QSC8.3 CM554 CAPS - How to get .xcal file

[Rawze]

First of all, the engine will not refuse to run simply because the program might be out of date ... or it is in need of being updated. your post is not very clear on this.

Is it rom-booted/blank?... or are you able to connect to it and make a work order?.

So .. if your able to communicate with it enough to make a work order, etc.. then its not likely to be ecm program itself not allowing it to run.

.. and if you cannot communicate with it at all (maybe rom booted, blank, etc.) then you need to simply take it to an OEM stealers$hit for that make/model truck to have it re-flashed. Those Incal files are Blank and DO NOT HAVE ANY VEHICLE SPECIFIC SETTINGS, such as addresses for cruise control, fuel pedal type, and all the other things necessary to make the engine work properly in the vehicle itself.

If those settings have gotten lost, for whatever reason, ecm went blank, dead, whatever it is, then the solution is to take the ecm off the vehicle to the nearest OEM stealers$it for that make/model truck and have it flashed according to the engine ser# if that is what it needs + have them restore all the vehicle specific settings too. They have the vehicle settings on file, and can easily restore them. - That way you get the latest software for it possible + all of the proper vehicle/dash settings. Settings like the cruise control, engine brake, accel pedal type, etc. and proper pins that they are wired to on the vehicle harness.

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-- And NO,... a person does NOT have to buy any tool to convert an incal file so that CT can read it. Those files are nothing but a zip file that can be unzipped (using the correct password) to unzip it with. 7zip is the most common tool for doing this, and last I checked it was free off the interwebs. The one thing that might be difficult to get though is the correct *ecfg/E2M file for CT to be able to talk to the engine properly after it is unzipped.