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Omega Help Area => Omega Electrical and Audio Help => Topic started by: touheyc on 09 August 2007, 14:23:14
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Just been looking on Ebay at these Tech 2 Diag Kits/Interfaces which plug into your laptop
Are they any good ? whats people's feeling and verdicts on these things ???
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TECH2-Diagnostics-KIT-for-Vauxhall-Tech-2-UK-Seller_W0QQitemZ110157623718QQihZ001QQcategoryZ30921QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Lots of us have them, they are good for the money
Good points - work on most vauxhalls, facelift and prefacelift
Pay for themselves in one code read / reset
Bad points
you NEED a decent spec laptop with a real serial (COM1) port
Software very buggy and 80% Hungarian
They talk intermittantly to various onboard systems, ie gearbox etc
If all you want is to get a fault code out the car, which you can then look up on internet, then they work ok.
Can then also clear the code / airbag light.
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Does anyone know if they work with a 94 omega 2.0 16v
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Does anyone know if they work with a 94 omega 2.0 16v
Unlikely, even a real Tech2 struggles with pre 96 2.0l engines...
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Opel-Auto Scanner that I have shows it on the menu.
But never tried it ???
[Mid - priced diag tool]
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Does anyone know if they work with a 94 omega 2.0 16v
Unlikely, even a real Tech2 struggles with pre 96 2.0l engines...
Hi Jamie,
Would this work on an Nreg 96 Elite Eng.# 08136272 :question
Thanks,
Pete :y.
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Opel-Auto Scanner that I have shows it on the menu.
But never tried it ???
[Mid - priced diag tool]
Where did you get it, do you have any pics of it, to see if i can find one and give it a try.... What sort of things can it do???
Cheers, Mark. :y
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Does anyone know if they work with a 94 omega 2.0 16v
Unlikely, even a real Tech2 struggles with pre 96 2.0l engines...
Hi Jamie,
Would this work on an Nreg 96 Elite Eng.# 08136272 :question
Thanks,
Pete :y.
Real tech2 does all Omega v6 engines, inc pre 97 ones...
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Opel-Auto Scanner that I have shows it on the menu.
But never tried it ???
[Mid - priced diag tool]
Where did you get it, do you have any pics of it, to see if i can find one and give it a try.... What sort of things can it do???
Cheers, Mark. :y
Only two people allowed to sell it in the UK this is one place
http://www.opelscan.com/index.html
Have'nt see the guy for a while had family problems last I heard?
I can find the other person [shop] if interested.
I get the updates from the maker
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Ive recived my Opel Tech 2 Code Reader today , installed the software, connected it to the car and to my laptop via the rs232 db9 serial cable, and it will not talk to the car at all, also tried it in another vauxhall as well, and no success.
I have tried using both the TIS2000 software which was supplied and also the opel tech 2 software and no luck.
Anyone get any ideas please :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
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Ive recived my Opel Tech 2 Code Reader today , installed the software, connected it to the car and to my laptop via the rs232 db9 serial cable, and it will not talk to the car at all, also tried it in another vauxhall as well, and no success.
I have tried using both the TIS2000 software which was supplied and also the opel tech 2 software and no luck.
Anyone get any ideas please :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
which code reader, the £30 special?
If so, does it have proper com port?
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this is the one i got
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330154564068&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=014
and yes my laptop has a "proper" com port (its via a port replicator)
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I have a cheapo Tech 2, which looks similar to what you've got there. It has only worked on a laptop with a real serial port on the computer itself. Tried it with a port replicator on a Toshiba machine and it didn't work. Same with USB to serial adaptors. You need a reasonably fast machine too. Doesn't work on sub-1GHz machines IME. Software is in Hungarian with a little English thrown in for good measure but it has proved useful on a couple of occasions if awkward.
It certainly won't work with TIS software as that expects to talk to a real Tech2 which is a whole lot more comprehensive than these simple interfaces.
I'd also add that if the TIS software that's referred to is the Vauxhall software it's likely to be a pirated copy :-/
Kevin
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this is the one i got
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330154564068&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=014
and yes my laptop has a "proper" com port (its via a port replicator)
Ah, likely not a proper com port. Most port replicators do not implement proper UARTs, more likely a USB to serial adapter...
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Dragging up an old thread here but wondering what peoples thoughts are on this:-
http://www.enginecheck.co.uk/vauxcheck/index.php
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Only works with a interface that cointains the ELM chip. Possibly will do limited checks on the 3.2.
Web site list your engine
I bought it does not work on my 99 V6 as different ECUs use different pins which the ELM does not handle.