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    Renegade TechWorks ECS Model03 Auto Mode Suspension Controller

    Not taking orders yet but I've settled Pricing and Options for the New TechWorks Gen 3 ECS Controller. I hope to start taking Orders Aug 1.

    Here's a link to a page on TechWorks that shows the pricing. If you have any questions let me know.

    http://renegadetechworks.com/order

    P.S. At this time - the only option for using the controller is a push button switch - either the Factory ECS switch or an add on pushbutton momentary contact switch. i.e. I'm not currently offering the Rotary Control switch (usually only used with retrofits). I made it it back later as an option.

    Favorite Car - A 1998 RED VR4 , pretty much stock except: Suspension: '94 ECS Struts Retrofit w/ Tein H-Techs controlled by TechWorks ECS Suspension Controller

    www.renegadetechworks.com Open Source 3000gt ECS Retrofit & Replacement Controllers

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    All done with the Hardware & Coding... just building out units and hope to start taking orders in the next week or so.
    Here is a Final Draft of the ECS Model 03 Quick Start User Manual. It has 8 modes of operation.







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    Here's page 5 - showing the Orientation & what the integrated LEDs do in the model 03:

    Last edited by duke3k; 11-23-2016 at 06:03 PM.

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    Oh... and I'm now taking orders ... see www.renegadetechworks.com for more info.

    And like the last one everything is still open source - I'll be posting the final schematics & source code up on the techworks website shortly.

    Happy Thanksgiving.
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    So one of the complaints I've heard about the Factory ECS system is that when it's in Auto Mode (i.e. when you press the switch and select "TOUR" mode) - that you have no indication of what the system is doing to the struts as it's moving them automatically between Soft, Medium & Hard stiffness settings.

    With the Techworks unit you can always add the remote LEDs , but quite frankly - I've sold over 50 units and people just don't want to go thru the hassle of installing something else. Everybody seems to like the plug N Play nature of the aftermarket Techworks unit using just the Factory setup - i.e. the Sport & Tour lights & the Factory ECS pushbutton switch... which is fine - I totally understand.

    So for all you sports fans (pun intended) , one of the last tweeks I made to the new Model 03 Auto Mode software - was to use the Sport & Tour lights just by themselves to give you some indication of what the Automode is doing.....

    For your viewing enjoyment:

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    Here's the final production open source for the Techworks Model 03 Controller:

    Firmware Source Code: http://renegadetechworks.com/opensou...ecs-software-2

    Electrical Schematic: http://renegadetechworks.com/images/..._Schematic.pdf



    cheers,
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    When you shut that car off will the controller default back to a "Tour" setting or stay in the setting you had set last?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2fnloud View Post
    When you shut that car off will the controller default back to a "Tour" setting or stay in the setting you had set last?
    The new Model 03 has a user selectable default start up mode that is saved in EPROM, so you can set the startup to any of the 5 modes that controller has : Manual-Hard, Medium, Soft or Auto: Soft,Medium

    Setting the default is Mode 4 in the user guide a few posts back

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    Forgive my questions not at my PC to easily read past posts. Is the firmware cable needed to select the default mode?

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    No, you can do everything with just the ECS button on the dash. To set the default mode you simply choose whatever mode you want to be the default using the ECS button as necessary, then push the ECS button 4 times quickly and the module will flash the tour/sport lights 4 times to indicate that it has saved the current mode as the default mode.

    The firmware cable is only needed to update the firmware if a new version gets released and you dont want to send it back to duek3k. I believe the cable is also needed if you ever want to recalibrate the accelerometer, but I'm not positive that is the case and I believe he stated that it will come calibrated already.

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