A spare instrument cluster in case you screw up.
#HONDA HDS 2.015.015 + ECU REWRITE 6.13.07 SERIAL#
Serial programming software (PonyProg freeware).Computer with Windows XP and serial port.Soldering iron, solder and a de-soldering pump.You can also opt to merely swap the chips, or copy and paste the program, rather than decode.''
What follows is a hack-around to using HDS, by programming the mileage directly to the chip. The odometer information can be copied over from the old cluster to the new cluster using Honda HDS, assuming the original cluster is operable. The information is coded in HEX characters. The chip can be read and written to using a serial programmer. Odometer information is stored on a small EEPROM chip on the circuit board. Therefore the mileage of the original vehicle that the cluster was from will be displayed on the dash.
The mileage on most (Japanese) cars is stored on the instrument cluster itself, and not in the ECU. Let’s say you swapped an instrument cluster from a coupe to a sedan to change the look or color of the needles, or you’re replacing a defective cluster.