s3ollie Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 hi does my vagcom cable have to be plugged in to the car for it to be reconized by vagcom? i have made sure the ports are right in device manager but when i run the initial test it says port status: ok. interface: not found. does this mean it cant find the car or the lead. I think the interface is the lead right??? any advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 It needs to be plugged into the car with the ignition on, try that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3ollie Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 oh ok thanks i was just trying it on my desktop pc to see if it worked ok. but have to borrow my brother laptop to plug in to the car. So when it says interface not found it is refering to the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted April 15, 2006 Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 The interface isn't active until it's plugged into the car, so although it's not directly referring to the car it does need to be plugged in until it'll work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3ollie Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2006 thanks for your help shark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 It depends on the cable ... my USB HEX+CAN cable is recognised , and responds to the comms test, without being connected to the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Perhaps because USB is capable of powering something at 5V while serial isn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Perhaps because USB is capable of powering something at 5V while serial isn't? [/ QUOTE ] Yep, and as far as I can see, S3ollie has bought a USB lead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UweRoss Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Depends what kind of interface. If it's one of ours and runs as native USB device, then VAG-COM should recognize it even if it's not plugged into a car (and will tell you that it's not plugged into a car). If it's some third party job where the drivers emulate a COM port, all bets are off. -Uwe- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3ollie Posted April 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2006 it is a usb lead from ebay with drivers that emulate the com port as mentioned. now i have plugged it in to the car it is working fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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