possible to copy tune from car?

[jdeves]

I had my laptop die and I no longer have a copy of the tune I had been working on but my car is still running it. Is there any way to get it off the car so that I don't have to start from scratch again?

[jdeves]

well I really need to get to tuning so I can dyno in two weeks so I'm going to assume this isn't possible. If so, it seems like something that could very easily be added since I believe it is essentially the same as when you first load the software and copy your stock tune.

[Steve @ VersaTune]

We do not presently extract the tune from any ROM image. We install a slightly modified factory stock tune during the initial install. We could probably add the functionality to parse the tune from an image of a supported ROM version. It would probably not be ready in 2 weeks time though.

[skiptownmcat]

That's bad luck, but surely you have an idea of where you were with the tune do it shouldn't take that long to get back to where it was before?
I email myself a copy every few revisions to avoid this.

[Ugnius @ VersaTune]

Have you been working on it with VersaTuner? If so, I can send you a tool to extract the tune. If the tune was created using 3rd party tuning software, we will not be able to help you at this time.

[jdeves]

My most recent backup was fairly old. I should have been more diligent about making copies and keeping them somewhere, I'll definitely be doing that from here on.

I ended up just using one of the base tunes available in VersaTuner and started over from there. But I definitely think being able to pull down a tune you uploaded with Versatuner would be nice.

[mituc]

Does the Versatuner lock the ECU from reading/flashing after install? I was wondering if I can take a look at the tables with another tuning software (mazdaedit) while having a tune flashed with the Versatuner.

[Sassimac]

MazdaEdit will not overwrite the ECU after VT is installed. It will error. I can vouch for that firsthand...!!!

Having said that, I do have a VT conversion of my MazdaEdit file when I was a beta tester for VT. It is for the CX7. If you send me your MazdaEdit file, I will be able to map across some tables for you.

[mituc]

Nope, that's ok, I will not purchase a mazdaedit license anymore as I will not be able to do this without a lot of tricks and hacks.