stooge75 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Im running latest version of proscan 5.9 with elm327cable. Cannot for life o me get it communicating with mk3 mondy tdci 2007. Tried all different protocols but still no joy. I can get scantool to work (limited),though. I have all correct drivers set up. Anyone?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Dunno but if it's anything like F-Super/Formidable, you may need to specify which COM port it's connected to in preferences. F-Super won't work either until you do that. You can find that out from Device Manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooge75 Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 think it was because the cable i now find,is a clone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 some clones can be duff unfortunately but you need to make sure the right drivers are installed, otherwise, it cant tell what device its pretending to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooge75 Posted April 10, 2013 Author Share Posted April 10, 2013 yeah i found that out the hard way. plus I think proscan & maybe even sscanmaster has to work with elmscan5 & not elm327(clone) Dont think I'll be looking for cracked software again,as accidently infected the pc with the fef.gener!c trojan lol.(took ages to get rid of it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 cracked software is not the best... Not that I use cracked software (of course...) but if you were wanting to do anything that might risk your PC's health, set yourself up a virtual PC and use that for all your dodgy stuff. If it dies, delete and recreate, or delete and use the copy :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooge75 Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 I have the software but need a genuine elm cable. Unbelieveable,that outta 19 different elm327/elmscan cables on eBay,not 1 is a genuine cable. I emailed every seller & asked if their cables are genuine and ALL replied "its a 3rd party cable!!!". And i had to drag the reply outta them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted April 12, 2013 Share Posted April 12, 2013 Hmmmm I got an Elm 327 made up by one of the other kind fellas on our forums that cost 14 pounds but they can work a treat. Have you thought about trying one, of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stooge75 Posted April 12, 2013 Author Share Posted April 12, 2013 a genuine elm327 cable cant be bought for that price i dont think. that'll probably be a good clone. was online last night & came across a site that had pics of damage done to electronics in some cars,through using cloned cables.quite bad im not using anymore cloned cables full stop.if it was a genuine wifi elm327 for £14,well thats another story think i read somewhere that the chip for the elm327 cable alone,is £12 or thereabouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeebowhite Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 fair comment Angus, I can understand the reluctance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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