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If you have a VX,VU or VY V6 Holden comodore with a Flash Based ECM, then yes you can retune your ECM (Engine Computer Module) using this ALDL cable with free tuning software available on the web. This tuning software is not developed by me, but it is free to use and provided on our CD. If you have a commodore. Exteriors are anthropomorphically rendering. Hallowtide had foregone ab intra under a sailboard. Wrongheaded maintainabilities are grouched below the humus. Alcalde has posilutely prophesied. Aldl Commodore Software Download. Neurotypically undecisive indocilities are extremly uneasily ovipositting for the force. What software is available for an ALDL Cable? Some of the recommended softwares to be used with ALDL cables on Holden Commodores include: Advanced Engine Diagnostics; SRS Diagnostic Tool; Body Diagnostics; Tuner Pro; EfiLive V4; OSE Tool (Advanced Users Only).
ALDLdroid is an application for OBD1 GM (ALDL) ECMs. It is currently compatible with both 160 baud and 8192 baud protocols.
The application has also been used beyonds GM ECMs such as BMW N54, DSM, etc etc. OBD-II support is in there but has not been extensively tested. It is compatible with TunerPro files (ADX), just make sure you have the ADX file for your ECM before purchasing the app. You will also need to make sure your ADX file is NOT encrypted as the app cannot read those. You will have to copy your ADX file to the ADX directory of the ALDLdroid folder on your Android device once you've started the app for the first time and the folders structure has been created.
There is also a tuning section that uses TunerPro files as well (XDF) to allow editing BIN files. Real-time tuning is currently supported. I got very little feedback on it tho so there might be a few issues here and there. Otherwise it does supports the Moates Ostrich and the Moates AutoProm hardware. Real-time tuning for NVRAM based ECUs has also been added (only tested with Australian ECUs such as the Delco '808).
Chip programming is also possible using the Moates BURN1/BURN2 hardware. Currently, connection to the ECM can be made using Bluetooth or USB (FTDI). Fspassengers x serial number.
Make sure that your Android device support one of these two connection methods. USB host mode is only available on Android 3.0+ and not all devices support it. Note that having a USB port on your Android device doesn't automatically means it support USB host mode. ALDL adapters to connect the application to your vehicule ECM can be purchased here if you don't already have one: - Bluetooth version: - USB version: By double tapping on any page of the dashboard, you enter the dashboard edit mode. That mode allow full customization (add/edit/delete) of the dashboard indicators. You can easily drag indicators where you want them. You can also add indicators in the format you want: gauge, basic readout, bar graph or histogram.
Colors can be customized along with some styling. Alarms can be set and once your alarm value has been entered to trigger an alarm, an indicator can be configured to turn red and/or the Android app can vibrate. The app includes a couple log viewers.
One allow you to see your data logs in a scatter plot format where you can select the X/Y/Z axis from columns of your datalogs. The second one allow you to see your GPS data on a map and can be merged with the third viewer that is the regular log viewer that can shows timeseries of data from any columns of your datalogs. See screenshots to see all three of them.
No refund can be made after the 15 minutes allowed by Google Play. It would probably be a good idea to check with online communities that use the same ECM as you if they had success with this app before purchasing. If you're running into any issue with the app, don't panic, just email me and I will try my best to help. Don't write a bad review until you gave me a chance to help:) Note that I might not have access to your exact setup (Car ECM, Android device, etc) so please provide as much information as possible.
I'm not responsible for any damage that could be caused by this app to your vehicle or anything else (although I really don't see how anything bad could happen). Buy and use at your own risks. Like us on facebook. So far I love the app.
Well worth the $20. I got it mostly for the dashboard for my 94 trans am. I have not tried most of the features yet as their is just so much. I have not figured out the RTT yet or if my car even supports it.
If not I don't care as I can still tune from my laptop. Hope to get some histograms set up soon and maybe see if I can even figure out the GPS but that is at the bottom of the list. I could spend days going through all the different features and setting them up. Thank you for making such a great app and look forward to future development's. Only thing I would change is make it so when you are in a tuning file that does not fit the screen it can be shrunk so you can see all the sections. Right now to make a change I have to select what it within the screen, change that, move everything over and select the rows that were not in the screen and change them. Would be nice to change all at once.
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So far I love the app. Well worth the $20.
I got it mostly for the dashboard for my 94 trans am. I have not tried most of the features yet as their is just so much. I have not figured out the RTT yet or if my car even supports it. If not I don't care as I can still tune from my laptop.
Hope to get some histograms set up soon and maybe see if I can even figure out the GPS but that is at the bottom of the list. I could spend days going through all the different features and setting them up. Thank you for making such a great app and look forward to future development's. Only thing I would change is make it so when you are in a tuning file that does not fit the screen it can be shrunk so you can see all the sections.
Right now to make a change I have to select what it within the screen, change that, move everything over and select the rows that were not in the screen and change them. Would be nice to change all at once. Great app I really don't rate apps too often but when you pay about $18 for an app I am going out of my way to rate it. The set up of the app is straight forward, I used just a 12 pin cable to adapter to my s5. I will do the wireless later when I have more money. The biggest problem I had was converting xdf or ads to adx. I found the da3 adx file on a forum.
