OBD GM ALDL software - Page 5

antus · 07-21-2009, 09:56 PM

Yes, thats correct. The caps need to be 1uF or larger. 1uF is the common size, but 10uF would work the same.

ElCap · 07-22-2009, 12:46 AM

sweet! ive purchased a ttl to serial board off ebay, so once that arrives ill start testing it.

btw, which $12 file is the best?

ive grabbed vr_$12_v1.01.adx (by holden202) and 16183082RT.ads (by UCmatt)

antus · 07-22-2009, 12:51 AM

that depends what program your running.. if its kalmaker you'll need the kalmaker n03 adx for normally aspirated. otherwise you could use either of those.. ucmatts has cell tracing when used with the right xdf file. if your car is boosted then you must be running kalmaker n05 or n06, or workshop W21.. whatever it is, use the flashtool also from the other site to link to the ECU and ID to id the program first.

ElCap · 07-22-2009, 10:36 AM

dont think ill be able to run kalmaker software cos i dont have it as i got someone else to tune my car. unless i can find it somewhere .....

not sure what prog ill use, but anything thats got a good interface cos i plan on running it on my carpc to show the obd data.

so now with the 8192 serial connection, can i use the same config as the 16183082 ecu for the aldl programs? or do i need a custom one as the data isnt coming out an obd port?

cheers
rob

malcom2073 · 07-26-2009, 10:12 AM

So, I've found the Qt ALDL program I wrote, and realized it's horribly sloppy and badly written. I wrote it about a year ago it was right when I was first learning Qt. I can post it up here, but I don't think it would be of much use until I clean it up which I'm trying to do. Antus do you still want it or do you want to wait until I get it cleaned up into a nicer looking program?

oomwrtu · 07-27-2009, 03:29 PM

I'm interested. I might not be starting my carpc project for a long time but still interested in all the tech behind some of the things I might end up using.

malcom2073 · 07-28-2009, 04:06 PM

Here is a zip file of the source as it stands. It compiles on its own in windows, not sure about linux but it should with only some minor modification. I'm going to be rewriting it and posting it up on sourceforge under the name ZTuner. I'm hoping to expand it to have some of the data analysis tools I've written and if I can figure it out, the ability to use Moates ECU emulator. This would be a big bonus for linux since this program is cross platform.

Again I warn you, it's horribly written. It has the ability to read tunerpro RT ecu definition files into memory, but the actual realtime data decoding/display is hardcoded for my ECU. The file conversion function however takes advantage of the ECU definition file, so you can convert any logged data file to a CSV using a definition file. This function is buggy and doesn't really fully work at the moment but hey, you get the idea.

This is being released GPL V2 or later, and all the source files indicate this.

ElCap · 07-31-2009, 01:46 AM

finally received the serial to ttl converter in the mail (just in time for the weekend). if i get time ill try soldering it over the weekend.

one thing im a bit confused on is: on the board its got 2 connections for each wire (eg. r0, t0, r1, t1) one in the middle with pin headers and one on the outside with holes. would i be right in thinking that it has 2ways to connect the signal, either by the pin header or by soldering it in?

note: its got dual ttl input - thats why its got r0/1 and t0/1.

malcom2073 · 07-31-2009, 06:06 AM

It actually has two channels so you can run RTS/CTS DTS/DTR signals as well as regular RX/TX. Of course being as you're not using hardware handshaking, check to see which one is hooked up to pins 2 and 3 on the RS232 connector.

malcom2073 · 08-09-2009, 06:07 PM

Here's a little sample of the new ZTuner, and two different graphing styles I'm looking at including. The dashboard is skin defined, and the graphs you can add as many values as you want to it. Right now it's playing from a log file I recorded last year when I had the car running, but the code for reading directly from a car (using TunerProRT's .ads ecu definition file) is supported.

ElCap · 08-30-2009, 08:27 AM

finally got a chance to work on my car this weekend, as ive been busy with work, and went snowboarding in nz. anyways i was about to connect up my pc up to the serial board when i realised i need a male to female serial cable - i had a female to female cable... grrrrrrr. should be able to find one at work. then ill be able to try it. ill keep ya updated.

kev000 · 08-30-2009, 10:33 AM

Thank for keeping your software Linux compatible! Open platforms are good for all of us.

wi_fi · 10-23-2009, 04:36 AM

Hi,
I'm also interested on your ZTuner software. Currently I'm a linux only user.
Your sourceforge project don't have any file, it's completely clean.
I download your zip file and I can compile it on linux, with few corrections.
This days I have to try to connect it to the car ;-)
Can you release your last version, our put the project files on the SF?

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