arseofbox said:Im working (not very hard) on a project to make a piece of software to read the contents of the 6F/ 16F (Cinq/ Sei) ECU...Ive just converted a fooking massive Italian document to find out how to interface the bugger
Any good with C++?
Jamieboy said:Actually yes! Just finished my undergrad Hons. Degree in AI & Robotics - one of the main cores of which was software design in C++/builder. Also electronics design and manufacture - it's my comms knowledge that is poor
This would be my main worry - Fiat may use a proprietry beasty that would make it tough to speak to the ECU.
How sweet would a PC resident or hand-held, PIC based fault-code reader be?! If on the PC you could have a nice GUI, or an LCD if PIC based....
Maybe a collaborative project is possible with ourselves and other members?
Should we start a new thread on this?
Cheers,
Jamie
arseofbox said:EXCELLENT!!! Just the Guy I need...
Fiat do use a proprietary reader / scanner, called the FLT. But thats no problem, as the document I have gives full details on how to communicate to it / interface and pull data out.
I think PIC's might be a bit hard, cos I was looking at getting a live data feed, and updating that every 500-600 msec.
Ive found a circuit to talk to it from the serial port...Its just a TTL level converter I think, and I also have a vague bit of pseudo code as I just brain-dumped the lot to paper one afternoon.
I have the file on my other computer...so I'll send it to you once I get back to that 'box...and that'll be monday / tuesday
arc said:oooo, im liking the sounds of this
have a good read of the thread on the coupe forum Jamie
project-cinqy said:so could this software be used from a laptop? and could it datalog? save a fortune in dyno testing if it can? Rpm curves would make shift light setting up a doddle!!
Jon.
Ok, here is a shiney nice new thread for this