95phoenix

I just got my aldl cable last night (http://www.aldlcable.com/sc/details.asp?item=aldlobd2u) and tried using it, to hopefully find out whats wrong with my car and it would not work. I installed the disc that came with the cable, then plugged the cable into my laptop and installed it. Then I installed datamaster. Everthing said it installed successfully so i went out to my car to try it. nothing worked. i tried a coupl different things and it would not work.
I have now uninstalled everything and i'm ready to start fresh. can anyone with expirence with it help me out?

dhdenney

iTrader: (53)

Is it a problem with the port on your laptop?

xx_ED_xx

iTrader: (17)

make sure you assign the com port to it

dhdenney

iTrader: (53)

Also are you using USB or 9 pin serial?

95phoenix

I am using the usb. It assigned com port 4. Thats pretty much all i know. I've never used anything like this so I don't know what to do next as far as getting it to work. What do I do next?

riceburnerZ28

iTrader: (20)

I dunno what to say but I'm gonna buy the cable next week and hopefully I don't have any problems .

dhdenney

iTrader: (53)

Well personally I have not been able to get a cable to work through the USB port. I have to use the 9 pin serial--hence use of an older laptop.

95phoenix

Yea I guess thats what I should have got too. Nothing ever works for me through usb. But since I already have it I would really like to get it to work.

Goat2NV

iTrader: (19)

If you've installed the cable and assigned the com port your good. You just have to figure out how the datamaster's software works, I thought the same thing the first time I used it. There's some free software out there that you can try it on, to tell whether the cable is working or not. As for your DataMaster, what you want to do is open up the program, go to the File tab and click the record ALDL Data, a warning screen will come up telling you how many uses you have left if you haven't purchased it yet, click ok to that and you should be good.

Goat2NV

iTrader: (19)

I'm interested in knowing what you find out. I was planning on getting this cable to interface my 95. So please keep us updated. Thanks


Just saw the post where you said that nothing ever works for you using usb. If you do have the serial port, you could find a serial to usb turn around, possible at radio shack or a computer store.

95phoenix

I'm going to try everything again. If it doesnt work I'll try finding that at radio shack of something then trying again. I'll keep you posted on if it works or not. thanks for the help.

Pretyflywiteguy

what opperating system are you running?

95phoenix

vista. does that matter?

dhdenney

iTrader: (53)

Well I my USB experience has been through Vista. I would like to know how to get the SOB to work so I can stop using the old laptop. My proven combo has been Win XP with 9 pin serial port. If anyone can make this **** work, I wanna know too.

95phoenix

haha. Thats why I posted on here. I figured someone would have to know!

Goat2NV

iTrader: (19)

dhdenney, with Windows Vista you can make a program run using Windows XP format. I'm not sure if you can do it with all programs, but I've had to do that with a couple. If you click on the properties of the program, then click on the compatabilty folder and click Windows XP (service pack 2), you do it in there. Hope this helps you.

95phoenix

I see what you are talking about doing that. Does it just magically work after doing that cause I can try it. Computers frustrate me.

Goat2NV

iTrader: (19)

After you tell it to use that service pack, and you select your com port, you should be good

95phoenix

I know its com port 4. But I dont see anywhere on the datamaster program I can select it...

Pretyflywiteguy

right click on the icon on your desktop
click on properties
click the compatibility tab
check "run this in compatibility mode for" and select XP service pack 2
check "run this program as an admin"

and you should be good to go.