hi ive been tryin to do some loggin but the laptop isnt seeing the lc1(innovate) . i have used a usb serial adapter that works fine with my dta p8 . ive tried starting the software then turning the car on ect but no avail can anyone throw some light on this

cheers jay

 

it's the usb converter. they are not compatible with every serial device.

usally, the usb ones can be ok for low baud rates, but for higher baud rates you should get a pcmcia version, as the interface is faster.

i got this one:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=6841248078

 

cheers mate i had to lower the baud rate for it to work with the dta so could i try another setting for the min cos bin to pc world and they havnt got any cards but will order one lol

cheers jay

 

From my personal and technical experience with ecus design,
communications protocols and software writing....

9 out of 10 problems arising from USB/serial converters IS the software
application itself and NOT the interface and/or its drivers.

Its all too easy for the application providers to blame the interface drivers
and hardware rather than sort there own problems as its easy to do so
and they also forget that not all compatiable PCs are truly "compatiable"



As I have said on another thread I recently have rewritten my ecu
software for the 32 bit windows platform and too had these issues of
trying to get various interfaces to work reliably with my ecu.

In the end I took advice from another software company who let me in
on a few trade secrets which i incorporated in to my software.
From that point on, ALL interfaces I had tried previously that did not
work started to work perfectly.




Hope you sort your problems

 

cheers simon im about to rape it tell its mother what i think of it and then run it over

or i might just go buy a old 486 laptop lol

cheers jay

 

the pcmcia converter that i have given you the link to works with the old SECS S8 software. if it works with software that bad , it may work with your innovate

 

foreigneRS,

Dont dis DOS applications, I was brought up on it

Windows version VERY soon


Bill Gates has much to answer for

 

DOS is before my time mate. i've got an old 286 at work that runs our windtunnel. it crashed the other day and i had a nightmare getting it running again. i've got to back up the hard drive to floppies (and then to cd and network disc), any recomendations for free software to use (something like pkzip or whatever). if you could mail me a program if you have one as well, that would be excellent.