eas lead?

gfromleeds · Sep 18, 2013

Morning guys
has anyone near leeds got a working eas lead and serial adapter I could come use for 5 mins?
My p38 went into soft fault this morning so as I had a few minutes I quickly grabed my lead and laptop
problem is ive not used it on this car and its a new laptop witch dosent have a serial port so ive got one of them usb adapters (I bought a few months ago tested but couldent sync then eather)
its linking to the car cause im getting feed back but it wont sync
im suspecting eather the usb adapter or the ob11 conector on the dash

martynv8 · Sep 18, 2013

I'm in Sheffield if that's any help?

Datatek · Sep 18, 2013

gfromleeds said:
Morning guys
has anyone near leeds got a working eas lead and serial adapter I could come use for 5 mins?
My p38 went into soft fault this morning so as I had a few minutes I quickly grabed my lead and laptop
problem is ive not used it on this car and its a new laptop witch dosent have a serial port so ive got one of them usb adapters (I bought a few months ago tested but couldent sync then eather)
its linking to the car cause im getting feed back but it wont sync
im suspecting eather the usb adapter or the ob11 conector on the dash

If the USB drivers for your adaptor are not compatable with your version of windows, the EAS software can appear to sync but the feed back can just be from the adaptor itself.

gfromleeds · Sep 18, 2013

Datatek said:
If the USB drivers for your adaptor are not compatable with your version of windows, the EAS software can appear to sync but the feed back can just be from the adaptor itself.

Ive a feeling that it was faulty cos it an ebay adapter think it was about £3 but wanted to check by subsituting with know working items

gfromleeds · Sep 18, 2013

martynv8 said:
I'm in Sheffield if that's any help?

I may take you up on that cheers
gona get a new adapter first check that

Datatek · Sep 18, 2013

gfromleeds said:
Ive a feeling that it was faulty cos it an ebay adapter think it was about £3 but wanted to check by subsituting with know working items

Some of the USB adaptors on Ebay are not a full implementation of the RS232 protocol, in particular the RTS signal is missing so they will never work and on some the voltage on the serial side is 5 volts instead of +/-12 volts,

martynv8 · Sep 18, 2013

gfromleeds said:
I may take you up on that cheers
gona get a new adapter first check that

No probs, hope you get sorted. If not let me know. I work from home so in most days.

gfromleeds · Sep 18, 2013

Ive just finished work and im now sat in works carpark writing this
the fault has gone???
Didnt know it could self clear!
is it because it was only a soft fault or could it be a warning something expensive is about to spit its dummy out

Datatek · Sep 18, 2013

gfromleeds said:
Ive just finished work and im now sat in works carpark writing this
the fault has gone???
Didnt know it could self clear!
is it because it was only a soft fault or could it be a warning something expensive is about to spit its dummy out

A soft fault can reset, often caused by a height sensor giving a duff reading.

gfromleeds · Sep 18, 2013

Datatek said:
A soft fault can reset, often caused by a height sensor giving a duff reading.

Mmmm that probably be the rear left then as it often drops overnight! but I once had a fault on my door lock which made it think the door was open ie. Freezes the eas and it didnt drop so not a leak!
Would it have logged this mornings fault or does it not store soft faults?

mutsnutz · Sep 18, 2013

im up in durham mate if thats any help

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