Can't get logger to work

[selser420]

I just got my cables for my logger the other day and I hooked it up. Well....it doesn't work. I got the cables off of Ebay. I thought maybe it was the Hotsynch cable, but I hooked it up to my PC and it worked fine. I've double checked the connections at the port and from the logger cable to HS cable(through a gender changer). Any ideas or suggestions???? Could the port be bad???

 

[JDR7919]

Did you register the logger?

 

[steve]

If you had to use a gender changer then you got the wrong cable. You'll need a null modem adaptor too to switch pins 2 and 3. Sounds like you got the PC cable and not the Palm cable.
Steve

 

[selser420]

So if I get a null modem plug it will switch pins 2 and 3? This will make it work?

 

[steve]

This will make it work?

Who the hell knows It should if the cable is any good. Why did you buy the PC version?
I hate the eBay logger cables because half of them are junk, which is really hard to do considering how simple they are.

Steve

 

[90blacktsiawd]

Just a possbility but if you have the power wire plugged into the wrong fuse slot it won't work. Have you tried plugging it into all the open fuse slots?

 

[selser420]

Thanks Steve!! I ordered a null modem plug today.....wait and see I guess.


"Just a possbility but if you have the power wire plugged into the wrong fuse slot it won't work."--------there is no power wire on mine, just the 3 that plug into the ALDL.

 

[92awddsm]

Thanks Steve!! I ordered a null modem plug today.....wait and see I guess.


"Just a possbility but if you have the power wire plugged into the wrong fuse slot it won't work."--------there is no power wire on mine, just the 3 that plug into the ALDL.

I dont know what the hell he is talking about with the power wire myself, but steve is right. I have a pc cable(use to use pc for logging) but when I got a palm, I had to get a null modem adaptor and it worked fine afterwards.

 

[steve]

There are two major types of logger cables, active and passive. The active ones need external power to drive the level shifting circuit. Passive cables don't have a power connection, they rely on the computer serial port to accept the non-standard signals.

Steve

 

[92awddsm]

There are two major types of logger cables, active and passive. The active ones need external power to drive the level shifting circuit. Passive cables don't have a power connection, they rely on the computer serial port to accept the non-standard signals.

Steve

Thanks for clearing that up. I guess Im glad that I have a pssive cable. Are there any advatages to either or just 1 more wire to run on the active

 

[steve]

An active cable will work on any serial port not just the ones that are forgiving about non-standard signal levels. You still have to address the DTE or DCE issues. That's what is going on with the connector gender and pins.

Steve

 

[90blacktsiawd]

I use one from pocketlogger. It has a plug that goes into the diagnostic port and then one wire that gets plugged into a spare fuse slot.

 

[selser420]

Thanks for the scoop Steve!!! I got the null modem plug today and it works now. I might go out tonight while the air is cool and get a few 3rd gear pulls.

 

[steve]

Have fun!

Steve