need help with my actron cp9110 & cp9115. error in conne
 

hi i just got my actron cp9110 and i just got a cable made from a fellow bc member named (slug) and he sent me the cable and i tried it and it worked for about 4 or 5 seconds then just started reading

error check connections
try again
yes or no

and when i hit yes it gives me the same message. so i got a second plug made fron slug and it did the same exact as the first. it worked for about 6 seconds then repeated the same message over and over every time i tried a diffeent feature and test from the code scanner.? does anyone no what it could be. is it my connection under the steering.? or is the plugs that slug made possibly be burning out? the actron is powered throuh the computer connector and does not need a power supply.

Make sure the key is on when going under the "View data" part. Otherwise it will not work. Sometimes the key on some cars needs to be on before it can read codes.

Yes the ignition must be on to read the PCM...

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ok so i tried again and i got the same message and ofcourse it did not work. but i did notice that the manual says that one of the reasons the scanner may not work is because of a wrong computer in the car. the manual said that the computer mar run the car but may not be compatable to be read by the scanner. i just replaced my pcm if yous rember..
here is my theory.. in the code scanner i keep selecting my vin is a k. out of options (k) or (1). but that works thru the computer. what im selecting k like my vin # is but what if the computer i put in is a different vin.? any suggestions? thanks. i did take my chip out of my bad pcm and put it in the new pcm before i made the switch..the new pcm was one fron another 95 bonneville as well.....

vin 1 is for a different engine.

Forget it. You're not supercharged, and it would STILL try to communicate just the same.

Find Bill Buttermore's post about how to make the cable, and use an ohmmeter to shoot it out and verify the pins. If it checks good, my bet is you bought a bum scanner.

ok so i tried the actron cp9110 on my 1988 sse like the actron service tech line guy told me to do. and guess what it worked 100%fine. so now i take the cable's that slug made me and i went to my other car and tried the actron again on my 95 se and it still did not work and gave the same message... (operating error-check connections-try again)
could it be something wrong with my computer..? i will try to ohm test the wire slug made me now.. thanks will..

o.k on 1 of the wires im not getting any reading at all but zero.. and on the other cable i get only 2 pins that the load jumps up and down and dont stay steady. my dmm is perfectly fine as i use it almost every day.. thats weird.

Are you reading them per Bill Buttermore's topic?

Are your fingers touching the metal of the lead probes?

im not sure if they did. i will try it again and see.

Not 50% sure here..but when Hans posted a picture of his scanner..it had cartridges in it. Do you have the cartridges.....and if so..do they covver 95?