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Originally Posted by lbjgh
I started reading the thread on the other forum (pg 10 of 55). You guys have said the coding is fairly easy but after installing the esys software I'm loosing my nerves about trying this. Is it possible to fubar the car (brick it as horsey stated)?
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ibjgh, your concerns are very genuine.
The term 'easy' is a relative term. If you know the task, it's easy to do it, if you do not know how to do it, it's nerve breaking as you feel that you are entering into an unknown territory. I had the similar feelings but could over come by reading thru the getting started part 1 and part 2 again and again. Manual 1.4 is very detailed and assumes that you have some knowledge on the organization of different components / modules of the car. I know it is difficult to understand the meanings of certain words like FA, FP and VOT as they are short forms of German words. But once you understand the concept, it would be easy to move around.
X3 is beautiful and expensive. We would definitely not like to brick it and a fear of making mistake and having no back up correcting the mistake creates feeling of nerve breaking.
There are two types of people, one who are very careful and try to understand every nook and corner before plunging into new tasks and other types of people are who do not thin much but just learn what is needed and jump into the fray. Our mind all the time evaluates the risks of taking a new step. If we can work out the risk fairly well then it is easy to take decision else moving ahead creates insecurity feelings.
Are there risks in coding? Yes there are. What are those risks and how to minimize them is our next question. I analysed in my own way:
Risks and Resolutions:
1. Messing up things if we don't know what are we doing. That's why reading and preparing ourselves well is important.
2. Connectivity should not break During data transfer. I think this is the biggest risk. We got to ensure that we have reliable cable, laptop has enough battery reserve and won't shut down during coding, car battery is fully charged and we have taken the full backup before reconfiguring the car. Obviously I am not talking about advance programming.
3. You have the right software and data. This is not that great risk as you will be downloading from the known reliable sources.
4. We have taken the backup of original CAF files and have saved FA and VOT.
No other risk comes to my mind at this point of time
If you can minimize these risks to a comfort level, you are ready to go. I am an electronics and Software engineer that's why I decided to assemble cables for others and prepare backup utility for others to minimize risks. If time permits, I will prepare a step by step procedure in laymans terms to simplifying the process and thus minimize the fear of bricking the car.
Hope you feel better now.