Hi Guy's,

Anyone interested in hacking into the Ford PCM. :o

It's beyond my knowledge but I may have found the tools to start it off.

OBDII Scan Tool and conections

And PDF info on the J1850 protocol and Lan interfaces.

macka

that's the basic part of it Macka, like the published info.....

Now get to work reading and decompiling the source. You should be finished in a few years.

that's the basic part of it Macka, like the published info.....

Now get to work reading and decompiling the source. You should be finished in a few years.

:lol:

that's the basic part of it Macka, like the published info.....

Now get to work reading and decompiling the source. You should be finished in a few years.

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:lol: :lol: :lol:

Good to see your still alive. Have'nt heard from you in a while.

It might be basic but it's a start.

Surprising what you can stumble across on the net. It's a marvellous place once you find what your looking for.

And it free.

macka

Yipeee!!!

just stumbled across a hand held programmer.

It can change rpm, speed, transmittion shift points, tuning parameters.

It also has data logging. something that the SCT software does'nt

And its working on the 2005 Mustang GT.

macka

The 2005 Mustang PCM is different to our PCM. Ours is some sort of combination of the Mustang/Lincoln etc & the EEC.

Basically they're not the same PCM.

A mate of mine has a 2 Cousins who work for Ford in the UK, one is involved in engine management design & the other is in development of body/chassis

I've also been speaking with 1 company in Europe & 3 companies in the US & what I can gather so far they are different to the ones in the US.

I do know that there is one company developing program to PCM direct from PC.

Russ

Thanks Mate,

I have sent an email to these guy's to see if their tuning programmer will work on theAustralian version.

Will post reply when I recieve one.

macka

Ofcourse that's what people talk about......Not being able to use existing hardware...

Except the hardware is compatible (CAN Bus is quite well documented et al) and it's the software used to talk tot he ECU that is complex. I'd wager a SCT box from the US could be programmed by a Edit Customer Tuner here without a worry....

Ofcourse that means you'd be able to buy teh SCT programming kit from the US and use it on your BA right? Nup - becuase the software they ship with it wouldn't have a clue about the configuartion of the Falcon motor (Boost parameters etc etc). You wouldn't get a pretty working interface etc etc.....

That's where CAPA etc had to put their money..... the Software, and that's why they're very keen to protect it - unlike the GM Edit which is running rife around the place.

This is ofcourse pure supposition.... I have a new bit of CANBus access/interface gear coming in a month or twoish and I think it will be fun to see how it goes....

Like Macka it's not about the end result but about the journey

A.

Now get to work reading and decompiling the source. You should be finished in a few years.

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Well Mackas got plenty of time ..........haven't you mate :lol:

Macka are your tools compatible with CAN?

Im not 100% sure but, I think OBDII comes in many different types(pin configurations and transfer styles?) and the OBDII interace using can, is not compatible with most OBDII scan tools out there.

Please prove me wrong, if I am inccorect that means we should be able to run live diagnostics with products that have already been developed...and maybe other stuff

Mitch