Originally Posted by
Speedy4x4
So if we are running now and no problems, then it will not need to be programmed and be a plug and play.
Exacly!
Originally Posted by
Speedy4x4
So this could be a mandatory preventative maintenance.
If you mean you can buy the Skreemulator and put it away like a spare Skreem, no this wouldn't work plug & play. You have to buy the Skreemulator for defective Skreems and when your Skreem dies you have first to program the PCM for the Skreemulator.
But you can do it in the other way, read out as many codes (max 4000) from your Skreem. Let the Skreemulator in the Crossfire put the original Skreem away and if you want to go back, maybee because you want to sell the Crossfire in original shape, put the Skreem back in and the Crossfire works. You maybee only loose some codes who are stored on the Skreemulator and aren't used.
Originally Posted by
Speedy4x4
all depending on the cost.
but completly understand on wanting to get the finish product completely done before you figure the price and let us know.
I am sure several are curious about what price range you are shooting for.
If it would be cost effective enough for a preventative maintenance, or be more in the range of holding off till it is needed.
That's right. Because I have to know what components I finally need and what they will cost.
Originally Posted by
Speedy4x4
Sounds like what you have a generation 1 atm
And in the 6-12 months a gen 2
Not exactly. It would get a gen 2 with a amount of 5 pieces for a beta test. One for me and four for them who are willing to test the Skreemulator and use the Crossfire as a daily drive,
Than it gives a Version 2.1 or 3 depending if there are any problems.
Originally Posted by
Speedy4x4
Definitely time consuming soldering all the wires, once you have your board set up how you want and can etch it and much less wires to solder
The Gen 2 and the final product will be make by a professional company. The prototype I made is only to verify if all works like expected. It is a cheap and fast way to do that.
Originally Posted by
Speedy4x4
I wouldn't worry about a kill switch, what these fancy keys are for.
If I was, I would add a aftermarket alarm.
Hopefully you don't need that. If all gets like I planed my Skreemulator works like the original Skreem, with the benefit that it doubles the codes your skreem has left and can used with my preprogrammed EEPROMS (where you have to program your PCM) ever and ever again.
Means only the way you unlock your car and the immobilizer changes from RF and Transponder to RFDI tags. Wo are cheap and I would send 10 pieces with a Skreemulator. So don't have to be worry if you loose one
Originally Posted by
Speedy4x4
would be nice if the ecu just ran the car without all the security.
Sorry, this wouldn't happen with my solution, because you have to find a way to disable the immobilizer in the PCM. I have an idea how something like this could work but I have to test it myself first and it would mean that something has to be changed on the hardware of the PCM and you still need some kind of a Skreememulator but it would have to send the same code all the time.
But the advantage of doing this once will be, it works forever.
But this is only a theoretical concept at the moment.