Fiat Ecuscan How To Use

HOW TO USE
What you need

- A computer with Windows XP/Vista/7 OS
- K-line cable (a cheap VagCom KKL works great)
- Drivers for the cable
- FiatECUScan
Getting Started
First you need to install the serial port driver for the cable.
Then you have to change the default configuration of the installed serial port
to make it work properly. Go to Windows' Device Manager and Double-click
on USB Serial Port (or right-click and select Properties).
Go to Port Settings and click Advanced
On the next screen select the lowest possible value for "Latency Timer" (this
is for FTDI usb serial port)
If you have a built-in serial port or PL2303 usb serial port you will need to
lower the buffers to minimum as shown on the next screenshot. Note that
for PL2303 USB serial port you will need to modify some registry settings in
order to make it support 10400 bps.
Locate the OBD connector in your car. It is usually located on the bottom of
the fusebox next to steering wheel.
Starting FiatECUScan
Download the latest version of FiatECUScan from home page.
Start the program and read the disclaimer message. Then the program will
open the vehicle/system selection screen.
If you are starting the program for the first time, then you need to set you
serial port first. Click on Settings button (or press F10). Select your serial
port number and click OK.
Then you will go back to the vehicle selection screen. Here you can use the
arrow keys to move up/down in the list, or use TAB key to switch between
Make/Model/System selections. Select Make/Model/System and make sure
that the cable is properly connected to your vehicle. Then click on "Connect"
button (or press F2) to start the connection. The program will show
"CONNECTING..." message and try to connect to selected ECU. After
successful connection the program will show the
Info screen
On this screen you can see the ECU identification info:
You can click "Disconnect" (or press F10) to disconnect from the ECU and go
back to vehicle selection. You can navigate the screens using the following
keys:
F2 - Switch to Info screen
F3 - Switch to Errors screen
F4 - Switch to Parameters screen
F5 - Switch to Graph screen
F6 - Switch to Actuators screen
Errors screen
On this screen you can check and clear the Fault Codes stored in the ECU.
You can use arrow up/down keys to select a fault code and see its
description. Or you can click on "Clear Errors" button (or press F10) to clear
the fault codes from the ECU.
Parameters screen
On this screen you can see live data from the ECU.
Use arrow up/down keys to navigate through the parameters and press
SPACE to select/unselect a parameter.
You can use the buttons on the bottom to re-arrange the list of parameters:
Click "Selected Up" (or press S) to move the selected parameters on top of
the list.
Click "Alpha Sort" (or press A) to re-arrange the parameters alphabetically
by name.
Click "Units Sort" (or press U) to re-arrange the parameters alphabetically
by units.
Graph screen
On this screen you can create graph of the live data, and also create CSV
files with recorded data.
The parameters must be selected on the Parameters screen before switching

to this screen.
Click on Start/Stop buttons (or press F10) to start and stop recording of the
data.
You can select the recording rate from the dropdown box. The rate must be
selected before starting of the recording session.
You can change the horizontal scale of the graph at any time.
From the table with parameters you can select which parameters to draw on
the graph. Unchecking a parameter here does not affect data recording. The
data for all of the parameters is recorded.
When data recording is stopped you can click on Export CSV button (or press
E).
Actuators screen
On this screen you can run variaous actuator tests or calibration functions.
Use the arrow up/down keys to select a test. Test description is shown in the
bottom box.
Click on "Execute" button (or press F10) to run the test.
Communication problems
Watch out for appearance of the latency warning message at any time when
the program is connected to the ECU as shown on the next image. It shows
that the communication with the ECU is not stable because of serial port
latency or because the system is overloaded.
Additional Tips
To connect to the ABS ECU you need to connect your cable to pin 1 of the
OBD connector. You can easily modify your cable in order to be able to
connect both to ABS and Engine Management ECUs. You just need to solder
a short wire between pins 1 and 7 as shown on the photo below. There is no
danger of damaging your car this way (for Alfa/Fiat/Lancia).
More Tips
To connect to the TRW electric power steering ECU you need to connect your
cable to pin 9 of the OBD connector. You can easily modify your cable in
order to be able to connect to ABS, Engine Management and EPS ECUs. You
just need to solder a short wire between pins 1, 7 and 9 similar to the photo
above. There is no danger of damaging your car this way (for
Alfa/Fiat/Lancia).
Airbags
To connect to the airbag ECU you need to connect your cable to pin 3 of the
OBD connector. I would not advise anyone to connect pin 3 with the other
pins (i.e. 1-3-7-9 together). You'd better use a switch to switch between 1-
7-9 and 3.

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