Got a situation that i would like to brainstorm with you.

When I was tuning the Z, YEARS ago, I had an old laptop with a standard serial port that my serial cable plugged into no problem.

Now, I have this new HP (which I hate by the way) and I am trying to scan the car and can not.

Firstly, the old cable does not plug into this computer anywhere. So, I went out looking for some sort of adapter and at radio shack the guy sold me a "USB-A to Serial Cable". So, my old serial cable plugs into the serial end of the "adapter" I just bought and the USB end goes to the computer .....great...except for I'm not getting any data to appear.

Footnotes: I have to run Datamaster as an "admin' for it to even open without an error (again, I hate Vista) and when I hit "record ALDL data" it shows as recording, but no data is appearing in the boxes.
I installed this USB to serial cable "adapter" according to instructions (had to use an included software CD which surprised me)

I figured this should be an easy adapter issue and move on with life, but apparently not.

So my courses of action/thoguhts

1. Maybe its the car (ALDL), but i doubt it b/c my scan tools work.
2. Maybe its Vista (would not surprise me at all)
3. Maybe the new cable/adapter i bought isn't for this kind of thing


Any ideas??

Is there just a simple out/in adapter i can buy rather than this whole cable assembly I bought? i'm sure its out there.

Thanks

 

try these drivers http://ecumaster.com/download/PL-230...0Installer.exe
should work properly with vista

best regards

 

thanks but it did not work

 

weird, i use these drivers even on Windows7 and they work, can You give exact model name and producer of the adapter and i'll try to find something for You.

best regards

 

Hey, I really appreciate your efforts!

Its a GigaWare 26-949 6 ft USB-A to serial cable

thanks again in advance

-A.

 

what i have learned, depending on updates that you have in vista various drivers should be applied, here is a list of links to divers that You should try (remember that every time You want to install new driver, ypu should remove old one completly)
http://support.radioshack.com/Downlo...e/260-0183.exe
http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
http://www.radioshack.com/graphics/u...ad/2600949.exe
if these wont work, let me know i'll try to search more

best regards

 

I can't thank you enough. i will try them this week and report back with results.....again, thanks so much for your time!

 

My radio shack adapterserial to USB worked just fine. I did however give up on vista and went to XP on my new lappy.

 

try WINDOWS 7 RC, it is even better than XP

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