Thraxbert
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I think it's less complicated than this.Got it. Thank you. So it seems that @Thraxbert has arrived at the logical conclusion that the software is the limiting factor in this case. There are all sorts of open source CAN sniffing tools available as long as one has the hardware to support them. I have experience with this stuff on the industrial control system side of the shop (toxic and nuclear waste processing), but we use pretty specialized tools (hardware and software) for this purpose. I've seen the open source tools work, though. There are some good, general tools available on the commercial market I've used for this purpose (outside of automotive work) in the past as well. At the risk of stating the obvious, that seems like what's needed here? The answer could be yours for $14,999.
1) The true CAN bus flex fuel solutions for the Supra already tap into CAN and send messages on CAN. Hardware side is done.
2) ECUTek and BM3 already read/support the CAN messages the Zeitronix ethanol box is sending. The software is already using it.
3) Zeitronix publishes sparse details of their CAN frame and data structure. The instructions are public.
4) Torque and other OBD applications can already read any CAN message, provided you know the right ID. The tools are there.
5) Therefore: All the pieces are already there in front of me, I'm just too stupid to figure out the puzzle.
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