CG FC200 OR FLEX Which one Is Better For BOSCH EDC16CP35

This article is going to compare two ECU programmers on EDC16CP35 – CG FC200 and Flex.

We will see how they read, write, and checksum this ECU.

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1.FC200

Here we use MPC56XX Adapter.

Connect device to ECU.

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Run FC200 software.

Search “edc16”.

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Wiring diagram.

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Read ExtFlash data, costing 55 seconds.

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Delete EGR for the Flash file.

Write new data back, costing 32 seconds.

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FC200 only writes differences but cannot do automatic checksum.

 

2.Flex

Now we turn to Flex.

Connect programmer to ECU as diagrams.

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Connect and read external Flash, costing 50 seconds.

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Then write modified flash data back, costing 30 seconds.

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Flex do checksum automatically.

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Done! Checksum is the only difference between FC200 and Flex.