Russell at Sound German Automotive has the 8 speed stand alone up and running. I think this is big news for the modern transmissions, thought I would share....Here is his post from facebook...

At last I am happy to announce that the 8hp standalone is up and running. Not only will this allow the factory tcu to operate on a completely standalone setup but it will also be able to work with older factory ECUs for swaps with older CAN messaging. The new crate kit ecus will be supported as well. There is a bit more work to do and harnesses to make etc before product is ready to sell. But the hard part is over.