Okay I should be getting a cable soon and I have been reading all I can about ecmspy. It seams there is two different methods to burn a race map. I know not to burn a whole race eeprom and to use just the maps only. From my research some people say to just fech your eeprom. Save it. Load the race eeprom. Save the map. Then load the maps into your stock eeprom. The other method I've seen is the open up both the eeproms in WordPad the copy and paste the maps. Doing it all in ecm spy seams the easiest to me is their a reason to do one method over the other or is one better?
best way to burn race maps using ecmspy
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cjanderson_90
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How I've done it and I'm not sure I'm correct on this, I load eeprom, burn eeprom, fetch map, burn map, all from a race eeprom. Not sure that is the correct way but I've put on 4000 miles and it hasn't given me an guff
williegoat
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I wrote this to remind myself and help others. I am using an older version of ECMSpy (v1.12.26). It may be overly cautious, but there is nothing wrong with being careful. You can burn the whole Eprom only if the firmware versions match.
Here is how I did it, without all of the "cut and paste":
It is important to remember that eproms are .txt files and maps (which are a portion of the data in an eprom) are .msq files. Never try to directly edit these files unless you know exactly what you are doing.
First and foremost, connect to the bike, fetch your stock eprom and save it in a safe place. It will be a .txt file.
Now, away from the bike, create a new folder and copy your stock eprom and the race eprom to the new folder. This way you lessen the risk of destroying the original data. This new folder will be your working directory. All of the file operations in the next steps should be done from this directory.
Next, open the race eprom in ecm spy (File > Load EEPROM...) *it will be a .txt file*
Save the maps in your working directory (File > Save Map...) *you will create a .msq file*
Now, open your stock eprom (File > Load EEPROM...) *it will be a .txt file*
Next, load the race maps into your stock eprom (File > Load Map...) *it will be a .msq file*
Now, save your newly created hybrid eprom with a name you will remember (File > Save EEPROM...) *you will create a .txt file*
I found the following steps necessary, though others may not.
Close ECM Spy.
Now, open two copies of ECM Spy and open the race eprom in one and your newly created custom eprom in the other.
Go to the 'Maps' tab and compare the column headers (RPM values) in your custom eprom with those of the race map. Make sure that the values in your custom map match those of the race map. If they do not, right-click on the cell in your custom eprom, choose 'edit' and change the value to that of the race map, then re-save your custom eprom. Now, the maps in your custom eprom should match those in the race eprom.
To be on the safe side, you could now open your custom eprom along side the stock eprom and make sure that all of the data in the other tabs match.
Now, burn your custom eprom to the bike, reset AFV and TPS, and go for a ride.
Here is how I did it, without all of the "cut and paste":
It is important to remember that eproms are .txt files and maps (which are a portion of the data in an eprom) are .msq files. Never try to directly edit these files unless you know exactly what you are doing.
First and foremost, connect to the bike, fetch your stock eprom and save it in a safe place. It will be a .txt file.
Now, away from the bike, create a new folder and copy your stock eprom and the race eprom to the new folder. This way you lessen the risk of destroying the original data. This new folder will be your working directory. All of the file operations in the next steps should be done from this directory.
Next, open the race eprom in ecm spy (File > Load EEPROM...) *it will be a .txt file*
Save the maps in your working directory (File > Save Map...) *you will create a .msq file*
Now, open your stock eprom (File > Load EEPROM...) *it will be a .txt file*
Next, load the race maps into your stock eprom (File > Load Map...) *it will be a .msq file*
Now, save your newly created hybrid eprom with a name you will remember (File > Save EEPROM...) *you will create a .txt file*
I found the following steps necessary, though others may not.
Close ECM Spy.
Now, open two copies of ECM Spy and open the race eprom in one and your newly created custom eprom in the other.
Go to the 'Maps' tab and compare the column headers (RPM values) in your custom eprom with those of the race map. Make sure that the values in your custom map match those of the race map. If they do not, right-click on the cell in your custom eprom, choose 'edit' and change the value to that of the race map, then re-save your custom eprom. Now, the maps in your custom eprom should match those in the race eprom.
To be on the safe side, you could now open your custom eprom along side the stock eprom and make sure that all of the data in the other tabs match.
Now, burn your custom eprom to the bike, reset AFV and TPS, and go for a ride.
