YT Decoy deresrtict using Redped and EBT app for Steps 8000 motor

[Graham Henderson]

I am having great trouble successfully installing the Redped chip. I have taken the engine out 3 times and finally I'm sure I have installed it correctly. It is now communicating with the EBT app on my iphone but...
The assist power is only delivered for 2 second bursts followed by beeping loss of power and often a rasping woodpecker noise from the motor. So I conclude that Redped is not a solution with the latest motor firmware 4.7.1.
Can anyone help me with this?
I will email them, then send the chip back if they cannot provide a cure and see what happens.
Why does Shimano's latest firmware make it so difficult as to derestrict (a 25 kph limit spoils the offroad experience?!

 

[Dan63]

My suggestion would be to use STunlocker to change your region setting to US, which will raise the speed limit to 20mph/32kph. This is easy and does not effect the speed readout or odometer. I have found the small boost to be sufficient to rarely be running out of assistance on most trails, small change, big difference!

 

[Graham Henderson]

Thanks Dan, Good point it doesn't sound enough but worth a try. If they restricted some cars to 75mph I don't think may people would buy them.

 

[Dan63]

Thanks Dan, Good point it doesn't sound enough but worth a try. If they restricted some cars to 75mph I don't think may people would buy them.

You can increase the limit further from 20mph/32kph by then using STunlocker to change the wheel size. Downside is that this effects the speed readout and the odometer/trip distances - but the plug in speed boxes like the one you have mentioned work by intercepting and changing the wheel speed signal, which has the same effects/downsides.

I set my limit to USA/32kph and then made the wheel size 9% smaller, this has allowed me to go a little faster again and corrected the odometer/trip reading too high from factory settings. Effectively the limit has moved from ~22.5kph out of the box to a genuine 32kph.