AutoProm Emulation issues
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AutoProm Emulation issues
I was trying to emulate last night and keep having problems with the engine shutting down (the SES light comes on as the engine dies, but if I give it gas, the engine will stay on if I can catch it in time). I have the USB AutoProm, a New Dell laptopm with Windows XP, and the car is a 1990 Corvette with the stock ecm. I have the horizontal switch in the right position an I need to get the car tuned ASAP b/c the emission cops are on my tail. P.S. I can get the TunerPro to connect to the autoprom, burn/read chips, and initialize emulation. The engine also runs fine with a chip in the ecm instead of the autoprom.
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Racer
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I finally got emulation to work!!
I had to wrap the ribbon cable in foil and then put a couple of twists into the cable. I am going to try the same with the longer cable that Craig gave me and see if that works too.
Craig, is it possible to make the emulation cable with something other than ribbon cable, like a shielded cable?
My theory is that maybe there is more electronical noise under hood where the Corvette ECM is than underdash where most other ECM's are. That maybe explains why I needed to shield the cable.
I had to wrap the ribbon cable in foil and then put a couple of twists into the cable. I am going to try the same with the longer cable that Craig gave me and see if that works too.
Craig, is it possible to make the emulation cable with something other than ribbon cable, like a shielded cable?
My theory is that maybe there is more electronical noise under hood where the Corvette ECM is than underdash where most other ECM's are. That maybe explains why I needed to shield the cable.
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Originally Posted by 1992B4C
I finally got emulation to work!!
I had to wrap the ribbon cable in foil and then put a couple of twists into the cable. I am going to try the same with the longer cable that Craig gave me and see if that works too.
Craig, is it possible to make the emulation cable with something other than ribbon cable, like a shielded cable?
My theory is that maybe there is more electronical noise under hood where the Corvette ECM is than underdash where most other ECM's are. That maybe explains why I needed to shield the cable.
I had to wrap the ribbon cable in foil and then put a couple of twists into the cable. I am going to try the same with the longer cable that Craig gave me and see if that works too.
Craig, is it possible to make the emulation cable with something other than ribbon cable, like a shielded cable?
My theory is that maybe there is more electronical noise under hood where the Corvette ECM is than underdash where most other ECM's are. That maybe explains why I needed to shield the cable.
What dell laptop do you have? I got the 8600.
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Racer
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How old are your wires? Might be getting a lot of noise from the wires if they are old/damaged.
What dell laptop do you have? I got the 8600.
I was going to ask about that... how you had the thing hooked up because I remember trying to remote mount my chip in my '85 and I had issues with the ribbon cable being too long and even foil didn't help. I'm glad to hear you got it working because I'll be in the same boat soon with my '90 since I just ordered the same setup!
I plan on trying the longer cable with foil and a few twists in it this weekend. I am kind of scared to leave the autoprom under hood. Maybe we can get Craig to make a case for the AutoProm that could undoubtfully weather the underhood conditions.
