Chevy & GMC Vans

Who here has used it and is familiar with the program?

I've started messing around with it and I have a question!

Across the top of the window, just left of the Datalogger button there is a little box with a number that sometimes changes green and red.

What does that mean?

As far as I can tell it is supposed to be green with a reading of 20. Something to do with the amount of bytes received. 20 being the correct amount. Red and lower numbers means it is not interacting correctly.

unfortunately no answers, but I do have a question
James what operating system are you running the program on? I tried running it on windows xp and ran into problems with my usb port aldl cable not working.

I am running it on Windows XP, but it's an older laptop that has both USB and Serial ports. I'm using the serial port just because I could build the cable myself, which was cheaper than buying the usb cable. I have noticed that I have to start the program with the cable unplugged, then after WINALDL is open, I can connect the interface cable. If I start the program with the cable already connected I get an error message for the serial port.

Have you tried starting with the cable unplugged? Or am I not understanding your question correctly?

Mild topic hijack/sidetrack:

Does anyone know where to buy the MALE ALDL connectors?
ie the connector that would go on the end of a homebrew
cable that plugs into the female, underdash ALDL connector?

I find that alligator clips aren't great at staying connected
to the underdash connector.


Lumpy

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I couldn't find any so I made one. I'll post a picture tomorrow.

6spd_monte wrote:I am running it on Windows XP, but it's an older laptop that has both USB and Serial ports. I'm using the serial port just because I could build the cable myself, which was cheaper than buying the usb cable. I have noticed that I have to start the program with the cable unplugged, then after WINALDL is open, I can connect the interface cable. If I start the program with the cable already connected I get an error message for the serial port.

Have you tried starting with the cable unplugged? Or am I not understanding your question correctly?

It never occurred to me to try that. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give that a try.

Lumpy wrote:Mild topic hijack/sidetrack:

Does anyone know where to buy the MALE ALDL connectors?
ie the connector that would go on the end of a homebrew
cable that plugs into the female, underdash ALDL connector?

I find that alligator clips aren't great at staying connected
to the underdash connector.


Lumpy

I soldered the end of my wires to make them stiff. They plug right into the ALDL connections and stay put.

Try this for ALDL cables:

http://www.google.com/products?client=o ... CDQQrQQwAg