The only flaw in serial comunacations is laptops don't have serial ports anymore!
The only flaw in serial comunacations is laptops don't have serial ports anymore!
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I have had little to no luck with serial to USB converters. I have two, and neither will allow my laptop to communicate with my LC1, where as at least one had previously.
To buy a known "working" serial to USB converter will be at $33 + shipping ($33 MSRP for the Innovate and $37 for the Moates), on top of the Wideband gauge and sensor, so that's $232, plus shipping. and I still only have a(n ugly) gauge and a sensor, yes it has an output that can be used with my ECM, as I would with any WBO2 system, with no additional logging capabilities, without adding ANOTHER Innovate part (aux box).
OR
I can get the SLC_DIY2, that has WBO2 capability, built in display (I'm torn on the looks), up to 12 additional inputs, with ability to display certain inputs on the display, native USB, and I can pick it up from the guys house, like I did with my DIY(1). :D
If I really wanted to go all out, I could get the SLC_Pure Plus 2, that adds onboard datalogging storage. ;)
I'm done with Innovate products. The Innovate products I have had, have worked great, and are quite reliable, I just don't want to deal with this serial crap. It is 2012...
The man who says something is impossible, is usually interrupted by the man doing it.
I guess you missed this part:
I'm not getting an Innovate, or anything else with serial, simple as that. I don't want to deal with the extra parts to carry around, flaky connections, or just simply stop working one day, like I've already experienced.Originally Posted by I said
The man who says something is impossible, is usually interrupted by the man doing it.
I'd like to have an old XP laptop with serial port, just for all this old technoligy. Seen a couple running at pawn shops but $100. plus they all need a battery and they are old so who knows how long they'd last... or $2500 for a new ToughBook...
OK everyone is going to have to start making all this crap work with USB or it get's boycott! But all my serial port stuff works with my USB to Serial adapter...
Did you see that other Wide Band in other thread? No free air calibration! Plus it had a data box that did other stuff... ProLogger!
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I don't blame ya, Six. I still use my Win 98 powered IBM Thinkpad for tuning. I spent many years fighting hardware, learning quirks, &etc. and when I get the tuning equipment out I want to be able to get the job done that I intended to do. I bought a newer, faster laptop with Win2k several years ago for OBDII tuning. It does nothing else. I am now in the market for the new CAN bus style TunercatII cable and I'm buying the USB version.
FWIW several years ago I bought up a huge lot of Silicom PCMCIA serial adapter cards that worked very well with Datamaster. Sold most of them but kept a few for myself. None of the usb to serial converters worked consistently at the time. I have never checked into whether or there are any express card versions but I'd think it's worth it to have one if your laptop has an express slot because you just don't know what you'll need to connect to. :)
I like the DIY2.
I never thought of a serial card for adapter cards because all the old laptops had serial. Just looked at my new laptop, that I have had 2 years and it has so many things I have never used and one looks like a adapter card slot! With something in it? So I pushed it in and it popped out and I have a remote control!
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