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[Zoobeef]

Can you not get to your old car now? Just need the ring round the ignition and the chip in the key. Means you can put the stuff from your new car in your old one so that ones complete then too.

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

nope, popped into Vauxhall today and ordered the pin.. not charged me either.. 

 

hire car for this weekend.. really expensive 

[Crazyfrog (Fab)]

nope, popped into Vauxhall today and ordered the pin.. not charged me either..    hire car for this weekend.. really expensive 

Did put on the site I can help and you could have borrow my spare car study ....... Anyway good luck

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

                   

 

Can't log into the ECU with the code Vauxhall has given me. When we did the auto check it seems to want to log into the immobilizer? does this sound right? Do i need the car pass for the white one too? 

 

 

[techieboy]

Like I said, I don't think you can do anything with OP-COM to get the old ECU to talk to a different (but already paired against a different ECU) ignition barrel transponder. As far as I knew, if you want to pair them up, it needs to be a new (and therefore blank) transponder. Either that or maybe it's only something a genuine TECH2 can handle.

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

If I recode the old ecu will it loose its mapping?

[techieboy]

I doubt it very much but I don't know what you mean about re-coding it? I don't think either bit is going to talk to the other bit, whatever you do.

[CocoPops]

This is presumably why you see ECU+Key+Ring on ebay together...? Can't you get Courtenay to speak to Stefen and come to an arrangement over mapping so you don't have to pay license fee again?

[vocky]

I believe a genuine Tech 2 will code them together 

[techieboy]

This is presumably why you see ECU+Key+Ring on ebay together...?

Correct. It's also why you can only program brand new blank key transponders to the immobiliser and not reprogram already programmed key transponders.

[vocky]

brand new transponder on ebay http://www.ebay.co.u...=item460f8942bd

 

Edited by vocky, 21 May 2013 - 07:58 PM.

[Goosenka]

Whats the difference between Tech2 and opcom? Thought they were one of the same?

Edited by Goosenka, 21 May 2013 - 07:54 PM.

[vocky]

another brand new transponder on ebay http://www.ebay.co.u...=item27c637f1b7

 

 

part number = 24445098

http://www.speedster...unit/index.html

 

Edited by vocky, 21 May 2013 - 07:58 PM.

[techieboy]

Good find. I just wish somebody else would give a second, third and fourth opinion to confirm it can't be done with OP-COM at least, before Stuwy spends any more money.

[techieboy]

Whats the difference between Tech2 and opcom? Thought they were one of the same?

TECH2 is the £3,000+ Vauxhall main dealer handheld diagnostics kit that hand holds a technician through the whole diagnosis process and allows ECU updates, ABS updates, BCM updates etc to be uploaded. OP-COM is a £10 Hungarian software knock-off which imitates some of the main fault interrogation/clearing features of TECH2 but still falls a long way short of the real thing.

[Goosenka]

Ah ok. Presumedly its one of those things that Vauxhall Stealers charge sh*t loads of money to use on your car

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

Will the transponder need new keys? and how would I get that to work? 

 

we loged onto the engine ecu in the engine section of the obcom program and it gave the vin number of the black one. then we navigated to the immobilizer menu and it gave the Vin number of the white one. So presumably then if I get a new transponder, it will think the car is the black one and the vins wont match. V5, chassis and window will say one and the car electronics will say another.. Is this a problem?   

 

Edited by Stuwy has gone fishing, 21 May 2013 - 08:55 PM.

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

Good find. I just wish somebody else would give a second, third and fourth opinion to confirm it can't be done with OP-COM at least, before Stuwy spends any more money.

 

I have two avenues tomorrow to explore for information and then I'll try and work out what to do

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

and just to top off my grate day. I need a new windscreen and nearly sliced my index finger off in the process 

[J4EY D]

and just to top off my grate day. I need a new windscreen and nearly sliced my index finger off in the process 

What have you done now? It looked brand new last week