This cable http://www.race-technology.com/serial_interface_2_7535.html
costs £150. It has a little box in the middle, does it actually do anything or am I able to just use a normal serial cable?
the bad news is no you need a can bus as above i have the same problem for my dta s60 pro looks like you pay your penny's mate as i will have too
I can use serial or can using the race technology 2
there is probably no ponit in you getting it really unless your using an ecu with can!
i am usng it with the dta s60 ecu.the can can monitor loads of stuff but he needs to make upthe cable depending on the ecu. call rally technology from
ebay and they will supply it all and make the leads up for you. have you got the 4 black buttons also? for programming the dash!
Lol, the ecu doesn't have can...but it doesn't need it as the race tech dash outputs serial or CAN.
What I'm basically asking is, is that little black box a necessary box of tricks that converts the ecu signals to something the dash can
interpret, or is it just a serial cable that i can get much cheaper elsewhere?
am not exactly sure what you want this to do? i thought the whole idea of can was that it can send shed loads of info direct from the ecu to the
dash, oil pressure,oil temp,coolant temp,rpm,throttle position etc which then frees up the analogue inputs for other things.
you will probably get away with using the analogue inputs for what you need and therefore may not need the serial cable. the dash is easy to wire up
using the dash analogue inputs.
not sure the dash outputs can? as i cant understand why it would need to and where it would send it!
I'm just asking what the little in line black thing is. If you have a look at the serial cable it has a black box between both connectors. I want to know if that litlte box does annything imparticular or whether I can just buy myself a standard (and much cheaper) serial cable
ok done a bit of home work for you spoke to Andy seems nice its a can type lead price was £120 his details are andrew@rallytechnology.co.uk 07801
385298 hope this helps cheers paul
thanks paul
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Originally posted by imp paul
ok done a bit of home work for you spoke to Andy seems nice its a can type lead price was £120 his details are andrew@rallytechnology.co.uk 07801 385298 hope this helps cheers paul
hi there andy. glad your on here now. it means i wont have to call you again when your in marbella,lol!
hows the mev build going mate? have you made a start?
my s2000 engined mnr will be going to mnr in harrogate in a few weeks so i may give you a call and a pocket full of cash to pop over to try and
caliberate my dash 2 and can interface i got from you. cheers.
That was the answer I was looking for, cheers!