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Fraser Simpson

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  1. Disappointing, but totally understandable...... I'll have to let him know I guess he'll have to find another solution. Thanks for the quick replies mate.
  2. OK so there's no way you guys can help us get it enabled to support the Racepak serial interface for the IQ3 then as it is in the G4X ? I assume you already have the code etc since it was working on the G4+ Fury ?
  3. Oh man that's a bummer........so why is there still provision for serial stuff under the configuration section for the ECU then ? Is that just a hangover from the old model or something ? So in short, it's not worth $ 800 + to get the CANBUS interface so probably the easiest route is to get rid of the G4X and go back to a G4+ Fury ? Any other options you can think of ? ** Edit ** I was just looking on the Link website and the features section says it has serial RS232 communication....... am I mixing something up here ? or is the spec on the website wrong ? https://dealers.linkecu.com/G4X-FuryX
  4. Hi there, This one might be a bit oddball, but hoping someone knows the answer. I have a mate who's building one of those project cars that takes forever (years) like most do. He's got a Racepak IQ3 and one of the older Vipec/Link vNet serial interfaces. Now of course time flies by and he's got a new Link G4X Fury and he's finally got the car running but when we went to get the dash working we're not getting any data. Now I know those old interfaces will only work when you don't have the USB configuration cable connected etc etc so we're not making that mistake, but I'm wondering if the G4X Fury even supports the serial output needed anymore ? It seems to support some kind of serial output, so we've set that speed to 57600 baud as it says in the old documentation, but it also says 'Requested - Short' as the connection mode but that's not an option we can see. Also there's an option a second serial output which isn't showing in the documentation so yeah just confused as to what (if anything) the new ECU supports and how we might go about getting this going. It's only a street car and he's not worried about the dash not going when it's getting tuned as once it's tuned it'll probably not get touched again and the new CANBUS interfaces are silly money really for what they are so he doesn't really want to spend the $ 800 or so just for an interface for some basic information from the ECU. I'm kinda hoping that somehow you've got over the technical restrictions and we could have the dash and the ECU config cable connected together to make life easier if it's showing a second serial output somehow....... I honestly don't care if not, just wondering what that's about. the only options on serial 1 are Link serial and Honda integra dash and Honda integra immobiliser or something, then on serial 2 it's just Honda Integra options. Any advice is always appreciated. Fraser
  5. Thanks for the reply Adam. That's weird then, must be something else going on then as I went through all of the preset's assuming one must be the same, but none seemed to work. I decided not to waste any more time on it till I'd got the official word on what it should be, so thanks for the reply. I'll get back to it tonight hopefully and see what I have wrong. Thanks again.
  6. Hi all, So previously I have had a G4+ Xtreme which works perfectly with my Racepak IQ3 logger dash (in the days before you could even select different CANBUS profiles to output) and I was given a CANBUS template from Racepak / Link to make it work. Now in the later versions of software now that preset CANBUS profiles are there, my G4+ shows the option of 'DisplayLink' and everything still works just fine. Now, that's the back story, so last night I went to a mates place to help him get his Racepak IQ3 display dash connected to his new Link G4X and am able to read the channels into the Racepak software OK etc so we know the Link/ViPEC interface is working OK. Dash is on latest firmware available and I upgraded to that from an earlier version so I know communications are working as expected on that side of things. The issue I have is not in the G4X when I look at the CANBUS output, I don't have the preset CANBUS profile for 'DisplayLink' on the software for G4X, so I'm assuming that's why I'm getting no communication showing on the IQ3. I've made sure everything else is correct with ID of 1000, speed and refresh etc...... so I'm just wondering if you (Link support) can provide me with a file to add to the presets so I can replicate the 'DisplayLink' format to get my mates IQ3 working ?? or do you think I have something else wrong ? Any help is much appreciated.
