Tweecer ????

[Methodical]

Hello All. I just received my Tweecer R/T and now I need a laptop. What are the minimum requirements I need when purchasing the laptop to properly operate the Tweecer. Also is it possible to download the Tweecer programs to a disk and install to the laptop. I do not yet have the internet at home - only at work. If so what do I need to do. Thanks

 

[donkey_punch]

it should tell you in the instruction. or you can check the tweecer website.

 

[Green 94 5.0]

it should tell you in the instruction. or you can check the tweecer website.

lol.....you said tweecer and instructions in the same post. the documentation is very vague and doesnt help much at all. basically the only requirements are windows 95 and usb ports. thats about the only things that are necessary. i have seen cal edit and cal con run on some antique laptops in the past. as far as installing from a disk goes, just download the files, copy them to a disk, and install as normal on the laptop. the learning curve is steep with the tweecer, but once you get it down you will love the flexibility it gives you. good luck.

 

[donkey_punch]

straight from the tweecer main website

"You will need to have a Desktop PC or Laptop with a functioning USB port or USB 32bit CardBus card, running Win98SE, Win2K or WinXP."


seems like a simple requirement, not vague.

 

[Methodical]

lol.....you said tweecer and instructions in the same post. the documentation is very vague and doesnt help much at all. basically the only requirements are windows 95 and usb ports. thats about the only things that are necessary. i have seen cal edit and cal con run on some antique laptops in the past. as far as installing from a disk goes, just download the files, copy them to a disk, and install as normal on the laptop. the learning curve is steep with the tweecer, but once you get it down you will love the flexibility it gives you. good luck.

The instructions also doesn't esplain how to install the chip into the J3 port. I read the manual but there is not step by step instructions - unless I missed something. I did a search here and on the yahoo site. Could you tell me how to install the chip? Peace

 

[final5-0]

I think I've seen the smart pc folks (and that ain't me) say that the oldest OS that supported usb, which is the output connection of the Tweecer interface, is WIN98se.

I use Win98se on an older Toshiba laptop and it works just fine.

You can find older laptops with dead batteries for really cheap and use one of those inverters that plugs into your power port in the console to plug the laptop's ac cord into.

Only prob with that method is, when you start and shut off the car the the laptop freaks, lol.

Sometimes you can find good batteries on ebay for pretty cheap.

As for transfering tune files ............
I use V1.20 and the ccf files are quite small so they fit on a floppy with ease. I don't know if you can do that on the newer version so you'll just have to check the file size if you use V1.30

Later
Grady

 

[pwcracer]

If I rememeber right, Windows 95 in it's late days came out with a USB add on for it's OS. Of course I would never rec Win 95, but I think it did come out with USB support.

I might have some old laptops floating around here that would run 98 and they have USB. I know the batterys are toast, but it should run on AC power... I'll look for those today

 

[final5-0]

The instructions also doesn't esplain how to install the chip into the J3 port. I read the manual but there is not step by step instructions - unless I missed something. I did a search here and on the yahoo site. Could you tell me how to install the chip? Peace

Yahoo site....................................

So much knowledge over there. The search engine is soooo bad

Over the past year there had gotten to be so much spam that I don't go over there any more.

Its sad to see how that site has gone down. If you'll take the time to weed through the old threads you can really pick up some knowledge. There is some good stuff in the files section that can be helpful also.

I see you are starting to hang on the other site. Lots of really smart peeps over there. I do remember that, at first, you think you'll never figure all that stuff out. Give yourself a little time and you will see that things begin to ...................

start makin some sense .................. kinda sorta

Later
Grady

 

[Methodical]

Yahoo site....................................

So much knowledge over there. The search engine is soooo bad

Over the past year there had gotten to be so much spam that I don't go over there any more.

Its sad to see how that site has gone down. If you'll take the time to weed through the old threads you can really pick up some knowledge. There is some good stuff in the files section that can be helpful also.

I see you are starting to hang on the other site. Lots of really smart peeps over there. I do remember that, at first, you think you'll never figure all that stuff out. Give yourself a little time and you will see that things begin to ...................

start makin some sense .................. kinda sorta


Later
Grady

Yeah, I am on numerous sites. But I'm a magnet to this site. I get more responses here than anywhere else. I've gotten more responses to this question today than at the yahoo site for 2 days. Oh I hear you are the Tweecer expert so I will have some ?s later if you don't mind. Right now I am reading "Technical Notes of the EEC-IV MCU" by Tom Clound, waiting for that book of Ford Fuel Injection and waiting for the publisher to get the 95 Mustang PCM Manual in stock (expensive). Peace

 

[Green 94 5.0]

i wasnt talking about the documentation for the system requirements. i was talking about the documentation for everything else. download the "manual" and you will see what i mean. learning how to use it is completely up to the user to figure out. i got the hang of it from trial and error, a little common sense, and a ton of reading and researching on the tweecer and yahoo boards. as far as installing it in the j3 port, just pull the cover off and take a cloth and wipe off anything that is on the connector. next take a pencil eraser and gently go over the contacts. slide the tweecer in and you're ready to go. to assure that its working, insert the usb cable into your laptop and turn the key to the on position. your computer should recognize the tweecer at that point. from there, load up a bin file, write it to position 1 on the tweecer and start tweecing.

 

[final5-0]

Yeah, I am on numerous sites. But I'm a magnet to this site. I get more responses here than anywhere else. I've gotten more responses to this question today than at the yahoo site for 2 days. Oh I hear you are the Tweecer expert so I will have some ?s later if you don't mind. Right now I am reading "Technical Notes of the EEC-IV MCU" by Tom Clound, waiting for that book of Ford Fuel Injection and waiting for the publisher to get the 95 Mustang PCM Manual in stock (expensive). Peace

Thanks for the kind words but as I said above, the really smart guys are on that other site. I really just kinda focus on the main things, that I think seem to make the most noticable difference or gain.

btw...that noticable gain...at least for myself...............................

it has turned out to be a noticable loss from time to time

Later
Grady