fordsrule Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Hi, just a question, if a strategy is unlicensed are you still able to see everything contained in the strategy? I have a strategy that is unlicensed for editing but is licensed to flash, the TCM is licensed and this is all that shows in the navigator Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland@pcmtec Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Only workshop version can view files that have never been licensed previously. If you have the workshop version use calibration tools - > populate unlicensed file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsrule Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 Yes i have seen that populate unlicensed file, i didn't know where the data was to come from, can you explain please? Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland@pcmtec Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 The binary is always there after a read but the server will build all the parameters for it if you are not licensed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsrule Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 I see, ok well the strategy in question was done for a vehicle by someone else but it has issues. I don't believe it was done by pcmtec. There seems to be more to the tune than what is showing in the navigator. I think if i could increase the idle speed a bit it would help Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland@pcmtec Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 What do you mean "there seems to be more to the tune than what is showing up in the navigator" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsrule Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Well, the navaigator only shows the tcm data when the tune file is opened. This file was causing the car to stall at idle and it sounded like it was cammed when it did idle. I flashed the car with a known good tune and it idled normally. I merged the tcm data from the good tune with the first tune and flashed the resulting file and it idled normally Now i then merged the good tcm tune with the whole first tune, the resulting file is larger. Now the owner says it goes a lot better overall. So my conclusion is that there is something in the pcm tune that can't be seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland@pcmtec Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 If you could only see the TCM then either the PCM was not read or the PCM was not licensed. If you flashed this file into the car it wouldn't have done anything other than flash the TCM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsrule Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Yes, the navigator does show the pcm is not licensed. So, are you saying if i license it i will be able to see the pcm data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland@pcmtec Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Yes you need to license it or use the "populate unlicensed file" option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsrule Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Ok, sorry to drag this out, the navigator does show the pcm file is licensed to be flashed but not edited, so if it is licensed to be edited it will show everything? Also, where does the data come from if i populate the pcm? Thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland@pcmtec Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Yes it will show everything. The data is there it is just hidden until you license it or use the populate unlicensed file feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsrule Posted February 10, 2019 Author Share Posted February 10, 2019 Ok thankyou for your time, i will get a license and see how it goes Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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