Ok after an hour, it's still working. That's pretty good for me..
Tossed everything at it diagnostically I can do by hand with sub $100 tools, and can say fairly certain that it doesn't conform to J1939 protocol by any way besides it registers correctly on the bus at start up.
Doesn't seem to respond to basic requests for DM2 trouble codes, and doesn't broadcast any DM1 codes, yet setting here with every major circuit in an Open state. I even sent it basic engine / transmission protocol packets like RPM, Load, Temps, Pressure, Gear, and noting changed in it's streaming 2-line of data structures. Leaning towards that dumb box theory again.
However I did notice that PGN 65280 Byte 0 is always 0x80. And from sniffing other HS GMLAN packets, 0x80 in Byte 0 usually equals an Open Circuit or unhappy parameter if I recall. So might be catching on to the GM engineers Proprietary PGN structure.
The Second PGN 65281, has just one bit flashing on and off every 500ms like a heartbeat signal or something. That's as it has to say so far.
Any LB7 gurus left out there with winos dissected bin files, it would be helpful to know if anything relevant matches up to this simple data structure. I'm guessing it's simple diagnostics inputs for the ECM to use.
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