How to dump Eeprom, Ram and ROM from cluster.

In order to continue the development of the needle/led sweep patch for more clusters, I need Eeprom and ROM dumps to do so.

In this brief tutorial I will cover the basics on how to dump both and save them to your PC.

What you will need.

First of all, a cluster.
VAG-KKL dumb cable.
A notebook or PC.
kw1281test software.

Setting up.

ATTENTION: the dump process can take as long as 2hrs+, make sure you have the appropiate time to do so.

Download kw1281test and extract to a folder, inside the folder where kw1281test.exe executable is, create a file named dump.bat – make sure that the file extension is .bat.

Copy the following code to the file, and save it – or if you prefer, you can download the file in the link above.

Change PORT variable to your KKL cable COM port.

@echo off
set PORT=COM1

echo Starting ROM dump..
timeout /t 2 /nobreak

.\kw1281test.exe %PORT% 10400 17 DumpMem $02000 $6000
.\kw1281test.exe %PORT% 10400 17 DumpMem $18000 $8000
.\kw1281test.exe %PORT% 10400 17 DumpMem $28000 $8000
.\kw1281test.exe %PORT% 10400 17 DumpMem $38000 $8000
.\kw1281test.exe %PORT% 10400 17 DumpMem $48000 $4000

copy /b cluster_mem_$002000.bin + cluster_mem_$018000.bin + cluster_mem_$028000.bin + cluster_mem_$038000.bin + cluster_mem_$048000.bin cluster_rom.bin

echo ROM dump saved to file cluster_rom.bin
echo Starting Eeprom dump..
timeout /t 2 /nobreak

.\kw1281test.exe %PORT% 10400 17 DumpEeprom 0 2048 eeprom.bin

echo Eeprom dump saved to file eeprom.bin
echo Starting RAM dump..
timeout /t 2 /nobreak
.\kw1281test.exe %PORT% 10400 17 DumpRam 0 0x2000 ram.bin

echo RAM dump saved to file ram.bin
echo All done.
pause

dump.bat – download

Dump time!

Once you have everything on it’s place, open a command terminal and go to the folder where the batch script is located, write dump.bat and hit enter!

ATTENTION: like I said earlier – the dump process can take as long as 2hrs+, if the dump fails/pc powers off/etc. you will have to restart the dump process.

Finishing up.

After the program finished, you should have three files inside the folder where the script is, those files are:

cluster_rom.bin – ROM dump.

eeprom.bin – Eeprom dump.

ram.bin – Ram dump.

The rest of the files are not needed, then you can .zip the files and send them to me via email (feche1320@gmail.com).

Please include in the title the cluster version, and as message any other significant data that can help to identify the cluster (car year/brand/model/circuit photos) – that way is easier to work with so much clusters and data.

And again, thanks to gmenounos for this awesome tool.

Happy dumping 🙂

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