This is a how to for wiring your Wideband so that you can datalog with an Xcal3 and then how to setup your datalog file. I did this with my Innovate LC-1 wideband. Should be similar with any wideband, just different color wires for your wideband sensor. You can look in your wideband manual for the diagram for that.

Tools:

Wire Strippers
Soldering Iron
Solder
Heatshrink (optional)
Electrical tape
Terminal Connector
Lighter (only if you are going to use heatshrink)

Other things:

Xcal 3
6-pin Firewire cable (mine was 6 ft which is more than enough)
Pin chart that SCT's firewire cable comes with. It also worked from the one that I got from the computer supply store. If your colors are different then you will have to pin out your cable.

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/PinChart.png


Lets begin!

WIRING WIDEBAND AND FIREWIRE TOGETHER

Step 1: Cut one end of the firewire off and strip enough of the outer wire off so that you can work with it. This is what you will see.

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/100_1304.jpg


Step 2: Separate the wires so that you have the two input wire bundles available. Then strip the ends of all the wires except for the 5v (white) and the input 2 (red). Take the black, green, and blue wires and pull them to the side, these are your three ground wires for the firewire. You will later connect these with the ground wires from the wideband sensor.

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/100_1305.jpg
http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/100_1306.jpg


(Optional Step): Put a piece of heatshrink tube over the analog output 2 wire (brown).

Step 3: Solder the Analog output 2 wire (brown) from the wideband to the analog input 1 wire (orange) from the firewire. Then place the heatshrink over the exposed wire and use the lighter to shrink it to fit the wire. Also fold the white and red wires over and use electrical tape to cover the ends.

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/100_1307.jpg

Step 4: Take your terminal connector and the 5 ground wires and solder them together in the terminal connector. Should be the 3 firewire grounds black, green, and blue. Should also be the 2 wideband grounds white and blue.

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/100_1344.jpg

Step 5: Find a spot to ground your wires and bolt them down tight. This is what I used but I do have all my wires located inside the car.

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/100_1348.jpg


SETTING UP DATALOG FILE IN THE XCAL 3

Step 1: Power up the Xcal 3.

Step 2: Go to Datalogging and Setup datalog.

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/setup.jpg

Step 3: Hit select to Overwrite previous configuration. Then choose the gasoline.dlf file.

Step 4: Scroll down to the bottom and you will see AIN 1, select it and then select wideband. Choose any other choices that you want to datalog as well, then hit cancel. You will be presented with a screen to choose your analog 1 input. Choose wideband. Then select your wideband (mine was LC-1). Then save your file. Thats it for setting up the datalog file.

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/AIN1.jpg

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/wideband.jpg

http://www.focusfanatics.com/howtos/datalog-wideband-xcal/lc1.jpg

Hey Someone needs to sticky this i just did it and it works. this needs to be stickied to help everyone else out

Glad to hear it worked for you to! What wideband are you using?

It took me a little while to get it all working. I talked to Mike Rogers at SCT and he hooked me up with wiring diagrams and answered all my questions.

I have a aem wideband

Thanks for the how-to. It was very good. I also have the LC-1....the only difference is I had to use the analog 2 to log it in the xcal3, I did wire it up as per your instructions. Maybe our firewire was slightly different. Not a big deal. Thanks again.

whats the differance between 6-pin Firewire cable and a din9 cable?

I also have an AEM wideband and will be referring to this when i need to datalog. Hey roush what wires did you use off the aem so ppl can refer to this if they have the AEM?


Deff needs to be stickied...

whats the differance between 6-pin Firewire cable and a din9 cable?

Different cables. The ends are different too. You would have to get a pin out chart and figure out which wire is which for that.

whats a pin out chart?

im guessin its like a wiring diagram of how the pins are layed out so you know which one is which.

When is this thing gonna be stickied SOMEONE is slacking LOL :)

I know its gonna slip away before we know it.

im guessin its like a wiring diagram of how the pins are layed out so you know which one is which.

Correct.

Its like the diagram I have up top but for a 9din cable.

any info for doing this with the AEM?? i need to know....

any info for doing this with the AEM?? i need to know....

x2. I've been helping Josh (gonefhsn) out with his and we can't get the Xcal3to datalog with the AEM. We've followed the directions on the firewire. The instructions state to use an Apple brand firewire, does it matter if we don't use the Apple firewire? Need help.

i used an apple firewire cable and .......it f-in worked! the red wire is the signal wire. take that to the AEM's white wire. then the grey/black wire to ground. the red wire is teeny tiny so make sure you secure it, and DON'T kink the line. it needs to remain straight.

i wrote about it in the other dataloging thread. forget where...

Yeah, we read that one, so it might be the fact that we aren't using an Apple wire.

apparently there are 2 different types of cords. the pins are different i guess. one of the wires IS the one that goes to the correct pin on the Xcal. test each one till you get a reading on the Xcal. one has to work!

Glad to hear you got it working! I didnt have to use a specific cable with my xcal3 so I didnt know what to say.

does anyone know if this will work on a glowshift Gauge? and if so any clue as to what color the output wire will be?

just try till you get a reading. thats all u can do. it's a fun lil process.

look up the glowshift specs and see if it has an analog output. If it does start hooking up wires [:)]

okay well the only problem that i run into is that these are the choices of wires i have because it only has 4.
red wire to a constant positive 12 volt (+) source.
Connect the white wire to a switched positive 12 volt (+) source (ex. ignition switch). Connect the black wire to an engine ground source (-).
The orange wire is an optional dimmer control wire that dims 30% in brightness when supplied with a positive 12 volt (+) source (ex headlamps).

So there for none of them are an output just all power sources.

then no, you cannot datalog with that one.

AEM UEGO for the win.....

damnit that sucks!!!!

So wait a tick. To datalog at all with a Wideband you have to hack into the wires and reconnect some of them? It's not just plug and play? That kinda sucks. But glad this thread is here to show how to do it.

No. All widebands come with an Analog output that is unconnected. There is no hacking into it.

What requires hacking is a Firewire cable if you have an X3 or a 9-pin mini DIN cable if you have an X2.

So if I'll be using an AEM wideband and an XCAL 3 with whatever they come with new will I need to hack it at all or just plug and play?

I didn't say it was plug n' play. I said you don't have to hack up the wideband. The AEM wideband will have a white wire that is sticking out of the wire loom, ready to be connected to a cut up Firewire. If you get an Apple Firewire, for example, look up the pinout for an input wire and ground. Hook the input wire up to the white AEM wire and hook the ground up to...well, ground.

Then datalog away! Oh, and remember to select the correct analog equation for the AEM. It's under the "Commands" menu in the Livewire software.

Ok, so I'll be buying an Apple Firewire and that's what I'll be hacking up. (No objection from me hacking up and Apple product haha jk.) Thanks for the answers.

The wideband is one unit, the datalogger/tunner is another unit.

You hack a cable to tie the 2 together so you can log 1 file that combines all the data the datalogger/tunner logs with the wideband.

The datalogger already records ALOT of stuff the wideband just makes it that much more precise to tune with.

What will happen if you hook up your analog 1 and analog 2 from the wideband to the sct3