Map2 ECU

[shane050790]

anyone know what to do when your engine and TCL light come on after jump starting, they come on about half an hour after driving, hasnt done anything to the performance of the vechile???

[VR4WGN]

yea its called try starting your own thread maby!!! thread hijacking is not coooooool


anyhow,map should be kinstalled next week,engine had major service etc and boost problem sourced and repairded,yay,economy still however seems rich

[blade8]

what was the problem?

[VR4WGN]

broken intake hose,you would not have found it if you didnt dismantle the system tho.. sux!!!

[VR4WGN]

ok guys VR4WGN is in the shop and wont go...

the ECU is being installed BUT ,we seem to have difficulty getting the program and the ecu to connect.
2 laptops attempted with theessme cble ansoftware and no luck!1
we are using the USB port type cable,im not sure what its called but all i know is its not conneting so we cannot tune the ecu to the car.. \

any help please guys???

[apeman69]

Hev you got the port settings of the USB->serial converter cable and the MAPCAL software matched?

PC serial port is in device manager of PC: Device manager/Ports (COM & LPT). Properties of the USB to serial converter will show what port number is assigned to the cable.

MAPCAL serial port setting is under Edit menu/MAPCAL configuration and is the 5th item down. You can only set this from 1 to 16 so if the PC has assigned a com port higher than 16 you need to change the com port number of the USB to serial converter cable in device manager.

COM port numbers in device manager and MAPCAL settings must match.

[bradc]

Got your text Q, I have no idea, I've never dealt with a map2

[VR4WGN]

ok im starting to doubt this Map 2 ECU actually works!!!
iv done everything asked for it to WORK but still it wont!!
what to do now!!!

i go to connect ecu and it says
loading data............
and after a while says ECU Offline
connect again..
change some details and click save in Configuration and it says
MAP-CAL2
Error writing to NVRAM, try again

iv had enough of it now,wha tis going on!! what am i doing wrong!
its been 3 ****ing weeks of ****! im sick of it,

why me......

[scott.mohekey]

Is it second hand?

[VR4WGN]

yes bought off Brad a LONG time ago,very long

[Ryan]

To be honest I don't know anyone that has owned a MAP2 ECU and has managed to get it to work properly.

[Gly]

had this issue when i set up my map 1,

something springs to mind about having to fill the map with 0's
and then resetting,

without actually looking at it in person i cant remember fully,


i sold mine before i got a chance to tune it,

mike ditched his as it kept loosing tune after the car being re-started (map2)

[VR4WGN]

Oh man don't say that lol I'm losing faith now grrrrrr

[VR4WGN]

No one got any ideas?? Plz it's been 3 weeks now of heartache,pain and unnessescary fuel consumption why ain't it straight forward. I'm running 7202 btw

[hbkuk1]

ive had a mapecu2 before altho not on the vr4 i might fit it i might not. iirc i had this prob. have you tryed updating the firmware you can click somwhere "force firmware update" before you connect this will prob solve it altho you will have to reload your map and setting afterward

[VR4WGN]

we have the latest version on the pc but still no luck.. im thinking that the ECU must be faulty!!!!! iv wasted $500 on installing costs now and the cost of the ecu and i couldhav put that toward a G4 Extreem or Storm but now its WASTED ****ing money.

[Eurospec]

I'd say that is a firmware issue.

Firmware and software must match, and you must use map cal, as opposed to map cal 2.

On the 1's you have to reflash the firmware through a manual process including removing and repositioning jumpers.

If you have a firmware/software missmatch you will get what you have got going on.

Since you are in NZ i am pretty sure you could send it to PMR and they will reflash it for you to suit the later software. If you are stuck, call me and i will try and help you. Just remember the time difference.

Cheers,

Ben.

[VR4WGN]

I'd say that is a firmware issue.

Firmware and software must match, and you must use map cal, as opposed to map cal 2.

On the 1's you have to reflash the firmware through a manual process including removing and repositioning jumpers.

If you have a firmware/software missmatch you will get what you have got going on.

Since you are in NZ i am pretty sure you could send it to PMR and they will reflash it for you to suit the later software. If you are stuck, call me and i will try and help you. Just remember the time difference.

Cheers,

Ben.

Oh manthank you so so much I really appreciate your time and effort thank you I'll get onto it right away

[hbkuk1]

go with what ben said he game me loads of help with mine, hes the mapecu master

[Eurospec]

Sorry dude, i think i got confused. You have a map 2 right?

Its only the map 1's that need a reflash via a manual jumper.

With the 2's you can upgrade the firmware via the map cal software.

I still believe that the issue is non matched firmware and software though. If you have the latest version of mapcal (for map 2) then without connecting go into map cal config and tick the force firmware upgrade tab. Now connect to the ecu, make sure you use a serial port, not a usb adaptor as they can be really flakey with map cal, and you should be prompted to run the firmware upgrade. Just say okay and it should download.

After this you should be able to connect as normal.

cheers,

Ben.