Re: PCM Hammer - new ls1 flash tool
Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 3:42 pm
The main things PCM Hammer is missing, as compared to HPT / EFI Live:
- it's not yet able to reflash the whole PCM, to install a different operating system
- only a few operating systems have good definitions for use with Tuner Pro.
- no P59 support yet
- no real-time tuning
- no custom operating systems for forced induction
Full flashing for OS changes will be ready soon for 411 PCMs - Antus already has it working. When this is released, you'll be able to reflash any 411 with an OS that does have a good Tuner Pro definition, so the 2nd point above probably won't really matter. I suspect we'll standardize on one OS, or maybe one for manual transmissions and one for automatics. Then we can focus on improving the definition(s) for just that one / those two.
As for P59 support, Antus and I have both successfully flashed ours. But we also both have bricked P59s that we haven't fixed yet, so.... It's coming, but I wouldn't recommend it just yet.
Real time tuning isn't on my to-do list, maybe someone will step up and make it happen.
Forced induction support is something that I think we can do, but it's probably going to be quite a while. I've been looking into what would be required, and I think it's do-able, but I am not promising that I'll do it. (But hopefully someone will, because that'd be really cool.)
Also, PCM Hammer doesn't do data logging at all, but Tuner Pro RT does... I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know how it compares to HPT or EFI's data logging.
Bottom line... if you're in a hurry, get a commercial product. If you're not, well, I won't stop working on this stuff until it's good enough for naturally aspirated cars. And it might even be good enough already for lots of cases, including yours.
- it's not yet able to reflash the whole PCM, to install a different operating system
- only a few operating systems have good definitions for use with Tuner Pro.
- no P59 support yet
- no real-time tuning
- no custom operating systems for forced induction
Full flashing for OS changes will be ready soon for 411 PCMs - Antus already has it working. When this is released, you'll be able to reflash any 411 with an OS that does have a good Tuner Pro definition, so the 2nd point above probably won't really matter. I suspect we'll standardize on one OS, or maybe one for manual transmissions and one for automatics. Then we can focus on improving the definition(s) for just that one / those two.
As for P59 support, Antus and I have both successfully flashed ours. But we also both have bricked P59s that we haven't fixed yet, so.... It's coming, but I wouldn't recommend it just yet.
Real time tuning isn't on my to-do list, maybe someone will step up and make it happen.
Forced induction support is something that I think we can do, but it's probably going to be quite a while. I've been looking into what would be required, and I think it's do-able, but I am not promising that I'll do it. (But hopefully someone will, because that'd be really cool.)
Also, PCM Hammer doesn't do data logging at all, but Tuner Pro RT does... I haven't tried it yet, so I don't know how it compares to HPT or EFI's data logging.
Bottom line... if you're in a hurry, get a commercial product. If you're not, well, I won't stop working on this stuff until it's good enough for naturally aspirated cars. And it might even be good enough already for lots of cases, including yours.