AEM GDI Series User manual

SETUP GUIDE
This product is legal in California for racing vehicles only and should never be used on public
highways. AEM Performance Electronics, 2205 W. 126th Street Unit A, Hawthorne, CA 90250,
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Life Racing ECUs to CD Dash
Supported Devices
F42, F88, F90 & GDI Series ECU's
CAN Bus Wiring
AEM CD has 2 separate CAN ports. For 3rd party devices, AEM recommends you use AEM CAN Bus 2, whose
connections are contained in a 2 pin Deutsch DTM connector. On older harnesses it may be in an unterminated,
twisted/shielded flying lead in the dash harness.
Life CAN High AEM CD "CAN 2" Pin 1 (CAN 2+), Gray wire in twisted/shielded pair
Life CAN Low AEM CD "CAN 2" Pin 2 (CAN 2-), Black wire in twisted/shielded pair
ECU Software Setup
The CD Dash supports the default Life Racing CAN output. However, some cal files may not have the CAN output
activated or may not support all the channels contained in the default setup. You must confirm the setup before
proceeding. To do this, start by opening the “Datastreams” group in the calibration and confirm the following
settings:
“Datastream Select” is set to “Custom CAN”
“CAN 1 BUS Speed” is set to 1MHZ
The “Frame Identifier” table contains these values for frames 1-18;
600h,601h,602h,603h,604h,605h,606h,607h,608h,609h,60ah,60bh,60ch,60dh,60eh,60fh,610h,611h
The “Frame Frequency” table contains these values for frames 1-18;
50Hz,50Hz,50Hz,10Hz,10Hz,5Hz,5Hz,10Hz,10Hz,5Hz,5Hz,5Hz,5Hz,5Hz,50Hz50Hz,50Hz,50Hz
The “Frame Content” table contains these values for frames 1-18

SETUP GUIDE
This product is legal in California for racing vehicles only and should never be used on public
highways. AEM Performance Electronics, 2205 W. 126th Street Unit A, Hawthorne, CA 90250,
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
IMPORTANT!, Your calibration may not have all of these first 18 frames fully populated, especially if your ECU
does not have the associated function. In cases where ANY slot in the first 18 frames contains “NOT_SET” you
MUST change that value to “SPARE” or the ECU will generate an error and will not transmit the CAN data.
Supported Channels
AEM supports the following 81 channels transmitting by the the Life Racing ECUs:
CH
Channel Name
CH
Channel Name
CH
Channel Name
1
EngineSpeed
28
ThrottlePedalPosA
55
ECUBatteryVoltage
2
VehicleLongitudinalG
29
IntakeManifoldAirPress1
56
IntakeRestrictorPostPress1
3
TurboSpeed1
30
IntakeManifoldAirPress2
57
IntakeRestrictorPostPress2
4
TurboSpeed2
31
FuelPressInjDelta1
58
AFR1
5
AFR1ControlTrim
32
FuelPressInjDelta2
59
AFR2
6
AFR2ControlTrim
33
IntakeManifoldAirTemp1
60
CoolantTemp1
7
ExhaustTemp1
34
IntakeManifoldAirTemp2
61
CoolantTemp2
8
ExhaustTemp2
35
EngineCrankcasePress1
62
EngineCrankcasePress2
9
EngineCrankcasePress3
36
EngineCrankcasePress4
63
OilPress1

SETUP GUIDE
This product is legal in California for racing vehicles only and should never be used on public
highways. AEM Performance Electronics, 2205 W. 126th Street Unit A, Hawthorne, CA 90250,
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
CH
Channel Name
CH
Channel Name
CH
Channel Name
10
OilPress2
37
OilPress3
64
OilPress4
11
OilTemp
38
FuelTemp
65
CoolantPress
12
BaroPress
39
ECU_engineEnable_U
66
EngineModeSwitchStatus
13
TracControlModeSw itchState
40
PitLaneSpeedLimiterSwitchSt
ate
67
ClutchSwitchState
14
GearShiftManAutoSwitch
41
WeightOnWheels
68
EngineAutoStartState
15
FuelUsed
42
ECU_sensorSwitch_U
69
AntiLagSystemState
16
WastegateStrategyStatus
43
gearCutDogKickCount
70
gearCutFailCount
17
dbwStatus_DBW2
44
dbwStatus_DBW1
71
dbwStatus_TPS2
18
dbwStatus_TPS1
45
dbwStatus_PPS
72
knockStatus_Cyl12
19
knockStatus_Cyl11
46
knockStatus_Cyl10
73
knockStatus_Cyl9
20
knockStatus_Cyl8
47
knockStatus_Cyl7
74
knockStatus_Cyl6
21
knockStatus_Cyl5
48
knockStatus_Cyl4
75
knockStatus_Cyl3
22
knockStatus_Cyl2
49
knockStatus_Cyl1
76
GearboxDrumPosVoltage
23
GearPosCalculated
50
GearShiftPaddleSwitchPos
77
GearShiftSystemPress
24
WheelSpeedFrontLeft
51
WheelSpeedFrontRight
78
WheelSpeedRearLeft
25
WheelSpeedRearRight
52
SteeringAngle
79
VehicleLateralG
26
VehicleSpeed
53
WheelSpeedAvgDriven
80
TracControlSlipMeasured
27
TracControlSlipTarget
54
TracControlSlipError
81
TracControlTorqueReduceRe
quest
Layout Overview & CAN Setup
You can either start with a new dash layout by selecting “File” then “New” in DashDesign or you can select from a
pre-designed layout that has screens already designed and inserted but has the CAN inputs left blank. These are
chosen by selecting “File” then “Open” and selecting one of the setups titled xzyblank.aemcd7 with the xyz
representing a description of the layouts contained in the file.
To import the CAN setup you select SETUP then DISPLAY from the main DashDisplay menu. Once the dialog
box opens you select the “CAN Receive” tab.

SETUP GUIDE
This product is legal in California for racing vehicles only and should never be used on public
highways. AEM Performance Electronics, 2205 W. 126th Street Unit A, Hawthorne, CA 90250,
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone]
Change the settings to the following:
Show: “Port 2”
Baudrate: 1 Mbit/s
Termination Resistor: “ON”
Address Mask: “OFF”
M800 Support: “OFF”
Then click on “Import CAN” on the lower left and select the can setup file. The new items will appear in the Outputs
tab. They can now be viewed on the display or logged. You can rename, filter, or manipulate any of these channels
to make them more useful.