Guest |109| Posted April 25, 2010 Report Share Posted April 25, 2010 4.5 installed perfectly - thanks .. question about traction control tho, is the only real way to achieve traction control still only by ign retard ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Marcel B Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Ray , I wont have U .......My wireing job is perfect ! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Hi Ray , your comments here got me thinking , so I decided to do some testing. Firstly I disconnected both harnesses and tested each pin for power WITH the ignition switch turned off and there was NONE on any , I then repeated the test with the switch on and got power ONLY where I was supposed to . Are there any 'special" tests that I can do to determine if what you suggested is really happening ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted May 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 Marcel, In my own car (Lexus IS200) it has six or seven ECU that talk to each other via a multiplex system. When I turn the ignition off the engine stops, but Vipec does not immediately power down. This happens only when all seven ECU are ready. The time taken can be 1 to 2 seconds or up to 20. Because of this, doing a firmware update with the Vipec ECU in the car will not work most times. My wiring is correct, it is just the way the car electrical system was designed. I do updates on the bench so I have no problems when it asks you to cycle the ignition power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |306| Posted May 30, 2010 Report Share Posted May 30, 2010 Ray, For the next software update, is it possible to also log the fuel table values? In VTS 1, it was possible to do so, and it was easy to determine what tables had to be fixed. Thanks, Jeremy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 I think this may have been asked for in the past, and may already be on the "Too Do List". I will check... Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |385| Posted June 2, 2010 Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 query Ray - when the datastream is enabled-short and baud rate set to 19200 for the AiM Dash ... does this effect the baud rate for the ECU USB connection also? or does it remain at 115200? I was having issues getting VTS to connect, yet VDash would function fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted June 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2010 The PC comms also changes to the lower baud rate. Some other make dash will operate at 57600 or 115200. You could as AIM to make theirs operate faster. Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |660| Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Ray I'm having a similar problem to Marcel B a few pages back with regards to firmware update - RS232 is working in in overlap mode I'm trying to update from 4.3.4 to 4.6.9 when attempting this in the car or on the bench i get the following: The procedure I go through before i get the error message is: run VTS give ecu power connect ecu to laptop via usb cable click on "update firmware" Any help would be appreciated as I need this car on the road before Christmas. Regards, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 "RS232 is working in in overlap mode" is correct. This is not some error. The firmware update software only work with comm ports 9 or lower. Check you device manager and select a lower number if over COM9. Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |660| Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 thanks Ray was on COM3 at the time. anything else? edit: after the firmware update fell through i attempted to connect the laptop to the ecu but it wouldn't because the ecu was in boot mode. this makes me think that the ecu and vipec connection is working fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 If you get the report it is in boot mode, then do the firmware update again. Before doing this, totally remove power and the USB cable from the ECU, then reconnect. Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |660| Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Ray I've done that 4 times now. Removed power and cable and then readded power and cable. All for the same result. I'll try again but I suspect the result won't change. edit: just tried it one more time reset laptop opened VTS powered ecu (on bench with pins to power and earth as shown in pic above) connected laptop-vipec cable clicked "connect ecu" got the boot mode error message clicked "update firmware" got the same error as shown in pic above where to now? reinstall software? my last laptop stopped working so i can't easily try another one edit2: i used VTS for the first time earlier today (new laptop) to get the tune out of my other car (w/ V44) to use as a base for this car (w/ V88). is hooking VTS up to two different ecu's a problem? should i try using an earlier version of VTS? if so, do you have an earlier version for me to download? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted December 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 The message you are getting is a Windows message. It is not coming from the VTS software or the firmware update software. I had a similar problem about a year ago with some software for designing PCB. Windows7 was reporting the software had stopped working. I forget what was the fix. Can you try with another PC. Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |660| Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 ok, i'll arrange another laptop during the week. are you please able to find out what the fix is in the meantime (i am no computer expert)? thanks for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |660| Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 a friend was kind enough to lend me his laptop and following the same procedure as before the firmware was updated first go. thanks for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |304| Posted January 22, 2011 Report Share Posted January 22, 2011 I have upgraded to the latest ViPec software and the USB drivers are giving me problems too. Can someone post and older version of the USB drivers (current_buggy= version 6.1) so that I can revert back to them? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted January 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 USB drivers 6.1 are not buggy. The problem with USB drivers is getting them to install correctly, not the actual driver. Laptops are the worst for installing drivers. If the current driver is installed and working then say no to installing a later version when installing new software. Make sure the ECU has a latest firmware. 4.7.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |304| Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 The whole purpose of my exercise was to upgrade the firmware. I tried on 3 Windows machines. I even went out and bought a new 64bit laptop today, installed ViPec s/w clean. Same problem during firmware update attempt. And yes, I disabled driver signing protection of Windows 7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted January 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 With the USB cable plugged into the PC and the ECU, do you have the "VIPEC ECU USB (Com xx)" shown in the Windows device manager. If you do not, then the USB driver did not install correctly. If it is there, then what exactly happens when you try to go online. Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest |304| Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Ray, It appears as COM5 in device manager. It can talk to it and figure out the firmware version - then when it starts the actual upgrade (after the "Y" is entered), I get the following error: RS232 is working in overlap modeInitMonitor failed. Monitor: BSL: No Aknowledge Received. Reset your application and reload the monitor. Com: Receive: Timeout or Lost of data Press key to exit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Try doing the firmware update in a different PC. If you still have problems, then contact Neel at Apex Speed Technology. Either send Neel the V88 or get him to send you a serial communication cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest filin Posted January 28, 2011 Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 I could not update till my COM port became 1. On others ports it does not work. May be it caused failure of updating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhall Posted January 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2011 The lower the Com number the more poririty Windows gives a program access to the port. Good it is fixed. Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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