help with vag-com

[LC Ibiza Cupra]

just recived a cheapie vag -com lead from ebay,
noticed that it didnt have a usb connecter on it so poped down to maplin elecrical in cardiff this morning bought a usb serial converter.
went on the ross tech site an down loaded the free version of vag com.
tried to transfer over to my laptop but having trouble in doing so can anyone shed some light on this problem?

 

[RichN]

You've not said exactly what you mean by "tried to transfer over to my laptop" - but it doesn't matter - I bought the same adaptor from Maplin and I can't get it to work with the car anyway.

It's detected but can't open most of the controllers. Time to buy the real thing I think.

 

[acidstrato]

most controllers are not available on the ibiza lads, just try the engine controller

 

[RichN]

Sadly I've tried that. All worked fine with my old laptop via Serial, nothing works via cheap Maplin adaptor.

(although it detects the cable, it keeps trying different baud rates to talk to the ECU but fails, despite me trying the port at 9600 and 4800 etc)

Time to spend properly and take the money saving idea back ;-)

 

[kriso]

most controllers are not available on the ibiza lads, just try the engine controller

Is this for real? Does it appy to mk4s, as I am having problems getting USB or serial cable to talk to Vag-Com on mine.

 

[mrcoyote]

Is this for real? Does it appy to mk4s, as I am having problems getting USB or serial cable to talk to Vag-Com on mine.

My USB cable works fine.

 

[kriso]

Was it an eBay type one, mrcoyote? And which version do u use, 409?

 

[mrcoyote]

It's not a Ross-tech one if that's what you mean. And I think I'm running 512. I haven't started it up for a while so can't remember.

 

[CHR15B]

You can't use a USB>Serial converter interface with VAG-COM.

If you connect up the USB directly to the laptop and install the relevant drivers - then set the port in device manager and select that in VAG-COM the cable itself is actually a USB>Serial converter.

Unless your laptop doesen't have USB - but if that's the case its very old or you should just buy a Serial VAG-COM cable.