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      11-05-2016, 03:28 PM   #1
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Can I tune my own car with bootmod3?
Custom tuning for the end user is coming out soon. TunerPro XDF files will be provided for the initial release for anyone looking to spend time and dive into it on their own or with a tuner of their choice without additional cost
Helpful thread, I myself was wondering about this point. Glad to see that this is something still planned for.
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so if we go to one of the listed shops we dont need to send out the ecu, it would be same day service?
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so if we go to one of the listed shops we dont need to send out the ecu, it would be same day service?
Yep you'd just schedule the appointment with them and get it done on the spot. If mailing in its typically 24-48 hours turn around from the time the DME is received.

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Helpful thread, I myself was wondering about this point. Glad to see that this is something still planned for.
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What about fine tuning the nuances? For example, we all know how silly the exhaust burbles sound, but is it possible to enable the burble for only 0.5-1 second on decel for effect? Or is it still an on/off thing?
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have a question: I downloaded the agent applications, updated my flash, and enabled 3rd party apps to be opened.....

yet when i double click on the agent.jar (in OS X), nothing occurs..

any idea on what I'm doing wrong?
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have a question: I downloaded the agent applications, updated my flash, and enabled 3rd party apps to be opened.....

yet when i double click on the agent.jar (in OS X), nothing occurs..

any idea on what I'm doing wrong?
you only open the command and wait for ***AGENT UP *** messege.
if it didn't detect the vehicle you maybe need to check connection or try reset battery ( disconnect and connect ).
then try again and see if it detects the vehicle.

once you get *** AGENT IS UP *** messege your bootmod3 application on your android.
will show that your agent(laptop) is connected.
and you will be able to perform functions with your android.

^^ laptop is just passive agent you cannot apply flash from it ^^ in this moment.
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have a question: I downloaded the agent applications, updated my flash, and enabled 3rd party apps to be opened.....

yet when i double click on the agent.jar (in OS X), nothing occurs..

any idea on what I'm doing wrong?
You need to update Java and have your laptop connected to the same wifi network as your phone (either your home's wifi network or hotspot from your phone) Once you have that done, run agent.jar

A black screen similar to a command prompt window will pop up and you will see it do a few things. Once you see the last line reading "Agent is up", it means you are connected. Now you can run the app on your android device and do whatever you wish with it.

The agent on the laptop (or the agent device if you went that route) simply acts as the middleman between the car and the android app to have you connect to the cloud.
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You need another installer in FL bro. Too big a market to be that far away from in NY as the closest location. There's a lot of quality BMW shops in FL too you guys could vet...
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Do you have any Canadian locations other then yourselves that one can get there ECU unlocked?
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You need to update Java and have your laptop connected to the same wifi network as your phone (either your home's wifi network or hotspot from your phone) Once you have that done, run agent.jar

A black screen similar to a command prompt window will pop up and you will see it do a few things. Once you see the last line reading "Agent is up", it means you are connected. Now you can run the app on your android device and do whatever you wish with it.

The agent on the laptop (or the agent device if you went that route) simply acts as the middleman between the car and the android app to have you connect to the cloud.
ahh ok so u always need to have a laptop and android based phone tablet correct?
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What about fine tuning the nuances? For example, we all know how silly the exhaust burbles sound, but is it possible to enable the burble for only 0.5-1 second on decel for effect? Or is it still an on/off thing?
Oh, burble, damn you burble Its such a finicky feature, love it or hate it, zero in-betweens. Its adjustable in the map.

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have a question: I downloaded the agent applications, updated my flash, and enabled 3rd party apps to be opened.....

yet when i double click on the agent.jar (in OS X), nothing occurs..

any idea on what I'm doing wrong?
On Windows you'd just double click the start.bat file. To run the agent on a mac you use the start.sh script. Here's how:

- Extract agent.zip to your home folder
- Open Terminal app and 'cd' to the agent folder
- Give permissions to the start.sh script by running this: 'chmod 755 start.sh'
- Now you can start it by typing this in Terminal: './start.sh'

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you only open the command and wait for ***AGENT UP *** messege.
if it didn't detect the vehicle you maybe need to check connection or try reset battery ( disconnect and connect ).
then try again and see if it detects the vehicle.

once you get *** AGENT IS UP *** messege your bootmod3 application on your android.
will show that your agent(laptop) is connected.
and you will be able to perform functions with your android.

