Gsab Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 after trying to update the firmware. I connected , looked at the ver. as per Dave Kriedeman ,(Thanks so much for the help Dave !) and needed to load latest firmware. Followed the procedure diligently when It came up with some message failure and I tried again. Bam ! No communication. I fitted the second unit and it communicated instantly. Do I stab myself or is there hope ?? Thanks all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 By chance did you try loading i Series firmware? 5.0.xxx If so you will need to run the firmware update from the earlier 4.4.8 VTS Note you can run the firmware update with out connecting to VTS first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsab Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Thank you Simon. Problem is it now does not connect to the unit at all , searching but not connecting. I am now going to try another laptop with a fresh install. The second unit in John`s Supra connects perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gsab Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 This is for the first timers and beginners . All you experienced blokes will probably be rolling in the isles. Doing the firmware update yesterday the fault message came back as unsuccessful, try again. Tried again and again it was unsuccessful. Then tried starting the engine but zero. That`s when I posted this cry for help. This morning I loaded the software onto an old XP laptop and tried connecting again. Viola !! Immediately a message saying the ecu is in boot mode and will not run the engine and to reload the firmware is displayed . I did not know that the ecu goes into boot mode !! Neither did my fancy Win 8 laptop display the message ! My old XP laptop did though. Now I knew what to do , did it and the whole world is green again. Now here`s a bit of useful info for the next noob cutting his teeth on ViPEC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBaldwin Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Awesome News Barry, was getting worried for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Kriedeman Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I haven't tried to use Windows 8 yet and don't wish too. I will stick to my trusty windows 7 32 bit machine for as long as possible. Great to hear you have it resolved. Regards Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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