no connection to microsquirt

[195suz]

Im afraid this is the first of many post, I have power to the MS The fuel pump relay is cycling on and off the whole time power is on but I cant establish a connection! Port checher comes up with nothing comm3 no connection made, comm4 no connection made 2 valid ports found. I am running windows XP with a belkin USB to serial adapter. Please let me know if there is any additional info you might need to help me.

[Matt Cramer]

Sounds like the adapter may have a driver issue. You will need to connect to it and set the ECU type before the fuel pump stops clicking on and off.

[195suz]

Should I try to find a laptop that has a serial port and try that first?

[pommie02]

go to your device manager,
plug in the adapter....what type of connection is it called, modem or serial connection.
i have just managed to get one of these working on a laptop.....it took me over 3 hours to get it working though.
if you go to the megasquirt web site and search for the troubleshooting section, you will find this very helpful.
and remember...dont give in

[195suz]

its a serial

[195suz]

I changed e coulple of things now under port check im getting comm4 V2.88 embedded code by B&G but now when i try to open MT I getcontroller code version does not match signiture in MS-I ini

[pommie02]

have you set your ini file...should be version 2.8 or something like that.
have you actually tried to open the ini file and alter it in note pad, it looks like you have a connection now.
have you set the ecu type in megasquirt

[195suz]

OK I figured out how to set the ini file and I changed the variables to match what i have. When I connect to MS I now get Controller code version does not match signiture in I-ini but now it says V2.88 versus 2.87 and if i choose not to shut down MT it establishes a connection but when I go under fuel setting/ general I dont see ecu type.

[Matt Cramer]

Could you post a screen shot of the error message you're getting?

[195suz]

I can when I get home from work. How do you do a screen shot ?