DTA Dyno Box/Serial Cable -- Schematics and Pictures

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Re: DTA Dyno Box/Serial Cable -- Schematics and Pictures

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can anything else be added to the box? :D
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you could make it in pretty colours or something ?
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Could put the firmware flash button on it, however I have a different cable made up for that.
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True, I did this myself.

The images are very old from the old pre S-series days hence no flash button on the drawings. Pins for the flash are mentioned in DTA's ecu wiring diagrams.
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Hi all, jut making my dyno box up now. On all the diagrams the pass through cable is shown as a 15pin female connector, I assume this is to connect to the exisiting DTA comms cable? Is there a reason why the 15pin female connector couldn't be a 9 pin female connector, so it will plug straight into my usb converter without the need for the exisiting cable?

I am quite happy with electronic components/wiring diagrams etc but know nothing about serial connections etc so I apologise if its a daft question!
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Post by Rob Stevens »

I think you have it the wrong way round, the 15 way is on the ecu end and the 9 way on the PC end, you can't use the 15 way to connect to a 9 way as there isn't enough conductors.
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Post by pete_rallyeer »

Maybe I didn't explain myself very well! The wiring diagram shows a 15 pin HD Female D-Type connector on the right of the diagram, with only 5 wires going into it. I was wondering if that 15 pin connector could be changed for a 9 pin, so it plugs straight into my usb converter (rather than via my DTA Comms lead), and save having about 4 meters of wires in my car with me!

Turns out it can anyway, as I have tried it now and it seems to work ok!
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Ah, that drawing is to make an interceptor, no idea why you would want to do that! may as well just make up a lead you can plug into your usb to sereal connector (9way)
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I made my dynobox with 15 pin for the ECU and 9 pin for the laptop. Also added a pushbutton for flashing the ECU, although i put a ziptie on it to avoid pushing the button by accident.
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Anders_Karlsson wrote:I made my dynobox with 15 pin for the ECU and 9 pin for the laptop. Also added a pushbutton for flashing the ECU, although i put a ziptie on it to avoid pushing the button by accident.

It takes a lot more than pushing it by accident to cause the firmware reflash, dont worry!
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