I just got my new cable with the power supply and I can not link to Craig Moates software??? Connections are good and correct, black to black, red to orange as stated in the instructions. I am running Windows ME and booted to dos and opened the program from the C:\ but still could not get the program to link? Any help would greatly be appriciated! I am going to format the HDD and install W98 tomorrow and give it a go? I have my lpt on com 1 and can not change that, but i set the software to use com2 and I the cable is connected to com 2.???? PLEASE HELP

 

Get back once you've tried the Win98 thing. You know you can just download a boot disk and run the program from a floppy to try it out...Datalogging would be a bit limited though!

LPT on COM1? I'd not heard of that. Guess I haven't lived.

 

OK, I have installed W98 on my thinkpad. I also have w98 on my friends dell laptop, have the ecm850 program installed in both laptops and i can not connect or LINK up to the ALDL??? I thought it may be a conflict between the com ports, however, i disabled the IR on my Thinkpad and was able to remove the lpt port so the com 1 was avaliable by itself on the dell. I can not link up to the car with either laptops? I click on the startrun and the proram seems to work in "off line mode" but does not work at all in diagnostic mode?

Can anyone help

 

H E L P...............ANYONE?

 

I believe I am still using the version 8.45 but I will have to check when I get home. But, AFAIK, you shouldn't be having this problem.

What cable are you using?

Try running through all of the diagnostics here: http://www.akmcables.com/serial.doc

 

I just got my Max 232 with the power supply from steve ruse. I am using both, versions; 845 and/or 850???

 

I"m a linking!:hail: Had to disable the IR port and changed the com from 1 to 2.

 

Cool. Good to hear .

 

Yea! I have diacom, but it seems like the CM is much better. We will see the more i get to play with it!

 

Good to hear you've got it up. I've seen that exact problem before...