laptop to ecu

[stevieITR]

were would i buy a cable to connect my laptop to my evo IV?

gonna buy the evoscan software but i think the price they are charging for the lead is crazy.

it surely only needs a lead that has the correct connections to go from usb to the 16 pin connector

 

[evogeof]

were would i buy a cable to connect my laptop to my evo IV?

gonna buy the evoscan software but i think the price they are charging for the lead is crazy.

it surely only needs a lead that has the correct connections to go from usb to the 16 pin connector

Your best letting the geeks tell you where to buy from

 

[stevieITR]

Your best letting the geeks tell you where to buy from

ok who is the geeks then :whistling:

 

[evoaps]

were would i buy a cable to connect my laptop to my evo IV?

gonna buy the evoscan software but i think the price they are charging for the lead is crazy.

it surely only needs a lead that has the correct connections to go from usb to the 16 pin connector

this may help http://www.evoowners.co.uk/f33/add-pops-bangs-your-evo-3562.html

 

[evogeof]

ok who is the geeks then :whistling:

The geeks are a bunch of members we have who know about ecu's ant technical stuff lie that. They don't get out very often so they read books and eat ecu's for breakfast dinner and tea :disgusted:

 

[Nickygixer-k5]

The geeks are a bunch of members we have who know about ecu's ant technical stuff lie that. They don't get out very often so they read books and eat ecu's for breakfast dinner and tea :disgusted:

Thats a rumour geof they don't eat ecu's they eat chips:whistling:

 

[stevieITR]

Thats a rumour geof they don't eat ecu's they eat chips:whistling:

lol


ok calling aaaaaaaaalllllll geeks....

 

[EVOIV MJC]

apprently the guy that posted second here is a geek, but not in the way u think :whistling::whistling:

 

[stevieITR]

awaits reply from evogeof lol

 

[EVOIV MJC]

ECU Tools hope this helps,,

 

[Simon@NTS]

No point because Evo 4 ecus are not flashable you need to upgrade to an Evo 5 plus ecu first

 

[evogeof]

apprently the guy that posted second here is a geek, but not in the way u think :whistling::whistling:

You cheeky monkey :cry:

 

[fq-craigus]

No point because Evo 4 ecus are not flashable you need to upgrade to an Evo 5 plus ecu first

dam i knew that as well, i could have sounded well cool saying that

 

[HermaN]

As sbn1979 said, Evo 4 ECU is not mappable, all you could do with is is datalog and nothing more. However, as for where to buy a cable get one from tactrix.com (where I got mine, and they manufacture the things).

However these cables are not cheap, and the going rate is over £100 (£120 + shipping from tactrix, and £175(!!!) from gb-ent.com (UK seller).

End of the day, the software is free, but effectively the Open Port cables have the "licence" for the software embedded into them, so you can't just make your own either, you need access to the FW built into the cable. So either bit the bullet and pay up, or don't. No 2 ways about it really, but to be fair, these guys spend LOTS of time making this stuff for use to use, so £100 or so is nothing in comparison to some.

 

[stevieITR]

would it just require buying an evo5 ecu and swapping it over or is there more to it?

also at the moment im just looking for a lead to connect to ecu to read all the sensor readings etc till i figure out wot the hell is wrong with my baby evo :-(

 

[RsvRob]

evo 4 requires an evo5 or 6 ecu with 560cc injectors
This will allow you to read/log all ecu parameters and have a remap for better performance. But you will need a laptop with evoscan and an openport 2.0 tactrix cable.
Yes unfortunately its not as cheap as you think