ECUTEK 2 advise please
04 September 2007, 06:25 PM
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ECUTEK 2 advise please
My current car has a ECUTEK 2 license at present. STi7 bugeye.
What I want to know is if I was to get the map adjusted to suit more my style of driving would it have to be a new Software upgrade ie ECUTEK 3 and to pay a whole new license fee ?
I thought it was more the ECU that has the license paid on it and you wouldn't have to fork out the £600+ license fee again apart from just the £250+ fee to adjust the map?
Can someone please confirm for me please?
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What I want to know is if I was to get the map adjusted to suit more my style of driving would it have to be a new Software upgrade ie ECUTEK 3 and to pay a whole new license fee ?
I thought it was more the ECU that has the license paid on it and you wouldn't have to fork out the £600+ license fee again apart from just the £250+ fee to adjust the map?
Can someone please confirm for me please?
Cheers ears
Steve
04 September 2007, 06:42 PM
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My current car has a ECUTEK 2 license at present. STi7 bugeye.
What I want to know is if I was to get the map adjusted to suit more my style of driving would it have to be a new Software upgrade ie ECUTEK 3 and to pay a whole new license fee ?
I thought it was more the ECU that has the license paid on it and you wouldn't have to fork out the £600+ license fee again apart from just the £250+ fee to adjust the map?
Can someone please confirm for me please?
Cheers ears
Steve
What I want to know is if I was to get the map adjusted to suit more my style of driving would it have to be a new Software upgrade ie ECUTEK 3 and to pay a whole new license fee ?
I thought it was more the ECU that has the license paid on it and you wouldn't have to fork out the £600+ license fee again apart from just the £250+ fee to adjust the map?
Can someone please confirm for me please?
Cheers ears
Steve
the way i understand it once the license fee has been payed on your ecu all you pay is about £150- £200 for a tweak providing you go back to the original mapper or a little bit more than that if you use a different mapper
04 September 2007, 08:16 PM
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Hey mate,
That's what I thought. But have been told otherwise that I would need to buy the whole new software again?
I'm not sure or not but I think my cars map was done by someone from ECUTEK directly?
Steve
That's what I thought. But have been told otherwise that I would need to buy the whole new software again?
I'm not sure or not but I think my cars map was done by someone from ECUTEK directly?
Steve
04 September 2007, 09:18 PM
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Hi Steve,
As you are Surrey way I can plug laptop in and tell you when I am next over that way if you like.
I am able to Query the ecu with the Ecutek and tell you if it has a licence and who last programmed it.
As has been said it should have the licence in it, although it just depends on what level of ecutek the programmer used.. eg the ppp doesn't retain the licence.
Simon
As you are Surrey way I can plug laptop in and tell you when I am next over that way if you like.
I am able to Query the ecu with the Ecutek and tell you if it has a licence and who last programmed it.
As has been said it should have the licence in it, although it just depends on what level of ecutek the programmer used.. eg the ppp doesn't retain the licence.
Simon
04 September 2007, 11:19 PM
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Just for Info I had an "EcuTeK 2" remap on my Bugeye done about 4 - 5 years ago.......it was an "example / generic map" and the mapper simply came along and reflashed the ECU in the car park !!
Apparantly the mapper closed the Mapping session there and then..... so a few years later I had to buy a new licence
Shaun
Apparantly the mapper closed the Mapping session there and then..... so a few years later I had to buy a new licence
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04 September 2007, 11:57 PM
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Just for Info I had an "EcuTeK 2" remap on my Bugeye done about 4 - 5 years ago.......it was an "example / generic map" and the mapper simply came along and reflashed the ECU in the car park !!
Apparantly the mapper closed the Mapping session there and then..... so a few years later I had to buy a new licence
Shaun
Apparantly the mapper closed the Mapping session there and then..... so a few years later I had to buy a new licence
Shaun
05 September 2007, 08:52 PM
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Simon,
That would be ace. Let me know mate when your over this way. If not PM me on here or the Surrey site.
Cheers again
Steve
That would be ace. Let me know mate when your over this way. If not PM me on here or the Surrey site.
Cheers again
Steve
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05 September 2007, 11:05 PM
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This was the car park / forecourt of my local subaru dealer who was offering "off the shelf" EcuTeK maps at the time
about 2002 !
Am I the only one with a Subaru Dealer invoice for "chipping" the car LOL
Shaun
This was the car park / forecourt of my local subaru dealer who was offering "off the shelf" EcuTeK maps at the time
about 2002 !Am I the only one with a Subaru Dealer invoice for "chipping" the car LOL
Shaun
06 September 2007, 11:37 AM
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What mods have you got? If there are standard maps out there it would be good to share them on here - or would this be breaking copy right laws or something??
06 September 2007, 03:34 PM
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The licence is how ecutek make money...fair do's as they have spent time developing the software !
To protect their investment the EcuTeK software needs a licence for each ECU mapped, rather like having an "EcuTeK key" to open the ECU for mapping.
You will need the EcuTeK licence to EcuTeK map the ECU even if the map is off the shelf.
Also, to protect the intellectual property rights of each individual mapper, One EcuTeK mapper cannot see the maps of the other.
There are other software packages that can re-flash the ECU for free but may not be so sophisticated.
HTH
Midlife.....
To protect their investment the EcuTeK software needs a licence for each ECU mapped, rather like having an "EcuTeK key" to open the ECU for mapping.
You will need the EcuTeK licence to EcuTeK map the ECU even if the map is off the shelf.
Also, to protect the intellectual property rights of each individual mapper, One EcuTeK mapper cannot see the maps of the other.
There are other software packages that can re-flash the ECU for free but may not be so sophisticated.
HTH
Midlife.....
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