Joe_H
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Well, after a lot of deliberation regarding diagnostic equipment I narrowed the choice down to the Hawkeye and the Lynx unit. Careful perusal indicated the lynx to have far far more features and capabilities than the Hawkeye. Also the tiny screen on the Hawkeys is of no use to me. The Lynx works with a Laptop and hence you can graph multiple pids and data at the same time on screen (excellent for logging data during a test drive and start / warm up cycle. It also allows full actuator testing (as does the lynx I must add) The hawkeye also - for some strange reason doesnt seem to support the 27VT CCU (BCM) on the L series. The Lynx can test all aspects and program as well - even program new key fobs and other security aspects.
It has all the vehicle electrics circuit diagrams built in , connector pinouts etc etc - made with the guidance of the same folks who made the T4 !
I also need the graphing functions as I want to carry out various mods to the vehicle (including mapping) and turbo upgrades. I can log all parameters - boost / map pressure for example, road speed, rpm, AIT, CTS etc etc etc. This will help tremendously as I can leave it logging and save the data to disk for review and comparison.
At the moment going through the process of registering the unit - form needs to be completed - scanned - sent to Lynx - then wait for an activation code. - ho hum - but should have that later today.
Price 215 plus vat - Island 4 x 4 (best price around)
You can even bleed the brakes by activating the abs unit
When first activating and especially firmware updating it needs to be connected to a vehicle or minimum 12v supply !. They do sell a lead (for 25 bleeding quid) to attach a 'wall wart' power supply to a dummy OBD vehicle socket to provide the Power only (Pins 16 and 4) - as you can see in the pics I am too tight to spend 25 quid on a 12 v power adaptor with socket so 'made' 1 out of a bit of twin core cable and an 12V external hard drive wall wart...
Will let you know how it performs as soon as I get chance. But, looking forward to using it.
Came in a huge box - which had a box inside, then a nice plastic padded carry case and then the unit which is a rubber cased brick. Even comes with a USB stick with all installation stuff on - however, that is all downloadable from their site. I have opted for the unlock for the complete FL1 range (all types from beginning to end of production.)
Again, will let you know how it goes.
A few piccies
First is my (cough cough) 12V supply 'adaptor' as I can't be arsed plugging into the freeby to update software and firmware - It says the firmware update can take up to 60 mins !! (WTF ??) I have no idea HOW it could take that long but hey - no worries.
Just twiddling my thumbs now waiting for the activation key to come back. I have several local garages that want to 'hire' it (or swap for favours) so should more than pay for itself. If you have a group of mates with FL1's - and type ! then consider a group purchase ? - logging data from cold start to full temp whilst driving with loads of pids logged would be tremendous for sorting out - for example - TD4 fuel issues. A know good data set can be save (only limited by hard drive size in the laptop!) and then compared to a vehicle with an issue.
Joe
It has all the vehicle electrics circuit diagrams built in , connector pinouts etc etc - made with the guidance of the same folks who made the T4 !
I also need the graphing functions as I want to carry out various mods to the vehicle (including mapping) and turbo upgrades. I can log all parameters - boost / map pressure for example, road speed, rpm, AIT, CTS etc etc etc. This will help tremendously as I can leave it logging and save the data to disk for review and comparison.
At the moment going through the process of registering the unit - form needs to be completed - scanned - sent to Lynx - then wait for an activation code. - ho hum - but should have that later today.
Price 215 plus vat - Island 4 x 4 (best price around)
You can even bleed the brakes by activating the abs unit
When first activating and especially firmware updating it needs to be connected to a vehicle or minimum 12v supply !. They do sell a lead (for 25 bleeding quid) to attach a 'wall wart' power supply to a dummy OBD vehicle socket to provide the Power only (Pins 16 and 4) - as you can see in the pics I am too tight to spend 25 quid on a 12 v power adaptor with socket so 'made' 1 out of a bit of twin core cable and an 12V external hard drive wall wart...
Will let you know how it performs as soon as I get chance. But, looking forward to using it.
Came in a huge box - which had a box inside, then a nice plastic padded carry case and then the unit which is a rubber cased brick. Even comes with a USB stick with all installation stuff on - however, that is all downloadable from their site. I have opted for the unlock for the complete FL1 range (all types from beginning to end of production.)
Again, will let you know how it goes.
A few piccies
First is my (cough cough) 12V supply 'adaptor' as I can't be arsed plugging into the freeby to update software and firmware - It says the firmware update can take up to 60 mins !! (WTF ??) I have no idea HOW it could take that long but hey - no worries.
Just twiddling my thumbs now waiting for the activation key to come back. I have several local garages that want to 'hire' it (or swap for favours) so should more than pay for itself. If you have a group of mates with FL1's - and type ! then consider a group purchase ? - logging data from cold start to full temp whilst driving with loads of pids logged would be tremendous for sorting out - for example - TD4 fuel issues. A know good data set can be save (only limited by hard drive size in the laptop!) and then compared to a vehicle with an issue.
Joe
