That's interesting.. if there's a chance I could get a 126xx OS without bricking. Still, might not be necessary anyway. I'll have a better CAN scanner/transmitter tomorrow with which I'll be able to send multiple frames at designated intervals (every 100msec, 1000msec, etc.), so I'll be able to try out the VIN transmitting that the PIM is supposed to send every second and what not.
GMW8762 is available from IHS (
http://store.ihs.com) for $30. It lists the platform to powertrain specification, and is nicely detailed. It uses CAN 2.0a (11-bit headers), but the actual specification of what the frames mean, i.e. the function of each header code, the bytes used in the CAN frames etc, is what GM call GMLAN. On this PPEI (platform - powertrain electrical interface.. i.e. the link from the ECM to the PIM/GW/BCM), everything is detailed, but it's all platform to powertrain stuff. There's no "comfort" stuff, e.g. unlocking doors, printing text to the LCD displays, controlling the radio etc. All of that stuff goes on the low-speed CAN bus, which is totally separate, and comes from the BCM to the dashboard/doors/HVAC/etc. That side of things is called SW-CAN (single-wire CAN), and is what most people are talking about when they mention GMLAN, but in my case I am referring to High-Speed GMLAN. If you google GMLAN you'll find a few blogs where people are hacking on the SW-CAN bus, usually by modifying ~$20 ELM327 OBD scanners to work on the single wire, and they're doing all sorts of interesting stuff like opening doors, writing text to displays etc.
Because my LS2/T56 is in a Mazda RX7, I don't have a BCM or PIM, and I want to make a module that will send the "AC ON" request to the PCM. On the E40 based LS2, the AC ON request goes over GMLAN (through the BCM -> PIM (GW) -> ECM), and I want to send that. I kind of want to pretend to be a BCM/PIM, so that I can have ECM controlled air conditioning (torque reduction on compressor engagement to reduce shock, idle-up, WOT compressor disengagement, etc.).
I'm enjoying it so far and seem to be slowly coming to grips with it, but I'll be a bit upset if it turns out that my 2005 E40 doesn't even talk the right language. I'll probably end up buying a 2006 PCM just so I haven't wasted all this money and time on CAN tools/software. I spend $150 on GMWxxxx spec sheets from IHS already!