[Vwdiesel] VAG-COM woes

[James Hansen]

Well, Uwe should be able to help you, IMO he is pretty close to the genius
mark, so if he sez the cable is flaky, it prolly is.  Only other issue is
the age of the laptop and the flakiness of early laptop com port power
supplies.  You can get in touch with him through the vag-com website.  Or
call him on the phone.  He and Linda are really helpful, and quite nice to
talk to.  My cable is 4 years old, made long before Hex-com, and never fails
to work on a crummy old compaq P133. I had a small issue when I first ran
mine, he walked me through some computer stuff that resolved it when it was
actually not his software problem, was the settings on the crummy old abacus
I was running it on.
I recommend Vag-com to everyone I meet that needs it, including two
dealerships to date that have bought it.
It's good stuff.
-James

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
Behalf Of Shalyn Shourds
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 10:33 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] VAG-COM woes


Thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas.  I broke down and bought the
VAG-COM software/cable because I need to time the TDI.  Problem is, I
can't make it work.  The connection doesn't seem to be consistant or
something.  The program locks up all the time.  I've tried re-installing
it, re-downloading and re-installing it, running serial port
diagnostics, and doing all the stuff in the VAG-COM FAQ.  When it's
running best, the red and green LED's will flicker before locking up in
a red, usually.  Sometimes, when I'm really lucky, it'll get far enough
to return a "Controller not Found" error.  When I try it again, it locks
up.  Anyone had any similar experiences?  I got ahold of Uwe, who is, as
I understand, the designer.  Found him on the TDIclub page, but all he
has suggested is sending out a new cable which is good of him, but I
need to get this thing on the road fairly soon....  If I can get this
thing to run with the unit I have on hand that would be ideal.   I think
UPS is starting to slow down under the Xmas load.

I'm so tempted to get this thing running and sell it at this point.
Every time I try to drive it, something really really bad happens.  I
don't think our mojos are compatible.

-Shalyn


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