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Story behind Awron and where it is going...
For your information guys, I have been connected to Awron now for about four years or so, maybe even longer and I have seen the company gone wrong simply because it forgot to innovate the display it had... Other parties arrived on the market as well.
Two parties internally split up and now there is only one "Awron" left. The "Awron" we know of the displays is no longer there and won't make any new displays. It is over and gone. If you want to have a display, try to find one at a dealer somewhere online or in a specific country. It will be the last one of its kind. MR Last edited by MR.; 05-22-2020 at 11:10 AM.. |
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this is too bad, as I have one and really like it. The competitors are OK, but I really like that AWRON is controlled by buttons instead of a damned touchscreen.
is there any plan to provide future updates or support for existing users? Or are we just totally screwed? (I don't know what updates I would hope to see, but...)
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Be aware that if you move it to another car you are also screwed, because the display will show the wrong figures if you move it to another car. It needs a reset done via the USB cable and a PC. MR |
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Thankfully not planning on doing that. (I'm happy with my N55) I don't see why it wouldn't work fine with a 1:1 swap into another N55 car though... it's just reading data from CAN / OBD2, no? And I'm fairly sure there's a way to reset it to default from within the car as well. I have a USB cable plugged into it, but I don't know if I saved a copy of their reprogramming software anywhere (I believe they did release something to update firmware at one point...)
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This was to urge customers to go back to their dealer to ask what is wrong and ask from them a fee to fix the issue. It would also keep people from selling the display on to someone else. The reset by default is not sufficient. I have seen displays being reset a few times and I can tell you the display was telling rubbish before the proper hard reset was done and the right kind of info after. You need a specific tool for this, which they never released. Software update doesn't work. MR |
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Why not be upfront with it? Plenty of tunes and tuning devices have well published reset fees and or "lives". It is not a foreign concept. In my eyes this greatly reduces the value of a unit if you plan to sell it on. It also means a bunch of people now have "useless" displays they might not be able to sell with the car.
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I really hope this "new" AWRON is fully transparent about these types of anti-features, or ditch them altogether. I know they won't be getting my money otherwise. |
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A lot of key people were let go, and likely went during the final months understaffed - since emails were unanswered for weeks. Fantastic product, but horrible business model. Hopefully we can see a decent product down the road again soon.
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The new Awron Automotive isn't going anywhere either. One-man show that is unable to fulfill promises and simply doesn't want to work with distributors and importers anymore. I can show you my conversation I had that left me and my partners stunted. I have given up on the OPF-Delete solution and any future products from that location. Only solution is AK Motion right now, but for now I will keep my Awron display that is slowly dying. The display is showing the usual signs of the spots on it. MR |
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tom @ eas do you still have any of the software to update the units? I purchased mine direct from AWRON in March 2018... I don't know the current software build on it (will check later today), but wanted to make sure mine was on the latest release I can find.
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Mine has a "FWR" of D.50 and an "APL" of 5.50 (I finally remembered to check it today)
My serial # is 3784, for whatever that's worth.
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but I'm guessing I may be experiencing what MR is mentioning above. I purchased at very lightly used unit that was working on a 2018 440i, now installed on my 2016 340i and I can tell that voltage is off, and there is no readout for EGT, AFR, Boost..
I have wired it every which way I can think of and no change. Tested can bus right at the unit plug by vent...brown to green =12v, Brown to red 2.3v and brown to red /blue 2.6v. (normal canbus) I'm not getting any voltage reading from the ETH wire, but afaik that only sends a wake-up signal, which the unit does power on and off as one would expect. Houck1224 and I have been waiting for days for a response from AWRON...crickets. Another member gave me the update that was sent to them from the company, but the config button is greyed out when connected to my device, although it is reading serial #, etc, so the USB connection is good as well, just can't resuscitate the damn thing. Embarrassing that they would start another company with the same name. ECU id F2428 sn:0000002866 fwr:d.50 APL: 4.80 |
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My Awron is starting to develop dead pixels, so I imagine it is going to slowly continue to degrade... Guess that is a "feature" to make it feel like the old E46 info displays and their failing pixels, make people familiar with BMW's history feel "at home?" I had been watching the AK Motion Datadisplay as a possible alternative, but I dislike that it's a touchscreen, and last I saw, they were in the middle of revising the thing (or possibly couldn't get parts for it) so they weren't available now... One company that I can vouch for is P3Cars - their vent gauge isn't nearly as sophisticated as AK Motion or Awron, but it's readily available, a US-based company, and it will display a chunk of the same vital data (boost, coolant, exhaust temp, several other things)... and it does it without completely disabling a vent, as well (it takes up the top half, but the bottom chunk of the vent still retains full functionality).
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I'll keep this one rolling along since someone raised it from the dead unlike Awron.
Has anyone tried the CanChecked solution? https://www.canchecked.de/bmw-data-d...erie-m2-m3-m4/ |
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I have this in installed in my car Will post photos in a few
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Aww dang! I forgot I said I would post photos etc. Give me 30 mins and will update!
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