Star Diagnostic How To DIY with lots o pics
#1426
PM sent. I’d love to sit down with you and a case of beer and learn more. I get that the cluster is tied to the different modules. That’s why I swapped the board. But one would think that the drive for the analog needle would be isolated in the gauge cluster and be coded there. Unless that information is sent from the abs controller and the cluster responds to that. But then again I’m not and expert and talking out my *** at this point. Anyways I’ll wait for your PM and we will work something out and as a plus I’ll have my original cluster for backup/parts down the road.
#1428
I just purchased a 2005 e55 with 67k miles. It is a Canadian spec car with a KPH analog speedometer. I purchased a MPH cluster and swapped the main board over. The dash is back in and working great except for the needle which is obviously going to be off against the MPH scale. I figured I’d use star to code it but I’m a little over my head. I thought that I could correct the analog needle position by changing the national variant. The car originally was set to canada with SA code 461 set to “not present”
So I changed the national configuration to “USA” and set SA code 461 to “present”
The analog needle seemed to say the same and the digital speedo (which is set to mph already) started displaying double what ever the analog needle was indicating.
I changed the coding back to its original state and no damage done. For you guys who know there anything I can do on my end or is this going to be a developer version of star diagnostics to fix?
So I changed the national configuration to “USA” and set SA code 461 to “present”
The analog needle seemed to say the same and the digital speedo (which is set to mph already) started displaying double what ever the analog needle was indicating.
I changed the coding back to its original state and no damage done. For you guys who know there anything I can do on my end or is this going to be a developer version of star diagnostics to fix?
Go to www.*******.com
You will locate help with your current software.
All the "software" gurus on this board go there{the ******* site] for help.
Regards
Joseph
Last edited by Joseph~; 03-25-2020 at 06:28 PM.
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5ohTreeAMG (03-25-2020)
#1432
Ok it’s all boxed up and ready to go. It’s scheduled to be picked up tomorrow. The main boards are back in their respective clusters. I tried to send you a PM Mackhack but it says your mail box is full and you can’t get any more PM’s.
#1434
hey joeseph thanks for the link btw. I went over there and poked around some interesting reading for sure.
Maybe some day over the winter I’ll play with some of this stuff but for now Mackhack hooked it up at a reasonable price and he is in the west coast so shipping wasn’t to bad. Plus I’m glad to support one of these vendors on the forum. Nice to have these specialized guys around.
Maybe some day over the winter I’ll play with some of this stuff but for now Mackhack hooked it up at a reasonable price and he is in the west coast so shipping wasn’t to bad. Plus I’m glad to support one of these vendors on the forum. Nice to have these specialized guys around.
FWIW.....
Go to www.*******.com
You will locate help with your current software.
All the "software" gurus on this board go there{the ******* site] for help.
Regards
Joseph
Go to www.*******.com
You will locate help with your current software.
All the "software" gurus on this board go there{the ******* site] for help.
Regards
Joseph
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biker349 (04-05-2020)
#1435
Hello,
I have a Mercedes W211 and I bought original Mercedes Star C3 Diagnosis and I wanna enable Battery Voltage to show in IC when you press R button 3 times, does anybody know step by step instructions? Thank you!
here is the video:
I have a Mercedes W211 and I bought original Mercedes Star C3 Diagnosis and I wanna enable Battery Voltage to show in IC when you press R button 3 times, does anybody know step by step instructions? Thank you!
here is the video:
#1436
Hello,
I have a Mercedes W211 and I bought original Mercedes Star C3 Diagnosis and I wanna enable Battery Voltage to show in IC when you press R button 3 times, does anybody know step by step instructions? Thank you!
here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZtXG7IOdlk
I have a Mercedes W211 and I bought original Mercedes Star C3 Diagnosis and I wanna enable Battery Voltage to show in IC when you press R button 3 times, does anybody know step by step instructions? Thank you!
here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZtXG7IOdlk
#1437
hey joeseph thanks for the link btw. I went over there and poked around some interesting reading for sure.
