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                    - RomRaider 0.5.3 Beta RC8 -
            Open-Source ECU Tuning -- www.romraider.com


PLEASE MAKE SURE TO READ RELEASE _NOTES.TXT_ EACH TIME YOU DOWNLOAD
A NEW VERSION OF ROMRAIDER. IMPORTANT NOTICES, KNOWN ISSUES AND
NEW FEATURES WILL BE DISCUSSED.

RomRaider is a full featured Engine Control Unit editing application
for tuning virtually any manufacturer, meant to be used in conjuction
with ECU flash and dump utilities. RomRaider will give you full
control over timing, fuel, boost and many other parameters in your
ECU, competing with very expensive and proprietary software. RomRaider
will remove your need for piggyback systems designed to control these
functions, and, in most cases, work as well as or better than any
stand alone engine management. Reflashing your stock ECU also has the
added benefit of a manufacturer tested base map, giving you top notch
performance and saving time tuning idle and low throttle applications
while retaining all of the benefit of the research and development
manufacturer's spend millions of dollars on.

RomRaider is currently in BETA TEST status, meaning it is not
thoroughly tested and not intended for use by inexperienced users. In
addition to being incomplete and untested, only experienced tuners
with the required tools (ie, wideband oxygen sensor) should modify an
ECU image. As with any engine management, changes could result in
severe engine damage. Use at your own risk.

Documentation is available at http://wiki.romraider.com and the
official RomRaider FAQ can be found at
http://www.romraider.com/about444.html. Please be aware that as
RomRaider is still in beta status and changing frequently,
documentation may be incomplete or out of date.


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- 0.5.3b RC8 Notes (05/14/2011) -
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This is the eigth beta release of the upcoming official 0.5.3b release.

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- 0.5.3b RC8 Known Issues -
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- Editor
  - Pasting table data can cause hangs under certain circumstances
- Logger
  - Gauge min/max/step limits incomplete (logger.xml)
  - ECU connections under Linux are flaky (start the logger after
      you've started the engine)
  - Update latency via injector tab broken for some models (eg. 2007 2.5i)
  - LM-2 MTS support incomplete


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- Change Log -
--------------

0.5.3b RC8 (05/14/2011)
-----------------------

--- Logger ---
- Added support to log from ECU or TCU (not both at the same time, yet)
- New AEM protocol support added (AEM2 plugin works at 19200 baud and reports
  Lambda values)
- New Tech Edge support added (currently only supports data format 2.0)

0.5.3b RC7 (12/21/2010)
-----------------------

--- Editor ---
- Fixed Compare map scroll list
- Added support for sign integer data (used in diesel ROMs)

--- Logger ---
- Improved serial connection handling
- MRF Stealth Gauge support added
- Added saving parameter list show/hide to settings
- Added USER input read ability for ZT2
- Added check box to enable/disable COM port refreshing and save the setting

0.5.3b RC6 (05/02/2009)
-----------------------

--- Logger ---
This RC includes the new Road Dyno/ET tab, version 16.
To use the Road Dyno:
        - Set the Mode button to Dyno
        - Clear all parameters from the other tabs to achieve the best data
          resolution.
        - On the Dyno tab, select your vehicle and adjust the tire size and
          gear you will be using.
        - Once set, press the Record Data button.
        - With the button pressed setup to do your WOT run, no need to hurry.
        - Hold WOT run to redline.  As soon as WOT is no longer detected the
          graph will be updated with your estimated wheel power and torque.
        - Adjust temperature and humidity if they are not accurate and
          "recalculate" the results.
        - Smoothing, lower is more smooth and higher is less smooth.
        - Right click on the graph to Save as...
        - If you wish to average two or more consecutive runs, press the
          Record Data button again and repeat the WOT run.  At the end of
          each run the datasets will be combined and the results displayed.
        - A Reference Trace can be Saved and displayed at any time for comparison.
        - The Clear button will delete all recorded data for a fresh start.

