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« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2011, 08:55:19 AM »
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10-4...
So does anybody know of a better place to buy a spring loaded pin adapter than from overseas? There has to be something from digi-key. Unfortunately I am not well versed in all these connectors so I don't really know what to search for.
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« Reply #16 on: July 30, 2011, 09:11:42 AM »
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Try searching for "pogo pins". To get that working you'll need a nice stand and clamp and a lot of work into those...unless you're planning on doing hundreds of ECUs I'd say just try and solder on some pin headers to the bdm pads....should only take a few moments.
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« Reply #17 on: July 31, 2011, 06:27:02 AM »
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Be careful soldering pin headers. I have a fair bit of soldering experience, and on some of these Bosch ECU's the pads don't seem to be made very well - being about 0.000001mm thick - they disintegrate as soon as you touch a hot iron onto them! I would go for pogo pins, but then you need to spend 2-300 on a BDM frame. Note, that the BDM100 clone - the latest software is 1255, which is from 2006 - so u can't flash anything newer  Rick |
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« Reply #19 on: July 31, 2011, 11:16:07 AM »
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noooooooo! I ordered a clone and my ECU is a 2008 Don't worry... Bosch MED9.1 ECU family for 2.0TFSI engines is fully hardware equal from 2005 up to 2008. You'll read/write 2008 ECU without any issues. |
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« Reply #20 on: July 31, 2011, 11:44:59 AM »
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woohoo! That is what I was hoping....
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« Reply #22 on: July 31, 2011, 12:39:16 PM »
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Here is where I sit (thoughts, feedback, criticism is appreciated!):
Ordered an MPPS from the US, ordered POGO pins from the US, and ordered the BDM100 from the US.
Ordered a spare working ECU for a whopping $150.
First order of business will be building another bench harness, or adapting my S4's harness. Once I verify the ECU is working on the bench, I will do a BDM backup, and then restore the ECU, and verify functionality. Then I will test the MPPS tool, etc.
Once that is done, I will dump the ECU out of the car, restore it to the spare ECU, and then put the spare ECU in the car to verify it works. Then I will try MPPS flashing in the car. If all is well, I will be ready for tuning.
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« Reply #23 on: July 31, 2011, 07:15:38 PM »
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Here is where I sit (thoughts, feedback, criticism is appreciated!):
Ordered an MPPS from the US, ordered POGO pins from the US, and ordered the BDM100 from the US.
Ordered a spare working ECU for a whopping $150.
First order of business will be building another bench harness, or adapting my S4's harness. Once I verify the ECU is working on the bench, I will do a BDM backup, and then restore the ECU, and verify functionality. Then I will test the MPPS tool, etc.
Once that is done, I will dump the ECU out of the car, restore it to the spare ECU, and then put the spare ECU in the car to verify it works. Then I will try MPPS flashing in the car. If all is well, I will be ready for tuning.
"From the US" = is now in the US because it was sent there from China.... Don't be afraid to solder on the pin headers...I suck at soldering and I had no problems, just take your time. Here's a quick hint to save some heartache of having to BDM your original ECU/set up a BDM stand/solder, etc: Read out your ori ECU EEPROM on the board with a SOIC8 clip. Then take the ori ECU and read the flash with MPPS. You can then import both of these into your BDM software and then you only have to worry about setting up BDM on your "spare" ECU. Might save some trouble. |
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« Reply #24 on: August 01, 2011, 09:36:48 AM »
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I too soldered headers on for my BDM, i had no issues at all. Assuming you have a decent soldering iron station.
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« Reply #25 on: August 01, 2011, 09:38:13 AM »
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Thom,
I see you have been down this road before, do you have anything to share, publicly or privately, in regards to map locations. I have been successful in finding a handful, but i do not have a proper definition file/hex that is compatible right now(or i am missing something)
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« Reply #26 on: August 01, 2011, 04:45:36 PM »
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Thom,
I see you have been down this road before, do you have anything to share, publicly or privately, in regards to map locations. I have been successful in finding a handful, but i do not have a proper definition file/hex that is compatible right now(or i am missing something)
You're probably not "missing" anything in particular. The one .a2l and hex floating around right now is decent, but it has some very different setups for the maps. Just takes a bit of poking around. If you have any questions I can try to answer...its a bit frustrating though to put lots of hours into something and then just hand it out like candy...especially when some people (not saying this is you) will take it as there own , sell it, and then be unwilling to give anything back (information/etc). |
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« Reply #27 on: August 01, 2011, 05:19:33 PM »
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Are the boxes interchangeable or somewhat interchangeable like they are on the S4 platform?
Is the ols/a2l you're talking about from the A3?
I'm curious to know if Spen's utility can take the a2l and use that as a base for finding maps in my 1K0907115S
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« Reply #28 on: August 07, 2011, 12:35:53 PM »
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Are the boxes interchangeable or somewhat interchangeable like they are on the S4 platform?
Is the ols/a2l you're talking about from the A3?
I'm curious to know if Spen's utility can take the a2l and use that as a base for finding maps in my 1K0907115S
The A3 A2L is the only thing I have seen around. I tried to upload it here, but I kept getting an error. I don't have the DAMOS/A2L plugin for WinOls , so I couldn't even view it. On another note, I have a spare ECU on the way, 8E1910115X 2007 A4 2.0 TFSI. |
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« Reply #29 on: August 07, 2011, 01:29:58 PM »
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I have a spare on the way as well. This is what I have: D9156_41R238.a2l fsi.2.ols 2.0tfsi.ols 0261B00486.bin The US based (maryland) company selling the BDM sucks. I ordered last Sunday, paid for premium shipping, and it hasn't arrived yet. I got my Pogo pins the next day, from this guy: http://shop.ebay.com/pingf123/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=I also got an MPPS clone, which I need to play with. I saw there are a few people who have figured out how to update it as well. |
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