Nissan consult errrrrrrrrr why wont it work......

[preston240sx]

ok so i have a rb20 and i decided to try my consult out... so i went on ebay and bought a 30 dollar one and after waiting a month to get it i notice i needed a serial to usb cord so i went to fryes today and picked one up for 14 bucks after i got home i hooked everything up and used the consult software and everytime i tried to connect i kept getting the same window..... unable to open com port (win error code 2) i changed the port on my computer to the port i was using on the consult still get the samething ........ i cant get the ecu to read anything but my car runs just fine i dont understand whats going on i've read it can be the serail adapter but how much can that influence if anyone can show mw some insight please hit me back

[Yellow4g63]

might not have been hooked up when they did your harness.

[preston240sx]

nahh its wired in .... i have the 14 pin plug everytime i plug the consult in it just blinks and i cant get the comp or ecu to reconize each other

[Yellow4g63]

What I mean is the consult plug isn't wired into the harness.

[onepuff]

Did you install the correct drivers for the USB-serial adapter?

[preston240sx]

yes my consult is wired correct im going to to even double check the wiring but it im 100 its good as for the driver when i plugged the usb serial adapter in it loaded up a driver im asuming its the right one

[Japman]

I have exactly the same problem with this wire!!I believe that can not read via a serial to USB converter!! But i don't know if this is the problem or something else!!Try to use a laptop with a serial port to figured out if the problem is to the adapter!

[preston240sx]

i dont have a dinosar of a laptop to try that lol

[klh6686]

I would try another serial to usb adapter, I use a lot of serial products at work and all are very picky regarding cheapo adapters. One that i've had the best luck with is a Keyspan model usa-19hs.

[preston240sx]

yeah i went today returned the old adapter and got a belkin serial to usb for 6 more bucks came with a cd and just looked more high tech so i got ome installed the driver plug it in set the com port up and voila it works on all the programs i have found so far except ecutalk

[onepuff]

For anyone else with this issue you can try and get the drivers from moates.netMost of those serial-usb adapters use either the FTDI or cygnal drivers. The drivers that Winblows installs don't work usually.

[preston240sx]

well it let me use the consult one time before it would'nt work again .... ..... .... still chasing ghost