USB adapter??

[Chuck Leeper]

Spent the entire day trying to get the FAST supplied usb adapter to work.
I d/l'd the Windows 7 drivers several times.[from FAST site, and the adapter mfgr site]. Every time, I got the com1 not working..Checked device mgr.. Said com3. Made sure setup was on 3.
Our systems guy tried 2 times... same thing.

Is there a known problem w/ the part supplied in the harness kit?

Windows 7 is on the new lt....

 

[Fuelie Nova]

Mine has worked good with win 7 however I am using com1.
Tom

 

[turbobitt]

I tried mine out and worked OK. USB on COM3 and serial on COM1.

Allan G.

 

[Fuelie Nova]

Just checking to make sure you didn't get this error when trying to update your box to 2.0? I did... had to flash the box before I could look at any tables or configuration.
Tom

 

[413turbo]

i on't give a chit what fast or everyone else says - win 7 on a netbook didn't work for me. the usb adapter only worked half the time. get a computer with a real serial port

i got a toughbook cf-28 touchscreen with xp and it works perfect. in fact i had bought several of the toughbooks at a volume discount, nobody in the buick world bought the first one from me, i just gave the last one to a neighbor.

but i do know where you can get a cf-18 tablet (smaller than laptop) in buford for 500 cash, and it does have some upgrades on it, but they only have 1 or 2 left.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

That's exactly..

i on't give a chit what fast or everyone else says - win 7 on a netbook didn't work for me. the usb adapter only worked half the time. get a computer with a real serial port

i got a toughbook cf-28 touchscreen with xp and it works perfect. in fact i had bought several of the toughbooks at a volume discount, nobody in the buick world bought the first one from me, i just gave the last one to a neighbor.

but i do know where you can get a cf-18 tablet (smaller than laptop) in buford for 500 cash, and it does have some upgrades on it, but they only have 1 or 2 left.

what I have been wondering. The shop owner had bought a new lt, just to do cars w/ efi. It has 3 usb's and no serial port. [Said the old lt battery was toast]

My older lt has a serial, weighs #'s more, is slower, has XP Pro on it. I'll bet the farm, it'll work!

Thanks for the input, guys....

 

[413turbo]

Someone else had said the same thing about using a older laptop a long time ago. i tried it, and it worked so good that i didn't spend any more time attempting to use that adapter. the computer itself may be slower, but the logging rate with the serial port is almost in real-time.

from what i gathered, people with the upgraded version of win 7 seemed to have better results than the people using win 7 starter eition.
vista worked a little better.
but xp and a serial port is KING!
i may try 2000 and see if i can get c-com to automatically turn on and load when the car/computer is powered on.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

I just talked to 1 of the goorus.. He said 7 has a tendency to create problems, and may change ports without notice...NICE :O(-

I just advised the owner to get a batt for the old LT, and quit ph%%king around!

 

[Brad T]

Wow am just going through the same thing with windows 7 . My old laptop died and i've been trying to get the new one to connect with the XFI .So far all I get is error codes .

 

[413turbo]

it'll probaly work just fine, right before windows 8 gets released

 

[Turbo Loyd]

I had no problems communicating with the FAST XFI through the Prolific USB to Serial adapter on my Dell notebook with Windows 7 Home Edition for a few months then after an update of Win 7, I kept getting incompatible software errors. This error was similar when trying to communicate using C-Com 2.001 on the notebook with an older Flash version in the XFI box.

Finally got a GigaWare USB to Serial adapter at Radio Shack. Had to remove the Prolific driver then install the GigaWare drivers and now the communication between C-Com software and the XFI box works like a champ.

 

[Chuck Leeper]

Update...

LT owner got the old lt up and running. I installed the drivers from the FAST website. Working fine.
Got the flash to 2.0 done..Then the "fun" started...No inj or ign fire.
Box back to FAST...After a week long "waltz me around, Willie"..They decided on a new box.
Box in yesterday. Engine fired and we began the tune process...NO WB!
Checked the UEGO voltages...Box $hit the bed.
3rd box to be here Monday....

 

[TurboBuRick]

Can't win for loosing. :frown:

 

[HighPSI]

This is very odd. Last month, I had a customer in GA with an EST problem. Other than that, I haven't had any real hardware issues and we sell a LOT of them. Hopefully FAST is helping to make the situation better.

 

[epix]

Use the 'manhattan' driver, tried it out and worked perfect for me after installing:

MANHATTAN : USB to Serial Converter