Thanks for the quick reply, I'm not too savvy with tuning from scratch and I'm trying to learn basics from Maestro before I move to a "big boy toy" I have examined files extensively and read a good amount. I'm having trouble finding an .xdf that'll work for tuner pro though or a definitions file for winols (though I can't use win ols fully since it's a demo, cut n paste though)...I probably wouldn't have bought Maestro if I could find the def's, though it does have a nice logger when it works.
Back to the subject at hand, from what you've told me I can though look at the file I've made and use the changes from Maestro on the non-maestro ecu by swapping the changed values.
Let me do a quick summary to see if I have this right,
1. read out my file from my ecu
2. load stock file for my ecu into winols or tuner pro (only have winols demo)
3. cut the changed value areas from the dumped file to the virgin file
4. add the Launch control code, shift light, etc. that I want to the now tweaked virgin file
5. run it though chksum checker
6. see if it works
I just really hate some of the things Maestro doesn't offer and I'd love to add code for a better launch control, possible shift light, and tune switching from the CC stalk would be nice but that's a stretch at the moment.
This is a HUGE LONGSHOt and a very summarized IDEA and completely hypothetical, IF I ever learn to do anything productive with a real tuning program there's a few things I'd like to try since the 1.8T ecu has a few unused solenoids / connections (depending on your setup) that can be turned on/off by the ecu at a mapped interval. I'd love to know if it would be possible to use one of the connections (for example) using the cam timing for something other than changing the cam timing; something like using it to control methanol or nitrous (for spooling a BAT) injection from the ecu and disable VVT (just an example, it seems there's got to be a way to use the deleted parts for something that they weren't intended if someone were smart enough to figure that out). A little off topic I know, I just have a feeling there's a lot of potential in this ecu that isn't being harnessed or could be harnessed differently.