After hours of trial and error trying to get this ancient program to work on the latest version of windows, I finally got it to work.
So first you have to download the program of course.
http://winaldl.joby.se/ - I used this link and it was virus free. But of course bill hamilton's fuel injection kit comes with the software cd. Then open it.
It should say this prompt. (note, it May say for example com 3, com 4....etc)
What that means is that the program is not getting the signal.
You can open it but it won't read any signals. So this is where most people just give up. But there is a way.
Click on the windows icon and type in ,"device manager." and click on the program. This should be the window you should see.
Then find the tab that says "universal serial bus converters." make sure the ECM is connected to the computer Other wise you will not find what you are looking for.
Serial is just like a old version of a usb. Using 9 pins and looks like the end of a vga cable. We are going to be modifying the driver to suit what we are doing. Because 3 signals need to be converted to two wires. (I am going to be showing you two different scenarios that May pop up on your computer, because it depends on what version of windows 10 you have, so bare with me)
so find the part where it says, "usb serial converter." or something along those lines. And right click on the text and go to properties.
This is what it will look like* **mine says it is working fine because I fixed it so ignore that, but sometimes it says it is working fine but it isn't....
windows 10 is just weird....
So this is that part where every thing goes haywire. I've tried this on two different windows 10 pc's and two different things happened. When you go to properties, it has different tabs listed such as port setting and etc. So the deal is, if the computer "thinks" the device is working properly, it wont list that tab because it doesn't wan't you to mess with it per say.
But anyway, click on details and it the description of the driver should say,"usb serial converter." if not change it.
Then go to advanced and and check "load vcp."
Click ok.
And it should work.
And it May show these tabs on some computers, ignore the different format, its all the same.
And this is what it looks like if it has the advanced tab. Change all parameters to what you see on the screen.
Then you should be able to log data.
If anyone else has anything else to add, please chime in. It is really hard to explain this because I would try one day and it would not work and then one day it just worked. Be patient with this. With patience comes reward.
So first you have to download the program of course.
http://winaldl.joby.se/ - I used this link and it was virus free. But of course bill hamilton's fuel injection kit comes with the software cd. Then open it.
It should say this prompt. (note, it May say for example com 3, com 4....etc)
What that means is that the program is not getting the signal.
You can open it but it won't read any signals. So this is where most people just give up. But there is a way.
Click on the windows icon and type in ,"device manager." and click on the program. This should be the window you should see.
Then find the tab that says "universal serial bus converters." make sure the ECM is connected to the computer Other wise you will not find what you are looking for.
Serial is just like a old version of a usb. Using 9 pins and looks like the end of a vga cable. We are going to be modifying the driver to suit what we are doing. Because 3 signals need to be converted to two wires. (I am going to be showing you two different scenarios that May pop up on your computer, because it depends on what version of windows 10 you have, so bare with me)
so find the part where it says, "usb serial converter." or something along those lines. And right click on the text and go to properties.
This is what it will look like* **mine says it is working fine because I fixed it so ignore that, but sometimes it says it is working fine but it isn't....
windows 10 is just weird....So this is that part where every thing goes haywire. I've tried this on two different windows 10 pc's and two different things happened. When you go to properties, it has different tabs listed such as port setting and etc. So the deal is, if the computer "thinks" the device is working properly, it wont list that tab because it doesn't wan't you to mess with it per say.
But anyway, click on details and it the description of the driver should say,"usb serial converter." if not change it.
Then go to advanced and and check "load vcp."
Click ok.
And it should work.
And it May show these tabs on some computers, ignore the different format, its all the same.
And this is what it looks like if it has the advanced tab. Change all parameters to what you see on the screen.
Then you should be able to log data.
If anyone else has anything else to add, please chime in. It is really hard to explain this because I would try one day and it would not work and then one day it just worked. Be patient with this. With patience comes reward.
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