If I'm remembering correctly they did lock the chip so you can't just read out the firmware from a working unit. If you could I would, I do have one. But, if someone happens to have firmware in an email then I can flash that firmware onto a board. I just don't have any DMOC445 firmware files to flash.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 4:59 PM AL SWACKHAMMER via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > I had a DMOC445 in the Electric Auto Union. I remember Beth Silverman > sending me the firmware on line. Is it possible to copy another DMOC445 > programing? > > > > On October 28, 2018 at 11:23 AM EVDL Administrator via EV > > <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > > > From what I could tell, Solectria/Azure tended to be somewhat proprietary. > > The Brusa inveters they sold in the early- to mid-1990s were pretty well > > documented, but more through Brusa than Solectria. Again, those were my > > impressions; others may have had different experiences. > > > > I got the distinct impression that with the UMOC and DMOC range, Solectria > > and Azure intentionally further limited what their users could learn and do. > > IIRC they even passworded the inverters' computer interface, which wasn't > > done on the Brusa inverters. If you wanted your drive reconfigured, their > > answer was usually "ship it to us and we'll do it for you." For a fee, of > > course. But they sure did make nice AC drives. > > > > I see that Soliectria's (and I think Azure's) former marketing director, > > Karl E Thidemann, is on Linked In. It's an extremely long shot, but I > > wonder if he might be able to hook you up with one of their former engineers > > or support techs. If you're a Linkie (I'm not), you might try getting in > > touch with him. > > > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-thidemann-a971b853 > > > > Also, Lee Hart may have current contact into for James Worden. Whether > > Worden would be able or willing to help, I don't know. > > > > Other than that you might scout around for a possible hacker (in the older > > positive sense) community, something like the one that grew up round the old > > Dolphin drives used in US Electricar EVs. I don't know whether enough of > > the UMOC/DMOC units ever fell into hobbyist hands for that to happen. Maybe > > you could try a post on the solectria_ev Yahoo group, if you haven't > > already. > > > > https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/solectria_ev > > > > Good luck! > > > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > > EVDL Administrator > > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
