FAO anyone with aftermarket management

[phazer]

You sure it needs a standard RS232 cable?

[Adam]

Nope im not sure

Theres nothing in the manual/wiring diagrams about having a "special" cable like MBEs etc use.....

[phazer]

Hmm odd, nothing in the manual. I would bet it's not standard, though without any info

[Adam]

I PM'd Linch on here though as hes got the same ecu, and sure he said standard cable works on his. Maybe the cable is faulty, unlikely though IMO

[phazer]

Yes just found some info that said it's a standard cable. Not great that it's not mentioned anywhere on their site.

I agree, cable fault unlikely. Where the batteries you tried known good? I.e fresh off a car that's used? Only thing it leaves is faulty ECU, again unlikely or the PC.

[phazer]

I've just installed the software to have a nosey and it's trying to connect to the serial port at 192000kbps not 9600.

Another aftermarket ECU with VB6 software - fairly robust COM stuff though so you shouldn't have too much bother assuming no faults.

[Adam]

Well ive never used the serial port on my laptop but theres no reason why it wont be working.
Yeah i tried the speed at 192000 (it flashes up when you first start the software/try to connect to the ecu)

The battery is a bit old, but was showing over 12v. Might hook it up to the nova battery and see if that gives any joy, but it aint looking good.

[peester]

visual basic 6? ugh

i got my mbe cable today so ill have serial cable laptop frollics tommorow myself

[phazer]

have fun!

Adam: You could try using Hyper terminal (as the laptop has a serial port I'm guessing it's fairly old so running XP at the latest?). Set the port etc and connect and try issuing AT as a command and see if you get a response. Will confirm connectivity or not.

Failing that post up pics of your com port configs (from device manager etc).

[Adam]

How do i go about using HT???

Yeah its running XP Pro SP2. Going try the ecu on the nova battery in a bit, will post back.