Yea when I saw that I was hoping it could be powered by the computer as I have a wicked high pitch sound in the stereo being generated by the wideband uego. I figured the computer might provide a cleaner ground that may mitigate the sound/feedback.
Yea when I saw that I was hoping it could be powered by the computer as I have a wicked high pitch sound in the stereo being generated by the wideband uego. I figured the computer might provide a cleaner ground that may mitigate the sound/feedback.
Weird, my AEM WB has never caused any noise.
might have something to do with the 14 speaker stereo with 1200 watts I installed.
Lol, may be.
If you are running Win 7 for MP Scan, there may be an issue loading the SCI-USB cable drivers. Apparently, MS now has thier own driver download for the cable, and it must be based on an older FTDI driver - because it doesn't work in VCP mode.
When you plug in a cable to a PC the first time, it will load as a 'USB Serial Device'; in device manager under the 'USB Devices'. If you open the properties, you can enable it to load the 'VCP' (Virtual COM Port) driver. You need to check this box. Then, unplug and re-plug the cable. Windows should now re-load the VCP drivers for the cable. If it doesn't load right as indicated above, you will get a yellow exclamation point in the Windows device manager.
If that happens, you will need to manually install the FDTI-sourced driver from here. Simply run the .exe from the download, and the FTDI cable should appear as a COM port.
Not sure if this happens in other versions of Windows. I know it happens in Win 7, and I assume 8, 8.1. Not sure about XP.
Last edited by ShelGame; 06-28-2015 at 11:45 PM.
On my little Win7 Dell, I had to get the drivers from that link, Windows Update had nothing for the ftdi board I use. Did have to check the VCP box, and I think I had to uninstall the drivers and allow it to reload them afterwards. When it pops up saying Searching Windows Update for drivers, I clicked on skip and it downloaded the drivers from the file instead.
One other note, I have to have the cable/board plugged into the computer before opening MP Scan, it does not seem to recognize that you plug it in after it's opened.
89 Voyager LE, 2.5T2 - rest in peace
87 Charger Shelby T2 (2.4 conversion in process)
I think it may also be a hardware revision from FTDI. The newer cables seem to have this problem, but older ones don't.
Is anyone having issues with MPTune? It kept coming up with errors and had issues updating, I uninstalled/reinstalled/updated, and now whenever I go to open up a .tpl it crashes. I tried an old file that I know works and a fresh .zip from your google site Rob, any thoughts. BTW Win 7, freshly updated.
It works fine with no issues for me, on Win 7 and 8 (and XP before that computer crashed )
Ver. 2.0.4.8, it automatically updates on close if there is an update available.
if you are doing a fresh install, i would recommend that you always start mptune, wait 10 seconds, then exit again before trying to open a cal for the first time. that way you can be assured that the latest version will be installed.
i will update the complete install package this week some time so it has the most current version.
would you give me some specifics on the errors you are seeing. is it when you first start mptune the first time, or when opening a cal, or ....?
thanks.
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89 Voyager LE, 2.5T2 - rest in peace
87 Charger Shelby T2 (2.4 conversion in process)
what do you mean it crashes? i.e. it won't load the tpl and gives you errors, or mptune locks up/bombs out, etc? need more info!!! do you have a screen shot of any error messages? tell me a specific tpl you are opening when it bombs. are you able to open a tsmec tpl ok?
89 Voyager LE, 2.5T2 - rest in peace
87 Charger Shelby T2 (2.4 conversion in process)
It shuts down, will not open the .tpl, no errors, nothing. Opens up and seems fine, click the folder to open, click a .tpl, closes out completely. Nothing in the processes in task manager, no error messages, nothing. The specific .tpl is the GLHS 87. It is very frustrating as I used it to program the computer in my R/T and it works fine, I think it is something between MPTune and my machine, but can't figure it out.