Official USB Adapter Thread (Consult)

[NewKleer]

take one for the team and find out

[vancourvebc]

ok, ill try the one for 4.61 shipped, it has a prolific pl2303 chipset, i found the connector for $61 shipped.

just noticed the proflic one from ebay is confirmed to work and it is about $8 shiipped. i can almost half that if this works.

[undesiredshoe]

I have used 2 different prolific cables with my consult board and jaw wideband on win2k and i can comfirm that it works 100%.

[vancourvebc]

Originally Posted by undesiredshoe

I have used 2 different prolific cables with my consult board and jaw wideband on win2k and i can comfirm that it works 100%.

thanks for reporting in. just got a message saying that it is shipped from hongkong and takes 2wks.

[vancourvebc]

update:


Finally got my serial interface consult cable from obdwholesale for a total cost of $61. Came from china. they didnt ship for 10 days and lied about shipment date. looks sturdy and stuff.

the serial to usb adapter from deal extreme came quite quickly
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5859


http://www.cooldrives.com/wividrforprc.html

Cant get this to work though. finally fouund a driver for vista but still does not work. it shows up as working in device drivers. at least the port section.

obd wholesale enclosed a cd with pirated software of some kind. nissan supercode .

[NewKleer]

probably have to try and get the cable working without the usb/serial on a laptop with a serial port to rule it out as the cause.

bit hard when you're working with 2 unknowns

[NewKleer]

just noticed that futurlec sell usb/serial adaptors based on FTDI for 14.95

http://www.futurlec.com/RS232_Converter.shtml

[vancourvebc]

bought another expensive serial adapter on ebay but it does not work.

there are a number of people on ebay now selling the consult cable for around 30 bucks. some of them will sell the usb adapter. most ebay consult cables look like the one I bought.

[NewKleer]

closer to $40 including shipping. and theyre the bulky chinese ones which u cant run permanently if u dont want it sticking into your knee when driving

can get serial ones with smd circuit in connector etc for ~$36USD posted ($55AUD) from http://www.ecutalk.com/interface.aspx

also the usb ones are around $10USD more (cheaper than a serial + ftdi converter). the usb ones use the ftdi chip so shouldnt be any problems there

[vancourvebc]

Originally Posted by NewKleer

closer to $40 including shipping. and theyre the bulky chinese ones which u cant run permanently if u dont want it sticking into your knee when driving

can get serial ones with smd circuit in connector etc for ~$36USD posted ($55AUD) from http://www.ecutalk.com/interface.aspx

also the usb ones are around $10USD more (cheaper than a serial + ftdi converter). the usb ones use the ftdi chip so shouldnt be any problems there

thanks. hopefully, more people buy theses so there is more discussion.


I started a diary/tutorial on this ;

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=400851

[vancourvebc]

this is the second serial adapter i bought that did not work

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=200283173452

[steverino74]

i use some cables to go one from microcenter - http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0257231

works perfectly - and has 2 on it for my innovate and consult.