^^ laptop is just passive agent you cannot apply flash from it ^^ in this moment.
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You need to update Java and have your laptop connected to the same wifi network as your phone (either your home's wifi network or hotspot from your phone) Once you have that done, run agent.jar

A black screen similar to a command prompt window will pop up and you will see it do a few things. Once you see the last line reading "Agent is up", it means you are connected. Now you can run the app on your android device and do whatever you wish with it.

The agent on the laptop (or the agent device if you went that route) simply acts as the middleman between the car and the android app to have you connect to the cloud.


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You need another installer in FL bro. Too big a market to be that far away from in NY as the closest location. There's a lot of quality BMW shops in FL too you guys could vet...
There are a few shops who have reached out and some are testing with bm3. Miami Performance is testing on their N55. We're just in the process of adding support for their software version.

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Do you have any Canadian locations other then yourselves that one can get there ECU unlocked?
So far Toronto only. There are a few from Western Canada who have inquired. We'll be adding to the above list for anyone new that signs up.
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Can you post how a tuner is supposed to be able to use bootmod3 to create a custom tune? Not for your average home-tuner DIY, but a pro right now... does this offer them any benefit?

My tuner says he'll pull the ECU, bench program it, re-install it, dyno, repeat, until he gets the results he's looking for. Does this offer the ability to program on the fly via OBDII? It would be helpful if it cut down on shop time to pull the ECU for each tune/flash in the development phase.

Please correct anything I'm saying that is inappropriate. I want to make sure I'm on the same page as my tuner when I bring in the car for custom work.
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Can you post how a tuner is supposed to be able to use bootmod3 to create a custom tune? Not for your average home-tuner DIY, but a pro right now... does this offer them any benefit?

My tuner says he'll pull the ECU, bench program it, re-install it, dyno, repeat, until he gets the results he's looking for. Does this offer the ability to program on the fly via OBDII? It would be helpful if it cut down on shop time to pull the ECU for each tune/flash in the development phase.

Please correct anything I'm saying that is inappropriate. I want to make sure I'm on the same page as my tuner when I bring in the car for custom work.
With bootmod3 only a one time ECU pull is required to unlock OBD access. The rest of the files are loaded via the app over OBD. That's one of the key advantages of using a platform like bootmod3 for tuning. Custom tuning while having to pull the DME each time would be incredibly painful and slow.
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UPDATE: We have decided to bundle an OTS map with all purchases of a bootmod3 license without any additional cost.

For those that require more than one custom map they're now: $50 for N55, $100 for the S55 and $150 for the S63TU.

This doesn't affect anyone that currently has bootmod3 as we've been providing the OTS map free of charge since the release. Website has been updated to reflect this product update and pricing as well.
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But what if I don't want a bootmod3 map? Nothing against what you've got going on; I'm looking to get a custom developed map from my tuner. That's the use case I'm asking about.

Maybe I'm off base, but I thought part of the pitch was the ease of custom map development / using non off-the-shelf maps. ex: larger turbos.
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But what if I don't want a bootmod3 map? Nothing against what you've got going on; I'm looking to get a custom developed map from my tuner. That's the use case I'm asking about.

Maybe I'm off base, but I thought part of the pitch was the ease of custom map development / using non off-the-shelf maps. ex: larger turbos.
No you're very clear. Its in the works, XDFs will be posted and is mentioned in the OP, quote:

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Can I tune my own car with bootmod3?
Custom tuning for the end user is coming out soon. TunerPro XDF files will be provided for the initial release for anyone looking to spend time and dive into it on their own or with a tuner of their choice without additional cost.
From what you've mentioned it seems your tuner already has tables and is using maybe WinOLS he can already load his custom maps to your car with bootmod3.
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No you're very clear. Its in the works, XDFs will be posted and is mentioned in the OP, quote:



From what you've mentioned it seems your tuner already has tables and is using maybe WinOLS he can already load his custom maps to your car with bootmod3.
Yes.

OK, so it's not quite ready yet is what I'm hearing. Dang, I was going to be able to get some shop time tomorrow!

*edit* maybe I'm still off, but actually it sounds like what you're saying is YES, if he can tune from his own tables, he can program my car and I can use bootmod3 to extract and save the tune? This is what I'm looking for, as he's been talking about making multiple maps... E85 vs 100 octane, etc. And then be able to switch among the maps as needed with the bootmod3 agent/software.
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UPDATE: We have decided to bundle an OTS map with all purchases of a bootmod3 license without any additional cost.

For those that require more than one custom map they're now: $50 for N55, $100 for the S55 and $150 for the S63TU.

This doesn't affect anyone that currently has bootmod3 as we've been providing the OTS map free of charge since the release. Website has been updated to reflect this product update and pricing as well.
Cool - get an unlocker in GA
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