Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 1m 30d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/07/16 05:22 AM Share Posted 04/07/16 05:22 AM My xcal 4 is a 600 dollar paperweight. Honestly never use it. Have tried to use the live link software but can't seem to get it working properly and I only have a tiny selection of things I can read on the unit, no transmission temp for example which is what I was looking for. POS really I'd rather just not have it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 12y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 04/07/16 05:23 AM Share Posted 04/07/16 05:23 AM I can still use the Android Torque app for logging certain info which is great, but Forscan has issues. :( Might have to contact Forscan to get this sorted........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 04/07/16 05:26 AM Share Posted 04/07/16 05:26 AM yeah forscan is very touchy. Paid for that app only for it to be useless and they kept blaming my phone and OBDII. Told them to shove it in the end. Use torque now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masda74 To Loud Gold Donating Members 4,112 Member For: 12y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: WA, Perth Posted 04/07/16 05:58 AM Share Posted 04/07/16 05:58 AM yeah I got forscan on a laptop and no go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH8TOADS Silver Donating Members 3,618 Member For: 18y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: OZ Posted 04/07/16 07:46 AM Share Posted 04/07/16 07:46 AM Mazda, is your car tuned with an X4? If so Forscan will never work. Unfortunately SCT is still the better software to tune the Falcons with. So it's not really a paperweight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 1m 30d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/07/16 08:04 AM Share Posted 04/07/16 08:04 AM Ah I thought hp was as good. Fair enough then. Sorry xcal :( On that note then does anyone know can you read transmission temperature on the livelink program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanB Member 136 Member For: 10y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 06/07/16 07:30 AM Author Share Posted 06/07/16 07:30 AM Wow did not know about any of that. I used a cheap eBay elm327 adapter with auto off etc and paid for torque pro and it was good but didn't seem to be reading things correctly like temps and boost etc. Then I bought a scan tool obdlink MX and haven't looked back. It reads everything correctly and runs self checks and even gives me more info about the car itself. Always quick to connect and is accurate (as far as I can tell, confirmed by last dyno run). Using to keep an eye on timing and fuel trims and temps before I can get the car retuned. Just FYI I may have found a golden goose but got a guy sending me an xcal4 at a very good price. Cheaper than an xcal3 I was about to pull the trigger on. I'll keep you all posted. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH8TOADS Silver Donating Members 3,618 Member For: 18y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: OZ Posted 06/07/16 09:52 AM Share Posted 06/07/16 09:52 AM As long as the logging device doesn't need to read the strategy to draw the Direct Memory Request info like Forscan or Livelink (Gen II with the x4 should be ok) then you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanB Member 136 Member For: 10y 11m 1d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 03/08/16 05:02 PM Author Share Posted 03/08/16 05:02 PM ok so I have myself an xcal4 I got for $200 with 5 unlocks left it is married however. I'm wondering if someone knows of a workshop locally that can do the $150 unlock (know a guy that did it in QLD) in Melb? SCT have quoted me the same if I send it to them, and Herrod won't unlock them anymore apparently, they'll only swap them for a new one for $350. I'd just rather not have to send it to the US unless I have to. Thanks in advance again Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZYWALKER XR50T Gold Donating Members 2,795 Member For: 10y 11m 24d Gender: Male Location: Western Sydney Posted 03/08/16 08:12 PM Share Posted 03/08/16 08:12 PM Unmarry it from the car it tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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