Hi all,

This is going to be a multi-part post about the Softronic tune.

I can confirm to you that this whole process is being done on a MacBook Pro 2.8GHZ Core 2 Duo with 4GB RAM running MacOS X 10.6.3.
Softronic flashing software is installed and running under BootCamp with Windows 7.



I bought this through Vivid and, as such, I will be doing this with them.

After you pay for the tune, Vivid will send you the enthusiast (upgraded) version of the Durametric cable. It looks like this:






You will then need to download and install the Softronic flashing software under windows. I downloaded mine here:
http://www.softronictuning.com/installation/

Note, you can now also download and install the Durametric software. You will need version 6 for the 2010 911TT which is still in beta. You can get it from Durametric's website. You will need this to complete the flash as you will need to clear some error codes, but more on that later.

Afterwards, you sit and wait for 5 weeks for your car to arrive...

(When you eventually get your car) You then need to do the following:

1- Hook up a battery tender as a precaution against your battery running flat while you are interacting with the ECU...
2- Hook up your laptop to a power outlet, again, for the same precaution...
3- Boot up your laptop under bootcamp into windows
4- Turn the ignition key of your car to the on position but without turning the engine on!
5- Hook up the Durametric cable to the ECU access point. It is located under the dash towards the left hand corner. It is a straight vertical connect.


(sorry about the boot, not required to run bootcamp )

6- Hook up the Durametric cable's other end to your laptop's USB port
7- Connect to the internet
8- Fire up the Softronic flashing software

The software will then check internet connection, check Durametric cable connection to your ECU and that your ignition key is turned to the on position and it will tell you it is ready to start reading your file.

Click Next, the software will start reading...

The software on our new 2010 TTs will read a whopping 2097152 Bytes! That's a full 2 MB!




Once it is done reading, on the next screen you will have to fill out the following details:

Your Name
Your Email Address
Your car's model year
Your car's transmission type
The model of your car
The pump gas you use
A list of any mods you have on your car

On the next screen, you are prompted to send the file to Softronic by clicking send from within the screen. The software will attempt to send the file for about 2 to 3 minutes, will fail, and then will ask you to save the file to send it via email.
Save it on your desktop (automatically zipped to 967KB file size) and email away!
I emailed it to:
porsche@vividracing.com

The whole process took about 25 minutes, of which, 20 minutes were spent for the software to read the ECU file, 3 minutes as the software was trying to upload to Softronic, and 2 minutes for everything else.

This is as far as I got up to now, more to follow as I receive my files back from Softronic/Vivid.

I hope this was helpfull.

 

my god u should get paid for that write up thanks man

 

My pleasure bro. Hope someone finds this useful

I was uncertain about the Mac issue as they say it is not supported.
Now I know they meant there is no Mac version of the software itself, but with BootCamp you can still get things done on the Mac.

 

+1.

 

Amazing work! Rep points. I got the file.

Will add this to the www.vrtuned.com blog later!

 

you will like it man

Tomorrow we will meet ,,, i will call you kreem to see your car

good luck

 

What's the ETA on tuned file from Vivid?

 

Thank you Dan. I will be careful, for sure!

You can call me kreem all you want, I usually respond better to Karim though!

Seriously though, I'm looking forward to it bro

Should be within 24 hours

 

Files are returned within 24-48 hours. The DFI cars take a bit longer to make up.

 

No worries bro, no rush

 

Did you get it back?

 

Not yet bro. No rush!
I probably won't be able to install it until end of June anyway.
I'll be out of town for a few days.