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we be nice if ppl knew how to use the system
29th Jun 2012 9:43 pm
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It has been a bit of a difficult week here at BBS, as our main RAID file server decided to throw a wobbly on Monday Morning and it's firmware went corrupt, which meant no one could log in and access anything at all.
I have therefore been almost totally pre occupied all week with trying to sort it out and mostly ensure we have absolutely no data loss at all and have to go to our last Backup. Fortunately i have been able to achieve this, and should be able to get everyone back to normal early next week.
Although it has taken a bit longer than otherwise, we have still however managed to sort out most of the problems and niggles in the V1.30 upgrade and was able to get a copy of the newest CCF files out to the testers before the weekend.
Thanks to their quick response, it seems the main problem of a non starting engine after CCF edit on 2012 has been confirmed as being successfully sorted,
There are still a couple of minor things being reported as not quite right with the 2012 CCF edit, which we will look into, but other than that, things are looking very good and we should be able to release V1.30 generally very soon.
30th Jun 2012 3:20 pm
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Guys and Gals
I have recently been giving some serious thought to the CCF edit currently capability provided by our MSV-2 equipment.
In the past we have had a couple cases of this capability actually immobilising some vehicles, which is certainly not something we would ever want to happen to anyone and in my book is simply unacceptable.
Fortunately this has always been something we could easily and quickly resolve, However recently we have noted that LR seem to add things and make changes to the CCF layout on quite a regular basis making things a bit trickier. Recently new EMS power values were introduced that cause a non start after CCF Edit with MSV-2
We can of course test things right up to the day they are released, but this provides no protection to anyone using our system on a vehicle manufactured after then. But what happens if they introdue yet another MMS power value that the MSV-2 V1.30 does not support !!!!!
Therefore, before generally releasing V1.30 we are working on adding a new function in it that will allow users to save and restore the CCF data in a totally raw form. Byte for Byte and bit for Bit, this will not require any correct or incorrect decoding or understanding of the Data at all. It will be an absolute, set all CCF data values back to "how it was", regardless, function.
It is all well and good to be totally out there and provide functionality and capability no one else can or may even dare to try before you, on even the newest of vehicles. But it is also important to do so in as safe and recoverable a manner as possible if things should possibly go wrong.
2nd Jul 2012 6:56 pm
JDB
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Location: NW Hampshire
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BBS SPY wrote:
It is all well and good to be totally out there and provide functionality and capability no one else can or may even dare to try before you, on even the newest of vehicles. But it is also important to do so in as safe and recoverable a manner as possible if things should possibly go wrong.
As always -hit the nail on the head - thanks (probably from all of us).
2nd Jul 2012 7:09 pm
aljo
Member Since: 20 May 2007
Location: west sussex
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Perfectionist as always colin Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where,s the f**king ceiling!!
2nd Jul 2012 7:09 pm
Morgis
Member Since: 18 Feb 2012
Location: Kristiansand
Posts: 274
will this 1.30 support alarm-logging?
I got some false-alarms on my D3, and would like to find out witch sensor that get trigged. - My 2006 D3 HSE PP
Nice one Colin that's a great addition and safe guard..
Flack
6th Jul 2012 8:31 am
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Hiya All
Thanks for all your comments of support and appreciation of our efforts.
When we first implemented the CCF edit capability, Land Rover (Ford) made no changes to it at all for many years, pretty much up until the 2010 (D4) changes, when they also added the EUCD CCF. However since then, they seem to make changes to the Model and CCF's regularly, and now with the SDD being a constantly "On Line" system, things are even worse.
Of course LR cannot retro fit something new to an existing vehicle and the CCF that was current when it was built, so there is no possibility of any problem if someone uses our CCF Edit capability only on vehicles Manufactured prior to our last software revision, when we have included all the new changes.
Even then, as long as any changes LR make on the CCF are on minor things that are not significant or are not actually relevant to the vehicle, quite likely no one would even notice. If it were something significant then we would know about it immediately.
Even if someone else were as up to date as the MSV-2 in respect of it's diagnostic capability and in particular the CCF editing, i guess they might be happy with that situation and accept it as a fair compromise.
And maybe i am being a bit perfectionist, but as those that own and use one know all too well, the MSV-2 has never been anything but the best there is, bar none, and we are certainly not going to make any kind of comprimises now.
This new function will therfore provide a safe guard against any future changes LR might impliment, be they small or big.
I would love to tell you exactly where we are at with V1.30, but I have literally Just flown back into Cyprus having spent a slightly cold and wet long weekend in the UK.
Unfortunately just after we had pushed back, only 10 minutes late, the Captain announced that someone was too ill to travel and we needed to return to the stand to offload them, fortunately, he said they had no luggage, so it should not take long.
Then the fun started
2 Hours later we finally took off
This delay means i was not able to catch up with my Tech guys today on where we are with the upgrade, but i do expect that we will be pretty much there in terms of releasing before the coming weekend.
And especially for you Flack, i had them spend some time adding the EGR inputs.
Morgis:
I am not sure what capability has been added on the Body Control Unit, but it has had it's inputs and outputs added and if the BCU actually supports Alarm Trigger listings, this will very likely be there.
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cheers colin
only 78 hrs till the weekend
Tick ...Tock ....Tick .. Tock ..........Last night I lay in bed looking up at the stars in the sky and I thought to myself, where,s the f**king ceiling!!
10th Jul 2012 6:00 pm
geoff.
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nice one colin and team
need the safe guards colin as some of you know my slight little hiccup i had
10th Jul 2012 6:07 pm
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as some of you know my slight little hiccup i had 
