marvin123 vag cable not working

[oldman]

Hello All,
I purchased the following cable as was recommended it from here as confirmed working with vag-com & vcd, but unable to get working::
OBD 2 KKL Diagnose - Kabel für VW / Audi / VAG
from seller marvin123

Have had a read through quite a few t hreads inc the stickies and can see people have had similar issue getting cable to be seen during the test.
I get the following message, using default settings
Port Status: OK
Interface: Not Found!

any ideas as i have tried the following:
setting baudtrate in vag-com to 9600
setting blk int to 25
setting char int to 0
nothing seems to work.

Any help appreciated.

Rgrds,
NeilW

 

[Jimski]

Usb cable with version 409?


Jimski

 

[oldman]

sorry, should have said;
serial cable & version 409

my bad

 

[BeartheBruce]

sorry, should have said;
serial cable & version 409

my bad

You sure you have the correct port selected? VAG-COM will only recognize COM1 thru COM4. My guess is the driver is not setup correctly or does not work with the interface.

May I suggest you contact the seller for support?

 

[oldman]

@BeartheBruce; yes I have selected the correct serial port, COM1, as laptop, which is running XP Pro SP2 only has a single COM port.
I'm using the 409 serial version of the software.

I was wondering if it all needs to be connected to the car port before it all works? with ignition on but not running

 

[BeartheBruce]

Yes. The interface must get it's power from the car. Will not work otherwise and VAG-COM will report exactly the message you have reported.

A serial interface can only be tested connected to the car with the ignition switch on, engine not running.

 

[oldman]

thank you all, it works fine and dandy when you have the interface plugged in to teh car and ignition on but no engine running.
will look at purchasing a license in new year to make full use of it; just wish exchange rate was more favourable.

Merry Christmas All.