I have no idea what kind of laptop you have that can run Vista and that has a LPT port.

Amazing.

Go with the CANUSB, its USB and much faster. No soldering, just make a few connections and go. The only thing is, theres a possibility to Brick an ECU flashing over CAN, in that case to unbrick the ecu you'd need a BDM...

 

Go with the CANUSB, its USB and much faster. No soldering, just make a few connections and go. The only thing is, theres a possibility to Brick an ECU flashing over CAN, in that case to unbrick the ecu you'd need a BDM...

then youll be where im at lol

go with the canusb .... its a lot easier!

 

The BDM was cheap enough the first time starting out for me, so I bought that first.

After a bit, and I kinda got more into it, I threw down the $$ for a CANUSB for my brother and I to use.

 

well what kind of cable does bdm take cause my laptop has this rectangle shaped thing in the back? sry im new at this. So should I get this CANUSB? the can232?

 

t7suite did not work on my vista machine. it wouldn't recognize the symbols.

 

Like the program wouldnt download to ur machine? cause I downloaded the program already.

So which is better? BDM or CANUSB? cause I can get a machine with windows98 on it.

 

no, it works in vista. it's just that the symbols don't load. you will be able to see all the maps and stuff, but since the symbols aren't recognized, the maps have no labels and the tuning menu will not know which maps to bring up. it works fine on my xp machine.

The cheapest way to flash an ECU would be to get a BDM interface on ebay. Epartsland sells one with the cable. You then have to source some 1.5mm pins to solder on to the board and make a bootable USB drive with bd32 on it and the scripts which are used to flash/read/erase a t7 ecu. You just use t7suite to edit the maps and you reflash every time you make a change.

By the sound of it, it seems like you want to flash the ECU while it is still in the car. I'm not familiar with this method, but i'm pretty sure you won't be able to use a BDM in this case.

 

no, it works in vista. it's just that the symbols don't load. you will be able to see all the maps and stuff, but since the symbols aren't recognized, the maps have no labels and the tuning menu will not know which maps to bring up. it works fine on my xp machine.

The cheapest way to flash an ECU would be to get a BDM interface on ebay. Epartsland sells one with the cable. You then have to source some 1.5mm pins to solder on to the board and make a bootable USB drive with bd32 on it and the scripts which are used to flash/read/erase a t7 ecu. You just use t7suite to edit the maps and you reflash every time you make a change.

By the sound of it, it seems like you want to flash the ECU while it is still in the car. I'm not familiar with this method, but i'm pretty sure you won't be able to use a BDM in this case.

T7Suite works just fine on my computer and I'm running Vista.

 

i dont mind how I flash it. in car or on my desk. As long as I can flash my ecu and it works the right way. lol

 

ok so i started getting my stuff for the canusb set up. I want to hardwire my conector to the p-bus, where is thetcm module and if im using the lawicel can232 connector do i still need to connect the dsub harness to a 12v wire in the tcm harness since the lawicel uses power from the usb port?

 

anyone?

 

www.ecuproject.com

 

I know im a member on there already but I cant seem to find it on there either.