24x7 flash tool

**PeteS** · 06-14-2018

Originally Posted by evilstuie

I understand that, but the more accurate history of the DIY LS1 tool is that those who successfully do it, commercialise it and the DIY community is left again without a tool. A good indication of that is YouTube videos of a tool working as opposed to usuable versions of the software, or transparency on the code etc.

I'm not saying that's what you're doing, but for the time and money spent on something that may or may not finish, a commercial option that has been tested and verified by the market may be a better option for some.
I'm biased as I tried the cheap alternatives and was burnt, I'm just letting the OP know my experiences and helping them to not walk the same expensive path I did.

Then fork it

https://github.com/LegacyNsfw/PcmHacks

**evilstuie** · 06-15-2018

This is one of those occasions where I'm quite happy to say I'm wrong.
Cheers.

**myburb** · 06-15-2018

I am standing by with a truck, black box and 0411. With the amount of development time I can certainly see why developers switch to commercial deals. When it gets so a non computer person can use it for a few hundred bucks, I just want to say ahead of time I really really appreciate your effort.

**PeteS** · 06-15-2018

Originally Posted by myburb

When it gets so a non computer person can use it for a few hundred bucks, I just want to say ahead of time I really really appreciate your effort.

A few hundred bucks is still pretty steep for people that just want to make basic changes. The Allpro USB costs $35 bucks, supports 4x speed and 2048 byte blocks. For a non computer person that means's it's about half the largest possible block sizes but is still a very respectable size to be working with and is more then fast enough for in vehicle use with out running into battery voltage issues.

We figured that since it was already going to be a time intensive project we might as well go for a home run and support every device made that had the hardware needed to do this. There are going to be thousands of people that already have devices that will be plug and play with the program making this a win for everyone