Leviathan Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I can't get EcuFlash to communicate with my '05 LGT. RomRaider works fine. I installed the drivers. I'm using a VAG cable. I'm getting pretty fed up with this. If anyone has an idea please do share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie3429 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Do you have the newest version of ecuFlash downloaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwiener2 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Get an AccessPort My Mods List (Updated 8/22/17) 2005 Outback FMT Running on Electrons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spec B Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Or get a tactrix cable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subie3429 Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 The vag-com works fine, you just have to download the right version of ecuflash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I can't get EcuFlash to communicate with my '05 LGT. RomRaider works fine. I installed the drivers. I'm using a VAG cable. I'm getting pretty fed up with this. If anyone has an idea please do share. Which drivers are you using? The VAG-COM cables always worked on my 05 using the newest EcuFlash and its included drivers. Do _not_ use the FTDI-branded drivers, recent versions of EcuFlash won't work with them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathan Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 I was told the older version of EcuFlash will work. I just DL'd version 1.29. I'll try and see if I can get that to work. I actually bought a cable from 'Busted Finger Motorsports' which as I find out it's the same as the VAG com. They provided drivers as well, but as far as I can tell they didn't work at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathan Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Which drivers are you using? The VAG-COM cables always worked on my 05 using the newest EcuFlash and its included drivers. Do _not_ use the FTDI-branded drivers, recent versions of EcuFlash won't work with them! I am currently using the FTDI drivers. What other options are there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathan Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 Do you have the newest version of ecuFlash downloaded? It was the latest version. Now I got an older version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leviathan Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 It appears that the older software does work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 There's some misinformation out there. If you use the FTDI-branded drivers you need EcuFlash 1.29a or older. But the OpenPort-branded drivers included with recent versions of EcuFlash will work with the eBay KKL cables, and will allow you to use those recent EcuFlash versions. If you want to use the latest version of EcuFlash, which I recommend, follow my instructions in this post: My eBay VAG-COM KKL cable worked with the latest version of EcuFlash as long as I used the included OpenPort-branded drivers, NOT the FTDI-branded drivers. Since you're using EcuFlash 1.29a I assume you're using the FTDI-branded drivers right now. So I suggest doing the following: Plug in the KKL cable. Open Device Manager. Uninstall the cable's COM port. If it has an entry in the USB Controllers section delete that too. (I forget if it does or not.) Close Device Manager. Open Add or Remove Programs. Uninstall EcuFlash. Uninstall all FTDI and/or OpenPort driver entries. There will be at least two, maybe three. Close Add or Remove Programs. Unplug the KKL cable. Reboot. If the C:\Program Files\OpenECU directory still exists, delete it. (Or wherever you installed EcuFlash to.) Install the latest version of EcuFlash. (The latest stable release is 1.42.2595 as of this writing.) When the installation dialogs for the OpenPort drivers pop up as part of installing EcuFlash, install them too. Btw the latest beta version of EcuFlash works well in my experience, but most of the improvements are for either OpenPort 2.0 users or Mitsubishi's, so you should probably stick to the stable release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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