To use the ET feature:
        - Set the Mode button to ET
        - Clear all parameters from the other tabs to achieve the best data
          resolution.
        - On the Dyno tab, select the vehicle you will be using.
        - Once set and the vehicle is stationary, SPEED = 0, press the Record ET button.
        - With the button pressed complete your 1/4 mile run.
        - As soon as 1/4 mile distance is covered the graph will be updated with
          your elapsed times and speeds.
        - Right click on the graph to Save as...
        - Or Save a Reference Trace of your times to a text file.

0.5.3b RC5 (11/29/2009)
----------------------

--- Logger ---
- 14Point7 NAW_7S UEGO support added
- Improved serial connection handling

0.5.3b RC4 (10/31/2009)
----------------------

--- Logger ---
- LM-2 MTS support added (possibly flaky!)
- Consolidated Innovate wideband serial plugins (LC-1, LM-1, LM-2)
- Plugin ports automatically saved and reloaded

0.5.3b RC3 (10/18/2009)
----------------------

--- Editor ---
- Dump system props to log at startup

--- Logger ---
- Update Zeitronix item labels
- Update installer config

0.5.3b RC2 (10/17/2009)
----------------------

--- Logger ---
- PLX and Zeitronix sensor support added
- AEM UEGO support improved

0.5.2b (02/07/2009)
----------------------

--- Editor ---
- ECU def config check added

--- Logger ---
- Set OP2.0 loopback=1
- Logger def config check added

0.5.1b (12/24/2008)
----------------------

--- Editor ---
- Table compare bug fixed.
- Table drag speed improvements (disabled D3D use).

--- Logger ---
- Removed all UTEC integration.

0.5.1b RC5 (11/17/2008)
----------------------

--- Logger ---
- J2534 api tweaks.
- External sensor connection handling updated.

0.5.1b RC4 (10/9/2008)
----------------------

--- Editor ---
- Table compare bug fixed.
- Debug save mode enabled by default.
- Already running detection port changed to 50001.

--- Logger ---
- Some refactoring around serial port handling.
- Fix display of unknown rom ids.
- Add config item for logger definition location.

0.5.1b RC3 (9/25/2008)
----------------------

--- Logger ---
- OpenPort 2.0 cable integration

0.5.1b RC2 (6/14/2008)
----------------------

--- Editor ---
- Ramtune Test app menu item name changed to SSM
- Fixed save/restore of cell height/width bug

--- Logger ---
- Vertical control panel added for tab specific functions
- Parameter list converted from split panes to tabs and widened
    by default
- Last open tab now remembered
- Icon added to log to file button
- Fullscreen mode via startup parameter '-logger.fullscreen'

0.5.1b RC1 (6/7/2008)
---------------------

--- Editor ---
- Vertical axis label restored on 3D tables

--- Logger ---
- Connection handling updated
- User profile loading updated
- Hide/show parameter list (F11) on data, graph, dash tabs
- Switchable (F12) dash gauge styles
- Scrollable dash pane
- Latest data point on MAF and injector scaling tabs displayed
    as a different colour.


0.5.0b (5/1/2008)
-----------------

--- Editor ---
- Minor bug fixes
- RAMTune test application

--- Logger ---
- Plugin interface added including plugins for,
  - Innovate LC-1
  - Innovate LM-1
  - AEM UEGO
  - UTEC
- New MAF scaler tab
- New injector scaler tab
- Reset ECU


0.4.1b (2/8/2007)
-----------------

--- Tuning ---
- Fix frame sizes too small on 2d tables
- Fix switch tables displaying wrong icon in table tree

