Haltech manager can not find my ECU. The process is so simple I can't imagine what is wrong. Tried multiple USB ports and cords.

My only guess is that I'm using a work laptop that could have some kind of software interfering. On the other hand I've loaded iTunes and several printers....

I'm obviously not a talented techi.... Any suggestions?

Thanks,

George

 

Can you try using a different computer?

 

Long story..... But car is in one city and friends with their computers in different state.

Guess it is time to buy a personal laptop...... just not quite ready

Thanks for reply!

 

For me, the ECU manager never found the ECU from the first try

 

Soooooo..... What did you do?

I REALLY want to switch to my high boost map!!

 

Usually it finds it the 2nd-3rd time.

Try reinstall it.

 

Thanks

 

My car boots up every start up and automatically loads ECU manager and syncs. It works every time without fail. The car must be running or the ignition must be in the "ON" position in order for the Haltech to be fully powered. My laptop works fine too. Both run win xp. Not sure what the problem could be...

 

you have directX installed right?

 

Yes.....

Thanks

 

I just tried it with the car running. Didn't seem wise but nothing else was working. No dice

I'll try reinstalling the software in the morning

Thanks guys

 

try a different cable on a different port... it happened to me when i discovered that i hooked up the cable on pre-usb 2.0 port. ecu manager didn't recognize it till i moved it to another port. and now it works fine every time i plug it in.

 

Still no go

Multiple cables, all diff USB ports, uninstalled and reinstalled software.

Dammit

 

Sounds like USB driver might not be installed or not working with that laptop...

 

I dunno..... They have been working for everything else like iPod iPhone printers and external hard drives

Found a Samsung laptop I might pick up. Mo money, Mo money

 

Has it ever worked? Do you have administrator privileges to the laptop? I think the Haltech has its own USB drivers that need to install so the fact that your laptop works with other USB devices is good, but not all that is required.

 

Aahhh. I'll look into getting the haltech drivers onto laptop

Thanks for your help!

 

Yes, the drivers should be installed..

 

Guess it was driver related. New laptop = win

Did find this on haltech trouble shooting doc:

"No Communications to ECU

Check power to ECU. Check that the car�s ignition is turned on to supply power to the ECU.

Check communications cable. Check that it is plugged in firmly and does not have damage. Cables are easily damaged when shut in car doors.

Ensure that your USB drivers have been installed correctly. To check if your ECU has been recognised by your PC, you can view your USB devices in the Device Manager. To open the Device Manager, right click on the My Computer icon, and select Properties.



Select the Hardware tab and click on Device Manager.



Click on the '+' symbol on to open up the tree to dispaly the list of devices.



If your USB driver is installed and the ECU to connected, there should be a device named in the list.

If the USB device is appearing in the list, but you still have problems communicating, then you can try un-installing and re-installing the USB driver. To remove the driver, open the Control Panel and select Add or Remove Programs and remove the following item:
.

After installing the ECU Manager software, a copy of the USB drivers will be placed in C:\Program Files\Haltech\USB Driver Installer . The driver can be installed from here, but opening the installer program PreInstaller.exe.