I was just on the blaZt website checking out their prices:. RS232 Nissan OBD cable + Datascan USD $95.50. USB Nissan OBD + Datascan USD $114.50. Datascan USD $33.50. USB to RS232 serial converter USD $46 - On eBay a NISSAN Consult Diagnostic Interface Tool sells for $12.99 and looks sturdier than the blaZt. Also on eBay the USB to RS232 Serial 9Pin Cable Adapter sells for $3.21 shipped.
Questions: 1. Am I missing something here?2. Doesn't the eBay tool appear to be better built than the blaZt?3. Will the blaZt do something better or more than than the eBay tool? I am told that a there's only one particular serial to USB converter chipset that will work with the serial Consult adapters. I would avoid the serial interface adapter and buy the one that is made with a USB output if you are wanting to use it with a computer that only accepts USB inputs. For some reason I like the looks of this one, but I don't have any experience with it.
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Good price though, and he has the 'make an offer' option - so you might be able to get it for less. Heath Modified by Q451990 at 2:26 PM 5/28/2009. Mattd1979 wrote:I was wondering if you got any further along with your search for a good interface? I see that the pic that you posted has 2 connectors inside. It seems that there is a connector missing that would connect to the computer side. Where did you find that pic? I can't seem to find the site where I got that pic from.
NDSII is an OBDII software package that is intuitive to use. Download engine codes, data log engine computer statistics, check car performance and much much more. All NDSII OBDII software packages are the full version and are sold with hardware ready to go. Nissan DataScan II software works on a range of Nissan Consult II cars. It says on the Consult III site that it's not for purchase by the general public, but designed by and for Nissan Maintenance shops only. You might be able to get some software aftermarket that may do some of the stuff, but an exact duplicate? Gtcomp, you're our resident computer genious here, get busy, son.
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I've searched for the last 30 mins and no luck. If I find it later on, I'll post the website. Another product I've been looking at: and the CONSULT that never made it: Modified by lino at 2:42 PM 7/1/2009.
Lino wrote:1. Am I missing something here?2. Doesn't the eBay tool appear to be better built than the blaZt?3. Will the blaZt do something better or more than than the eBay tool?1. Yes, shipping cost. Blazt is $15USD, wouldnt be surprised if you're ebay chinese one was $20-30 to make up the difference to the $40 or whatever the others sell for. Plms is also another $20 or something with fees and shipping.
Ecutalk listed price is inclusive of postage and everything (and AUD so about 80% in USD due to exchange rate) 2. Bigger/less convenient, moulded (not genuine) consult connectors, circuit big enough to be hand soldered (more likely to have errors/issues than machine soldered), and maybe the biggest thing no one realises - the body of their box sticks out from the consult port and digs holes in ur knee. They also dont test the cables at manufacture/assembly, and most ebay resellers dont tes them either (they sometimes arrive dead or not wired right). Pretty sure all ecutalk/blazt/plms ones are tested after being made so much lower defect rate 3.
If they all work then they all have the same purpose/funtionality, theyre all made for same software etc to do same thing. In the end, if u cant afford an ecutalk/plms/blazt one id roll the dice with one of the chinese ones, assuming you dont want to use it too often and can otherwise deal with the box sticking out of the consult port area (or if ur lucky, your consult port isnt attached to fuse box so you can do something about it). If it happens to not work it may take a while for it to be returned and u sent another etc, but it is definitely the cheapest route to go. The first one i bought blew a capacitor and started smoking as soon as i turned it on, but ive read of many people who have used them fine (and circuit itself looks ok). Ive briefly used the 'ch430/hl-340/r430' or whatever that green usb/serial converter is known as, and it seemed to work fine.
Didnt use it long enough to see if it worked consistently/for hours, but i think it would be fine to use. Note the one listed with ecutalk (as pictured above) is quite short cable, about 1-2ft or something, definitel not as long as the one pictured after it. Im not sure if they are then different cables and have different internals etc. Search for a111 usb on ebay is the one with the ecutalk. Modified by NewKleer at 10:57 AM 7/19/2009. As far as USB-Serial adapters go, make sure you buy a good one.
Another thing is that the COM port can be different from computer to computer for the USB serial adapter. Go to Device Manager (Control Panel-System-Hardware Tab) and locate your USB-Serial adapter.
It will tell you which COM port it is. Mine was COM5. Set the right COM port in your Consult software.
I am using a Dynex USB-Serial adapter I got from BestBuy (it uses a Prolific PL2303 chip inside) and it works great with the blaZt cable and ECUTalk and Datascan. Again, make sure your COM port is correct!
