Anyone have any luck with one of these?
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Anyone have any luck with one of these?
I picked this up at the Turkey Rod Run yesterday. I *tried* to get this to work, but no luck..and the website that this thing is associated with...aint much help. It is supposed to interface with the ALDL and display the information on the laptop...but, uh, it don't.
Did I waste 20 bux? Oh yeah, I *did* get all kinds of programs with it, but none of which are all that user friendly.
Did I waste 20 bux? Oh yeah, I *did* get all kinds of programs with it, but none of which are all that user friendly.
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it'* cute. Looks like nails in the back there. What'* the website that was given?
Not sure, but I would check the COM port you have it looking for this on the computer, otherwise, I'm not sure
Not sure, but I would check the COM port you have it looking for this on the computer, otherwise, I'm not sure
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I just tore it open...expecting to see at the very least a decoder chip of somesort...
a few transistors, an led, a switch...thats about it
Shoulda known better, but it is no big loss I reckon.
a few transistors, an led, a switch...thats about it
Shoulda known better, but it is no big loss I reckon.
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Re: Anyone have any luck with one of these?
Originally Posted by sandrock
Did I waste 20 bux? Oh yeah, I *did* get all kinds of programs with it, but none of which are all that user friendly.
If I find the box mine is burried in, you are welcome to it for play purposes. Figuring out the data buckets in the ALDL stream is a pain in the rear. You have to do a hex dump of repeated captures to figure out how many bytes are in the data block for your ECM (it varies with EMC type.)
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Re: Anyone have any luck with one of these?
Originally Posted by clm2112
Originally Posted by sandrock
Did I waste 20 bux? Oh yeah, I *did* get all kinds of programs with it, but none of which are all that user friendly.
If I find the box mine is burried in, you are welcome to it for play purposes. Figuring out the data buckets in the ALDL stream is a pain in the rear. You have to do a hex dump of repeated captures to figure out how many bytes are in the data block for your ECM (it varies with EMC type.)
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Re: Anyone have any luck with one of these?
Originally Posted by sandrock
Thanks Curt. But no thanks...I pretty much gave up on this...thing. I am now thinking about building my own cable using that max232 chip, but I won't be doing any kind of electircal work like that until after my hand surgery
My Actron just paid for itself over my vacation. (Brand new Pontiac Torrent threw a code while we were up in Pennsylvania...P0442 Evaporative System Small Leak. Turns out it was the friggin gas cap. I never would have guessed that without a real scanner.)
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