Problems with first communication
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Problems with first communication
i have a good earth and an ignition switched battery supply on pin 26, i am really stuck for ideas as i have checked everything like 4 times now. not sure whether i should have any leds lit up to show it has powered up correctly?
many thanks in advance
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Matt Cramer
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Re: Problems with first communication
http://www.DIYAutoTune.com/downloads/tu ... tCheck.zip
Power up the Megasquirt and connect it to your PC. You do not need to open the case and should not put the boot jumper in place for this test. Close MegaTune if it's running, and run the portcheck.exe program. When this program starts, it will scan the available COM ports.
If the port it's scanning is not connected to a working Megasquirt, or it's on the wrong speed, it'll say "No connection made." If it's on the right port and right speed, it will give you the version of the Megasquirt firmware that's on the Megasquirt. Note that some Megasquirt firmware versions will look like earlier versions with this test - for example, 029V identifies it as 029Q. This is for backwards compatibility.
If you get a port where it replies with "S" or something else that doesn't look like a firmware version, this port is probably a fake COM port that echos back everything that's typed.
Let me know what results you get.
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ForumAdminTeam
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Re: Problems with first communication
Is this the same board we identified as a red counterfeit board earlier?
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Re: Problems with first communication
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