almostinvincible119 Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Bought my cable from Sprank, tuned from Shamar, and I followed his instructions to a 'T' Im running on Vista, its a borrowed laptop (I'm more of a mac guy) And I am at a loss on how to Flash this ECU. I've spent hours with it trying different combos of button pushes and key turns. When I plug my cable into the OBDII port, it lights up, but as soon as i plug in my green connectors, the light shuts off (not sure if that has anything to do with connection) I can view my ECU in LearningView just fine, just cant flash the SOB in ECUFlash. I never even reach the box with "ok" in it to click on right after I turn the key to "on" Dont know what I'm doing wrong guys. Someone help me out! Heres what I'm seeing in ECUFlash when I try to test flash the ECU. [19:41:57.798] EcuFlash Version 1.43.3150 [19:41:57.798] OS Version Windows Vista [19:41:57.798] Qt Version 4.6.2 [19:41:57.798] 62 memory models read. [19:41:57.798] scanning for metadata models in C:/Program Files/OpenECU/EcuFlash/rommetadata [19:41:58.079] 354 ROM metadata models scanned. [19:41:58.079] checksum module "subarudbw" loaded. [19:41:58.079] checksum module "mitsucan" loaded. [19:41:58.079] checksum module "mitsuh8" loaded. [19:41:58.079] patch module "Subaru CAN Enhanced RAM Parameter Logging" loaded. [19:41:58.079] patch module "Mitsu CAN RAM Parameter Logging" loaded. [19:41:58.079] flashing tool "wrx02" loaded. [19:41:58.079] flashing tool "wrx04" loaded. [19:41:58.079] flashing tool "sti04" loaded. [19:41:58.079] flashing tool "sti05" loaded. [19:41:58.079] flashing tool "mitsukernel" loaded. [19:41:58.079] flashing tool "mitsukernelocp" loaded. [19:41:58.079] flashing tool "mitsubootloader" loaded. [19:41:58.079] flashing tool "shbootmode" loaded. [19:41:58.094] flashing tool "shaudmode" loaded. [19:41:58.094] flashing tool "subarucan" loaded. [19:41:58.094] flashing tool "mitsucan" loaded. [19:42:03.158] A2WC521N (277 tables) inheriting 32BITBASE (661 tables) [19:42:03.220] 1048576 byte image read. [19:42:03.236] WARNING: this ROM has all checksum features turned off! (RomRaider?) [19:42:11.591] Using interface FT232R USB UART A400gZWY [19:42:11.591] interface close [19:42:11.591] unable to connect to vehicle interface. [19:42:11.591] interface close THANKS GUYS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Follow this sequence in this exact order: 1) turn car off 2) connect the green connectors 3) turn car on 4) click the "test write" button in EcuFlash 5) click OK What happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prb2 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 I am trying to do the same thing and having the exact same issue. Trying to tune a 2005 OBXT using a Windows 7 laptop. Any help would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prb2 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Just to follow up on my post, I never get the "OK" prompt no matter what I try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almostinvincible119 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 NSFW, I'm in the same boat as prb2. I NEVER get the box to click "ok" in. I've tried differnt combos with vista, and now I'm trying off XP. Still no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Exit all other programs before starting EcuFlash, just in case. Are the read / write / test-write buttons enabled in EcuFlash? If not, go to the Device Manager in Windows (control panel). Click View, Devices By Type in the menu. Look for "Ports (COM & LPT)" in the list. Expand it. What's in the list? Disable anything that isn't the OpenPort. Restart EcuFlash. Follow the other list of steps. What happens? If it doesn't work, answer all three questions, and I'll try to think of something else... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almostinvincible119 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 They are enabled in the Beta version for me. I will try to disable all com ports tomorrow and report back to you. Thanks for the patience and the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Questions for both of you: What does happen when you click the "test write" button in EcuFlash? Does anything get written to the progress window? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prb2 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I am going to dig into this later today. Thanks for the help for sure! It is nice to know we are not alone out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almostinvincible119 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 I see this when I click the test write, or even the write button: [19:42:11.591] unable to connect to vehicle interface. [19:42:11.591] interface close Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almostinvincible119 Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 Ok NSFW, I went out this morning and tried turning off all COM Ports, the buttons are enabled, and I can see my cable is connected in ECU Flash. This is what I got: [11:36:32.877] Using interface FT232R USB UART A400gZWY [11:36:32.877] interface close [11:36:32.877] unable to connect to vehicle interface. [11:36:32.877] interface close I CAN Datalog, and use Learning View. I hate that there is not a way to check compatibility before throwing away 150 bucks for a tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prb2 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Just spent another 3 hours on this with two more laptops and no luck. I have used a Win 2000, Win XP SP2, Win XP SP3 and Windows 7 machine. The Windows 7 was the only one that I could even get to connect to the car with EcuFlash but still unable to connect to vehicle interface. It looks like I am going to order a Tractrix and get is shipped overnight. Anyone want a VAG-COM cable cheap??? Any other suggestions??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almostinvincible119 Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 PRB, I bought the cable from Infamous, and I've ordered a cheap VAGCOM cable from China. Some folks seem to have luck with that. We'll see how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prb2 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Just an update on this. My Tactrix came today and worked like a charm right out of the box. I was able to flash the ECU with the base map and get the log files back for a revision. I don't know what the issue was but tired every possible combination out there. The Tactrix just worked right from the start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shutterbc Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 A recommendation to the OP may be to try installing VirtualBox and setting up a Windows XP virtual machine. That's what I have resigned myself to. In my case, the 64-bit serial adapter drivers for the Tactrix cable are causing conflicts on my Windows 7 machine, which sometimes causes the connection to drop or even the OS to crash. I got around the issue by redirecting to a guest VM running 32-bit Windows XP. Good luck to you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almostinvincible119 Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Well, I went and got ahold of a XP laptop and wiped it clean and am only running RR, LV, and ECUF on it...still, no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock2534 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Sounds like a pain in the ass....the good news is I think you've concluded that the cable is the issue, maybe it just doesn't want to play nice with ecuflash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxx4k Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 this was my problems too with the vag-com cable on my 05 LGT. I'm starting to think the AP is a better route for me cause I can store winter/summer maps & there's not much bug, from some reading I did it was user friendly to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rock2534 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 It is from my understanding, i have two friends with them. The tactrix works great for me too, and you can store all of your maps and logs on your pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 this was my problems too with the vag-com cable on my 05 LGT. I'm starting to think the AP is a better route for me cause I can store winter/summer maps & there's not much bug, from some reading I did it was user friendly to me. I have yet to hear of any reason to use separate tunes for winter and summer. The ECU has a bunch of compensations based on air temperature and pressure to deal with stuff like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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