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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 06:12 PM
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Just received my HPTuners package today and it cannot find the cable. Keep getting "Connect Error" 8012 The device is not open. I am using a usb to serial cable and Windows XP finds the cable but cannot connect to the VCM. I set Comm 1 to 115200 but still cannot connect.

What am I doing wrong.
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 06:39 PM
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i just went through the same thing my problem was that the usb to serial adapter comes with a disc that u have to use to download the adapter to your laptop mine wouldnt work till i downloaded that program
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 06:45 PM
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My adapter came with a CD but it said it was for Windows 98 and 2000. I'm running Windows XP and it does reconize the cable when I plug it in but I will check what is on the CD. Thanks.
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Old Mar 25, 2005 | 10:58 PM
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I had to load the device driver then I got the cable to work. It loaded itself on Com 6 but VCM Suite would not read it so I changed it to COM 2 and it connects.

The problem now is that it keeps saying "Unable Read to Cable ID".

What's wrong?



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i just went through the same thing my problem was that the usb to serial adapter comes with a disc that u have to use to download the adapter to your laptop mine wouldnt work till i downloaded that program
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 11:05 AM
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Do you have the cable plugged into the correct USB port? Have you checked in the device manager to see that the install was successful? I tried to use a PCMCIA card and although it showed that it was installed correctly, when I went to look at it, it showed that there was some sort of error. Sometimes you have to install them multiple times. The KeySpan adapter is what they reccommend.
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Old Mar 26, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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Hey guys, thanks for all the help. I just bought the Keyspan adapter and everything worked perfect the first time. I really think they should include this adapter with HPTuners it would make everything much easier.

Now I have to learn the software.

Ernie




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Do you have the cable plugged into the correct USB port? Have you checked in the device manager to see that the install was successful? I tried to use a PCMCIA card and although it showed that it was installed correctly, when I went to look at it, it showed that there was some sort of error. Sometimes you have to install them multiple times. The KeySpan adapter is what they reccommend.
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