FW: [Gmecm] '165 expertise???

Tue Apr 10 18:26:48 UTC 2007

I am a newbie having the same problem.  The Laptop com ports are so
difficult to setup with regard to a USB connection..  I can't get it to
connect to the ECM so I can't really do anything with this yet.  I spent
3 hours on Sunday only to get frustrated and walk away from it.

I am using an ALDLcable.com cable with the 10ohm resistor tag between A
and B and an HP laptop with USB interface.  (actually, I've tried a dell
laptop too).

Does anybody have a how to guide for the WINDOWS / COM / USB / side of
this?

Brian in Atlanta
1987 Z/28 IROC 

-----Original Message-----
From: gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org [mailto:gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org] On
Behalf Of Mark Romans
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 3:22 PM
To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
Subject: Re: [Gmecm] '165 expertise???

Diacom works perfectly, but I can't get my TunerproRT to link...  But I 
think it's me!
Maybe not setting up the comm port correctly or something...
The emulator works perfectly...
Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Mansur" <mmansur at hotmail.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [Gmecm] '165 expertise???

> In my opinion the issue is almost certainly the ECM. In the same
vehicle,
> I've had two '165s give me this problem (lockups after anywhere from
10
> seconds to 10 minutes of otherwise perfect data logging where a full
ECM
> power down is needed to reconnect), and the third so far has not (it's

> been
> well over 2 years now). I've been using the same interface (and
software 
> =)
> for years now. I can only conclude that the ECM is the issue. This
also
> seems to be the experience of a lot of people that I've helped over
the
> years.
>
> It's a very frustrating problem, no doubt, since an otherwise
perfectly
> healthy ECM may exhibit this issue, and there's no guarantee that a
new 
> ECM
> will fix the issue.
>
> -M
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Panter" <9jim30 at charter.net>
> To: <tech_auto at bellsouth.net>; <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 9:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [Gmecm] '165 expertise???
>
> I don't know about l65's in particular but I believe that all these
ECM
> connections have serial connection problems to various degrees.   Also
the
> devices which "tune" the ECMs like the  chip burners and various
> programmers.  My very limited expertise is that different laptops (I 
> suppose
> based on the BIOS) connect much more easier than others.  For example,
I
> tried connecting with a FAST ECM recently for two days with an IBM 
> Thinkpad
> without success trying all the Comm ports settings and Serial port 
> hook-ups,
> then hooked up a Dell and had success immediately.  It gets to be
> discouraging sometimes!.  Jim
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Grostick" <tech_auto at bellsouth.net>
> To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:45 PM
> Subject: [Gmecm] '165 expertise???
>
>
>>
>> Are there any '165 experts left????
>> I've been having issues with the serial interface hanging, seems to
be
>> something a '165 is know for. I replaced my ECM with a newer factory
>> rebuilt version, still getting serial interface hangs....
>> I'm using  a MAX232 interface. The hangs happen with different
laptops. 
>> It
>> will run from 3-15 minutes and then lock up....
>>
>> Dan
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