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Dieselman
May 4th, 2010, 09:45 PM
Hello all,
New to the forum so be gentle :)
I have a quick question about how the licencing system works. I have a 2008 Holden Commodore and am looking at getting into tuning the car myself. The engine is a L98 with the E38 and the tranny is a 6L80E with the T43.
Now when I purchase EFILive it comes with 2 licences. Do I need 1 licence for each controller or will the one licence cover both????
I have searched but I am not sure either way.
Thanks in advance
Ben
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gmh308
May 4th, 2010, 11:14 PM
Hello all,
New to the forum so be gentle :)
I have a quick question about how the licencing system works. I have a 2008 Holden Commodore and am looking at getting into tuning the car myself. The engine is a L98 with the E38 and the tranny is a 6L80E with the T43.
Now when I purchase EFILive it comes with 2 licences. Do I need 1 licence for each controller or will the one licence cover both????
I have searched but I am not sure either way.
Thanks in advance
Ben
Mods can you move this if in the wrong section
Welcome Ben.
1 licence for each of ECM/E38 and TCM/T43 = 1 license - 1//2 for ECM 1/2 for TCM. Oops. :)
joecar
May 5th, 2010, 02:21 AM
Each license is good for an ECM/TCM pair.
ScarabEpic22
May 5th, 2010, 05:36 AM
Welcome Ben.
1 licence for each of ECM/E38 and TCM/T43 = 2 licenses
Well true, but not in the VIN licensing world. EFILive's VIN licenses have 2 "parts" to them, an ECM/PCM part and a seperate TCM part. So even though I have an E67 ECM and a T42 TCM in my TBSS, this is 2 "partial" licenses but just 1 VIN license.
You will only use 1 VIN license to tune both controllers in your car Ben.:grin:
macca_779
May 5th, 2010, 10:30 AM
Well true, but not in the VIN licensing world. EFILive's VIN licenses have 2 "parts" to them, an ECM/PCM part and a seperate TCM part. So even though I have an E67 ECM and a T42 TCM in my TBSS, this is 2 "partial" licenses but just 1 VIN license.
You will only use 1 VIN license to tune both controllers in your car Ben.:grin:
Since when does EFI LIVE give a toss about VIN numbers.. I think your thinking of their competition.
joecar
May 5th, 2010, 10:46 AM
I think he's just loosely calling it a VIN license.
ScarabEpic22
May 5th, 2010, 12:25 PM
If you're talking about me, I was trying to explain that there are 2 parts to 1 VIN license. VIN numbers dont matter at all, you're correct, its licensed based on the serial number of the ECM, PCM, or TCM. But since EFILive calls their V2 licenses a VIN License, I figured I should use that terminology.
For example, I have tuned 7 trucks, only 1 has a TCM (the rest are PCMs). Theoretically I still can tune 6 TCMs for free right now.
Dieselman
May 5th, 2010, 09:04 PM
Thanks for the replies. I am glad I asked the question :grin:
I was getting confused but all good now
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