[s-cars] VAG-COM Interface Not Found

[Mark Strangways]

Canuck car worked fine for me, matter of fact my car came from Quebec at 
some point.

Mark S
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vincent Fregeac" <vfregeac at sympatico.ca>
To: "'S-Car-List at Audifans.Com'" <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 10:23 AM
Subject: [s-cars] VAG-COM Interface Not Found


>I just got a VAG-COM cable from eBay but when I try to "talk" to my S6, I
> got a message "Serial Port OK - Interface Not Found".
>
> First, we'll avoid the basic questions:
> - Yes, the ignition was on
> - Yes, the 2x2 was plugged correctly
> - Yes, the Serial Port was selected properly
> - Yes, the ECU is blinking codes
> - And yes, the black connector has 12V
>
> which, AFAIK leave me with 3 suspects:
> - The ECU blinks codes but does not communicate with the VAG-COM because I
> have a Engine Check Light wired in as it's a Canadian car.
> - The Laptop being a Compaq, the serial port is lame but VAG-COM says it's
> sometimes the case with Compaq Presario and mine is a Compaq Armada M300
> - The Cable is defective.
>
> A spare laptop, a spare cable and a spare car would certainly help the
> diagnosis but I don't have any of these.
>
> So, has anyone had the same problem with either a Canadian car with the
> Engine Check Light wired in or with a Compaq Armada laptop?
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
>
>
>
> Vincent
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