First post!

Backstory: I have a 2007 Vespa GTS, which comes from the factory with fuel injection, electronic ignition, and a Magneti Marelli MIU1 ECU that is similar to other Italian motorcycles. The motor is highly modified, and after searching for a few months for a way to tune the AFR I gave up and bought a piggyback tuner. So that I wasn't tuning blindly, I installed a PLX wide-band, with the sensor in the factory position. The PLX wide-band comes with a converter box that gives a narrow-band 0-1V output that is supposed to be wired into the ECU. The factory narrow-band sensor is a typical 4-wire (grey = ground, black = signal, 2x white = heater circuit).

Question 1: I have found that I cannot have just the PLX output wired to the ECU, and that the only way for the ECU to be satisfied is if the rest of the of the OEM narrow-band sensor is connected (the grey & white wires). The ECU appears to be checking if the heater circuit is functioning, and will illuminate a CEL if it isn't. Is there a way to simulate a functioning heater circuit to satisfy the ECU? I don't need or want to simulate the signal wire, just the heater circuit side. I don't have the room to mount the sensor in the exhaust, and I would rather not have an open heated sensor in the engine bay (which is under the seat with a plastic gas tank).

Question 2: Does anyone have any experience with this ECU? I have tried getting a Kess with K-suite 2.47, and FGTech's Gelletto V54, but both were shipped incorrectly from China and ended in a lengthy PayPal battle to get my money back. I have considered a Rexxer, but am unsure if it will allow me to self tune without their proprietary software. One benefit of the Rexxer is that it could turn off the narrow-band sensor completely, meaning I wouldn't need an answer to Question 1. I have looked into MicroSquirt, but the throttle body, ECU, and security system are integrated into one unit, so it's likely I don't have the required pin-outs.

Thanks in advance for any help.