rst in breaking

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i have my emerald ecu and at this moment in time is doing my head in. clarkes old skool laptop is the only thing i can seem to get paired with it which has sadly now broke . ive tried usb - 9 pin convertors, express cards - 9 pin and getting nowhere and skint as tried 2 diff cards as 1st one was wrong. is there an easy way to pair that im missing? cheers

johnny99

You can get serial to USB adaptor's, but there a pain in the arse. Get an old laptop off ebay with a serial port.

John

luke19790_3

dell laptop's use docking stations which have a serial port

Jim Galbally

lots of usb ones wont work

the expresscard ones are actually USB! theyre not the sam thing as the oldskool PCMCIA cards.

you want to either buy a tried and tested USB adapter or use a laptop witha real serialport

clarke5700

scrap it and fit kms!! ive even got base map that would be dam near!

Ginge !

How much for kms mapped for a shed shit box scooby my tall dark and handsome friend, Bamo listen to JIM, all he knows about is computers, star trek and how to work a scientific calculator so he is the man on this

Chip

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Get a PCMCIA card for it, its the only reliable solution

rst in breaking

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ive got one from maplins but just cant get it pairing, quite poss my computer skills failing me lol.

cheers jim

Chip

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PCMCIA card is essentially the same as having a com port directly on the board, if that isnt working then there is a fault somewhere in the config.

As Jim says, make sure its a PCMCIA card NOT an express card though, they look similar but are totally different in how they actually connect to the hardware.

rst in breaking

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its an express card so theres my problem (well i think it is) bloody thing lol. back to maplins GRRRRR.

Chip

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God you are hard work, you kept asking me by text/phone what to use, and I was SO clear that it needs to be a fucking PCMCIA card so why go and buy something different!

Typical ford owner

Ade500

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This is what Emerald supplied with my ecu recently

Is this what they gave you ?

Cheers Ade

Chip

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Worth knowing the exact make of a USB adaptor that DOES work specifically with emerald like that then Ade, as most wont.

Ade500

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Hope this may help out too.



Cheers Ade

XRT_si

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Have you met Bamo?

rst in breaking

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i looked on ebay at them and ordered one not realising i needed a 34 on and got a 54 but port steps down in side so went maplins and bought what looked the same lol. just went and bought another laptop from gumtree and pairs now , chees guys

tabetha

The emerald supplied one works perfect on 4 different laptops that I've used it on, the one shown works perfect.
I find the lappys seem to "grab" the sync easier if the ignition is already turned on when opening the software on the lappy, then do a refresh hits the mark every time then.
tabetha

rst in breaking

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the emerald one i got was only ever a 9 pin so has never connected to my laptop the whole time ive had it and now due to needing to change laptop im finding this prob lol.

Chip

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Lol, yes mate, loads of times, in fact Ive mapped the very emerald he is on about, when it was on his old Zetec Turbo motor.

So with knowing full well how computer illiterate he is I guess I shouldnt have expected anything different

clarke5700

XRT_si

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I know Chip; I was with Clarke when we towed you and Bamo off the M25 when it ran out of fuel

clarke5700

same engine just bought back lol

rst in breaking

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how was i to know it would run out at a 1/4 of a tank lol

James @ M Developments.

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You need to use an abacus on emerald laptops are no good lol

Jay,

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tabetha

Says the pricks who over charge mugs for WS and CL, that's not even needed most of the time
tabetha

Chip

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johnny99

I always thought you had more manners than that. In my experience the problem occours with all serial port to USB adaptors, and the more modern the laptop, the bigger the problem seems to be. The Emerald, although a little slow to map, is a good sturdy ecu, with good features, and value for money. The support from Dave Walker is excellent, which can't be said for some suppliers charging 3 and 4 times the price

John

Jim Galbally

get the thing fitted with a USB port ala vipec etc. and pay a company to overhaul the UI and make it friendlier and it'll be a fine ECU

as it standard the thing is a nightmare to get working and set up!

chip, remember the time we were out in my old sierra mapping and you hit the "upload map" button.

the car quickly ground to a halt on a roundabout and we spend 20minutes un-bricking the ECU

Chip

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Agreed!


Litter!

Chip

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I wish people would stop reminding me about cars ive mapped on emerald, ive been having therapy to try and forget

As you say though, the core product is all right, just needs someone who actually understands how to write computer software involved and specifically user interfaces, involved in the project which it CLEARLY hasnt ever had so far.

James @ M Developments.

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my comment was nothing at all to do with the ECU itself just the software you use to map it.

Jay,

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lol over charge and not needed and thats your opinion ! which is worth what exactly

johnny99

The op asked about ECU's and laptop's basically. Serial to USB is a pain in the arse, not only with Emerald, but many more. Some are now putting USB connections on the ECU, why has this taken so long, it's not as if USB are the latest technology

John

Chip

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John, as this is Paul, the source of the problem will be inbetween the chair and the keyboard.

johnny99

A comms problem of a different sort then

John

DanCossie

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Why dont you shock it Bamo hahahahaha.....

Stu @ M Developments

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We refer to that as error 40.

cozmeister

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We code those as either PICNIC or ID10-T issues.....


(Problem In Chair, Not In Computer)