Freescan 210 - No bytes sent or recieved

[Guest]

Hi.

1998 esprit gt3

I am using an aldl cable from the forum and free scan 2.1.0

Freescan is set to

100ms

Com1

 

USB configured

Com 1

Baud 9600

 

Press start and nowt happens... it tries to start but no data is exchanged

 

I tried different baud and went up and down the speeds in freescan and made no progress , including setting baud to 8200

 

If I use espritmon all I get is the spark, which does change with revs...

[Guest]

Spent another couple of hours on this today,

 

Freescan says P.00 - Finding start header

When ignition is on or engine running. This is the only response I receive.

I have tried to force data on interact, with no bytes sent or recieved.

 

Espritmonv4 is not showing spark... it is showing a response in the spark table but the engine isn't running !

 

So I downgraded to espritmonv3.... no spark junk data anymore.... but no data whatsoever

 

[sailorbob]

A couple of things to try:

The other ALDL connector.

The Espritmon lotus.cfg file 'mode' entry is set to '0'.

 

[Guest]

Yes, esprit mon cfg is set to 0

 

I cannot find the boot connector, I have searched around the battery and fuse box without success

[sailorbob]

The boot connector is often found tucked away between the fuse box and wing.

[Guest]

Found boot aldl.

Exactly the same result.

Tried on another laptop, same result.

Could but be my cable ?

[sailorbob]

Try TunerPro, it has the option to test for a valid cable.

[Guest]

4 hours ago, sailorbob said:

Try TunerPro, it has the option to test for a valid cable.

Ahaa , I actually downloaded it earlier..  will be a while till I get to test it as I dropped the esprit back in storage this morning.

[Guest]

ok, i have tried everything:

rebuilt a laptop to windows10 32 bit with only freescan or esprit mon installed

tried on an old laptop that still had com ports... tried on a mac running windows, tried on a tablet running windows, tried on a dell latitude... all tried as they came, then rebuilt with fresh O/S and updates.

tried tunerpro

rebuilt to 64bit

installed drivers repeatedly

passenger side port or boot/trunk port..same result, No engine data (while engine is running !!)

if i save ecu coms log to disk; they have headers and no data

NO bytes sent, a few bytes in, ...if i unplug the aldl cable from the car while freescan is running I get a runtime error ! that is all i can make it do.

image below showing freescan and driver information, please help...

 

 

[RobinB5]

With Espritmon I had to try various COM ports until I found one that worked. Ended up with these settings in lotus.cfg:

mode=0
com=7
baudrate=8192
gpscom=0
gpsbaudrate=115200

This using a USB-ALDL connector provided by @internets.

Only issue I've found is that on the first connection, it failed to link (once). 2nd connection, just restating Espritmon with mode=0, it got talking to the ECU and all was fine.

The above on a Win10 PC sitting snugly on a blanket in the boot. PC still worked after a blast around the local roads

 

[Guest]

this is my esprit mon:

mode=0
com=1
baudrate=8192
gpscom=0
gpsbaudrate=115200

 

which matches the COM in my windows config

my cable is from @internets too

This is my full USB/COM configuration (from USB View) in case someone really wants to get to sleep:

Device Descriptor:
bcdUSB:             0x0200
bDeviceClass:         0x00
bDeviceSubClass:      0x00
bDeviceProtocol:      0x00
bMaxPacketSize0:      0x08 (8)
idVendor:           0x0403 (Future Technology Devices International Limited)
idProduct:          0x6001
bcdDevice:          0x0600
iManufacturer:        0x01
0x0409: "TLF"
iProduct:             0x02
0x0409: "USB - ALDL lead - Lotus Esprit"
0x0409: "USB - ALDL lead - Lotus Esprit"
iSerialNumber:        0x03
0x0409: "13MTS8SJ"
bNumConfigurations:   0x01

ConnectionStatus: DeviceConnected
Current Config Value: 0x01
Device Bus Speed:     Full
Device Address:       0x06
Open Pipes:              2

Endpoint Descriptor:
bEndpointAddress:     0x81  IN
Transfer Type:        Bulk
wMaxPacketSize:     0x0040 (64)
bInterval:            0x00

Endpoint Descriptor:
bEndpointAddress:     0x02  OUT
Transfer Type:        Bulk
wMaxPacketSize:     0x0040 (64)
bInterval:            0x00

Configuration Descriptor:
wTotalLength:       0x0020
bNumInterfaces:       0x01
bConfigurationValue:  0x01
iConfiguration:       0x00
bmAttributes:         0x80 (Bus Powered )
MaxPower:             0x2D (90 Ma)

Interface Descriptor:
bInterfaceNumber:     0x00
bAlternateSetting:    0x00
bNumEndpoints:        0x02
bInterfaceClass:      0xFF
bInterfaceSubClass:   0xFF
bInterfaceProtocol:   0xFF
iInterface:           0x02
0x0409: "USB - ALDL lead - Lotus Esprit"
0x0409: "USB - ALDL lead - Lotus Esprit"

Endpoint Descriptor:
bEndpointAddress:     0x81  IN
Transfer Type:        Bulk
wMaxPacketSize:     0x0040 (64)
bInterval:            0x00

Endpoint Descriptor:
bEndpointAddress:     0x02  OUT
Transfer Type:        Bulk
wMaxPacketSize:     0x0040 (64)
bInterval:            0x00

 

 

 

[RobinB5]

The Com 1 port might be already assigned. Best way is just trial and error. Increase it by 1, save .cfg, restart Espritmon, repeat, until you get a connection.

[internets]

@Laika I can pop around and take a look if your still in Pinner?

[Guest]

Yep, still here

[internets]

Cool, Ill send you a PM to arrange to pop over then.

[pureguava]

Have you tried a different aldl cable?   This solved my problems similar to yours with a V8    -   No data incoming - new cable fixed it  

[RobinB5]

Found this more direct method to see what COM port your USB is on:

1. Open Device Manager.
2. Click on View in the menu bar and select Show hidden devices.
3. Locate Ports (COM & LPT) in the list.
4. Check for the com ports by expanding the same

Com port 7 is the one that works on mine:

Hope this helps!?

[Guest]

56 minutes ago, RobinB5 said:

Found this more direct method to see what COM port your USB is on:

1. Open Device Manager.
2. Click on View in the menu bar and select Show hidden devices.
3. Locate Ports (COM & LPT) in the list.
4. Check for the com ports by expanding the same

Com port 7 is the one that works on mine:

Hope this helps!?

Robin, I had my com showing as 1, so changed to 7.. same result

[RobinB5]

O well! hope Chris can sort you out.

[sailorbob]

Check which FTDI driver version you are using, version 2.8.24.0 should be OK.

[Guest]

27 minutes ago, sailorbob said:

Check which FTDI driver version you are using you are using. Version 2.8.24.0 should be OK.

I am using 2.10 .... will explore

[Guest]

Working! The software was ok, it was a dodge cable. @Internets came round, diagnosed it and now I have  a new cable and a working windows tablet and freescan dashboard..  😁

[Guest]

On 14/12/2019 at 11:26, Laika said:

Working! The software was ok, it was a dodge cable. @Internets came round, diagnosed it and now I have  a new cable and a working windows tablet and freescan dashboard..  😁

But only via boot port, passenger... and of course the convenient port, is totally unresponsive... any ideas ?