  7. I had put all this on the back burner, but I think I would be keen to possibly revisit it. Drop the Racepak Link ECU interface cable entirely and just have the Link ECU talk to the dash on the Haltech CAN channels....... I've updated from G4+ Extreme to G4+ Thunder but I doubt that makes any difference.......... Fraser
  8. Ahhh right............ wasn't quite sure. I thought maybe the Racepack Link ECU interface was using some other way to deliver channels to the dash and that left the Haltech CANBUS interface open to use......... not to worry. So I guess I might be better to look to drop the Racepak Link ECU module all together then and use CAN1 to talk to the IQ3 over the Haltech CAN interface instead and then I can use CAN2 to talk to my device and do the "translation" ? I'll have a look at what channels there are and see. Thanks for the replies so quick.........great support.
  9. CAN1 is used by the Racepak ECU to IQ3 module to carry all the normal dash data, so since it's not traditional CAN wiring, but part of the module I'm assuming I can't really physically connect anything into that bus. So that only leaves me CAN2 which will have the device I want to display on the dash and the "Haltech" interface built into my dash. It might be that since I'm using the Link ECU to CAN interface that the Haltech side of things might also be being used and I wouldn't be able to send data to the dash on it's current interface and the Haltech interface at the same time.......might only be one at a time............... I mean the physical connector on the back is not being used, but I'm not 100% sure as to how / where the data from the Racepak Link ECU interface is processing it's data.
  10. Yeah I know that it's not configurable, but if I can send data to the IQ3 to say the Haltech water temp channel, I'll just rename it to display a different name on the dash (which you can do). What I actually need is though, to have a device on CAN2 to be converted and sent back out on CAN2 as I can't attach my device to CAN1 since that's used with the Racepak Link cable........and I'm assuming I can't physically connect my device to CAN1 because of that.
  11. I know it's been a long time between posts, but our car is nearly ready to fire up again so wanted to investigate this further. Before we do dig any deeper......... obviously the first CANBUS is setup to use the Racepak Link ECU adaptor so I'll need to setup CANBUS 2 to talk to my other CANBUS device...........that obviously gets the ECU able to read the data from my new device, but then I realised I need the ECU to essentially translate that information and push it out in the Haltech V1 protocol that others have discussed....... is that even possible to have the Link reading CANBUS data and then sending it back out as something else ? If not then I'm flogging a dead horse so that will end things here. Hope that makes sense......... I want to go CAN device -> Link ECU -> Haltech IQ3.
  12. Hi Adam, Sorry for the slow reply. The car's being upgraded at the moment so I can't fire up the ECU and get the current config for you right now, but I will get it sorted and post back here once I have it so you can see what we have. Thanks mate
  13. We have a Haltech IQ3 but basically put the Haltech channels to one side and never used them and we actually helped Racepak in making the first CANBUS EFI interface for the G4. It was previously basically a serial interface so you couldn't run the dash and have the USB tune cable in at the same time which is painful when you're on the dyno !! This was all a few years ago when the G4 didn't have customisable CANBUS inputs/outputs. Anyhow I digress. What I'm after now is that we want to display some more channels on our IQ3 from an external CANBUS source that isn't from the G4+ and I wondered about using the built in Haltech channels as others have mentioned above. I know they wouldn't necessarily have the right descriptions in the Racepak datalink software, but I don't really mind as long as I can get the data to display on the IQ3 since I can change the description there...….. Just wondering if anyone ever got the Haltech CANBUS thing sorted ?? If not then I'll be happy to send my Haltech IQ3 and G4+ to you guys to see if you can figure it out ? Also not sure what will happen if it see's 2 CANBUS streams (one from Haltech and one from Link ECU interface) but I think it should be OK...…. it's just a matter of that "handshaking" that someone mentioned that the CANBUS on the Haltech side needs. The CANBUS device I have that's generating the data isn't configurable so I'm not going to be able to adjust that to do anything different, but I guess I can get the G4+ to read the CAN stream from my device and then output it in whatever format the Haltech wants to see ? Any advice is much appreciated. I know enough to be dangerous with this stuff, but it's not my daily bread and butter so not sure how complex what I'm asking is. Fraser Just in reply to the original posted question also...…….. the Racepak IQ3 Logger doesn't have any CANBUS capability so you need to purchase the Universal interface or a specific ECU interface to get the data to your dash. The IQ3S has a build in CANBUS interface like the Haltech does so you only need a $ 50 cable to connect it up and you're all go. You only need the more expensive interface if you're using the IQ3 Logger dash.
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