TuneBoy using a 'normal' cable?

[jaredmt]

Hi guys ... looking to verify whether or not TuneBoy must connect via an official TuneBoy cable. I've used TuneECU for a while & recently unlocked w/ TuneBoy (at the dealer).
Having trouble getting TuneBoy or TuneEdit to talk to the bike using the same cable I use for TuneECU.

Thanks!

JT

 

[Doc Roc]

How did the dealer unlock it without the tuneedit key from Tuneboy??

 

[jaredmt]

How did the dealer unlock it without the tuneedit key from Tuneboy??

The dealer has all the TuneBoy stuff. I bought the key via them (they did the actual purchase of the key).

 

[Doc Roc]

Have you downloaded the latest Tuneboy 3.9.9. Its heaps faster and better at hooking up to bike.

 

[Pig9r]

I think you need one of the tuneboy cables. TuneEcu is supposed to work with a Tuneboy cable but I was never able to get it to connect with it.

 

[jaredmt]

@ Doc Roc: Yep, version 3.9.9.8

@ Pig9r: Yeah that's the way it's looking. Too bad .. I really shouldn't blow $340 right now just so I can talk to my bike.

 

[Pig9r]

Surely someone has a cable you can borrow? The dealer you bought the key from? Any rocket owners nearby that have one?

 

[hegels]

so wait... you have to buy a key and the cable? in my experiences the companies sell their own cable and the software is free. just one purchase required.

 

[scot in exile]

@ Doc Roc: Yep, version 3.9.9.8

@ Pig9r: Yeah that's the way it's looking. Too bad .. I really shouldn't blow $340 right now just so I can talk to my bike.

You can talk to your bike for free, my wife came in the bike shed one day and asked me who I was talking to when I looked at the bike she just shook her head and went back in the house.

 

[jaredmt]

Yep ... both a key AND a cable. $200 for the key; $340 for the cable.

I know there are some RIII owners around here, but I don't know them. I doubt the dealer will let me borrow their cable, though I've not asked.