M8 options

[w460]

Hi to all!
Please may anyone help me to define.
I hve successfully connected to my m8 ecu and discovered that it has : Logging 512k, PRO logging and Lambda.
1.What is the difference between logging and PRO logging?
2. I want to buy C1212 dash. Will it work or Telemery option is needed to use them together?

My best regards!

[greenamex2]

Pro logging allows you to use i2 Pro rather than i2 standard to analyse the data. Big bonus!
Yes a C1212 can read data from an M8. If you want to look at what is available download c1212 dash manager and have a play.

[SOReilly]

Yes the C1212 can receive data from the M8 however they are not natively RS232. The M8 comms are TTL.

Back in the day this would require a CIM to shift the voltage levels to suit the RS232 interface of the dash. the CIM are no longer available.

[greenamex2]

Yes the C1212 can receive data from the M8 however they are not natively RS232. The M8 comms are TTL.

Back in the day this would require a CIM to shift the voltage levels to suit the RS232 interface of the dash. the CIM are no longer available.

So would a simple MAX232 based TTL to RS232 be OK or did the CIM do something with protocol as well?

[Stephen Dean]

To be honest, no idea. I haven't used one of those devices to attempt to communicate with an early gold box ECU, so I do not know if it would work, and we do not have any staff working here anymore that would know enough about both systems to be able to give a definitive answer.