature injector times etc etc.

Also a rudimentary screen showing logged error faults in the engine.

Pretty damned essential for engine diagnosis, or just to compare pre and post service graphs to see whether you've ballsed up the setup or not.


www.albionsurgery.com/Files/Cerby.JPG

Does this help?

My car from nearly cold today.

>> Edited by Julian64 on Friday 12th May 18:17

TT Tim

4,168 posts

276 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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Trellis said:
Any chance someone can mail me a copy too?

many thanks!!

ellis@happyshack.plus.com


Won't work without a Cerb' you know

Tim

nemasis

310 posts

281 months

Friday 12th May 2006
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gazzab, as i have said i will be happy to talk to any one if they have a problem and if i can help them out i will doesnt matter if they are at the other end of the country or another country,headcase,yes is the answer

headcase

2,389 posts

246 months

Saturday 13th May 2006
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Can you post em someware or email them to me m.case@btinternet.com that would be wonderful if you could

tdr

56 posts

257 months

Saturday 13th May 2006
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Hi guys, the name isn't a mistake, I was given these 3 initials by my dad; he'd obviously never heard of TVR. Where were you, mum?
Anyway, my Cerbie S6 '99 has got the old blue metal ecu box, and my (Dutch, there you go) dealer hasn't got the software to read it. Can anyone help me with a copy, please?