I wonder why tc will not allow you to lock a file. You can with hptuners, efilive, and even westers. Which is about the same program as tunercat. Just saved as a different ext.
I wonder why tc will not allow you to lock a file. You can with hptuners, efilive, and even westers. Which is about the same program as tunercat. Just saved as a different ext.
Not sure why you would want to lock the file and give someone a massive headache later on!!! I gave a fellow Titan guy a copy of my tune a while back for my 2012 Titan. Before long I was looking at a tune someone else had paid for and saw MY spark map in their tune. I did ALOT of work at the track tuning my spark map to get me off the line without alot of wheelspin and come on hard when the RPM and MPH started to increase. Didn't even anger me.Originally Posted by doctortuned
Last edited by Fast355; 07-04-2014 at 01:37 AM.
It was a question.
I started tuning 16 years ago. Now 5 others local are tuning. It does get to me when I redo there work and see some of my stuff in there. They don't understand each vehicle is different. I will work on the dyno and build a file. Then see it show up in another vehicle.
The good thing is If they want to program it elsewhere. Give them a key to unlock it. I would email them a factory file with the key code to unlock it.
Sorry it just got to me after a few headaches I have had with locked PCMs.
imo If and when I have a locked pcm. I don't mind starting fresh. It sucks for the customer having to buy a new computer. Unless you can get it unlocked.
UpRev?
There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it can not be overcome by brute strength and ignorance.
Yep that would be the $$$$$ yet crappy and only custom tuning for OBD2 Nissans.
Currently using it to dial in the tune on my 2014 after putting headers on it.
Last edited by Fast355; 08-02-2014 at 05:02 AM.
Standard or Pro cable?
There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it can not be overcome by brute strength and ignorance.
Mine is standard but I know a pro tuner with Uprev Pro Tuning suite and cable.
Wester's GMT was designed from its onset as a more secure program TC2 and GMT are close, but not exactly the same. The 2 company owners did work for one another at one time. Jet DST, TC2 and Westers GT are similar to each other. IIRC they were written by the same person, with some VDF's done by another.
You can lock TC2 files with the Tunercats Dealer kits.
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How do you lock with a dealer kit?
I just finished unlocking one took me 4 days the guy was a dick and wouldn't give us the key all it was is a swap vats and emissions delete. I can see if it was a cammed or F/I deal to protect work but this was lame.I found the key then used EFI live to assign it a stock key I didn't have to license it to use that feature and you can lock them using the same deal.
I asked to TC and was told OBD2 software does not have lock capabilities. So how are people locking PCMs with TC?
I use a program i aquired and EFIlive to unlock them to assign a stock key maybe the vin tc vin match is the only thing i see or custom encrypted files but definatly not a lock.
The dealer version of the WinFlash OBDII program is a fully functional version that can read and program and all the vehicles currently supported by the OBDII Tuner program. The dealer version of the program differs in that it does not allow the vehicle's VIN to be changed and when programming a PCM the VIN in the calibration file must match the VIN currently stored in the PCM that's being programmed. This prevents the customer from using the calibration on a vehicle other than the intended one.
If requested, the dealer version of the program can be set to only accept encrypted calibration files that you encrypt with a unique encryption key so your calibration files can not be used with the standard versions of the OBDII Tuner or WinFlash OBDII programs.
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