Setting up TuneBoy on Windows Vista

Introduction

If you have problems getting TuneEdit to connect to the ECU on your bike you should follow these steps. Please follow every step in the order shown below. Do not assume that you can skip a step, this needs to be done in the order shown.

Step 1 - Uninstall any existing TuneBoy software,

Go to Control Panel and select Programs and Features. Scroll down to TuneBoy, right click on TuneBoy and select Uninstall. Follow the prompts to uninstall the software.

Step 2 - Uninstall any existing device drivers

The cable must be connected to the PC when you do this. Start Device manager, you can do this through the control panel or by clicking on the Start orb on the bottom left of the screen, type mmc devmgmt.msc and hit enter, click Continue on the warning prompt and the following screen will be displayed. Click the + next to Universal Serial Bus controllers to expand the list of USB devices.

Right click on the TuneBoy Device and select Uninstall, the following screen will be displayed.

Make sure you put a tick in Delete the driver software for this device then click the OK button.

Unplug the cable as soon as the device is deleted.

Do not close device manager as it is need in step 5.

Step 3 - Download latest drivers

Download the latest TuneBoy device drivers from the downloads page. Once they have downloaded you need to unzip the files to your PC, we recommend C:\TBDrivers as the location to unzip the drivers to.

Step 4 - Install the cable drivers

Connect the cable to the PC again, the following screen will be displayed.

Click on Locate and install the driver software and click Continue on the warning message that follows. After a minute of two the following screen will be displayed.

Click on the I don't have the disc, Show me other options. The following screen will be displayed.

Click on Browse my computer for driver software.

Click the Browse button and select the location where you unzipped the drivers, if you used the name we recommended your screen should look like the one above, now click Next.

The following warning will be displayed.

Click Install this driver software anyway.

The drivers for the cable have now been installed, click Close.

Step 5 - Enable VCP

Switch back to device manager and right click on the TuneBoy Device again, this time select Properties, the following screen will be displayed.

Now select the Advanced tab, the following screen will be displayed.

If you do not have the Advanced tab you should follow this link to force the correct drivers to load.

Put a tick in the Load VCP box then click the OK button.

Unplug the cable and plug it back in again. You will again be prompted to install device drivers, proceed as before (See Step 4).

Step 6 - Setup the timer

In device manager you should now expand the Ports (COM & LPT), in this you will see TuneBoy Device(COMn)

Right click on this and select Properties, select the Port settings tab, this should look like the following.

Click on the Advanced... button, the following screen will be displayed.

Change the Latency Timer (msec) to 1, your screen should now look like the one above.

Click the OK button to save the setting and the OK button on the next screen to close the properties window.

Step 7 - Clean up the registry from previous installs

Download the registry clean program from here. Run the program in the zip and click the Clear TuneBoy Registry settings button, this will delete any tuneboy settings from your registry.

Step 8 - Install TuneBoy

Download the latest TuneBoy setup program from the downloads page. Once the file is downloaded you should run the Setup.exe in the zip. Follow the prompts, this will install TuneBoy on your PC. Don't select the Launch TuneBoy option.

Once the install is complete you will have a folder TuneBoy Tunes on your desktop, open this folder then open the folder for your brand and model of bike. As an example if you has an Aprilia RXV 550 you would now see a screen like this.

Double click on the tune for your bike, for example the 25016Tune.dat file. You will now see a screen like the following.

Click on the Options menu and select Properties the following screen will be displayed.

In the Serial Port box you should click the arrow at the end and select the TuneBoy Device(COMn).

If you are connecting to a KTM you need to have the tick in Precision Timer, if not you should remove the tick as it is not required for other models and can cause problems on some PC's.

Click the Save button then close TuneEdit down.

Step 9 - Disable VCP

Switch back to device manager and right click on the TuneBoy Device again, this time select Properties, the following screen will be displayed.

Now select the Advanced tab, the following screen will be displayed.

Remove the tick from the Load VCP box then click OK.

Unplug the cable and plug it back in again. You can now close device manager

Step 10 - Obtain your ECU Unlock

Close the TuneEdit program now and double click on the TuneEdit icon on your desktop.

Connect the other end of the cable to the bike, If this is an Aprilia RXV or SXV make sure the earth clip on the cable is connected to a good metal part on the bike, if this clip is not connected the program will not communicate with the bike.

Turn the ignition on and make sure the kill switch is in the run position.

The LED on the cable will blink a few times and the following popup will be displayed.

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