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DSP² Custom Operating System Tutorial IntroductionThis tutorial assumes you are running the latest release of version 7.3 of the EFILive Tuning Tool software, please ensure you are running the latest software, free updates can be downloaded from http://www.efilive.com/download.aspx Your hardware must also be either licensed as Flashscan Commercial or Workshop. If you presently own a Flashscan Personal cable you will need to upgrade to use the DSP² programs. The Custom Operating Systems supplied by EFILive are provided “as is without warranty of any kind. Please take all reasonable caution when using the extended features of EFILive’s Custom Operating Systems. You may return your ECM to its GM factory condition at any time, by reflashing a stock GM Operating System and calibration over the top of any EFILive Custom Operating System. What is EFILive DSP² ? DSP² is a customized ECM operating system developed by EFILive for the LB7 & LLY Duramax Diesels. DSP² lets you to switch on the fly between two user programmable tunes; DSP² does this by allowing you create two versions of the main operating maps that control engine performance. DSP² also offers you the feature of a switchable output using a spare pin on the ECM. This could be used for a variety of things, such as, switching a relay on/off, turning on a warning lamp under conditions that you can define (see hints on the last page of this document). Please follow the steps on the following pages to successfully upgrade your Duramax ECM to DSP².
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Step 1 Using the EFILive Tune Tool, read the ECM to be converted to DSP² and save the file, or, open an existing *.tun file copy of the ECM and note the Operating System number. You will need to select the correct DSP² Operating System *.tun file from the list shown on the next page based on this number. You may wish to write this down for reference.
You may wish to take note of the current Operating System in the ECM in the space below ..
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DSP² Custom Operating System Tutorial EFILive V7 Tuning Tool Step 2 Using the table below, find the EFILive Custom Operating System that matches your ECM’s current Operating System number. The two numbers at the end of each DSP² filename may be 01, 02, 03, etc, this indicates the version number and feature-set of the EFILive Custom Operating System. At the time of writing only 01 is available. The .tun file is what is programmed into the ECM’s flash memory. The .cal file contains the mapping information for the Tuning Tool. Note: The listed year in the table refers to the year the ECM operating system was first released and then the various revisions of the first release, not the model-year of the vehicle. GM Operating Systems (O.S) vs EFILive DSP² Custom O.S
Step 3 Open the EFILive DSP² Custom Operating system *.tun file from the list on the previous page that matches the ECM’s current GM Operating System.
You should NOT use this tune as the one to run your truck, the following steps will show you how to transfer your existing tune from your truck back into the DSP² Operating System . When the supplied DSP² file opens EFILive will warn you that there is some table values out of range, this is normal as the tables will contain no data at this stage, we will populate them later.
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Step 4 Open as a *.tun file comparison, the file that contains the ECM’s original calibrations (or an existing tun file you are using in that ECM).
Once this is done you should now see the DSP² file name as the main file and your ECM’s current (non DSP²) file as the alternate calibration.
The compare calibrations button will also be active.
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Step 5 You now need to transfer over your existing calibrations into the DSP² file. This is done using the segment copy feature. From the menu choose Edit > Copy entire segment.
When you perform that step please take note of the confirmation window that pops up telling you that you are about to copy from the alternate calibration to the current calibration, it must not say from the current calibration to the alternate calibration.
Then save the file. You will need to repeat this process (copy then save) for all segments shown in the picture on the next page.
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Step 5 continued Do not copy the “EFILive Custom Calibrations segment, just those in the red square.
For LB7
For LLY
Once all segments have been copied your saved file will now contain the DSP² program, but now with the calibrations from your truck installed. This is an important step as GM has many different calibrations for each model truck to cover different tire sizes, A/C configurations, emissions compliance etc. What you program back into your truck must match what was originally in the ECM. The next few steps involve populating the new DSP² tables as they will be blank.
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Step 6 Ensure the display units (imperial or metric) for the DSP² tables are set the same as the tables you are about to copy the data from (the list of tables to copy can be found on page 13 of this document). This is done via the menu option Edit >> Configure Display Units You only need to configure or confirm the Table / Parameter ID’s that have something shown in the Data Units section (such as A0101 shown below).
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DSP² Custom Operating System Tutorial Step 7 Open the first segment in the Navigator, called EFILive Custom Calibrations, you now need to fill these tables / parameters with values to be used for your switched tune. As a starting point, the best option is to copy your existing standard tables into the DSP² tables.