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Blake Dobe
Newbie
NT
Soarer 30 Series TT
Posts: 3
Reg: 07-2007
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Just wondering if anyone has ever decided to change the japanese warnings into english so that we don't need to carry that little list around, surely it cant be that difficult for an electrician?
Ideas, comments, help, experiences. |
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8
Posts: 8093
Reg: 11-2004
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Seriously difficult. Just too hard to fit a translator in their, and then you have to feed them. |
Blake Dobe
Tinkerer
NT
Soarer 30 Series TT
Posts: 6
Reg: 07-2007
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haha surely it cant be that hard to reprogram just re programming the displays after all not what it is diagnosing, surely one of you pros would know how  |
Jeff Harper
Trader
NSW
UZZ32 Active V8
Posts: 1310
Reg: 07-2005
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No, it's so easy none of us could be bothered. |
Peter Nitschke
JunkFilterer
South Australia
GT4.0 V8
Posts: 8104
Reg: 11-2004
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We all learnt Japanese instead. |
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
ACT
V8 Ltd manual
Posts: 3369
Reg: 07-2005
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"...reprogramming the displays..."
What do you think you mean by this? What do you imagine would actually happen?
If you understand what it is you are trying to say you will begin to understand why it is not quite so easy.
[Jeff's answer is wonderfully ironic ] |
Don Bagnall
Moderator
New Zealand
I have WAY less Soarers than Hayden :-(
Posts: 6249
Reg: 05-2005
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Tom Kneebone
TryHard
WA
93 factory 5 spd TT : 91 Auto TT
Posts: 409
Reg: 10-2005
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You need to re- program the ROM that contains the specific display data that is fed into the display drivers for any given fault condition. You need to know what fault condition causes what memory location in the rom to be fed to the display driver. You need to know the pinouts for the display driver so you know what segments to illuminate to create good ol english by reprogramming the ROM with the appropriate 1's and 0's in the memory locations for the specific faults.
This is of course a guess at how it would work but is probably close on the money as this would be the simplest method for displaying a fixed list of messages for any given trigger.
And now that I have written this it occurs to me that the SC400 should have english so all you may need is the ROM from one of them if you have an equivalent import.
Which raises the question about the jzz31 dash?? |
Luke Gomer
Goo Roo
Dorset
Uzz31 LTD
Posts: 78
Reg: 07-2005
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Analogue dash in the SC400 |
Jeff Harper
Trader
NSW
UZZ32 Active V8
Posts: 1314
Reg: 07-2005
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And Japanese is a 2 byte font as well, another problem to deal with. But go ahead, break a leg and do it. I doubt anyone would pay the $300 or so to have it done.
I found the best way is to have no faults with your car, works like magic. |
Luke Gomer
Goo Roo
Dorset
Uzz31 LTD
Posts: 79
Reg: 07-2005
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Blake Dobe
Tinkerer
NT
Soarer 30 Series TT
Posts: 12
Reg: 07-2007
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haha, It aint my car or my money I have no problem spending that to do it. |
Tom Kneebone
TryHard
WA
93 factory 5 spd TT : 91 Auto TT
Posts: 411
Reg: 10-2005
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Luke Gomer wrote on Friday, July 27, 2007 - 01:41 am:Analogue dash in the SC400
Shows how much attention I pay to the difference between models.
As for attempting it, I haven't retired yet so diverting time to it at this point just is not going to happen.
It's more something I would tackle as a technical challenge rather than a money making venture, just to see if I cold do it.
But I'm not that bored yet! |
Miles Baker
DieHard
Vic
66 Mustang GT Convertible, 55 Chevy Bel Air, 69 Firebird 455, 73 Corvette 4sp T-Tops
Posts: 724
Reg: 08-2005
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If it's a Hitachi 44780 compatible display (probably) then the standard fonts have the katakana (?) characters in the same table as our latin characters, just in the upper 128. I'd give it a 50-50 chance of being reasonably easy to do, but I don't have a spare dash to try it on. Or the time. I do have all the tools though. |
Blake Dobe
Tinkerer
NT
Soarer 30 Series TT
Posts: 14
Reg: 07-2007
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Well sounds like I'v slowly generated some interest. |
Jeff Harper
Trader
NSW
UZZ32 Active V8
Posts: 1317
Reg: 07-2005
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No, you have generated a thread, no-one will do it. |
Mustafa Akgul
Goo Roo
NSW
JZZ30-GTTL
Posts: 1227
Reg: 07-2005
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Jeff Harper wrote on Saturday, July 28, 2007 - 10:29 am:No, you have generated a thread, no-one will do it.
hahaha... |
Richard Baird
TryHard
Perth, WA
rubber band
Posts: 336
Reg: 07-2005
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Only one person here in Oz would know more...and thats Vlad.....and he has covered this in length previously..... |
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