Hello!

Been working on Triumph Motorcycles and SAAB Trionic7, so got some basic knowledge in CAN-com, maping, etc.
Also works as an Automation Engineer, so this programming is kind of my hood but engine control is still a quite new subject. 

But what is needed/supported for sweet talking Volvos, preferably all MY´s?
(And by sweet talking I mean upload from ECU, editing maps, calculate CHKsum and download it back to the ECU-box)
 
Seen something about ME4 and ME7, but this is for old cars?
A guy over at VolvoSpeed directed me here and said something about MED9.
What is used on newer Volvos? 

I own a Lawicel USB, will this fix the hardware side?

What software is neeeded for editing maps and/or flashing?

Or is here already a list for Volvos models and their ECU hardware?
Tried to search but came up with nothing.

Cheers! 
 

Cheers!

Have you searched this forum using the keyword "Volvo" yet?

I am not Volvo involved but as any Auto ECU engineering reverse process just define car, model, year, ECU model, type, part numbers, manufacture family, procesor type and associated internal and external memory types and you will start to know the path of your answers.

There are a couple of Volvo threads here well worth reading, you will find there are many variants and you'll have to get your head into it no matter which one you have.  I started on my own about 6 months ago and can do "enough" for now on the ecu's I've bought to play with and have successfully tuned a couple of ECU's. I'd recommend getting a few from scrappers and looking at the differences yourself to get a proper understanding the system.