RomRaider

First I want to say that I just started this project. I plan to have a full how-to later so check back later for updates or links.

For as of now, This is just to give everyone an idea of whats to come.
This may not be for everyone, most can figure it out if they can follow simple directions and use google.

First id like to start with what Raspberry Pi (RPi) and what Raspbian is.
Raspberry pi is a simple and very small full pc that runs linux. They sell for around $35 without a case (If its staying in the car, Like in a glove box. Then you dont have to have a case, but there nice to have to protect it.
Raspbian is a GUI version of linux made just for the RPi, It is very user friendly and once you get started with terminal and figure it out its pretty easy to use, install things like java and update whatever you need.

12-10-2013 - As of now i have used the java installer to install romraider just as you would on your pc

once you have Raspbian running open LXTerminal

Next type in
sudo apt-get update

After this is done you can run
sudo apt-get upgrade

what we did is update and upgrade to the newest version of Raspbian and its components.

Now run
sudo apt-get update && \ sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-jdk

This will install java7 if its not already.

Next we need to open up a web browser and go tohttp://www.romraider.com and download the main java installer for all of Romaider editor and logger for linux.

Now go back to LXTerminal and run
java -jar RomRaider0.5.7RC2-linux.jar

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ file name needs to be the same as the.jar your wanting to run.
Now it may take a few but the romraider installer should pop up and you can install romraider to you RPi.

This is as far as i have gotten as of now. Im looking for a way to install the drivers for the Tactrix cable.

ATTENTION DEVS: The point of this project is to get both romraider and some way of reading and flashing to the ECU using only RPi and a tactrix cable. Once this is possible, I would like to build a new GUI for romraider to be more useful with a touch screen. This would make it possible to have a opensource version of a handheld tuner, flasher, reader, logger.

There are many options for screens and controllers for RPi. so this project could one day be a self contained box running off its own power with its own touch screen an not much bigger then a stack of playing cards. Best of all it would be DIY for under$200

Have you reviewed this thread? viewtopic.php?t=8969

The Tactrix cable has no Linux drivers so you are only going to be able to use a VAG-COM, therefore you will only get logging on Linux.

I am aware that there are currently no drivers for the op2 for Linux.

Here's a pic of my RPi in a timber pipillow case.

Hi man!

Did you ever get this to work, trying to get it to work myselft, and only got it to read the ecu buy installing android on the RPi.