Ok i give up, somebody help PLZZZZZZZZ
09-03-2002, 05:26 PM
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Ok i give up, somebody help PLZZZZZZZZ
ok heres the story, i have been trying to get my laptop to connect to the car with no luck, i have tried 3 laptops, i am sticking with the older one that has win 95 in it, the cable is from Steve Rues @ WOTelectronics, he confirmed that it is wired in correctly, black to black (term A) white to White (term B) and red to orange (term E), the car is a 1987 with a 165 ECM, the cable has a resistor built into it, i have tried moates software, winaldl, and datamaster, NONE of them connect or do anything.....what am i doing wrong? helpppppppp :crazy:
09-03-2002, 06:37 PM
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Re: Ok i give up, somebody help PLZZZZZZZZ (Kamarossrs)
Make sure that your Com Port is enabled. I guess check for any other resident programs running in the back ground such as a virus or firewall software. I know Datamaster will not run with Zonealarm running. Other than that I don't know what to tell you. Good Luck!
09-04-2002, 02:42 AM
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Re: Ok i give up, somebody help PLZZZZZZZZ (Sparks)
also take a good look at the plug in on the car, make sure all the contacts are clean and fully seated. I had one that was loose and not as far into the connector as the rest, once it was pushed into place it worked fine.
09-05-2002, 03:29 PM
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Re: Ok i give up, somebody help PLZZZZZZZZ (Kamarossrs)
Kamarossrs,
You could someone else running Moates' software to do a pin-out test of their cable and see if it matches your pin-out test for resistance and connectivity.
You might want to ask if there is anyone near you who has a cable you could borrow to test with. If their cable works, then yours is bad. Or you could try connecting to someone else's car. If it works on another car and not yours you can guess a bad ALDL connector or a bad ECM/PCM.
You might have a malfunctioning ECM/PCM. Sometimes inability to connect to a scan tool is a good indication that the ECM/PCM is bad or going bad. (I'd be darn sure the cable and software was set up correctly before I'd assume a bad ECM though.)
You could someone else running Moates' software to do a pin-out test of their cable and see if it matches your pin-out test for resistance and connectivity.
You might want to ask if there is anyone near you who has a cable you could borrow to test with. If their cable works, then yours is bad. Or you could try connecting to someone else's car. If it works on another car and not yours you can guess a bad ALDL connector or a bad ECM/PCM.
You might have a malfunctioning ECM/PCM. Sometimes inability to connect to a scan tool is a good indication that the ECM/PCM is bad or going bad. (I'd be darn sure the cable and software was set up correctly before I'd assume a bad ECM though.)
