Ive got a brand new dell laptop. Which serial port card do I need to run the aem ems off my computer. and will I need any differnt connectors serial cable to the serial cable on the aem?

 

I bought one of those cars, but I couldn't get it to work. Even Scot Gray tried, to no avail. I just ended up buying a new Dell Latitude D620 which has a serial port on the computer.

 

so theres nothing I can do, cause I already tried the serial ports but they dont work at all?

 

If your computer has a serial port, you deffinitely shouldn't be buying a serial card. I'm sure you just ave a wrong setting somewhere either in the computer or in the EMS. Maybe someone that is more computer savy can chime in and help you trouble shoot the problem.

 

I just looked at your signature, you have a sweet setup.

 

A lot of people get a serial to USB adaptor.

 

thanks its been a long time coming finally everything is coming back together all I have to do is wire in some gauges and fire her up. It takes time when your doing it in your own garage. If you can use a serial to usb adapter how comes its not working for me.

 

use the Keyspan USB to serial adapter, orrrr you could try searching and read one of the 20 threads there are where people already asked this question.

 

can you get the keyspan in stores like best buy and radio shack or from keyspans website. Are there any differnt models and if so whats the model number

 

iogear also works

 

You could also get a wireless serial device server so that you don't have to deal with hooking up a cable anymore....

http://www.digi.com/products/serials...rvertswmei.jsp

 

Model # is: USA-19HS

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=cat3&product_code=309975

 

go to walmart and get usb to serial

 

USB adapters are famous for causing problems with the AEM. It will work, I use one. But over time it will corrupt the cal and cause weird problems. If I'm doing a lot of street tuning I'll have to reload the cal file to the ECU every couple weeks to clear out all the bugs. I bought a serial card to try to get around this BS, but I haven't been able to get it to work in the whole 5 minutes I've spent on it so far...

 

Humm..... I use a USB adapter also...

I wonder how common is this problem????