Hi everyone, geez its been a long time since needing some help. Feels good sort of. I have a Nissan Consult unit that allows me to communicate with the car via a laptop/PC.
It sends the data via a serial cable. Now this is where my issue is.
I got with the Consult a USB to Serial adapter - Belkin brand. For the life i can not get it to work with the PC.
I have installed the driver disc for the converter to work, but yet nothing. On two separate Laptops BTW. I also tried directly plugging in the serial cable into a serial port on an older laptop i had. Still nothing. The converter powers up as the power light flashes on, yet still can not get any data signal. The unit also has a TX and RX light at which in the beginning flashed but then nothing.
These are the data stream signals i presume. The consult unit also works as it has a signal light too - that flashes when data is being sent.
When plugged into the cars port. What do i have to do to get this to work. The previous owner took the Consult unit into Harvey Normans and the tech agent there recommended the Belkin adapter and also installed it to work. Why cant i get it to work so simply?
Is it that the port is trying to receive the data at a faster bit rate compared to the cars output bit rate? As ive read this to be a problem on other forums (not particular to this issue with Consult though) If you have any ideas please advise as ive had this for about 6 months now and not been able to use it.
Really wishing to have it work now. Check the settings on the installed software. Make sure the BAUD rate and other applicable settings are the same as the Consult Unit requires.It may be around the 9600 mark if uses the same system as the eftpos machine at work (rs232 - usb). 2nd point, these things are a nightmare to work with, sometimes you just dont get them to work until several reboots / several software maintenance repairs.
TRY Unplugging the device, uninstalling drivers Turn off pc, plug in device, reboot, manually install drivers by scanning for added hardware and point to the driver disk. Reboot Install software needed for consult device (actually probably do this first) Reboot Look up configuration options, look for any repair or status options, try to make sure the device is detected and online here and in device manager. You may have to reassign COM ports to be the same on both the software settings and the assigned device manager setting. Check the hardware all works first. Shut your software down and fire up HyperTerminal. Set a session up directly to COM x (whatever your Lappy has set the USB adapter for, could be anything between 1 and 8).
Check under the Device Manager to see what random number WinDoze has chosen. Also set HyperTerminal for, 8, 1, No Parity, No Flow Control. Then carefully bridge pins 2 and 3 on the DB9 serial port on the adapter, then type something/anything on the keyboard - what you type will come up on the screen. Remove said bridge then type some more, nothing should come up on the screen.
If you can't get those end results then either there's something else running serial 'stuff' chugging away in the background (PLC programming software is notorious for this.), the software is unhappy with the USB adapter itself, the adapter is broken, you may have to disable any antiviral, etc on the Lappy, etc. Other traps to watch for with serial comms: a. Orientation of the serial port on the Consult unit actually, whether it's a DTE or DCE. If it's a DCE your serial cable 'should' be a straight one - pins 2-2, 3-3 etc. If it's a DTE then you'll need to cross the data pins as a minimum. Check to see if your cable is only a 3-wire (2,3 and 5) and you actually need more pins than that; c. Check to see if the Consult also needs a 'Special' serial cable and not a standard straight/crossed one.
You dont want to be running USB-Serial adapters to program/play with your Cars ECU. The guys that tune them professionaly all use old school laptops to do this - I had to source a shitty laptop to do my Housemates Caprice - we put a Blower on the 5L and needed to re tune the Haltec ECU we put in it.
This old Gateway lappy is a 400Mhz (beast!) had to re pack the battery, and it only runs Win98, but it does the job. I dont know why, but USB to Serial has always been a little off. I think some USB-serial adapters will come up as USB1 e.t.c.
In the comports list sometimes too and some apps cant use that. The only other thing i've seen work properly when re tuning car ECU's is a PCMCIA or PC CARD (depending if your laptop can handle it or not) com port adapter. A quick google shows the PCMCIA version of what i am talking about here. Only poorly programmed software (which some of the older stuff may be) wont be able to handle the slightly higher response time of a quality usb/serial converter (i.e. FTDI) over a native serial port. All nissan consult software i know of works fine with a usb/serial port - since the native USB cables (i.e.
Ecutalk, blazt, plms) are all essentially using the same chip used in FTDI usb/serial adaptors. Ive used a FTDI usb/serial to program my haltech ecu fine. The problem is, and why usb/serial adaptors have a bad name, is there are heaps (the majority, but especially the chinese ones off ebay) which are crap, crap drivers, blue screens, etc.
So in this specific case (nissan consult) you dont need a native serial port to use it, but u cant use crappy usb/serial adaptors (and just cause you overpay for $50 for one at harvey norman doesnt make it 'good').