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jeromio Mar 15, 2003 06:47 PM

Autotap won't connect?
 
I have yet to get a proper OBD2 connector, so I am using some tiny female connectors to connect power, ground and the green wire to the ATAP male OBD connector. I have the pinouts for the Data Link Connector (DLC) from the manual as:

Pin2: Data, DkGrn (1040)
Pin4: ground (chassis ground)
Pin5: PCM ground (451)
Pin16: 12v+ (fused)

Pin1 is far left top (connector is wider at the top), pin 16 is directly below that. So I have then switched them left to right on the ATAP connector (since it would normally plug into these pins): ie, looking directly at the atap connector, narrow side down, I have 12v+ going to the far right bottom pin, DkGrn going to the 2nd pin from the right on the top, and the 2 grounds going to the middle top pins.

I also tried adding the "other" data line (orange/blk wire) - that didn't help.

I cannot get either Autotap or EFILive to connect. This is frustrating because the SES light is on. I've let the motor run a few times. It hesitates on throttle blip and one time it started surging and then died.

Do I have these pinouts correct? I guess tomorrow I will double verify that my DkGrn comes from pin58 of the blue PCM connector. Also, I have that 451 PCM ground going to chassis ground. So, I'm not sure why you need the 2 separate grounds for the DLC. Also, the ATAP connector LED stays off. Tried connecting while the engine was running and also with ignition On, not running.

jeromio Mar 16, 2003 01:44 PM

Re: Autotap won't connect?
 
Well, turns out I did have the wrong wire. I had mixed up the FPR and the Data wire (both DkGrn <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" /> ). So, now the wires are definitely correct. And when I put my Ohm meter across the green wire and ground, I see a pretty interesting variation between 170 and 220 - some kind of signal there.

BUT, still no autotap. I filled out the form online for support. This sucks.

jeromio Mar 19, 2003 08:30 AM

Re: Autotap won't connect?
 
Okay, so I finally got access to another car and the ATAP connects to it just fine. So, it's a problem with my setup. On the other car, the light on the ATAP box turns on as soon as it's plugged in. On my car, it does not???

I dunno - this seems pretty simple - only 4 wires.


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