Hello new guy and ELM 327 cable question:)

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Drei
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Hello new guy and ELM 327 cable question:)

Post by Drei » 13 Jul 2011, 10:09

Hi, saying hello, I have been trolling around here for a while as I was pointed to you by a fellow FiatForum.com member.

I have the same cable, ordered it as this:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ELM-327-USB-1-4a- ... 2eb0de2e87
but I received the orange one instead, funny I plugged it into the USB only not the car and gave me a good test:)

When I plugged into the car nothing, no connection. Am I missing something?


I have the 2007 Bravo 1.9 JTD 16V. I may be selecting the wrong interface from the program? Any help is much appreciated it as I already messaged the seller (UK Seller) and told him that his cable is a fake and should be ashamed as itw as advertised as original. I am about to return it but would like to give this another go.

I have also purchased the Fiat convertor cables, the 3 yello green and red cables.


Should I head over to http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm an download the latest drivers? All I want is to get the car readings and reset the engine error code for the EGR Valve.

Should I leave the COM POrt speed to 9600 or bring it to 38400? So do I connect the ELM cable into the yellow cable then into the port or simply bang i into the car port without the adaptor cables? After which I connected the USB to laptop, switch car electrics on then fire up FiatECU do the test and try and make a connection?



To be honest if people purchased cables of eBay and they work, why can;t we have a sticky with the sellers that do sell the good ones. Should I return it and get hold of a 1.3 Blue cable version instead?

These are the alternate cables I could get:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/USB-409-1-KKL-VAG ... 20bafce52c

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ELM-327-USB-1-4a- ... 2eb418e8c8

This one is £30 so... surely it must be the real deal?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-DIAGNOSTIC-CO ... 1c15a893ca

Or fork out almost £100 for this?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OBDKey-OBD-USB-2- ... 4cf8152734
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yani
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Re: Hello new guy and ELM 327 cable question:)

Post by yani » 13 Jul 2011, 11:41

Please check the following thread:
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1493

The problem with your interface seems to be the same.

Drei
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Re: Hello new guy and ELM 327 cable question:)

Post by Drei » 13 Jul 2011, 12:13

Hi mate, I did look at that pretty extensively but I can't find any links to products that work without messing around, from what I saw there are different ones. I don't have a solder or something to test the ohms and not sure I want to mess opening the device up, besides I can post it back and I can get something else that does work. Don't mind paying more if it works properly.

Juggers2k
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Re: Hello new guy and ELM 327 cable question:)

Post by Juggers2k » 13 Jul 2011, 12:48

If you want an ELM327 that will definitely work with FES, look at one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0612878622
2008 Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 8v Eleganza

Drei
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Re: Hello new guy and ELM 327 cable question:)

Post by Drei » 13 Jul 2011, 13:06

Juggers2k wrote:If you want an ELM327 that will definitely work with FES, look at one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0612878622
Thanks mate and it looks like this seller is FiatECUSan approved.

Lovely, now to find out, if I purchase the full version FiatECUSan, do you get updates for life? Or it is a one time off?

Juggers2k
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Re: Hello new guy and ELM 327 cable question:)

Post by Juggers2k » 13 Jul 2011, 13:23

Drei wrote:Lovely, now to find out, if I purchase the full version FiatECUSan, do you get updates for life? Or it is a one time off?
You'd have to ask Yani about plans for the future really :)
As it stands at the moment though, updates are free - you just download them
2008 Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 8v Eleganza

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