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eF'ing lovely.
We've just diagrammed the thought process of any 70% competent mechanic
and patented it.
I may still have a Echo owners manual from mid 1970's somewhere around here that has roughly the same troubleshooting flowchart thing in it.
They just expected you to hold the screwdriver and listen for yourself
instead of them having an ECU do it.
When a CD of a baseline software reset and a USB cord is tossed into the box with each new saw, I'll somewhat cut down on my kicking and screaming about being dragged into the modern world.
Alas, Somehow I suspect what we're more likely to see is checking of the already serialized parts, tied to a specific saw with dealer/retailer activation at point of sale for new units.
you guys that grumble about not liking some aspect of your buying experience now
should love it when you have to buy an anti-virus ware add on to scan your saw
because there's become a real chance of it having one after the online activation process.
edit: Or the newest firmware update.
or the glib
"How are you today did you find everything you needed at whistlebritches saw emporium?"
(checkout and ringup proceeds)
"...and with that factory approved fuel mix**
(** fine print dept: extended warranty does not cover software upgrades or loaner saw)
" a spare chain and file-o-wonderguide , your total is #### would you like
to buy a Geek Squad anti-virus protection plan?,
" If you buy it at the time of saw purchase today, your coverage will also include up to two, in store only, firmware updates per year for 3 years"
or else a huge, nonnegotiable, per factory to dealer agreement, financial penalty is included in the purchase price ,should you decline the activation.
You poor guys have NO idea how horribly and irreverently verbose I can be, when I'm not having to hunt-n-peck into a keyboard.
second thought edit: Don't think that the people who torch logging equipment
won't look at dropping a virus into web connected equipment.
Storage capacity of the ECU is probably the main thing that will slow them down.
But then the same mentality that attacked this site might not object to
simply just wiping or corrupting your firmware.
Good word.
