A hardware/software interaction will determine whether a program in an ECU0 behaves as a manual or auto. Hardware configuration of RP17/RP18 determines whether the ECU0 hardware is setup for auto or manual. See Auto To Manual0 to learn how to change the hardware. If an ECU0 is jumpered to be a manual, it will always run like a manual. ECU0 programs are responsible for checking the jumper configuration in order to enable auto transmission control. What this means is that you can make a ECU0 that is jumpered to be an automatic think that it is a manual using a program that has the auto circuitry check disabled. The most notable example of this type of program are the numerous "mugen" programs. Also, (I may be mistaken on this) some stock programs (EDM0 P30???) do not check for the auto trans jumper config. Most USDM0 (P74/P75, P28, PM6, etc.) definately do check for the auto trans jumpers.

Summary:#

• If you need to make an automatic ECU0 manual, you can either modify the hardware per Auto To Manual0 OR disable the check for the jumpers in software using a modified program(OR do both).
• If you require the ECU0 to control an automatic transmission, you must make sure that you use a base program that checks for the auto trans jumpers and has the necessary code. USDM0 P28 is my failsafe (Dave B)