--- Datalogging ---
- Autoconnect
- Reset, disconnect buttons
- Reset data buttons per tab
- Updated dash tab with warning levels (warning levels not currently
  saved to profile)
- Fixed "Manifold Relative Pressure (Corrected)" parameter
- Fixed profile save/load problems
- ECU id display in status bar
- Updated address format in logger.xml (length attribute added to
  replace multiple <byte> tags. length defauilts to 1 if not specified)
- Autodetection of ecu specific parameters via new <ecuparam> tags in
  logger.xml (IAM, engine load)
- ECU connection status indicator added to interface (stopped,
  connecting, reading data, logging to file)
- Auto filtering of parameter list based on ECU init response (should
  only display now what your car says it supports)
- Enable defogger switch based file logging via menu bar (don't need to
  select it in switch list anymore)
- Defogger switch is only logged to file when explicitly enabled
- Absolute timestamp option added for file logging
- Relative timestamp now reset to zero at the beginning of each log file
  (unless absolute timestamp is selected)
- Graph tab color scheme updated
- Enhancements to the map overlay feature, including display of the live
  data and overlay of the live data values on the map cells.
- Tooltips added to parameter list showing parameter description (not all
  parameters have a description yet though)
- General logger parameter updates/additions


0.4.0b (11/10/2006)
-------------------
- Add file associations
- Ability to view (but not modify) tables above userlevel
- Add link to latest ECU definitions
- Fix switch (CEL fix) inheritance
- Fix table ordering in child ROMs
- Fix table level display in property panel
- Fix label fonts on 3D tables
- Logging
- 3D graphing
- Interpolating (map smoothing)


0.3.2b (8/12/2006)
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- Installer/Shortcuts
- Add status bar
- Add support for hex ID strings for Mitsubishi support
- Fix goofy behavior of increase/decrease at limits
- Add multiply values function
- Improve exception handling in XML parser
- Add lockable tables via ECU definitions
- Rearrange 3D table labels
- Improve datacell colorize method
- Add limits to table values in XML
- Fix exiting through menu not saving settings
- Add ECU Definition Manager


0.3.1b (7/11/2006)
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- Change year attribute to string from int
- Fix incrementing in compare mode
- Fix refresh tables working improperly with multiple ROMs open
- Update table property panel
- Fix float values not incrementing properly in axiis
- Fix values not incrementing if increment amount is less than LSB
- Add option whether to display tables higher than userlevel
- Add option whether to save changes made to debug tables
- Fix clicking on ROM tree opening/closing wrong tables
- Fix switch tables not compensating for RAM
- Fix many memory leak problems
- List tables above userlevel, but disabled
- Color debug tables red
- Add "version" tag to settings
- Show release notes on first run
- Remove unnecessary variables from settings XML
- Add name and description to CEL/checksum fix tables
- Fix "(null)" text on static 2D axiis
- Remove table name from bottom of 2D table
- Allow single clicking to open tables (via settings)
- Add fine adjustment values to ECU definition
- Fix map copy/paste
- Increment affects real instead of binary value
- User levels
- Fix definition parser rounding incrementby values
- Improve table properties display
- Fix byte/real conversion validation


0.3.0b (7/2/2006)
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- Finish map comparing implementation


0.2.93a Private Test Release (7/1/2006)
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- Added "switch" table type


0.2.92a Private Test Release (7/1/2006)
----------------------------------------
- Fixed squares appearing instead of some float values
- Fixed exception when entering decimals in coarse value
- Fixed set value field being cast to integer instead of decimal
- Fixed progress bar not closing on errors
- Pressing "." now focuses set value field


0.2.91a Private Test Release (6/30/2006)
----------------------------------------
- Fixed memory usage issues
- Added performance and other memory optimizations


0.2.90a Private Test Release (6/30/2006)
----------------------------------------
- Added 32-bit ECU (float) support


0.2.7.4b (5/09/2006)
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- Fixed 16-bit 3D tables saving improperly
- Added compare to original value function


0.2.7.3b (4/17/2006)
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- Fix border colors not showing changes from keyboard
- Add progress indicators
- Remove table definition generator
- Fix refresh button closing images with same filename
- Fix border/background of static axiis
- Fix rounding problems causing false conflicts for conversion expressions
- Fix set value not updating borders
- Reset default settings option
- Fix cell border not saving
- Improve warning messages
- Fix ECU definition file settings not saving
- Fix last image directory resetting
- Fix updated cell border not updating


