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Old Mar 28, 2020 | 04:38 AM
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Xentry passthru using an Arduino

Yo guys,

So I made a little mistake when rebuilding my 722.6...i didn't put enough ATF in on my first test drive. Now my TCMs in hard limp mode, and during these difficult times, I can't find anywhere open to use Xentry to fix this.

So, I decided to work on a challenge. Xentry passthru uses the J2534 standard to talk to the car through any compatible adapter.

I do a lot of car hacking anyway for fun (I've hijacked the IC on my 203 to show all sorts of cool stuff. So I figure why not get an Arduino ($5) to become an adapter for Xentry.Xentry as a fun project.

So far, Xentry can see the Arduino as a compatible device thanks to a Windows driver I'm writing, but the protocol Xentry uses appears a little broken, so I'm gonna have a lot of fun reverse engineering that!

If this gets some interest, I am happy to keep regular updates on here for those who are interested.

Here are the 2 code repositorys for those who are interested.
https://github.com/rnd-ash/arduino-xentry-passthru
https://github.com/rnd-ash/arduino-xentry-passthru-driver
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Old Mar 28, 2020 | 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by rnd_ash
Yo guys,

So I made a little mistake when rebuilding my 722.6...i didn't put enough ATF in on my first test drive. Now my TCMs in hard limp mode, and during these difficult times, I can't find anywhere open to use Xentry to fix this.

So, I decided to work on a challenge. Xentry passthru uses the J2534 standard to talk to the car through any compatible adapter.

I do a lot of car hacking anyway for fun (I've hijacked the IC on my 203 to show all sorts of cool stuff. So I figure why not get an Arduino ($5) to become an adapter for Xentry.Xentry as a fun project.

So far, Xentry can see the Arduino as a compatible device thanks to a Windows driver I'm writing, but the protocol Xentry uses appears a little broken, so I'm gonna have a lot of fun reverse engineering that!

If this gets some interest, I am happy to keep regular updates on here for those who are interested.

Here are the 2 code repositorys for those who are interested.
https://github.com/rnd-ash/arduino-xentry-passthru
https://github.com/rnd-ash/arduino-x...assthru-driver
FWIW......if you do not know

Also try posting this at www.*******.com

The majority of software diagnose / automotive on the Internet

You will find many people willing to collaborate on this.

Regards

Joseph~

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Old Jun 27, 2025 | 10:16 AM
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This would be awesome, to say the least. I would be very keen to attempt this
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