Thread: Comprensive list of features that the Nanocom can activate?

Offtrack is the man....I'm sure he will be along shortly.

And you correct about the Nanocom instructions...very lite methinks...

Try this document for the bcu. Settings start about page 7.

http://web.nanocom.it/download/VALEO...DISCO%20II.pdf

Black box make a nice unit and if you take the time to dig through their websites you can find documentation for most things. That said a rewrite of their tech documentation would not go astray!

Cheers

Steve.

If you take a look at http://www.blackbox-solutions.com/shop/help there are help files for each module which cover which settings can be changed and a brief description of what each does. These are also downloadable from http://web.nanocom.it/ in PDF format.

For more detail you really need to refer to the Description and Operation section for the relevant ECU in RAVE. The most settings rich module is the BCU and there is a huge amount of information on options. If you can't find it there you are looking in the wrong spot!

The other good reference for options in BCU is the Owners Manual. The manual will mention various dealer configurable settings - these can be changed with a diagnostic tool.


Cheers
Paul

While we are on the topic of nanocom's.

Do you know if you can "bridge" a fault with a nanocom? Or is it 100% a diagnostic tool?


Hypothetically speaking/typing.....

If you were in the bush and were broken down with say, a faulty sensor that was stopping you from moving. Could you bridge the sensor with a nanocom to get you moving again?

Sensor faults shouldn't disable the vehicle. In the case of ABS the ECU will throw an error and disable some of the electronic functionality but this doesn't prevent the underlying braking system working.

But to answer your question, no you can't disable sensors electronically.

There are only a couple of sensor failure which will stop a vehicle - crank position and throttle position sensors spring to mind.

Cheers
Paul

Originally Posted by newlandyowner

Do you know if you can "bridge" a fault with a nanocom? Or is it 100% a diagnostic tool?

Please explain your meaning of 'bridge'? I ask as you refer to a faulty sensor and then bridging it with the Nanocom. Bridge to me, would be used if the connection between the ECU and sensor was faulty rather than the sensor itself being faulty, as if you bridge something to a faulty sensor, I don't see how that would help your situation at all - the sensor is still faulty...

Originally Posted by newlandyowner

Hypothetically speaking/typing.....

If you were in the bush and were broken down with say, a faulty sensor that was stopping you from moving. Could you bridge the sensor with a nanocom to get you moving again?

My guess would be no. There is very few sensors that stop the vehicle from functioning. The only ones I can think of are some of the sensors on the automatic transmission (such as the inhibitor switch) and the throttle sensor. If these are faulty, the vehicle can't run.
Some of the more minor sensors, such as the MAF, the ECU will default back to base line settings and you can still operate the vehicle with the sensor disconnected.

Bypass it.

So if you have a show stopper from a faulty sensor, electrical component etc then you can still continue on your merry way, rather than limping home or to the nearest mechanic or person that wants to touch a land rover.