ECUTalk Consult LCD Display V2 User Guide
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1. 15 Silvia 180SX JAP import 2 0L turbo SR20DET Setting up TPS 1 If you wish to use the option for TPS rather than voltage then the 0 and 100 points need to be set because the TPS operates from around 0 5v to 4 5v rather than the full 0 5v range and the exact value varies slightly from car to car 2 Leave the TPS option to and go to the main display Ensure the throttle is not depressed and then go into the Options gt Units gt Setup TPS and press enter on the 0 range Notice the text telling you that this will change the 0 point to the last read e g 0 44v value 3 Repeat the above but depress the throttle fully while on the main display Once you press enter to go into the options you can release the throttle as the display is no longer reading from the ECU Then go into the TPS setup and set the 100 point 4 Finally set the TPS V option in main Options page to point to the by moving the cursor to it with the cursor button and pressing enter Adjustments Important USE ADJUSTMENTS AT YOUR OWN RISK Adjustments are available for fuel and ignition timing on petrol vehicles only Adjustments are applied across the board and starting in v2 03 firmware are active whilst on one of the main sensor trip meter screens along with the adjustment screen itself The adjustments utilise the active tests available via consult Note It is unknown if there are any situations conditions that the ECU may not appl2. R Coupe NX100 NX1600 NX2000 e B13 B14 Sentra Sunny e P10 P11 Infiniti G20 Primera not P11 144 this is OBDII which is not consult compatible e K11 Micra e U13 Bluebird e GQ Patrol TB42E i e electronic injected not carburettor e GU Patrol TB45E RD28ETi TD42Ti only check for port some are OBDII see below e R50 Pathfinder VG33E check port some are OBDII see below e G50 Infiniti Q45 e Y32 Cedric Cima VG20 VG30 engines not RD28 Vehicles with an OBDII plug that are supported via the OBDII plug option includes but is not limited to e GU Patrol TB45E ZD30 non CRD e D22 Navarra ZD30 non CRD e R50 Pathfinder VG33E check port some are normal consult Basic Setup Steps 1 Locate the consult OBDII port typically attached or near the driver s right leg fuse box 2 Plug the display into this port routing the cables as required for mounting position 3 Turn the car on can be on without running and the display will turn on and go to main display 4 Pressing the enter left button will take you to the main menu The cursor right button will toggle between the sensor display and trip meter screen Petrol Engines Go to the main menu gt Options gt Injectors and set the number of cylinders and the injector cc size see table below for common sizes This must be set for the economy readings L 100KM or MPG to be accurate may need fine tuning comparison with actual fuel u
3. ECUTalk Consult LCD Display V2 User Guide Background The ECUTalk Consult LCD Display is a diagnostic and monitoring display for Nissan cars supporting the Consult diagnostic protocol The display is plug and play into the factory consult port 14 pin grey female connector located near the driver s side fuse box see picture below or OBDII port on a very few vehicles not for normal actual OBDII vehicles The Consult protocol itself supports operations such as reading sensor values stored error codes running active tests or reading a specific RAM or ROM address in the car s computer Car Support The ECUTalk display will work on most Nissan cars built in the 1990s with the consult port image on right or a select few others with an OBDII plug The standard ECU must be retained for it to work no PowerFC Haltech etc Piggyback interceptor e g SAFC and daughterboard e g Nistune modifications are generally OK Sensors and trip meter readings supported will depend on the specific vehicle notably Diesel engines don t support fuel monitoring capabilities and have different sensor readings available Some common vehicles that are supported include but is not limited to e R82 Skyline 9 89 only check for plug R33 Skyline R34 Skyline e C34 Stagea e 13 814 S15 Silvia 180SX 200SX 240SX SR20 KA24DE engines only not CA18 e 232 300ZX e N14 N15 Pulsar including GTiR N15 Almera e B13 NX Couple NX
4. Install the software automatically then go to step 8 If you extracted the zip of file drivers select Install from a specific location Select Search for the best driver and Include this location and point it to the folder that you extracted the downloaded drivers to in step 1 8 Click Continue Anyway to any prompts if any and then click Finish 9 Now to find out the COM port the ECUTalk display uses 10 Start gt Run gt devmgmt msc gt Expand Ports COM amp LPT 11 You will see a USB Serial Port COMX where COMX is the COM port you will use in any consult applications or when updating the firmware of the display NQOaR WN Integrated Consult Interface The display includes an integrated consult interface To switch to this mode on the main menu choose the USBIF option Once you are on this screen the USB interface is active and you can use the USB connection like a normal consult capable with a laptop One of the many free consult applications you can use is the ECUTalk Consult software which can be downloaded from the website http www ecutalk com ecutalk aspx There are also other free consult software alternatives that can be used like Calumsult TECU the free version of Conzult and recently OBD Scantech has become free also Firmware Upgrades Refer to http Awww ecutalk com firmware aspx for firmware upgrades files both the UpdateCommander program and the firmware file itself A firmware upda
