Cruise control (Sorry)

[anothercrapusername]

Massive apologies for repetition but although folk in other threads seem to have a similar problem, answers which contain links to what software and hardware they need are old and thus out of date.

I have a 2013 XTR, which following a FRENZY of activity I've fitted cruise control to. 

Yes!

Cruise control!

Hmm. I bought one from eBay for a trivial sum as, once, on a night shift, I read that it wouldn't be difficult to fit and enable. Well I fitted it no problem, and then, couldn't quite find the software that I needed to enable it. PP2000? Diagbox? Lexia?

A google brings up either kits which include a laptop (for much money) or others which seem to be just diagnostic tools.

Aha (I thought) I'll just get a local Citroen specialist to do it. Well he thought he could do it, and purchased a token from Citroen to give him access to the servers, but although he reckons it shows as "enabled" it ain't working still.

Do I really need to buy a 400 quid "kit" to switch it on?

(I believe I have the switch on the clutch. I don't think I need anything esle!)

[brodfather11]

If the cruise control switch is a chinese one it wont work.

I bought one and enabled it but it still would not work. Had switch on clutch and even changed brake switch but no joy.

Returned it got my money back and got a used one from ebay scrappie and it worked.

[shtu]

If the cruise control switch is a chinese one it wont work.

This. You're better off buying a good used one, and bear in mind many Citroens and Pugs use exactly the same part so you can shop around.

For 100% correct you can install the throttle pedal with the limit switch at the end of the travel (it's used to override the speed limiter), but the orginal one will work OK for cruise.

Theres a fair chance the cruiise will work if the stalk is changed.

[anothercrapusername]

If the cruise control switch is a chinese one it wont work.

I bought one and enabled it but it still would not work. Had switch on clutch and even changed brake switch but no joy.

Returned it got my money back and got a used one from ebay scrappie and it worked.

It's from a Picasso!

(I read that far into the threads)

[anothercrapusername]

If the cruise control switch is a chinese one it wont work.

This. You're better off buying a good used one, and bear in mind many Citroens and Pugs use exactly the same part so you can shop around.

For 100% correct you can install the throttle pedal with the limit switch at the end of the travel (it's used to override the speed limiter), but the orginal one will work OK for cruise.

Theres a fair chance the cruiise will work if the stalk is changed.

Pretty sure the control stalk is good (it came from a scrappie), it's the switching it on in the car ECU I am struggling with.

What I am hoping for is a link to "buy this you fool".

I do not have an XP laptop (Windows 10 or Mac)...

[shtu]

You might have watched this chatty Irish bloke, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDydWvgq0VI at about 18 minutes in he shows you the coding process, in both the BSI and Engine ECUs.

Coding it - you may be cheaper to get your bloke to buy another token? If not, at 2013 I think you are stil old enough to code it without online access. Check this before you spend any money.

Then,
eBay.
"lexia 3 full chip"
They're about the £120-130 mark.

There are some listings that talk about poviding Virtual Machines (VMs), with the software preinstalled. That's a much easier option to work with. There are also some links to VM images lurking on this forum.

Install VMWare workstation on your Win10 box.
Add the VM of your choice.
Connect everything up.
Start the VM.
Pass the USB connection through to the VM.

[anothercrapusername]

You might have watched this chatty Irish bloke, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDydWvgq0VI at about 18 minutes in he shows you the coding process, in both the BSI and Engine ECUs.

Coding it - you may be cheaper to get your bloke to buy another token? If not, at 2013 I think you are stil old enough to code it without online access. Check this before you spend any money.

Then,
eBay.
"lexia 3 full chip"
They're about the £120-130 mark.

There are some listings that talk about poviding Virtual Machines (VMs), with the software preinstalled. That's a much easier option to work with. There are also some links to VM images lurking on this forum.

Install VMWare workstation on your Win10 box.
Add the VM of your choice.
Connect everything up.
Start the VM.
Pass the USB connection through to the VM.

He said that car was too new so he had to buy a token, and that when he did he was able to switch it on in the car's ECU but it still wasn't working...

I should really have stayed but I had to do other things, and when I returned it was just "nope".

[anothercrapusername]

You might have watched this chatty Irish bloke, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDydWvgq0VI at about 18 minutes in he shows you the coding process, in both the BSI and Engine ECUs.

Coding it - you may be cheaper to get your bloke to buy another token? If not, at 2013 I think you are stil old enough to code it without online access. Check this before you spend any money.

Then,
eBay.
"lexia 3 full chip"
They're about the £120-130 mark.

There are some listings that talk about poviding Virtual Machines (VMs), with the software preinstalled. That's a much easier option to work with. There are also some links to VM images lurking on this forum.

Install VMWare workstation on your Win10 box.
Add the VM of your choice.
Connect everything up.
Start the VM.
Pass the USB connection through to the VM.

(Yes I have watched that video! I mean I didn't watch it all, which is perhaps part of the problem.

[shtu]

he was able to switch it on in the car's ECU but it still wasn't working.

Maybe he did only one of the two - both BSI and Engine ECU need to be coded. It's a common enough job though.

Beyond that, it's off into output tests for the various switches and controls to make sure everything is present, working and seen by the ECUs.