Link/Vipec not all they're cracked up to be!

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Link/Vipec not all they're cracked up to be!

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http://www.linkecu.com/forums/G4Forum/632110636
PCLink help file wrote:A datastream can be requested from the ECU by sending a capital 'A'. Depending on the datastream mode selected, either a long or short datastream will be returned.
PCLink help file wrote:Note: Do not request data again until all bytes have been received.
I'd be pretty angry if I had a $1000+ link and read that...
Checksum = 0xFFFF - (sum of all bytes) + 1
Better than what we do, so good enough, but what about packet integrity of other types?

Pity the fool(s).

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