Proxi alignment grande punto

[kris]

Hello everyone,

I've got a simple question, i think. I've switched my instrument panel from a grande punto 1.4 8V because the original one was broken. But when i connected it the new one (from a scrap yard), everything worked except for the speed meter. I went to the dealer charging me 80 euro's , but they could only tell me that it was a problem with fault code u1700.

So i heard that the speed meter could be working if i do a proxy alignment. My question is if this is true, if this is possible with the FES software and if it is possible with a ELM 327 1.5a cable.

Perhaps not that simple question, but maybe someone went down that road

So if anyone could help me, thanks in advance...

[Juggers2k]

Proxi alignment can be done on a Grande Punto using an ELM327 and FES. (If it's an ELM "1.5" you may need to modify your interface though - see the faulty elms thread).
From what I understand of it, the proxi alignment scans the car for modules on the CAN network, and adds anything it finds into the system - so it may fix the issue. It's a bit odd that the rest of the cluster is already working though.

[kris]

Yeah well, some guys at the fiat forum suggested that the proxi alignment procedure can solve this problem.

The thing is that i normally had a small board computer (with a digital clock and a trip computer), and replaced it with a larger board computer (with rds text on it). And these extra functions worked like a charm. But the speedo meter doesn't work. Probably the instrument panel is from a different car engine, but would it still be possible for me to align it with my body computer trough a proxi alignment.

[Lal B3N]

Yeah well, some guys at the fiat forum suggested that the proxi alignment procedure can solve this problem.

The thing is that i normally had a small board computer (with a digital clock and a trip computer), and replaced it with a larger board computer (with rds text on it). And these extra functions worked like a charm. But the speedo meter doesn't work. Probably the instrument panel is from a different car engine, but would it still be possible for me to align it with my body computer trough a proxi alignment.

Just a quick question, when fitting the new dials what happened to your mileage?

[kris]

The milage number started to blink, and the value changed in a higher value.

[Lal B3N]

The milage number started to blink, and the value changed in a higher value.

Are you not able to change to the correct engine mileage with this software?

[kris]

Probably, but I don't understand the relation with my question. Am I missing the picture here ?