Good thinking TC. I'd be happy to contribute to the beer fund if Germain is
within reach of Vancouver!  :-)     Or guitar lessons, or ......

Jake

----- Original Message -----
From: "TC" <trclark@SHAW.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:39 PM
Subject: Re: Is the Digitool still available from someone???

> >> I did a small diagnostic computer for myself. I called it
"VanagonDiag".
> >> This device is reading many signals from the ECU like the Digitool . I
> can
> >> read the following info with my device. It is good for 1986-1991 ECU
> >> Vanagon.
>
>
> >Interesting....ingenious use of a programmable controller. I've used
> similar
> >devices for building a custom access control setup, but it never occurred
> to
> >me to use one on a car! Apparently they're not too expensive either
($127):
> ><http://www.wolfautomation.com/Product.aspx?ProductID=825&CategoryID=817>
> can you also get oil pressure, oil temp, coolant temp from the ecu ?
>
> -might close at $80-90
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/Crouzet-Millenium-II-Programmable-Controller-88950070_W0
> QQitemZ7560423950QQcategoryZ97184QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> Is that all we need & some cable harness to connect to the ecu
> & some bribe to Germain to get his programming :)
>
> I am s/w dev for too many years to talk about but have never done any
> micro-processor work
> I assume you run the device connected to the ecu then capture the raw data
&
> play it backs so that you
> dev the program program back at you desk ...
>
> I glanced in the  Millenium Training Manual
> it looks like a windoze app that you program the micro-processor via GUI
> using
> a graphic with various dialog boxs, can you also just script those in a
text
> editor
> kinda the way we used dev simple modem programs using the AT command set ?
>
>
> (looks like he's in canada I wonder if beer would work dont suppose your
in
> VanBC )
>