You guys are going to get a chuckle at what tools I use now and how I work...
I basically use 3 programs...
- HPTuners
- Eddie's TinyTuner
- the old original PowrTuner
The ONLY things that I use the HPT program for is to scan and to flash the PCM with... thats it, thats all.
I start from a standard BIN that the PT uses and do all the prep work on the file there (I have many basic sections exported that make preparing my bin faster ny using the drag and drop techniques that the PT software can do). I then make a ton of additional changes and then using TinyTuner, work in there with the tables that are available just in there, export this file to a BIN, and then because HPT can use BIN files (the same kind that either TinyTUner or the PT can output), I use that file to flash the file to the PCM.
However, if one day the HPT stops supporting BIN files, you are screwed. Also, if you did not start from a BIN file... you are again screwed (because the HPT format can only be used by the HPT format, not the TinyTuner, nor the PT program).
It is possible but quite difficult to extract a BIN file from the HPT file... I don't know how to do it, and know of only 1 person that does... and I totally avoid this by starting from a BIN file from the first step.
I use this method as it gives me the maximum flexibility and lets me use all tables possible.. but if you thought tuning with 1 application was complex, wait till you try to juggle 3... lol
As far as the functionality of the TinyTuner is concerned, just go to clubgp.com, to the PCM tuning section and ask Eddie there directly, he still visits that forum now and then and may have a different work-around there for you.
