Plugged my controller into Tys PFC, same deal, nothing. So at least its the controller thats dead not the ecu. For the sake of research we plugged my PFC into Tys car and tried his controller, his controller boots but freezes on the apexi logo which means incompatible controller with the ecu. My ecu is a GC8DL his is just a GC8D. We very much hoped that this meant mine was a Pro version which means spark cut instead of fuel and launch control.
So to find out I took it all over to our mates place who has an FC Datalogit and plugged it all in. The ecu does have a tune in it but its not great, usable but not great. For some reason the ecu wasnt set to use an STi orange maf so once that was changed it ran way better than when i had been testing it, oh and its not a pro unfortunately :\
TL;DR ECU works, hand controller dead. Not a huge deal as a newer OLED controller is available thats universal across the PFCs which is awesome albeit expensive.