The big news for this release is that PCM Hammer now supports reading and writing P10 and P12 PCMs.
Kudos to Gampy and Antus and everyone who helped with investigating, troubleshooting, and testing.
Since P10 and P12 support is so new, you should consider yourself a beta tester if you're working with those PCMs. There's a difference between "it has worked" and "it always works," and we need your help to find out exactly where we're at. There may be some issues to address before P10 and P12 PCMs can be flashed as reliably as P01 and P59 PCMs.
Please post in this thread about what works for you, and what doesn't.
Also note that the community will need volunteers to:
- contribute bin files for P10 and P12 PCMs
- document variations of P10 and P12 PCMs
- document which makes / models / years used which PCMs and which variants
- figure out which operating systems can support the widest variety of vehicles
- create XDFs for the highest-value operating systems
And we'll need one or more volunteers to create and maintain a collection of P10 and P12 bin files and XDF files.
Please don't make OS or calibration changes in your only car. This software has a pretty good track record so far, but if something goes wrong, it may be a while before you drive that car again.
That said, writing to flash memory is the only thing that can do any harm. Reading and data logging are perfectly safe.
How to get it:
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If you're handy with computers, scroll down to the 'assets' section of this page, download the zip file, unzip all of the files into an empty directory, and run PcmHammer.exe or PcmLogger.exe. When the window appears, the first thing you'll need to do is select the device that you're using.
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If you'd rather not deal with zip files, you can get the apps from the Windows app store - but note that the version on the Windows Store will not be updated until a couple days after the release is posted on GitHub and PcmHacking.net. This release is the "Beta" version for now, and it will be moved to the non-preview version a few people report that all is well. Just click the links below, and click the "Get" button on each page:
PCM Hammer: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/pcm-hammer-beta/9ntmspjf27tk
PCM Logger: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/pcm-logger-beta/9png38rdzntl
To test PCM Hammer, click Read Properties to confirm that you've selected the device correctly - it should print a few details about your PCM. Then try "Read Entire PCM" (it's in the Tools menu). And then, if you're feeling bold... and if you have a different car that you can use to drive to work... try writing the calibration or parameter blocks.
To test PCM Logger, select some parameters or open a log profile. Click the "record" button to save data to a file. The list of parameters we have so far is just the beginning, but it will take some work to figure out what we're missing. If you can help with that, please share at http://pcmhacking.net/ .
This project is still in its early stages. You may encounter bugs. The software may behave in strange ways. Please report such things to us so that we can fix them.
If anything goes wrong, please take detailed notes about the exact steps that you took, and please also copy the contents of the Debug tab and save it to a file. We'll need that to figure out what went wrong, how to fix it, and how to prevent it from happening to anyone else.
The developers can be reached by creating a new thread at pcmhacking.net:
https://pcmhacking.net/forums/viewforum.php?f=42
While we think it is just about impossible for this software to make your car unusable, please keep in mind that we're just a bunch of hobbyists who have been working on this stuff in our spare time. It's a miracle that we've gotten this far. If you need the guarantees that come with a commercial product, you should buy a commercial product.