Yeah good pics. I have mine tied in a location so that it ends up next to the OBD II and flashing ports so all the cables go one direction

 

I was wondering, has anyone reinforced this cable by anyway? I have the 2 wires soldered to the d-sub connector and heat shrinked, but was wondering if there was any type of cover that could strengthen all of the wires and d-sub connector more?

Thanks.

 

cool

 

I bought a serial cable from a computer store and tore it apart. Use a screwdriver to pop the old connector out, and dremel the inside of the plug to fit your connector in (or re-use the one in the cable). Dremeling the inside will also allow you to yank the cable out of the plug. I put the plug back in the cable along with some hot glue to hold it all in place. Works like a champ for me.

 

Hitman_99

Do you have any pics?

Thanks alot!

 

I have to make another cable tomorrow probably.. i'll snap a few shots and post them up.

 

woo hoo pics, yeah seeing the finished product makes me a lot more confident in what I'm doing. I was pretty sure that it would look like, but its nice to know for sure. Thanks for the pics!

 

Sweet man, I'm really looking forward to it!

 

I made a mini write up on what I did on my cardomain page.. I'm too lazy to copy it and link all the pics on here.. it's on page 8:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2625515/8

By no means am I an electrical whizz.. so if you have comments about it good or bad, i'd be glad to hear.

Thanks.

 

That is a solid write up thanks Matt!

I'm going to try this.

 

Nice

 

or instead of ripping apart a serial cable, you can just buy a D-Sub connector and connector hood from radio shack.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103993

 

As far as making this cable work under Vista.... Yes, it does work. Copy the installation files from the little CD that comes with the Dynex cable onto ur desktop. Right click the setup file and run it in Windows XP compatibility mode as an administrator. Reboot and plug in he cable. DO NOT plug in the cable prior to installing the drivers Mine's working like a charm

 

^^ I live on an island, I make do with what I have

I also got my cable working in Vista.. It was actually my USB adapter that was causing me grief. Next task it to get maptracer to work =/

 

MY radio shack uSb-serial adapter works just fine on vista in case anyone was havin issues with theirs.

Dexmix,

I'll have to pick one of those up tomorrow. good looking out!