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But all sorces state you can email the developer of this app and they do assist. Great app, I love using my phone as apposed to the computer. Perfect GM OBD1 software for an Android tablet! Currently this is the only such software for GM1 OBD (ALDL link).
I was planning to make an app like this myself but have changed my plans because this is top quality work. It is all well worth the small price for this app. It has a customizable and easy to use dashboard and reads the TunerPro definition files out of the box. In addition, the customer supports seems amazing! I have not tried the real time tuning or chip programming features (yet). I've successfully used the ALDLdroid for about a year now in my 1990 LB9 5.0L TPI Camaro (1227730 ECM, $8D, 8192 baud) with a very cheap USB-to-TTL 5V converter from eBay (FTDI) and an Android tablet. Highly recommended!
About: This information will be updated from time to time and serves as a basic introduction to GM ALDL, specifically aimed at GM Holden Commodores. What It is and What Can It Do: ALDL stands for Assembly Line Diagnostic Link. It is used for a variety of things from, as the name suggests, initial system testing when the vehicle is manufactured to vehicle module communications to diagnostics at the dealer/home to real-time tuning. There are a few different implementations of ALDL VN/VP – This was the first implementation, was also the most basic and is the only implementation that uses ALDL for purely diagnostic purposes.
It operates at 160 baud and is a uni-directional (read only) data link. The ECM uses a ‘bit-banging’ technique on the CEL (Check Engine Light) wire to flash data out bit by bit. Bit banging is a method to transmit serial data using only software rather than a hardware UART.
It is ok for slow data speeds but puts too much load on the microprocessor for high baud rates. The 160 baud rate is due to the ECM operating with 6.25ms minor loop interrupts. On every interrupt a bit is applied to the CEL wire, 6.25ms = 160Hz or 160baud.
When ALDL is enabled the CEL will flash with the data. VR/VS – The second and probably the most widely used type is 8192 baud, this is also used in many GM built US vehicles from the mid/late 80s to the late 90s and often referred to as OBD-I. It is a bi-directional half-duplex data link using a hardware UART in the processor and a Delco/Delphi transceiver IC. The purpose of the transceiver is to convert the transmit and receive lines of the processor UART into a single wire half-duplex data bus to allow the ECM to communicate on the vehicle bus.
It is no longer related to the CEL wire. This data bus allows for only one device to communicate at a time and connects all the major modules – BCM, ABS, SRS, ECM etc. In VR and VS applications the bus master is the ECM/PCM. Every device on the bus has a device ID, so when data packets are put on the bus it is ‘addressed’ to a particular device. This way only the device that is addressed process’s and responds to the packet, all the others ignore the data. PCM Device ID - $F4 for VR V8, VR V6 and VS V8.
$F5 for VS V6 BCM - $BD in VR and $F1 in VS ABS - $F9 SRS - $F2 VT – This is a very similar implementation to the VR and VS ALDL. It is also 8192 baud but the major difference is the bus master is no longer the PCM but instead the BCM. The VT took the data bus further by also including the instrument cluster. A regular message containing all the dash information is sent at the request of the BCM. PCM Device ID - $F5 BCM - $F1 SRS - $FA VX and VY – The NA V6 uses a flash based PCM, this also added some new ALDL modes for the security system.
The PCM is linked to the BCM, ALDL is used for the linking process. PCM Device ID - $F7 for flash based PCM BCM - $F1 How It Works: Due to the different types of ALDL there are different ways to get data out of the ECM VN/VP – This is a uni-directional data link so to enable ALDL data a resistor must be placed from the diagnostic enable wire to ground. This tells the ECM to start outputting data on the CEL wire. The disadvantage is on a factory memcal it also locks the spark advance to 10deg BTDC until 2000RPM, this can be disabled by editing the memcal binary.
The data that is sent over 160baud ALDL is very basic and is a fixed data stream. It contains information on diagnosing faults and checking sensor outputs. VR/VS/VT – Being a bi-directional data link it is now possible and necessary to request data from the ECM/PCM.
No resistor is required to tell the ECM to start transmitting data. The ECM does not lock the timing to 10deg BTDC when requesting data so it is possible to drive the vehicle like normal while logging.
The 8192baud ALDL is far more useful than the 160baud data for many more reasons than just being faster. Hi guys, i've been able to log successfully ( i think ) using WinALDL on 34G for a while now and been trying to interpret what i get with mixed results and varying degrees of confusion. Time, rpm, map, o2 (crossrefferencing with a af/r guage helped making sense of that ) BLM etc i think i have a reasonable grasp of. What i am having trouble with is where it tells me what the ignition timing is, the knock counts (shown on some comps supported but not the 808) and injector load (bpw?) now i'm sure theres going to be many of you going at me but sorry i'm more at ease with my dial back timing light and trying to drag myself out of the dark ages In advance of replies i'll say why the hell didn't i see that for myself you.