Maybe some day over the winter I’ll play with some of this stuff but for now Mackhack hooked it up at a reasonable price and he is in the west coast so shipping wasn’t to bad. Plus I’m glad to support one of these vendors on the forum. Nice to have these specialized guys around.
Maybe some day over the winter I’ll play with some of this stuff but for now Mackhack hooked it up at a reasonable price and he is in the west coast so shipping wasn’t to bad. Plus I’m glad to support one of these vendors on the forum. Nice to have these specialized guys around.
FWIW......
Most if not all the persons on this site that offer "coding" go to www.*******.com.
If they tell you they do not, they are not telling the truth, as you can search on ******* by their used name and read / review posting by the poster user name.
What I find comical is on this site the member/posters calming to be "coding experts" are on the on the ******* site asking for coding help, as most do not have valid real Mercedes Benz account{a valid Mercedes Benz account from the USA cost $4,000.00 per year for access] You can locate persons at ******* that will log on to their valid real Mercedes Benz account and get you information/coding a majority of the time at no cost or very little money usually less than $40.00. One reason most people go to *******.
In my opinion ******* is the place to go for any coding issue, have always located persons at the ******* site willing to help the end user much more of "coding experts" than here.
Regards
Joseph~
Last edited by Joseph~; 05-13-2020 at 01:11 PM.
#1438
Senior Member
Hello,
I have a Mercedes W211 and I bought original Mercedes Star C3 Diagnosis and I wanna enable Battery Voltage to show in IC when you press R button 3 times, does anybody know step by step instructions? Thank you!
here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZtXG7IOdlk
I have a Mercedes W211 and I bought original Mercedes Star C3 Diagnosis and I wanna enable Battery Voltage to show in IC when you press R button 3 times, does anybody know step by step instructions? Thank you!
here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZtXG7IOdlk
Enter Instrument Cluster Diagnostic Menu: Ignition 1 (requires key, not Keyless), Press Black Reset 3 times (Triple Click)
Enter A/C Diagnostic Menu : Press and hold driver's side auto button for 5 seconds
Enter COMAND Engineering Menu: From SERV/LANG, Press END CALL/UPPER LEFT/AUDIO
1 4 7
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1 3 8 to update firmware on head unit
Last edited by equitiesguy; 05-13-2020 at 01:11 PM.
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#1440
Nice, let’s call it an “original” Chinese cheap clone knock off instead.
What you would like to do cannot be coded with SD though, it’s already there. It’s called Service menu.
Or you can open up your newly acquired WIS and look it up there. Look for “Reset Service” and depending on what model year you have there are two different ways to enter that menu.
What you would like to do cannot be coded with SD though, it’s already there. It’s called Service menu.
Or you can open up your newly acquired WIS and look it up there. Look for “Reset Service” and depending on what model year you have there are two different ways to enter that menu.
Last edited by Mackhack; 05-13-2020 at 02:43 PM.
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DamageHigh (05-13-2020)
#1442
Senior Member
@equitiesguy Thank you I will try it! Btw I updated my Comand NTG1 to 30/06 ( latest software ).
#1443
Nice, let’s call it an “original” Chinese cheap clone knock off instead.
What you would like to do cannot be coded with SD though, it’s already there. It’s called Service menu.
Or you can open up your newly acquired WIS and look it up there. Look for “Reset Service” and depending on what model year you have there are two different ways to enter that menu.
What you would like to do cannot be coded with SD though, it’s already there. It’s called Service menu.
Or you can open up your newly acquired WIS and look it up there. Look for “Reset Service” and depending on what model year you have there are two different ways to enter that menu.
Thank you I didn't know that. Can you please explain how to do it correctly then? Tnx!
#1444
#1445
Senior Member
The real problem with those mail order SDS kits from China is that 1) the software expires in a year, and 2) they cripple the software.
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DamageHigh (05-13-2020)
#1447
#1448
And PCBs with fake or low quality components. Many have not survived a single engine start and burned up. Those are the ones that end up on my bench for repairs.
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compaddict (05-15-2020)
#1449
Mackhack has been great doing everything on his end to get this mess sorted out. I opened a claim with fed ex, he had insured the package and has been helping with the documents needed to get the claim through.