beejohn

supposedly you can program it through the OBDII port with this cable. claims to be compatible with ME7x (boot mode), so should work for our cars. we are ME7.5?

any idea what boot mode is?

here is a link:
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/KWP2000-PLUS-ECU-Flasher-Tuning-Interface-KWP-2000_W0QQitemZ230011052287QQihZ013QQcategoryZ50552 QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem">http://cgi.ebay.com/KWP2000-PLUS-ECU-Flasher-Tuning-Interface-KWP-2000_W0QQitemZ230011052287QQihZ013QQcategoryZ50552 QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem</a>

ModifiedA4

ATW is ME5.x ...and early AEBs are ME3.x

correspondingly the file size of each Bin gets larger...as the program/engine gets more complicated.

beejohn

according to this page the awm, aeb, and atw use a Bosch ME7.5 system.

wikipedia is known to be wrong though.

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Volkswagen_engines">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Volkswagen_engines</a>

beejohn

i wonder if the 4b0 906 018 M is programmable via port? or the 4b0 906 018 CH

ModifiedA4

the ME version is hardcoded into the BIN files for each ECU.

Ive personally writting software which pulls the identification string out of the software code.

i know ive seen "ME3.x" and "ME7.x" pulled directly from the code.

beejohn

i think that cable is a hit.

ModifiedA4

here is the full id string of an ECU, pulled from the code(some of it should look familliar):
D048D0907557P 1.8L R4/5VT MOTR D040261204258103735912655/1/M5.92/05/400201/DAMOS3A8/3A802-S/3A80202-S/230498/

this is from a "8D0 907 557P" ecu for 99.5 A4 1.8t

note this part of the string, im assuming this is the Motronic version:
<i>03735912655/1/</i><b>M5.92</b><i>/05/400201</i>

here's a screen shot of the software i wrote:
<img src="http://www.modifieda4.com/images/ecu-logs/bin_id_screenshot.jpg">

beejohn

gotcha, don't have a code from an 01 do ya?

ModifiedA4

no sorry. the project sort of died...

ModifiedA4

so 2001 would be as far as i know.