I was experiencing some DirectScan problems at the track last night that I've never had before. I had the following error on all four of my runs. I was not able to record any data. ...
Hardware Timedout!
Retry? YES|NO
The DirectScan manual says the following...
"Hardware Timedout! Retry? or DirectScan hardware NOT found!
Occurs while the DirectScanis in Realtime mode. This message indicates that the hardware module is no longer detected by the program. This could be the result of the key in the off position, any of the cables becoming disconnected, or power loss to the car. Please check all connections and ensure that the key is in the ON position."
This is what I did/checked:
- I checked all the connections, and even reconnected everything. I have a spacer set up so the cable doesn't ride up too far on the ECM board.
- I reset the ECM (twice)
- I removed the hardware module and ribbon cable from under the dash and laid it out on the floor.
- I started DirectScan BEFORE starting the car.
- I'd hit the spacebar to start recording after my burnout. When I'd hit it after going through the traps is when I noticed the error.
After all this, the problems still persisted. Everything worked fine BEFORE I started logging data. After hitting the space bar it looks like it would only record 5 seconds or so of data. To the best of my knowledge the car was not experiencing "power loss" (as mentioned in manual)... it ran 11.00's at 120mph.
What's up???
Hardware Timedout!
Retry? YES|NO
The DirectScan manual says the following...
"Hardware Timedout! Retry? or DirectScan hardware NOT found!
Occurs while the DirectScanis in Realtime mode. This message indicates that the hardware module is no longer detected by the program. This could be the result of the key in the off position, any of the cables becoming disconnected, or power loss to the car. Please check all connections and ensure that the key is in the ON position."
This is what I did/checked:
- I checked all the connections, and even reconnected everything. I have a spacer set up so the cable doesn't ride up too far on the ECM board.
- I reset the ECM (twice)
- I removed the hardware module and ribbon cable from under the dash and laid it out on the floor.
- I started DirectScan BEFORE starting the car.
- I'd hit the spacebar to start recording after my burnout. When I'd hit it after going through the traps is when I noticed the error.
After all this, the problems still persisted. Everything worked fine BEFORE I started logging data. After hitting the space bar it looks like it would only record 5 seconds or so of data. To the best of my knowledge the car was not experiencing "power loss" (as mentioned in manual)... it ran 11.00's at 120mph.
What's up???