[Gmecm] '165 expertise???

[Jared Ryan]

In my case, I installed a driver specific to the USB/serial adapter.  
After doing that, there was an extra COM port visible in the Windows 
settings.  This was the USB interface.

  ---> Jared Ryan <---
jryan at caminofx.org | http://www.caminofx.org

On Apr 10, 2007, at 1:26 PM, LaRose_Brian at emc.com wrote:

>
>
> 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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