innovate, MACs and tuning! Is there a way?
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innovate, MACs and tuning! Is there a way?
Alright so heres the deal. I recently got my Innovate wideband lc-1 db gauge installed and a reputable shop and when i picked the car up he said it would take a few days for the gauge to start reading. So i said alright ill wait a few days and see whats good. So i waited a few days and its still jumping all over the place and holding at certain numbers and then a little flash of the number. So now i need to figure out what to do. Either A: my wideband just doesn't work, or B: it needs to be calibrated. Now im thinking alright well how to i calibrate it. Maybe i can plug in the serial cable to my computer. Oh wait, my computer doesn't have a serial connector thinger! Alright maybe i can get a serial to usb and do that. Now my next problem, i have a Mac Book pro and im not sure i will be able to use the software given by innovate, use ecuflash or mitsulogger or evoscan. But i do have a program where i can run PC programs on my mac. So now i need some advice as i am a tuning noob (i only have experience helping a friend tune his 1st gen with dsmlink) Will i be able to use my macbook pro to tune with and will i be able to fix my wideband with my laptop? please help hahah
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I have a macbook also...... I am of the opinion that its probably not the best choice for tuning.... so I ended up picking up a older used laptop for tuning..... that is the only thing is does.... also if you drop it.... spill on it.... or something its not and expensive MAC you're losing.
You have the macbook pro.... so you have a intel based processor... you can put windows on it if its your only option.
You have the macbook pro.... so you have a intel based processor... you can put windows on it if its your only option.
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Alright so heres the deal. I recently got my Innovate wideband lc-1 db gauge installed and a reputable shop and when i picked the car up he said it would take a few days for the gauge to start reading. So i said alright ill wait a few days and see whats good. So i waited a few days and its still jumping all over the place and holding at certain numbers and then a little flash of the number. So now i need to figure out what to do. Either A: my wideband just doesn't work, or B: it needs to be calibrated. Now im thinking alright well how to i calibrate it. Maybe i can plug in the serial cable to my computer. Oh wait, my computer doesn't have a serial connector thinger! Alright maybe i can get a serial to usb and do that. Now my next problem, i have a Mac Book pro and im not sure i will be able to use the software given by innovate, use ecuflash or mitsulogger or evoscan. But i do have a program where i can run PC programs on my mac. So now i need some advice as i am a tuning noob (i only have experience helping a friend tune his 1st gen with dsmlink) Will i be able to use my macbook pro to tune with and will i be able to fix my wideband with my laptop? please help hahah
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yea i would defiantly get rid of that, go and buy the gauge brand new, then install it yourself, cant go wrong, plus youll save a buck, makes for a good afternoon project, also make sure that where they added your sensor that its 36" or more from the turbo outlet and that it isnt after the catalytic converter if you still have one, the first will burn the sensor out prematurely (quoted by both innovate and AEM) the second will definatly give you false readings
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alright I guess I'll get a serial to USB converter and see if I can log it at all. I still need to get the gauge reading right and I still need help doing that. To recap, when I'm driving the numbers will literally jump from anywhere to 7.4 to 22 and when I'm at zero throtal it will hold at 22.1 or something like that.
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alright I guess I'll get a serial to USB converter and see if I can log it at all. I still need to get the gauge reading right and I still need help doing that. To recap, when I'm driving the numbers will literally jump from anywhere to 7.4 to 22 and when I'm at zero throtal it will hold at 22.1 or something like that.
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alright I guess I'll get a serial to USB converter and see if I can log it at all. I still need to get the gauge reading right and I still need help doing that. To recap, when I'm driving the numbers will literally jump from anywhere to 7.4 to 22 and when I'm at zero throtal it will hold at 22.1 or something like that.
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alright cool, I guess I'll have to figure out how to calibrate it. I read that I need to take the sensor out and do something with this red button. I know for a fact the red button was not installed and is still in the box. Any ideas on what and where to put the button?
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alright cool, I guess I'll have to figure out how to calibrate it. I read that I need to take the sensor out and do something with this red button. I know for a fact the red button was not installed and is still in the box. Any ideas on what and where to put the button?