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genpk · 1st February 2016, 07:41

Ok , got the blank chips ,plugged in the EWS Editor Lite,read the EWS module out of the car, coded a blank transponder chip using one of the spare keys listed in the EWS and low and behold I now have a spare key that starts my car, only issue is the remote controls do not function with that key.
Still work fine with the original.
From what I gather the EWS talks to the ECU and if all is correct it will allow the car to start BUT the body control unit is the thing that govern locking etc so if it doesnt recognize the new key it wont allow any remote locking to happen.
Ive tried the press the fob lock button 4 times etc,stand on your head and scratch your ...... but nothing appears to want to synchronize the new fobs remote.
Wonder if the transponder chip needed to be in the fob when coding it to the EWS,as in does the fob itself have some impact on the programing ?
Need one of you gurus out there!!!!!

1st February 2016, 07:41	#7
genpk Posted a thing or two Rover 75 Saloon MGZT Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Perth, AUSTRALIA Posts: 1,664 Thanks: 3 Thanked 461 Times in 299 Posts	Ok , got the blank chips ,plugged in the EWS Editor Lite,read the EWS module out of the car, coded a blank transponder chip using one of the spare keys listed in the EWS and low and behold I now have a spare key that starts my car, only issue is the remote controls do not function with that key. Still work fine with the original. From what I gather the EWS talks to the ECU and if all is correct it will allow the car to start BUT the body control unit is the thing that govern locking etc so if it doesnt recognize the new key it wont allow any remote locking to happen. Ive tried the press the fob lock button 4 times etc,stand on your head and scratch your ...... but nothing appears to want to synchronize the new fobs remote. Wonder if the transponder chip needed to be in the fob when coding it to the EWS,as in does the fob itself have some impact on the programing ? Need one of you gurus out there!!!!! Last edited by genpk; 1st February 2016 at 07:44..