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Your zcs is the info of your car, like options, car model, transmission... if you only write the zcs to your combi, it’s change nothing.
You must read your zcs from your bcm, change the zcs-key so the software knows there is a chrono on board.
Then you must code the combi in expert mode, reftor profile is more for manual changes.
For me it’s difficult to explain, I’m from Belgium, my native language is Dutch.
If you send me your oem zcs, I can calculate a new one with the chrono option code
Coding the combi with NCS Expert is alright, I've done plenty of coding on my E46 and some on the Mini. But I never touched to the ZCS so I'm quite lost here.
Unfortunately I speak Dutch and German, but no French. Belgium is a weird country...
your sw version has nothing to do with this.
So you have a working installation of ncs expert? I can give you a hand with teamviewer if you want it. just reset the mileage to 0.
I'm still waiting for the programmer. Do you have the addr+length of the mileage in eeprom ? I can come back to you when I'm ready to plug the Kombi in the car.
I'm still waiting for the programmer. Do you have the addr+length of the mileage in eeprom ? I can come back to you when I'm ready to plug the Kombi in the car.
please do not use a r270 (clone) programmer, it’s not stable enough for this eeprom.
with a Rosfar, the mileage is displayed and you can change this in whatever you want
Hum ... a bit late I already ordered a R270 chinese copy. I'll dump my eeprom multiple time and compare files to be sure I got the original binary from my chronopack.
As far as I remember ... ZCS is stored in 2 or more units right ? I know that I need to read my ZCS from a short list of module in NCS Expert before being able to select which module I want to read.
Well I been driving the my new updated post ecu. Works great. All gauges are functional. Just had to do a small change to get cruise working again. I love the chrono setup so much better than the giant speedo. I did take the time to do a little color change.
As you can see the gauges are all working
Love the color change! (I hate the red gauges, they're very difficult for me to read.) Post a picture of the gauges at night, please.
How long did it take for you to do the color change? What LEDs did you use? Where did you get them? I was think about white backlight with blue needles. I have 2 other cars with (Ford & Lexus) with that combination, & I find it MUCH easier to read the gauges day or night; especially the odometer/clock LCD!
Well I changed the led on the needles to green orginally. As you can see it made the needles washed out. So I changed them to white. Now they look orange. I look much better.
@YulCmr I'm very confident, I tried on multiple units.
I am interested in @thomm 's solution though. He mentioned when I was doing mine, but I didn't understand ZCS and the coding at the time. I hope you guys post status updates on the process here so we can follow along.
@shrevemini - great job on the color change! How long did you take you to change out all those little leds? I was thinking about doing white. of course I'd call it something like "Creamy Icemelt White" to make it sound more luxurious once done
@YulCmr I'm very confident, I tried on multiple units.
I am interested in @thomm 's solution though. He mentioned when I was doing mine, but I didn't understand ZCS and the coding at the time. I hope you guys post status updates on the process here so we can follow along.
@shrevemini - great job on the color change! How long did you take you to change out all those little leds? I was thinking about doing white. of course I'd call it something like "Creamy Icemelt White" to make it sound more luxurious once done
Yes, let's keep this thread going. I want to load the correct mileage & VIN into my chronopack.
I'll maybe try his method, don't know. If he can remotly mod and update my ZCS I can record the screen and try to formalize it in english but I'm not sure to fully understand what I'll do :p
What brings the ZCS update over your method @AutoMutt ? Yours seems to be working fine !
Ok to answer myself about mileage, I just read again the thread, especially the #68 post talking about the mileage encoding "leading hexadecimal matrix". Developer myself but never used this kind of encoding. Very interesting !
Yes hexadecimal. Your km data doesn't seem off to me - I'd have to check it though... Actually, you can quickly open in rosfar though to check it as well. I listed some directions in an earlier post.
.I've been able to reflash sw22 on my sw23 unit (as I highly suspect I've corrupted my flash)
VIN and Mileage have been coded. No errors related to DSC or TPMS and car runs fine. Fuel gauge is working fine BUT, when I turn on my indicators, TPMS light blinks with them, oil temp + water temp seem to indicate nothing (a random fixed value) and oil pressure increases over 5 bar when idling and slowly drops to 0 when driving aggressively.
Does anyone know what I need to do ? Does the chronopack needs to be enable in DME with NCS expert ?
Is your cluster coded correctly to the car? Is also your bcm recoded?
The easiest way is to code the whole car with the option code added to your zcs.
If the problem is still there after the car is coded, than you have a problem with your cluster dump
Is your cluster coded correctly to the car? Is also your bcm recoded?
The easiest way is to code the whole car with the option code added to your zcs.
If the problem is still there after the car is coded, than you have a problem with your cluster dump
I've used @AutoMutt method (took a picture of the zcs in my ews and corrected my kmb zcs) I've looked at BCM module coding but I can't find which parameter handle the kombi type installed... Do you have this information ?
Can someone help me ? VIN & Mileage coded in eeprom. No DSC light. Mileage matches fine when connecting chronopack in car (in replacement of NAV). Fuel gauge looks fine but Oil temp, water temp and Oil pressure don't work. Oil pressure tops over 5 bars. Indicators make the TPMS light blink.
Thanks guys !
(Red TPMS and seat belt turn off when starting the engine)
08-02-2020, 08:04 AM
I already ordered a R270 chinese copy. I'll dump my eeprom multiple time and compare files to be sure I got the original binary from my chronopack.
