Basically i bought the Cable to read fault codes and diagnose faults however im wondering what other cool stuff it can do with the engine running. I don't mean coding or changing things just monitoring the various sensors and using the graph plugin etc. Has anyone got any suggestions of safe things i can have a look out without modifying the cars settings. Im paranoid about f**king the car up but would like to use the cable for more than just autoscans. I know Curiosity killed the cat (or car in this case) but im very inquisitive and just like tinkering but would like the advise of others who have experience of the equipment. Before someone suggests it i have read the Wiki and Ross tech website but this is all very targeted and specific to a problem solving nature where as i don't have any issues just want to explore the features safely if that makes sense.

Cheers

Scribbler

hmm couple of days now and no comments, guess either nothing worth bothering with or everyone is in the same boat as me and not sure. :think:

I have little to contribute that I have any solid knowledge about, in that I have not yet done it, but, I believe you can monitor just about everything with an output. Go into the relevant controller and access 'measuring blocks'. That is your starting point.

Basically you want to be looking in modules 09 Central Electrics and 46 Comfort.

Click on Coding 07 and then click the Long Coding Helper.

Click through the numbers in the black backgrounds and then tick the options you want in the check boxes that appear below. Click exit when done and then click on "Do it!"

Some of the things you can do are:

Cornering fogs

Disable selective unlocking

Coming/Leaving home lighting

Rain closing windows (if you have a rain sensor)

Enable second fog light

Phil

Rain closing windows (if you have a rain sensor)

This can be hit and miss. You can tick all the boxes and it still doesn't work. IIRC Mike Holroyd has spent a long time trying to find out why.

This can be hit and miss. You can tick all the boxes and it still doesn't work. IIRC Mike Holroyd has spent a long time trying to find out why.

Mine worked straight away!

I did the coding then opened the windows. Left it a minute then sprinkled some water on the sensor. All the windows went up!

Will check what boxes I ticked at some point.

Phil

Basically you want to be looking in modules 09 Central Electrics and 46 Comfort.

Click on Coding 07 and then click the Long Coding Helper.

Click through the numbers in the black backgrounds and then tick the options you want in the check boxes that appear below. Click exit when done and then click on "Do it!"

Some of the things you can do are:

Cornering fogs

Disable selective unlocking

Coming/Leaving home lighting

Rain closing windows (if you have a rain sensor)

Enable second fog light

Phil

No you misunderstood me, I'm not bothered about any of the above i have had skodas for years so im used to the default settings and happy with the current behaviour of the cars features. I was thinking more about the OBD II side of things with the engine running monitoring the various sensors etc wheel speed sensor, engine temp that sort of thing overlaid on a graph.

Will check what boxes I ticked at some point.

Most appreciated if you can Phil.

Have a look through the VCDS Online Demo/Manual - and/or download a copy - and then have a play with Measuring Blocks for starters.

http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds/tour/main_screen.html

Most appreciated if you can Phil.

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No you misunderstood me, I'm not bothered about any of the above i have had skodas for years so im used to the default settings and happy with the current behaviour of the cars features. I was thinking more about the OBD II side of things with the engine running monitoring the various sensors etc wheel speed sensor, engine temp that sort of thing overlaid on a graph.

not sure if you've heard of it but the Torque app (and an Android phone) works very well for that - loads of user configurable dials / screens. More here: http://torque-bhp.com/

I use mine with a cheap eBay dongle - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Android-Torque-Car-V1-5-ELM327-OBD2-OBDII-Bluetooth-Diagnostic-Interface-Scanner-/170966415946?pt=UK_Diagnostic_Tools_Equipment&hash=item27ce647a4a

There are groups for requested and actual boost within the measuring blocks of engine 01- You'll do no harm just going in to engine 01 (with engine running) and flick through from group 001 onwards. Lots of groups will be 4 x N/A, but there will be some handy ones there. I have a feeling requested and actual boost is way up high, something like group 125? Actually I think its 118 now I read elsewhere.

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Checked mine this afternoon and used http://www.myturbodiesel.com/1000q/a5/auto-close-windows-rain-sensor-vw.htm

as a reference.

Looking through their tutorial I came to this screen:

...on mine Bit 2 was ticked too!

Having left the car with the front 2 windows open an inch for about 15 mins, went out just now and checked it with a bottle of water......................BINGO!

So not only do you have to turn it on, you have to turn the inactive off!

Not just a case of making sure all the boxes are ticked, but making sure the right ones are unticked too! :o :o

Yes that's the one. I spotted that when I was doing it. Carefully went through and read every single option.

There are a couple of other tick boxes like this too where you have to untick to enable being able to then enable it!

Phil

I would have thought that it would not be beyond the wit of man to write VCDS in such a way that tick=active, even if the underlying ECU coding is tick=inactive. Then there would be less "enabling inactive" (if that makes sense?)

There is no negative feeling to or about RossTech here, it's just that some of the language used in VCDS can seem a little "odd". Another example is Bolero: you have to restrict the AUX Port for it to work and unrestrict it for it to not work. Why not just call it enable and disable? :S :S Surely the "labeling" used in VCDS is in VCDS, not in the ECU. One would have thought that the ECU would just be a bucket of 1's and 0's

Another example is Bolero: you have to restrict the AUX Port for it to work and unrestrict it for it to not work. Why not just call it enable and disable? :S :S Surely the "labeling" used in VCDS is in VCDS, not in the ECU. One would have thought that the ECU would just be a bucket of 1's and 0's

I did find that quite funny when I went to look at mine, fortunately Mike had given me the heads up

Checked mine this afternoon and used http://www.myturbodi...n-sensor-vw.htm

as a reference.

Looking through their tutorial I came to this screen:

...on mine Bit 2 was ticked too!

Having left the car with the front 2 windows open an inch for about 15 mins, went out just now and checked it with a bottle of water......................BINGO!

So not only do you have to turn it on, you have to turn the inactive off!

Not just a case of making sure all the boxes are ticked, but making sure the right ones are unticked too! :o :o

This is old news

I had rain closing ages ago

This is old news

I had rain closing ages ago

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So mine seems to be in a different place

Going to test it again tonight if I remember

Edited 24 January, 201313 yr by zeffania

So mine seems to be in a different place

Going to test it again tonight if I remember

Two different menus. Your pic is further down in the tutorial. Go back up a bit

Two different menus. Your pic is further down in the tutorial. Go back up a bit

hmm, will have another look tonight, but under the 09 menu I don't remember seeing it. I must be blind

hmm, will have another look tonight, but under the 09 menu I don't remember seeing it. I must be blind

Coding > from the drop down box select RLS or Regen Licht, default is CECM 3C

Rain sensor needs to installed and max version CCM for rain closing

K version RLS doesn't work with rain closing

Coding > from the drop down box select RLS or Regen Licht, default is CECM 3C

Rain sensor needs to installed and max version CCM for rain closing

K version RLS doesn't work with rain closing

Mine looks to be a K version so that would be why. Thanks Ed