He's on minimods.us and this has already been covered there.

 

i'm new here. just want to confirm the correct OBD cables can be found here:

http://www.sensolutions.com/products/adaptors.php

either the MONO-COM ([size=1]24-EA-ISOPT-01-251) or MONO-USB (24-EA-ISOPT-02-251) will work with MTH, right?[/size]

 

I've had the MTH on my MCSa for over 300 miles now, and I'm pleased with it so far. Since I haven't dyno'd the car, nor do I have any intentions to do so in the futre, I can't provide any empirical evidence to back up any performance gains. However, I can say that besides the "freer revving" effect, the car's exhaust burble is more noticeable since the MTH mod, which was something I thought missing from MCSa vs. MCS when I test drove both of them before the purchase.

There are 2 downsides to this mod though:

• Gas mileage: it's gone down because of driver's right foot is constantly on the throttle.
• a slight flat spot just before the 3000 RPM line, and sometimes causes the transmission to shift earlier than intended.

I do intend to do more mods in the future, and I hope Franz is able to cure the problem #2 as he gets more MCSa requests.

 

Correct.

 

Gosh I hate when Franz takes a few days to get me my files back.

Sent them on Monday. Maybe he knows I have a M7 AGS to be delivered tomorrow and wants me to wait to put that and the ecu change on together.

 

Does anyone know if there is some kind of interface so that you could use a palm pilot to load MTH? I have new files back from Franz and he gave me a 91 octane and 93 octane version. I would like to be able to swap versions without the need of my laptop. Say if I was at the track. Just courious.

 

My guess is you may see them saturday morning..

 

Nope, no palm interface.

 

Its like the first time I sent for a remap for MC it took a week. Then my remap of that took a few hours.

Oh well...

 

Is there a preference for one over the other?

My laptop (Dell Inspiron 1100) has two USB ports and one COM port (assuming that this COM port is the same port one uses to plug into overhead projectors, PROXIMA etc).

I am leaning towards the COM, since it is $30 cheaper, but was curious if one seems to pose fewer problems than others.

After months of sitting by the side and watching how the MTH thing would work out, I think I am actually going to hike up my skirt and go for it!

Thanks guys,

NTHUSIAST

 

From what I've read the Com cable poses less chances for problems when uploading and downloading ECU files.

Also the com port on your laptop is the one similar to where the projector plugs in. The projector one you speak of is a video out and its blue (female connector). The Com port is the same size and same amount of pins but has a male connector.

 

I use the UBS cable version with no problem. I am running it on a Dell Inspiron 1200, with Windows XP.

 

A serial port has 9 pins.. a video port has 15.


you are plugging your projector into a video port....

I have used both versions of the OBD3 cable from Germany and both are stable. I am currently running a serial cable with a USB->serial adaptor on a Dell laptop with Windows XP pro..

It took me several tries to find an USB convertor that worked, but it has been very stable.

 

and a serial port connector would have TWO rows of male pins. A video port would have THREE rows of female pins. Many current generation laptops have ZERO serial ports so be cautious.

I have successfully used the German USB adaptor on my recent generation Averatec laptop (zero serial ports, 4 USB connectors). If I were doing it again I'd get the slightly cheaper serial version and use it with a separate USB <=> RS232 serial widget (obtainable at places like CompuServe, Tiger & Fryes), just because the serial widget is also useful for things like NMEA0183 GPS boxes.

 

generally the 9 pin cable connector is called a DB-9

and

generally the 14 pin cable is called VGA


the number of configurations of pins is a whole heck of a lot. there are custom applications galore.

BTW

i love my MTH!

it has put fire under my seat! and thats not the beans talkin!

 

I have no problems with the Sensolutions USB cable, but it did take me a little work to figure out the correct setup and sequence. Some laptops will have a problem with it. If you really do have a COM port (very unlikely) then get that - there are no issues whatsoever with a serial cable. I also have a belkin USB->Serial adaptor that I use for other thing, like my Stalker radar gun. It also works flawlessly, but just costs you a little extra more. The most reliable setup is a Serial cable and Serial port. Next would be a Serial cable and USB->Serial adaptor. Next would be the USB cable. It all depends on your laptop.

 

I thought that the serial cable and USB->serial adapter messed up the timing and would not work with the MTH? I dont want people to be confused, so just checking

My sensolution USB cables works perfectly and i got one of their first production ones

 

I have not read any reports of that. There are issues with certain adaptors though - not just with MTH but any device. I have no issues with the Belkin unit with any of my devices.

 

Has any one done this to an '05? Any opinions?

 

Plenty of people have - read the thread.

 

My USB cable from Sascha in Germany works fine with my Toshiba Satellie Laptop. However, I did have to return my first cable to him for an exchange.

Theo

 

Ok I thought I've seen it all, but this email I received today takes the cake:

Hi

I saw your site and it’s very good.

I do chiptuning and I need your help: can you send me your cartune, car id number and authorization code so that I can try to find a code to unblock the cartune?

Thanks

Luis.Proenca@hamala.pt

If this email is for real, OMG, this guy needs a life!!! Geez, I might as well send him all the serial numbers of my registered software, and while I'm at it, hand over my social security number and drivers license. I included his email address in case anyone wants to see if this is for real. Btw, .PT is Portugal.

Sheeeeesh.

 

Thank you for that OctaneGuy! Some people are just stupid!!

 

lol octaneguy ! who does that guy think he is...why dont you give him the keys to you car also

I have the USB cable interface...and can report no problems at all.
I have a Dell Inspirion 5150 with XP...had USB due to no serial port.

 

You should send it to him...except give him all the incorrect info.