5. ard slot This is intended for possible future expandability V2 01 firmware has a MicroSD info speed test page to verify whether your MicroSD card is compatible with display contact us if not If this is used in the future the data on it may not be FAT file system compatible and as such any data on it will be lost and it will not be readable without formatting in normal card readers etc Buzzer The display has an onboard buzzer for alerts e g over temperature You may hear this click on some displays when they are turned on reset etc Common Injector Sizes Below are some of the injector sizes which are stated at various places on the internet Can t guarantee they are correct 148cc K11 Micra 1 0 1 3L CG10DE CG13DE 190cc N14 N15 Pulsar 1 6L GA16DE 250cc 13 Silvia 180SX 2 0L non turbo SR20DE 250cc N14 N15 Pulsar 2 0L SR20DE 260cc 13 Silvia 180SX 1 8L non turbo CA18DE 270cc 14 S15 Silvia 180SX 2 0L non turbo SR20DE 270cc R32 Skyline 2 0L turbo and non turbo RB20DET RB20DE 270cc R32 R33 Skyline 2 5L non turbo RB25DE 333cc Import non turbo VVL engines SR16VE SR20VE 370cc S13 Silvia 180SX 1 8L turbo CA18DET 370cc S13 S14 Silvia 180SX 2 0L turbo SR20DET 370cc 15 Silvia AUS delivered 2 0L turbo SR20DET 370cc R33 Skyline 2 5L turbo RB25DET 370cc Z32 300ZX 3 0L twin turbo VG30DETT 440cc R32 R33 R34 Skyline GTR 2 6L twin turbo RB26DETT 440cc RNN14 Pulsar GTiR 2 0L turbo SR20DET 480cc
6. n in guide Hardware Dimensions The unit is 144mm wide 48mm high and 26mm deep cable length 150cm and weighs 230g Enclosure Matte Black Polycarbonate 3mm nominal thickness Enclosure sockets together with 2 C pieces no glue LCD module 20x4 character display with backlight Contrast and backlight are adjustable in the LCD options Green and Blue screen options are available Blue users may wish to use higher ref time in LCD options to improve readability slows down how often the readings update on screen given the blue display response time see note below Note The blue display is a negative mode display and competing light sources i e sunlight may make it harder to see than the green screen as a result it may also have lower viewing angles The rise fall time of the display similar to computer LCD response time ms rating also appears slower than the green Keep this in mind when choosing which LCD colour to get Buttons The display has 2 black buttons the left is the enter button and the right is the cursor button Enter typically selects menu items and cursor moves the cursor to different menu items USB port There is a USB type A connector below the buttons for connection to laptop ONLY it doesn t support USB flash drives or similar devices The display comes with a USB cable USB male A to male A for laptop connection Micro SD card slot On the left of the display there is a microsd c
7. sed See Page 3 for common injector sizes on Features 1 Sensor display depending on car support showing speed rpm battery voltage fuel economy on petrol vehicles only injector duty cycle both banks if available ignition timing AAC O2 voltage both banks if available water temp AFM voltage both banks if available TPS voltage Note Diesel vehicles may have alternative diesel specific sensors displayed in place of the petrol specific sensors injector duty cycle ignition timing and AAC 2 Trip meter displays current trip and all trips showing current speed fuel economy and trip average speed average fuel economy fuel used fuel usage rate distance travelled and time elapsed 3 Fault code reading with fault name and number of engine starts since fault occurred and fault code clearing 4 Integrated USB consult interface passthru the same as using a normal USB consult interface 5 Maximum peak sensor values recorded for the current trip 6 Time trials 0 60 0 100 0 160 400m 7 Options KPH MPH C F and TPS V settings injector cylinder setup for economy readings for petrol vehicles 8 User Definable Alerts for Temperature Injectors Speed Air Flow RPM and Voltage buzzes flashes when hit 9 Adjustments for Fuel and Ignition timing for petrol vehicles note not many cars support advancing of ignition timing USE AT OWN RISK and only if you know what you re doing See section later o
8. te takes about 30 seconds and when done the display will reset itself You can then verify version by going to the Info section The firmware can be update to any firmware older or newer so if a newer firmware does have some problems or features you don t like you can revert back to the previous firmware Turn on the car not running just so LCD is turned on Turn on your laptop Connect USB cable from LCD to Laptop Open UpdateCommander exe on your Laptop leave it on the COM port tab Choose the COM port for your USB cable most likely the only port displayed in drop down Leave Baud Rate at default 115200 leave device type as is will probably say unknown Browse to the firmware enc file you wish to update to Click Program ignore the dialog telling you to power off do not power off Instead of powerering off go to the main menu then Options then FirmUpgrd or Reset then Reset Now 0 The dialog should go away and the upgrade should commence after about 30s it will be complete 1 Note Saved settings are wiped during firmware update so go and re input injector size number cylinders etc SF SPOPONOaARWN gt
9. y the active tests as the intention of the active tests is primarily for diagnosis Fuel Adjusts the percentage of nominal fuel that would otherwise be used that gets injected E g 95 means the mixture will be leaner 105 means it will be richer Ignition Timing Adjusts the ignition timing in advance or retard of nominal ignition timing the ECU would have used otherwise Note Nearly all petrol cars support retarding timing but not many support advance of timing USB Driver Installation The USB connection to the display utilises the FTDI FT232R chip that makes a COM port available over USB This requires drivers to be installed before it can be used The current quick install driver setup program is here http www fidichip com Drivers CDM CDM20814 Setup exe Quick Install setup exe preferred http www ftdichip com Drivers CDM CDM20814_ WHQL Certified zip Manual driver zip file Please refer to the FTDI Virtual COM Port VCP drivers page for the latest driver and installation guides http www fidichip com Drivers VCP htm A basic summary of the steps needed to install the drivers Install the setup executable linked to above or extract the zip file of drivers somewhere e g desktop Turn on the car ensure the ECUTalk display is on it can be on any screen Connect the USB cable from the display to your laptop Select No not this time to the windows update drivers prompt If you ran setup exe choose
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