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| ric355 Member Since: 02 May 2011 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 302  |
Excellent news ! |
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9th Sep 2011 8:18am |
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| ric355 Member Since: 02 May 2011 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 302 |
Have done the calibration tonight - easy enough job but make sure you read the instructions first as it's easy to crash the software if you don't follow the process and press a button at the wrong moment. This is slightly worrying as the instructions explicitly say once you've started there's no going back so for it to crash half way through it leaves you wondering whether you've knackered it. No harm is actually done though. |
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9th Sep 2011 8:09pm |
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| stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35485 
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ok, i've watched the video and read the instructions but what does the calibration actually do? ... - .- -.
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15th Sep 2011 7:46pm |
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| ric355 Member Since: 02 May 2011 Location: Surrey, UK Posts: 302 |
It ensures the car sits level when on a level surface, and sets the ECU up so that the height readings, which are derived from the voltages generated by the height sensors, are representative of the actual height of the car (relative to the normal height). So when you choose "read height" post calibration the heights will say something like 1 0 5 3 mm instead of something stupid like -100 350 0 268 mm. As the car performs plausibility checks on the air suspension, a non calibrated system might be more likely to go into a failsafe mode - but I'm only theorizing here. So if you have one corner sitting low (but do not have a leak on that corner) the calibration process will correct it. All it is doing is working out the difference between the measured hight from a tape measure and the measured height from the height sensors at each corner and correcting the reference data held in the ECU. |
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15th Sep 2011 8:07pm |
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| SteveMFr Site Sponsor Member Since: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Strasbourg, France Posts: 1641 |
As the others have said, this is 'Steve's thing' (should actually be called 'Christian and Patrick's thing' as they originally put it together) 
These are the last of the original EASControl units for permanent mounting (vs. a quick OBD plug-in). You have to open the dash to get at the EAS ECU to attach the wires. But this is the original product... 
RRC 2Dr, RRC 4Dr, P38, and 2 L322s (wife thinks I'm nuts - prob right, too) |
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16th Sep 2011 6:29am |
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| stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35485
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@ ric, thanks for the explanation..
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16th Sep 2011 7:22am |
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| SteveMFr Site Sponsor Member Since: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Strasbourg, France Posts: 1641 |
Actually, I disagree. All in all your choices are limited to 4 manufacturers for 2002-05 FFRR's and 3 for the later 06-09 (I'm not including the several the several thousand pound professional garage systems such as Autologic): - for the 2002-05 ffrr the only units that make sense are the Hawkeye, Blackbox Faultmate, RAC, or the GAP IIDTool - fot the later ffrr the Hawkeye, Blackbox Faultmate, and GAP IIDTool All 4 units will read an clear faults on most systems. As far as programming goes, you need to check which systems interest you - only the Faultmate offers relatively comprehensive capabilities (and costs 4-5 times as much as the others). The IIDTool will be making a large leap forward here with the fall SW update. Storey is working on this as well.
RRC 2Dr, RRC 4Dr, P38, and 2 L322s (wife thinks I'm nuts - prob right, too) |
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16th Sep 2011 9:37am |
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| stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35485
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out of all the units you have listed steve, only one can be used on different vehicles without the extra cost..i should think that is a big reason to buy it.. ... - .- -.
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16th Sep 2011 9:51am |
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| SteveMFr Site Sponsor Member Since: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Strasbourg, France Posts: 1641 |
Quite true Stan, forgot to mention that in light of the 'hobby' user. But then you really shouldn't be complaining about updates, should you? |
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16th Sep 2011 11:08am |
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| RRRob Member Since: 24 Jul 2010 Location: Bury Posts: 123 
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If by VIN youu are refering to a specific vehicle you are mistaken reagrds the Hawkeye. You have to unlock the Hawkeye tool for each model so you can do multiple vehicles and sub models EG l322 will cover Diesel and petrol etc
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16th Sep 2011 11:15am |
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| SteveMFr Site Sponsor Member Since: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Strasbourg, France Posts: 1641 |
Really? Then the description is rather poorly worded on the Bearmach web shop (mailorder4x4):
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16th Sep 2011 11:21am |
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| RRRob Member Since: 24 Jul 2010 Location: Bury Posts: 123
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Its bad wording they mean additional unlock codes can be bought for additional models . |
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16th Sep 2011 11:22am |
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| RRRob Member Since: 24 Jul 2010 Location: Bury Posts: 123
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I can plug my Hawkeye in to anyones FFRR near me and read and clear the Faults codes etc |
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16th Sep 2011 11:23am |
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| Gazellio @ Prestige Cars Member Since: 22 Jan 2010 Location: Chilterns, UK Posts: 11309 
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In my thread Hawkeye.....http://www.fullfatrr.com/forum/topic7544.html?highlight=
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16th Sep 2011 12:21pm |
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