Anyone ever found anything like Bavarian Technic's software (for bmw and later MINI) that works for the R53, giving live access to the engine management systems etc?

Before you say BavTech works for our cars...it doesn't. It's nothing more than a glorified code reader for the R50/53. Mine's going back shortly. It can't even access freeze frame data when codes ARE thrown. :(


So - anyone? I'd love to get access to the misfire monitors, throttle position, throttle body position, etc etc.. stuff my ODBII tools can't get to.

 

The FA Tuning kit logs those parameters to a MicroSD card on the MINIPort - but it doesn't display the info in real-time though ...

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...0-r52-r53.html



Data Logging = 45+ Channels Being Recorded by FullAccess:

1. Sample: The number of total samples
2. Time: Time - in seconds
3. ThrottleAng: Throttle Angle - in degrees % this can range from 0 % to a max of 83% = 100%
4. EngTempC: Engine Temperature - in degrees celcius (metric) C
5. GearPosition: Gear Position - Manual or Automatic current gear position
6. RPM: Engine RPM - Revolutions per minute
7. AirTempC: Intake Air Temperature - in degrees celcius (metric) C
8. ManiPress1hPa: Intake Manifold Pressure Sensor (TMAP) - measure in (hPa)
9. ManiPress2hPa: Upstream Manifold Pressure Sensor - measure in (hPa)
10. LngTermAMix(ms): Long Term Additive Mixture Correction - measure in (ms)
11. MixAdptMu(m/str): Mixture Adaptation Additive - measure in (mg/stroke)
12. LngTrmMuMix%: Long Term Multiplicative Mixture Correction - measure in %
13. MixAdptMu%: Mixture Adaptation Multiplicative - measure in %
14. AirMasskg/h: Air Mass - Mass Air Flow measure in kg/h
15. OxySen1V: Oxygen Sensor 1 Voltage - Pre cat Oxygen Sensor voltage (V)
16. OxySen2V: Oxygen Sensor 2 Voltage - Post cat Oxygen Sensor voltage (V)
17. KnkVolt: Knock Sensor Voltage - range 0 - 5 volts
18. Speed: Vehicle Speed - measure in (MPH)
19. ShrtTermMixCorr%: Short Term Mixture Correction - measure in %
20. ShrtTermCorr%: Short Term Correction - measure in %
21. CalcLoad: Calculated Engine Load - measure in %
22. KnkNoiseLev: Knock Sensor Noise Level - measure in direct value 0 - 255
23. KnockRetard: Knock Retard Adaptation - measure in crank degrees
24. MisFireCYL1: Misfire Value - counts misfires over 200 RPM value 0 -65535
25. MisFireCYL4: Misfire Value - counts misfires over 200 RPM value 0 -65535
26. MisFireCYL2: Misfire Value - counts misfires over 200 RPM value 0 -65535
27. MisFireCYL3: Misfire Value - counts misfires over 200 RPM value 0 -65535
28. TrueRunValCYL1: True Running Value (Smooth Running Value)
29. TrueRunValCYL4: True Running Value (Smooth Running Value)
30. TrueRunValCYL2: True Running Value (Smooth Running Value)
31. TrueRunValCYL3: True Running Value (Smooth Running Value)
32. IgnAdvCYL1: Ignition Advance CYL1 - measure in crank degrees
33. IgnAdvCYL2: Ignition Advance CYL2 - measure in crank degrees
34. IgnAdvCYL3: Ignition Advance CYL3 - measure in crank degrees
35. IgnAdvCYL4: Ignition Advance CYL4 - measure in crank degrees
36. SparkAdv: Specified Spark Advance - measure in crank degrees
37. InjPulse: Injector PulseWidth - measure in (ms)
38. PedalAng: Pedal Angle - measure in %
39. Battery: Battery Voltage - measure in voltage
40. InjDuty: Injector Duty Cycle - measure in %
41. MAP_PSI: Manifold Pressure - measure in PSI
42. EngTempF: Engine Temperature - in degrees Fahrenheit (std) F
43. AirTempF: Intake Air Temperature - in degrees Fahrenheit (std) F
44. AirMassg/s: Air Mass - Mass Air Flow measure in g/s grams sec
45. LC1.AFR: Innovate Motorsports LC-1 Serial Channel - reads AFR from LC-1
46. LC1tc4.egt1: Innovate Motorsports MTS Channel - reads EGT from MTS Unit via LC-1
47. LC1tc4.egt2: Innovate Motorsports MTS Channel - reads EGT from MTS Unit via LC-1
48. LC1tc4.egt3: Innovate Motorsports MTS Channel - reads EGT from MTS Unit via LC-1
49. LC1tc4.egt4: Innovate Motorsports MTS Channel - reads EGT from MTS Unit via LC-1

 

thanks! haven't come across that one yet. just dropped my order for the AE w/ bmw extensions - if it doesn't work out (...or I want to do some retuning!) I'll look your way. Appreciated!

although...

at 1 vin per $750, that's pretty far out there. (yes, it can do cool other tricks. $750 per vin isn't sooo bad there. but for read only mode?? )

 

For tuning and data-logging, it's per vin. FA53 allows you to tune (alter the ecu mappings) and log from that vehicle's ECU. When FA is loaded into an ecu, it uploads our coding to enable 'logging directly from the BMW code through the OBD port' onto the MINIPort MicroSD card @ 8 samples per second (which is about 8x faster than the OBD protocol - aka Scangauge or typical OBD Scan tool).

If you plug this MINIPort into another R53 WITHOUT FA loaded, the data won't come through.

But for DTC read/Clear and Adaptation Clear, this tool works on any R50/52/53 (non-vin specific)...