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I present: The flashy black box


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..and on the test bench, flashing an ECU.


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Cool Beets,

I'm following the 12V leads, but what is the AC power supply for? And what does the "Key" switch accomplish?

As Steak said
Because I have no idea what any of it means.  

Harry

It is a device for sanitizing sex aids. Jeez you lot are naive!



Pete

"It is a device for sanitizing sex aids. Jeez you lot are naive!"
Wow
Everything has gone high tech.
Whats wrong with the quick wash in the sink.
And drying on the tea towel.
I'm just an old fashion boy form Australia.

Harry

The wall-wart is a regulated 12V dc supply for when using the box to bench flash in the workshop. The leads are for use when one is away from electrickery.

The 'key' switch is the equivalent of the ignition keyswitch on a bike. When flashing, the ECU must be 'woken up' to allow the software to connect/login.

Bench flashing ecus very professional. Does Guzzitech know of this?

God knows what you lot get upto down under with your bedroom appliances I would have thought the sheep dip was plenty good enough.

davem wrote:

Bench flashing ecus very professional. Does Guzzitech know of this?

Don't know, don't care.   

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God knows what you lot get upto down under with your  bedroom appliances I would have thought the sheep dip was plenty good enough.

A dip is no good, that stuff burns. A crush is better. Theyt can't get away.   

davem wrote:

Bench flashing ecus very professional.

I believe Paul has something similar. Quite simply the opportunity presented itself, I have a customer locally who left his GRiSO idling for hours in his garage and cooked the loom. It occurred to me that for people who didn't want to learn how to use Guzzidiag themselves, and surprising though it may seem to some of us there are plenty of folks who don't, but would like their ECU's reflashed/upgraded/un-bricked building a jig such as this would make things a whole lot easier than constantly pulling the ECU out of a bike to do it. I approached the owner, found he hadn't disposed of the dead loom and appropriated it in return for promising not to lick his wife's neck.

Such a thing is light-years above my peanut sized head and skill-set though so I asked Mark if he could do it. His answer? "No Worries". And here is the result. As for the level of 'Professionalism'? Well I wasn't thinking about that, I was just being my usual lazy, good-for-nothing self!  But yes, it does I suppose at least show that we are a 'Serious' bunch of back-yard hackers!  

Pete

Pete Roper wrote:

I believe Paul has something similar. Quite simply the opportunity presented itself, I have a customer locally who left his GRiSO idling for hours in his garage and cooked the loom. It occurred to me that for people who didn't want to learn how to use Guzzidiag themselves, and surprising though it may seem to some of us there are plenty of folks who don't, but would like their ECU's reflashed/upgraded/un-bricked building a jig such as this would make things a whole lot easier than constantly pulling the ECU out of a bike to do it. I approached the owner, found he hadn't disposed of the dead loom and appropriated it in return for promising not to lick his wife's neck.

Pete, I thought the point of building a bench flasher was so that you COULD flash an ECU while the unit was out of the bike.  Am I as daft as usual?

I'm pretty sure he meant installing ECU's in a bike to reflash them.

Nah, that is the point. I probably just phrased it wrong.

What I meant was without the jig one has to have a bike to pull the ECU out of so you can install the one that needs to be flashed. While this isn't too hard a job on a GRiSO on something like a Norge or Stelvio its a right frontbottom of a job so if you only have one of them to use as the 'Mule' for reflashing you make a world of pain for yourself.

There is also the issue of constantly removing and replacing ECU's. Eventually the pins are going to cry uncle.

Pete

Yeah, now I get where you were going there. I think I need a beer.