Lets begin with saying the uber-easy usb aldl is just that. Thanks to robertsaar for his work and input on the subject.

Now the issue(s) at hand are as follows.

1. Driver driver driver.
Connection seems to be inconsistent using older ftdi chips with later drivers. Usually requires an uninstall and reinstallation of the desired driver.

2. Found an odd issue concerning the use of my inverter plugged into my laptop. Would not connect with inverter making power, connect with it u plugged. Now it doesnt do this on every vehicle but just a thought if u run into this situation.

3. Comm ports comm ports comm ports.

It seems my setup likes com 3. But, when i verify cable on com 3 it doesnt recognize/find the cable. However, if i change the setting to com 4 it finds the cable but will not connect. After i figured all this out it works well oveall.

For the price of admission this is the way to go. Mine isnt necssarily the prettiest but several revisions later it is in a "box" with adequate cable lengt and it works quite well 95% of the time.

Thanks for reading my rant today. Stay tuned for more missdventures ;)