BB Logging beta update: April 26, 2008

[Blacky]

IMPORTANT
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO,
YOU MUST UPDATE FLASHSCAN'S BOOT BLOCK TO V2.05.08(0426)
BEFORE
YOU ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE THE FIRMWARE TO V2.05.16 OR LATER.

Under no circumstances should you attempt to use boot block V2.05.06 (released March 26, 2008).
See this link for more info on what is wrong with V2.05.06
http://forum.efilive.com/showthread.php?t=7804

Download here:
http://download2.efilive.com/Softwar...il_26_2008.zip (19Mb)
This download includes and supersedes all previous BBL beta downloads.

Please read the Readme_First.pdf file included in the zip file.
It has been revised for this release and contains important information about how to upgrade the boot block in your FlashScan and/or AutoCal devices.

Make sure you update your FlashScan (and/or AutoCal) firmware and boot block using the latest *.ffw files from the \Program Files\EFILive\V8\EFILive_Hapi folder\.

Please read the first posts in the March 20, March 26, April 07 and April 14 releases so that you are aware of the previous versions' pre-requisites.
http://forum.efilive.com/showthread.php?t=7566
http://forum.efilive.com/showthread.php?t=7643
http://forum.efilive.com/showthread.php?t=7747
http://forum.efilive.com/showthread.php?t=7809

Regards
Paul

[kbracing96]

Damn, I though this was gona be packaged as a full install, not more pieces, lol. I want to try BBL, and serial input of my WB but I'm afraid I'm too far behind with all the step it takes to get to here, lol.

[Blacky]

Damn, I though this was gona be packaged as a full install, not more pieces, lol. I want to try BBL, and serial input of my WB but I'm afraid I'm too far behind with all the step it takes to get to here, lol.

You don't need to do any of the previous steps, just start with this latest release. It includes everything that has been in the previous beta releases (except the problems).

Regards
Paul

[kbracing96]

You don't need to do any of the previous steps, just start with this latest release. It includes everything that has been in the previous beta releases (except the problems).

Regards
Paul

Well then, I might just have to try it next week after I tune the 3 cars I have on the books

I'll use my room mates V2 since my truck is on it too, haha, in case I have any problems .

[swingtan]

Hi Guys,

The good news first.... The TechEdge serial data looks excellent, thanks a lot for getting this added so quickly.

Now on to the "not so good" news. I just tried 2 BBL sessions and both log files come up with the error above. Opening the logs in a Hex editor shows the data is different from the old logs, with no delimiter data between some of the Meta data details.

During the upgrade I formatted the config file system and copied over the new files. I've checked my PID count and it is only 17.

Sample file is attached....

Update: I just went through the log file with the Hex editor and added in a few "0D 0A" characters at the right spots and the file opens cleanly. The addresses are.....
0x042C
0x0443
0x0450
0x0596

[Redline Motorsports]

Paul,

How far out is the stable release??

Howard

[Blacky]

Now on to the "not so good" news. I just tried 2 BBL sessions and both log files come up with the error above. Opening the logs in a Hex editor shows the data is different from the old logs, with no delimiter data between some of the Meta data details.

I changed the return codes from the write() function to allow the file system stats to be collected. But failed to update the code that writes the meta data.
Attached firmware update should fix that.

Regards
Paul

[Blacky]

Paul,
How far out is the stable release??
Howard

I'm confident this version is 99.9% safe. There may be a few niggly bugs left but nothing that will cause a major failure. But maybe give it a few days to see if anything unexpected shows up...

Regards
Paul

[oztracktuning]

Do we all need to use the new firmware just posted.

[Blacky]

Do we all need to use the new firmware just posted.

Yes, otherwise black box log files will be unreadable in th eV7 scan tool software. Unless you want to modify the files using a hex editor like swingtan described.

Regards
Paul