Ducati diagnostics / service tool...

I posted in the Multistrada section, as an MTS1200 owner but this topic will have wider interest;-)
Ducati diagnostics / service tool

There is a possibility that if I (we!) can pull together enough information and show that there would be enough interest (sales potential) that HexCode, makers of the superb GS-911 BMW motorcycle diagnostics/service tool (for the uninitiated....take a look here!;-) would consider the production of a similar tool/device for Ducati motorcycles.....

Originally Posted by AndyW

I posted in the Multistrada section, as an MTS1200 owner but this topic will have wider interest;-)
Ducati diagnostics / service tool

Andy,

Any more feedback on this ?

Now there are a few multis out there a few years old, i would have thought this would be of intrest....

Sorry for the lack of updates!


A service / diagnostics tool has been in development for some time now (last update I have was end of August) and as things stand at the moment should be on the market before the end of the year. I don't know the cost right now but expect it to be around us$250 to us$300 - not a small sum to spend but it's capabilities will be extensive! ;-)


Not surprisingly development has taken some considerable time not least because of all the microcontrollers for suspension, ABS and traction control etc on the MTS1200 and Diavel and the launch of the Panigale threw a spanner in the works as the aim now apparently is for the same tool to be compatible with the MTS1200, Diaval and Panigale. The DTC, ESA and all those electronic controls are the same for both MTS1200 and Diavel but not the same on the 1199 Panigale I'm told, making the integration of the systems difficult and so setting back the release of the tool a little.


I will update as soon as I know more.

Given that the 2013 MTS will have a new Sachs semi-active suspension system with a whole new raft of electronic complications, will that delay the project even more, I wonder?

Originally Posted by AndyW by email

The launch of the 2013 MTS1200 models, in showrooms in a few months time - the Ohlins suspension (forks, rear shock, ESA) has been replaced by a new system by Sachs and Ducati are also introducing their Skyhook system. I presume at this late stage that your R&D guys will not delay the completion of the new diagnostics system to add compatibility with the 2013 bike systems? i.e. that';ll be an update at a later date?

Originally Posted by Email reply

........... yes, once its out........any updates for the tool are free

Sorry, still not firm date for the release.

The new diagnostic/service tool is past the bench test stage with real bike testing is in progress. Testing on DP ECUs for the MTS1200 and Diavel is also under way.
If 1199 ECU is not too different in programing, then the tool will be able to take care of it too. Looks like a January launch once the DP ECU is worked out but only for Diavel and MTS1200 up to 2012.
Once I have a more definitve date for the launch I will post an update.


For the newer, 2013 MTS1200 with SkyHook suspension, it will be at least a year, as per "gentleman's" agreement between factory and the manufacturer for the tool to be able to check the suspension, but, the rest of the regular functions should be the same.

Diagnostic tool for Mitsubishi ECU's - MTS1200, Diavel and Panigale:

Ok we're almost there but for the R&D work to be completed sooner rather than later you need to show your interest by sending an email....

Thanks andy, this helps me push R&D; we just need more people writing in directly asking about it, to show R&D and management that the tool has a market, real market and that people will purchase it; we only have recorder 50 people that have joined the mailing list plus maybe another 25 from general/sales inquiry trough the website, regarding the Mitsubishi tool, this, from all around the world.

If it’s only that amount of people, R&D will not push forward at the pace they should.

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