Windows 7 is EOL and unsupported since January 2020. This means that updates are no longer available to download from Microsoft. You should ideally move to a supported OS as soon as possible.
If after installing SP1 and the .NET Core framework the tool still does not run, two updates are required:
Initialize
.At this point the tool will connect to the server. For some protocols you might be asked to provide the original file. If your ECU is supported, the tool will load the list of parameters that can be logged from the server and display the selection.
Some protocols require the ECU to be patched. The relevant information will be displayed in the box at the bottom of the tool.
The licensing status is displayed in the main window after initialization. A license is not needed to see if the logger is compatible with the ECU. You should always check compatibility before purchasing credits.
Before you can log or patch you first need to activate the protocol:
Credits can be added at https://billing.vehical.net
NB! The license is considered per-seat/location. Do not share your key outside of a single location of your company. This will be detected and the key locked out.
The measurement selection window is automatically shown after initialization. If closed, it can be opened at any time using the Selection…
button.
Save profile
button saves the current selection to file.Load profile
button loads a selection from file. Only the variables that are available will be loaded, the rest will be ignored.Sync
checkbox makes the measurement list follow the selected item in the selection box. It is useful if you want to look up the description of a measurement.Top add
checkbox makes the tool insert new values on top of the list.
To view data on-screen only, press the Connect
button. It is possible to add and remove measurements while the datastream is active, making it easier to find what you need.
The Limit speed
checkbox limits the streaming speed to 20hz. It is recommended to keep it checked at all times, unless you need very high speed data. A patched ECU can log at 100hz and the log files quickly become very large. Log processing software also often has trouble with huge log files.
The data display can be changed using the radio buttons, if you need to see raw unconverted data from the ECU.
Make sure you have selected a Log folder
in the settings on top.
Press the Start Logging
button to start writing the stream to file, press it again to stop. The output is a CSV file with comma as the separator.
Press Show
to open an explorer window pointing to the log folder.