0.2.7.2b (4/12/2006)
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- Fixed close all images


0.2.7.1b (4/12/2006)
--------------------
- Fixed ECU definitions not saving
- Fixed last image directory not saving
- Fixed colors not saving
- Fixed increased/decreased cell borders not updating


0.2.7b (4/12/2006)
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- Replace serialized settings object with XML
- Settings panel
- Custom sizes/fonts/colors for tables
- Fix blue 2D table axiis
- Fix exception when clicking on table list
- Expression/to_byte conflict warning
- Rename packages to conventional lowercase
- Improve refresh method when saving
- Improve exception reporting
- Implement "obsolete" tag -- set up wiki with ROM revision info
- Group tables by category
- Fix descriptions not working
- Fix 2D table navigation


0.2.6b (4/5/2006)
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- Shortcut keys
- Improve display of tables too large for window (MDI)
- Improve exception reporting
- Improve saved window position on exit (panel size, maximized)
- Remove "copy" from table menu -- its in the edit menu
- Fix vertical overhead on table size for new graphical buttons
- Fix rounding issues with set value
- Fix ctrl-click on tables
- Resize cells to make best use of screen
- Prevent simultaneous selection of axiis and table values
- Map copying
- Graphical icons
- Cascade windows (MDI)
- Fix table frame JScrollPane (MDI)


0.2.5b (3/28/2006)
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- Import tables by single address
- Refresh image button
- Table properties
- Add "obsolete" tag for images with more recent revisions
- Fix application not closing files after reading
- Add file extensions to open/save dialog (HEX, BIN)
- Fix parser searching by XML ID instead of internal storage ID
- Image properties
- Show positive (red) and negative (blue) value changes on tables
BUG FIXES:
- Decrement (fine) increments
- Files not closing after being read
- Set value rounds goofy
- 1D tables not colorizing properly
- 2D tables not working properly
- Set value field shows negative numbers


0.2.4a (3/21/2006)
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- "Base" attribute for extending/duplicating tables
- "Omit" attribute not required to omit tables -- just set storageaddress to "0"
- Fine and coarse adjustment of values
- Direct value input
- Support for ROMs with or without RAM sectors


0.2.3a (2/27/2006)
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- ECU definitions including each other (endless loop) is now handled
- "Omit" attribute allows incomplete tables to be removed from inheriting definitions
- Nested includes (includes more than 1 definition deep) tested and working properly


0.2.2a (2/26/2006)
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- Include support in XML definitions (exception handling not yet implemented!)


0.2.1a (2/13/2006)
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- Handles storage addresses that are out of range
- Fixed conflicting parent/child table sizes (done)
- Replaced "<Table Name>" menu with "Table" -- makes it more obviously a menu
- Fixed 3D table sizing problem
- Fixed colorizing exception
- Fixed backwards endians
- Fixed storage address out of range exception
- Improved close image method


.20a (2/11/2006)
----------------
-Completely rewritten
-XML ECU definitions
-View multiple images and tables


.14a (11/26/2005)
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-Improved axis cell modification
-Fixed absolute value calculations

.13a
-----
-Revised text entry of values
-Added EUDM WRX support
-Improved multiple cell selection
-Improved axis cell modification
-Axis cell changes can be saved

Supported ECU Versions/Version Added - Deprecated as of version .20a. ECU versions are now defined in ecu_defs.xml.
----------------------
2004/2005 USDM WRX:
-A4TF300E .13a
-A4TF400E .13a
-A4TF800E .13a
-A4TF500F .13a
-A4TF510F .13a
-A4TF800F .13a

2002/2003 USDM WRX:
-A4TC300L .13a
-A4SGC00C .13a
-A4SGD10C .13a
-A4SG900C .13a

2003 EUDM WRX:
-A4TE001G .13a