My Vag Com Doesnt work

[Andy The Bubble]

I connected up my laptop on the weekend but it doesnt seem to have worked.

I plugged in all the cables
Booted up the laptop,
Switched on the ignition,
Booted up the software.

then while configuring the software e.g. port. it came up with a message saying OBD II hasnt connected properly.

I tried finding any faults, but it picked up nothing, and i know there should be at least 1 fault code. So this just make me suspect it hasnt connected properly.

So, has anyone in birmimgham or westlondon, got a VAG LEAD, that i could use, to test the port on the car actually works?

any suggestions please?

[Uwe@Ross-Tech]

What kind of interface are you using?
Where did you buy it?

-Uwe-

[Andy The Bubble]

16-Pin OBDII connector
a RS232 cable

ebay job from the US

[grant@westec.uk]

16-Pin OBDII connector
a RS232 cable

ebay job from the US

Have you configured the com port?

[Uwe@Ross-Tech]

ebay job from the US

And I suppose you find eBay's tech support lacking? :-)

-Uwe-

[cordobabrendy]

cutting uwe, very cutting!

[Uwe@Ross-Tech]

cutting uwe, very cutting!

Sorry, but sometimes the truth hurts! :-)

-Uwe-

[Andy The Bubble]

to grant@westec.uk - how do I do this? when you run a scan on the vag software, I try each port, but 3 fail miserably, and one says communication ok, but OBD failed, or something like that.

to Uwe@Ross-Tech, no unfortunately ebay do not supply good tech support, but I do take that risk rather than spend double the money for a cable that’s probably costs a few quid to make.

Thanks

[grant@westec.uk]

Plug everything in and turn the key to the click before start

Open VAG-COM, click OPTIONS

Top left hand corner you've four com ports to choose from

Choose on and click test, go throug this until one works

Then click apply, then save