2 things:
1) I love the idea, but how am I supposed to walk them through it when I don't fully understand it?
2) Is there a PDF that explains the active and passive FOB system and ECU etc? I have the service manual, is it all in there? There seems to be a lot of fob knowledge, I would to gain it, not sure how to do that without looking through MANY KIPASS threads.
I ask because I took my bike in last night to get the valve cover leak fixed and stopped halfway there to get gas. 40 mile ride maybe, stopped at 20. No problems at home, but when I stopped to gas up and check the oil, as soon as I fired up, I got "LOW TRANSPONDER BATTERY". By the time I got to the town the dealership was in, it was alternating between "Low battery" and "NO transponder", just that quick the freakin battery died!
I didn't want to take it to the dealer with a dead fob battery, I vaguely remembered that it had the passive thing but honestly have no idea if the dealer knew of that. So I stopped at Walmart and got a new battery, problem solved.
I will be honest, I don't like not understanding something that could potentially strand me 6 states from home. I know Brian and others love it but they have the full system understanding and using that knowledge, they could recover from various failure scenarios. I don't, that's why I want to read the system spec or whatever exists.
THANKS!!
EDIT: Google is my friend.
http://www.motorcycleproject.com/text/concours.html