Has anyone run Conzult with Vista or is there a fix need to get it to work? The old laptop its on is dead and was running Windows 98, or does work with XP?

Edited May 26, 200916 yr by Anthonyd

IIRC topless gave up running his on vista...try PM him as he may have fixed it in the end

lol, just contacted dan about this.

 

Something about update drivers on a mini cdr???

 

just waiting for more details

 

Ste

lol, just contacted dan about this.

 

Something about update drivers on a mini cdr???

 

just waiting for more details

 

Ste

 

Ste,

 

If you could let me know that would be great, have 2 laptops in the house both on Vista so don't want to buy an old one just for Conzult if I can help it!

Ste,

 

If you could let me know that would be great, have 2 laptops in the house both on Vista so don't want to buy an old one just for Conzult if I can help it!

 

No problem, if dan doesn't pick up on this post i'll PM you when i know.

 

Ste

idea for you guys.....why not partition your hard drive and set up a copy of xp on the new partition...then just boot into xp next time you want to run consult...leave vista as your main /default os....xp shouldnt take up too much space not with todays hd's

Hi Anthony & Ste,

 

I've already PM'd Ste about this but will put down the info here as well.

 

The ConZult diagnostic software should run fine on Vista - this has been tested and passed. Unfortunately I have no access to my PC at the moment (see other thread in Non-Z related chat ref: PC crash) so can e-mail out any drivers, etc.

 

Having said that, if you bought the equipment directly from me you will have received a large CDR with all the diagnostic software on it and also a small CDR that came with the USB-> Serial converter. The small CDR will contain the drivers for both XP and Vista.

 

ConZult has been tested and is fully functional on Win98, ME, 2000, XP and Vista.

 

Once I'm back up and running I will be able to help more. Apologies for the inconvenience.

 

Regards,

 

Dan

i run conzult on me laptop with vista no problems, only thing had to do was get a adaptor and software to use usb port.

 

dan.:cool:

Im also running it on vista and just needed the adaptor for the cable. works fine.

Hi Anthony & Ste,

 

I've already PM'd Ste about this but will put down the info here as well.

 

The ConZult diagnostic software should run fine on Vista - this has been tested and passed. Unfortunately I have no access to my PC at the moment (see other thread in Non-Z related chat ref: PC crash) so can e-mail out any drivers, etc.

 

Having said that, if you bought the equipment directly from me you will have received a large CDR with all the diagnostic software on it and also a small CDR that came with the USB-> Serial converter. The small CDR will contain the drivers for both XP and Vista.

 

ConZult has been tested and is fully functional on Win98, ME, 2000, XP and Vista.

 

Once I'm back up and running I will be able to help more. Apologies for the inconvenience.

 

Regards,

 

Dan

 

Hi Dan,

 

I will check when I'm home Thursday but it is a copy from you, I can't remember what's in the box altogether.

In the box I have a Conzult disc, small disk called driver + user guide (transfer series) plus two cables and an adaptor

Is it that small disc that will solve the problem?

IIRC topless gave up running his on vista...try PM him as he may have fixed it in the end

 

Not me might be someone else!

Hi Anthony & Ste,

 

I've already PM'd Ste about this but will put down the info here as well.

 

The ConZult diagnostic software should run fine on Vista - this has been tested and passed. Unfortunately I have no access to my PC at the moment (see other thread in Non-Z related chat ref: PC crash) so can e-mail out any drivers, etc.

 

Having said that, if you bought the equipment directly from me you will have received a large CDR with all the diagnostic software on it and also a small CDR that came with the USB-> Serial converter. The small CDR will contain the drivers for both XP and Vista.

 

ConZult has been tested and is fully functional on Win98, ME, 2000, XP and Vista.

 

Once I'm back up and running I will be able to help more. Apologies for the inconvenience.

 

Regards,

 

Dan

 

Still can't get it to work, the software is from you Dan. The small disc only has 2000/2003XP and win98. Conzult won't load, all it says conzult.exe has stopped working. Please let me know what you can do as I need to get it running to finish the car.

Edited June 7, 200916 yr by Anthonyd

On some laptops that don't have an internal comport the cable (or actually the USB converter) needs to be connected before starting the conzult software.

It seems you have such a laptop.

 

But first follow these instructions:

 

 

plug in the conzult cable + USB converter that came with the conzult.

Laptop/ PC will detect and install the driver for the USB converter (if it hasn't done so already)

if not, it will ask for the USB driver: insert USB driver disk and install the driver manually.

(in most cases, the XP driver installs fine within vista)

 

Once the driver has been installed and the USB converter is recognized by the operating system, start the conzult software. (make sure you leave the cable/usb-converter connected)

 

Go the the settings menu within the software and select the correct comport (this will be the comport that has been assigned to the USB converter...usually COM10 or COM11)

 

connect the other end of the conzult cable to your car and see if the software works.

 

if the software/laptop seems to hang after selecting some of the menu items. (eg. power balance), then there is a problem with the VCP latency setting.

Here is described on how to change this latency setting:

 

http://www.parallax.com/dl/docs/prod/ftdi/USB-VCP-Install-WinXP-v1.1.pdf

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

-Eric

Great thanks for that, it has worked and Conzult opens- but now I get win error code: 2,

any ideas?

when exactly do you get that error ?

When I click on engine and it tries to connect to ecu, in yellow in the Conzult box says something about eccs

When I click on engine and it tries to connect to ecu, in yellow in the Conzult box says something about eccs

 

go into the conzult options and change it to com port three and check the box like in the usb set up guide.

:D

 

I managed to sort mine and it works fine now!