Autotap won't communicate with vehicle
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Autotap won't communicate with vehicle I have Autotap v 2.02 enhanced
I am running this on an Acer TravelMate 512T notebook
-366mhz Intel Celeron processor
-32mb ram
-4.5gb hard disk
I keep getting the error message lost communication/no autotap found on COM
port1. I followed the troubelshooting instructions and checked all my connections. I did check to make sure COM1 port is active.
Autotap will not connect to the vehicle even with it running it give me the "no autotap hardware found". I'm a MAC guy so I'm not the sharpest when it comes to PC's but it seems the problem is with something in the laptop?
Can anyone help me out here ?
I am running this on an Acer TravelMate 512T notebook
-366mhz Intel Celeron processor
-32mb ram
-4.5gb hard disk
I keep getting the error message lost communication/no autotap found on COM
port1. I followed the troubelshooting instructions and checked all my connections. I did check to make sure COM1 port is active.
Autotap will not connect to the vehicle even with it running it give me the "no autotap hardware found". I'm a MAC guy so I'm not the sharpest when it comes to PC's but it seems the problem is with something in the laptop?
Can anyone help me out here ?
COM1 may be active, but is it the serial port?
Sometimes another system resource gets COM1
(like IR ports, or whatever). Try telling AutoTAP
to try 2, 3, ...? I think you could look through
the Device Manager and see what the PC has the
serial port assigned to.
Sometimes another system resource gets COM1
(like IR ports, or whatever). Try telling AutoTAP
to try 2, 3, ...? I think you could look through
the Device Manager and see what the PC has the
serial port assigned to.
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sorry I'm PC illiterate -lol I've been working mainly on Macintosh for the last 15 years. I can get around in a PC better in XP than this (Windows 98) but when it comes to solving issues like this I'm lost for the most part.
I did check the cigg lighter & fuse as mentioned above. It works so that is not the problem.
On my laptop I went into the Device Manager and it shows COM1 but I don't see anything saying what port it's assigned to.
It is using a Microsoft driver, should it be using a different driver from the Autotap software ?
The buffers were set high in the advanced port settings so I Lowered them which it says should help with connection problems. Maybe this is the problem.
I also changed the port settings baud rate to 9600 and flow control to Xon/Xoff. The flow control was previously set to none and port settings were different.
I bought this off another forum member. I emailed Autotap support, hopefully this is just a configuration problem .
I did check the cigg lighter & fuse as mentioned above. It works so that is not the problem.
On my laptop I went into the Device Manager and it shows COM1 but I don't see anything saying what port it's assigned to.
It is using a Microsoft driver, should it be using a different driver from the Autotap software ?
The buffers were set high in the advanced port settings so I Lowered them which it says should help with connection problems. Maybe this is the problem.
I also changed the port settings baud rate to 9600 and flow control to Xon/Xoff. The flow control was previously set to none and port settings were different.
I bought this off another forum member. I emailed Autotap support, hopefully this is just a configuration problem .
I know my other tools (don't have ATAP but one uses
an ATAP compatible cable) all want 115200 as the baud
rate, 8 bits, no parity. I don't recall anything about flow
control but I don't think you want any back-talk, just
one way (pretty much) data transfer as fast as you can.
Win98 likes to jack around ports for plug-n-play. You are
looking for a device that is a legacy UART, forget the part
number. I would remove any serial resource that you don't
intend to use (like serial infrared ports, serial mouse (if
you see that the "real" mouse is a PCMCIA separate deal).
I think you might be able to find ATAP setup info on the
Web somewhere that woulld indicate what the cable likes.
an ATAP compatible cable) all want 115200 as the baud
rate, 8 bits, no parity. I don't recall anything about flow
control but I don't think you want any back-talk, just
one way (pretty much) data transfer as fast as you can.
Win98 likes to jack around ports for plug-n-play. You are
looking for a device that is a legacy UART, forget the part
number. I would remove any serial resource that you don't
intend to use (like serial infrared ports, serial mouse (if
you see that the "real" mouse is a PCMCIA separate deal).
I think you might be able to find ATAP setup info on the
Web somewhere that woulld indicate what the cable likes.
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guys thanks for your help. As it turns out the serial port on my laptop is not functioning properly but the OS thinks it is?. I was able to borrow a friend's laptop and sucessfully connect to the vehicle.
Guess it's time to get another laptop.
Guess it's time to get another laptop.
