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General Discussion Area / Re: tech2 - first time user. Help get me started?

« on: 21 January 2008, 21:14:49 »

Have just seen your post and was about to buy a "cheapo" tech2 off ebay. Could anyone tell me if it will only read fault codes? I do not have eml light on but have a fault when car gets warm and runs really lumpy (see my thread). Will it show a fault ie a sensor that is not covered by fault codes? If I take it to a Vauxhall dealer will they be able to pinpoint a fault that is not an eml fault?

Thanks

It cannot do live data, so fault codes only.

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General Discussion Area / Re: tech2 - first time user. Help get me started?

« on: 21 January 2008, 20:58:49 »

I've got a lot of experiance using USB com port and software on laptops, for anyone that understands what i mean try this and maybe the results can help someone less technical,..

I found that the FIFO buffers were causing the problems a lot of the time, simpler RS232 kit is less advanced in communications and the buffering was screwing up the sensitive timings, reducing the thresholds down to 0, 1, or 2 seemed to help most of the time. results were different on each device though.

The way the cheapo tech2 uses serial port, the FIFOs won't make a different. The cheapo tech2 is not using the COM port as a serial port, but simply as a I/O device.

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General Discussion Area / Re: tech2 - first time user. Help get me started?

« on: 20 January 2008, 20:16:31 »

The port you describe (15 pin) sounds like VGA output (for connecting an external monitor)

I don't have cheapo tech2, but those who have had one, have had no luck with the USB to COM adaptors.

Generally older laptops are best, ones over 4/5 years  

My p4 tosh worked with a prolithic usb2serial adapter. Struggled, by did work...   ...seesm to be luck of draw though.

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General Discussion Area / Re: So I have a Nokia N95...

« on: 21 January 2008, 20:23:24 »

... what do I do with it?

Reset it. Reset it some more. Send it back for repair. Reset it again. Send it back. Get bored, get an older Nokia which is reliable.

Like my good old business phone NOKIA 6310i, never ever let me down

Exactly.

In fairness, some of Nokia's newer non-Symbian phones are fairly reliable, but even some of them have their quirks.

I used to have a 6310i.....on voda.......it kept  turning itself off....after i complained to voda.......the fix, and yes voda told me this......wedge a thin piece of cardboard inbetween the phone and the battery.....amazing advice   tho have to say it did fix it  

All the 6110/6210/6310 suffered that issue, esp if they had been dropped at some point...

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General Discussion Area / Re: So I have a Nokia N95...

« on: 21 January 2008, 19:59:32 »

... what do I do with it?

Reset it. Reset it some more. Send it back for repair. Reset it again. Send it back. Get bored, get an older Nokia which is reliable.

Like my good old business phone NOKIA 6310i, never ever let me down

Exactly.

In fairness, some of Nokia's newer non-Symbian phones are fairly reliable, but even some of them have their quirks.

To be fair though Windows Mobile can have it's moments and need resetting fairly often, probably cause I usually fill the memory up with stuff though.  

The one I have now is pretty good, rarely reset it.  Most of the resets are done because something stops, but then turns out to be hardware problem.

I would say mine gets reset perhaps every 3 months on average....

Yours ain't full of junk like my MDA pro though is it?
Must say I have much less installed on the lobster and its much more stable. Looks ugly but its a cracking robust little work phone.

Nah, just basics - tomtom, checkpoint, games, few utils etc.  Rest of stuff i use is std wince built in stuff

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General Discussion Area / Re: So I have a Nokia N95...

« on: 21 January 2008, 19:02:54 »

... what do I do with it?

Reset it. Reset it some more. Send it back for repair. Reset it again. Send it back. Get bored, get an older Nokia which is reliable.

Like my good old business phone NOKIA 6310i, never ever let me down

Exactly.

In fairness, some of Nokia's newer non-Symbian phones are fairly reliable, but even some of them have their quirks.

To be fair though Windows Mobile can have it's moments and need resetting fairly often, probably cause I usually fill the memory up with stuff though.  

The one I have now is pretty good, rarely reset it.  Most of the resets are done because something stops, but then turns out to be hardware problem.

I would say mine gets reset perhaps every 3 months on average....

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General Discussion Area / Re: So I have a Nokia N95...

« on: 21 January 2008, 18:49:31 »

... what do I do with it?

Reset it. Reset it some more. Send it back for repair. Reset it again. Send it back. Get bored, get an older Nokia which is reliable.

Like my good old business phone NOKIA 6310i, never ever let me down

Exactly.

In fairness, some of Nokia's newer non-Symbian phones are fairly reliable, but even some of them have their quirks.

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General Discussion Area / Re: So I have a Nokia N95...

« on: 21 January 2008, 18:46:18 »

If only there was a cheapo Tech 2 that ran on it.

Kevin

There you go Tunnie. You're the mobile software developer get cracking.

Hummm i guess i could be done.

Not a chance on Symbian fones, but might have a crack on a Windows phone.

Again the trouble is the COM port...

As KW says, you'd need to offload the intelliegnece off the cpu (a mobile cpu hasn't enough grunt), and use the phone purely for display.

And the hungarian software would never run under WinCE anyway, not without very significant (ie full rewrite) changes - those who have done WinCE programming via WFC (not .NET!) will know exactly what I'm talking about

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General Discussion Area / Re: So I have a Nokia N95...

« on: 21 January 2008, 18:42:52 »

... what do I do with it?

Reset it. Reset it some more. Send it back for repair. Reset it again. Send it back. Get bored, get an older Nokia which is reliable.

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General Discussion Area / Re: TB

« on: 21 January 2008, 20:36:46 »

Thought it was ok to do that (Martin Imber post) its been done many times by several members...if its a problem then i slap my wrist..must not upset TB   ....I will not sleep tonight

If you want to contact one person, use PM.

Putting up posts aimed at a single or small group of members is exclusive, and not allowed.

And yes, I have dragged others up over it.



Locked.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Martin Imber

« on: 21 January 2008, 20:25:01 »

Pm sent
 

does it need a public post to tell him that?


Locked.

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General Discussion Area / Re: I will be away for a while

« on: 21 January 2008, 18:25:39 »

I suspect that Chinese take-away around the corner will never seem the same again.

Stay safe

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General Discussion Area / Re: Yep

« on: 21 January 2008, 19:00:34 »

And you know who said the boy should stand down..

Im more interested in the 10 that voted No. Errr Mr TB Sir theres a £1 for each name you can give me that voted no

I'm open to bribery

Looks like my option to stand down has been denied, unless your name is .....  

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General Discussion Area / Re: Yep

« on: 20 January 2008, 20:47:18 »

And the outcome is?

Not looking good  

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General Discussion Area / Re: Yep

« on: 19 January 2008, 20:17:32 »

From experience, it usually takes around 3 months...

Wonder what the current position is with the Poll

Too close to call