Thread: Nanocom

Got all excited, downloaded the manuals and put together into a handy little booklet at work last nite. Plugged it in today to the Disco and entered all my codes, checked and cleared the engine faults no problem then got into SLABS which is the reason i bought the NANOCOM and it wont communicate with the ECU. GRRRRRR feel like I am bashing my head against a wall! Does anyone know where the ECU for Slabs is located so I can check the ground please?

Originally Posted by trolley_73

Got all excited, downloaded the manuals and put together into a handy little booklet at work last nite. Plugged it in today to the Disco and entered all my codes, checked and cleared the engine faults no problem then got into SLABS which is the reason i bought the NANOCOM and it wont communicate with the ECU. GRRRRRR feel like I am bashing my head against a wall! Does anyone know where the ECU for Slabs is located so I can check the ground please?

Earth points for SLABS ECU..... 2 x 10mm located on bulkhead between passenger headlight and Air filter box, 1 x 10mm located beside slabs ecu behind passenger footwell kick panel. Give the Nanocom a moment to figure out is talking to the SLABS ECU. I find mine takes a moment or two when changing parameters.

cheers

What year model is your disco? My Nanocom could never connect to the SLABS of a friend's '04 no matter what we tried. no issues with my '99 or another friend's '02...

Hi
I've been chasing info on the new Nanocom like several others here. Sent the UK distributor email and here's the response - keep in mind they are trying to push their own product - but not looking good for us L322 or D3/4 owners.
Anyone played with hawkeye? I've only read poor reports on other forums..

Hi

In reply to your inquiry regarding the replacement for Nanocom. This unit is still on the drawing board. ( it was due for launch at the end of May ) I have been regular contact with the manufacturer in Italy but can get no definite release date for this new product. The supposed coverage will remain TD5,P38 & Defender L316. Only one application will be available at purchase.Others will be by separate license.

Bearmach have launched their own diagnostic product "Haweye". It has the same capability as Nanocom*** with the advantage of not being TD5 dedicated plus a lot more. The coverage of the unit is all Land Rover vehicles up to 2010. The firmware is original Land Rover Test Book (T4) and has not been reversed engineered. The unit is manufactured in the U.K with product support via this office Monday to Friday. The unit is currently at version "4" with further upgrades planned for release in early 2011. These will include coverage of 2010 on vehicles and a professional application package. Some items that this will include are, adaptation reset,HVAC, suspension calibration and becm/ecu/bcu configuration to name a few.

I have attached the current application list for you to view. Also please go to our website (www.bearmach.com) under downloads where you will find the Hawkeye manual. You will notice that we do not distinguish between engine or body configuration in any of the vehicle applications. An example is Discover II where all engines are covered It is also worth noting that the tool is not chassis dedicated.

I have in the past made contact with one or two Australian Land Rover clubs in regard to Hawkeye. There seemed to be little interest from any branch committee.

*** Hawkeye does not have memory and is unable to remap ecu's.

I hope this is of interest

Kind regards
Clive Myall

Originally Posted by harlie

What year model is your disco? My Nanocom could never connect to the SLABS of a friend's '04 no matter what we tried. no issues with my '99 or another friend's '02...

The wifes 04 d2 struggles when the engine is running, simply won't connect unless car in turned to on without it running. is a bugger to check the wheel speed sensors though. will have to check the earths, thanx strangy.

Originally Posted by TREX

The wifes 04 d2 struggles when the engine is running, simply won't connect unless car in turned to on without it running. is a bugger to check the wheel speed sensors though. will have to check the earths, thanx strangy.

I posted the following that might help on another thread last week:

On the issue of reading faults with engine running, the nanocom documentation (on their website) states:
"DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTIONS OF THE ABS-SLS SLABS (DiscoveryII)
All the diagnostic functions have to be performed with the Ignition turned on to the second step and the engine may be running or stopped. In many vehicles the communication with this module can be noisy and this will not allow the Nanocom to communicate with this module when the engine is running. It is possible to perform the diagnostic function also with the engine stopped, moving the wheel by hand; the only parameters that results unreadable are the engine speed and the engine torque. This problem can be in some case fixed by checking the ecu’s ground connection and the OBD socket’s ground connection. If the ground is well connected and the problem is still present we suggest to ask us the hardware adaptor that improves the noise reduction of the Nanocom OBD port."

I don't know what the adaptor is, possibly some kind of noise filter? I have always read the SLABS ECU with the engine off - even then you often need to reset the communications link by unplugging the OBD lead and reconnecting when switching between ECU's.

I've used mine on 99, 01, 02 and 04 model D2s with no real problems other than the occasional communication error.

Regards

Hi All
Well ordered a Nanocom through Karcraft yesterday should be here in the next few days could not wait for the new model as i wanted to take something away with us when we go on our next trip. So there will be a unit in the Forster area of NSW. Will have to teach myself how to use it.
Regards
Doug

Discovered if I have the key off to do everything till I get to where you press yes then switch the key on, 7 times out of 10 it will work. I am thinking I didn't check the fault properly the first time round, the compressor is running flat out (logged excessive duty cycle 256 times)and I cant get my RHS to pump up at all now. I lowered it completely and it is staying that way. Going to put her on chassis stands 2moro and get some soapy water on the airbags, they are only 20K old (arnots brand) but I think they may be the problem!