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by ellis9436
Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:45 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

Hay guys, Yoda (my little green mini) went on the rollers back on the 21st (sorry for late post but did a banger rally to casablanca that weekend and only got bk late last night). The operator had never seen or heard of megajolt but we soon got the hang and after 1 1/2 hrs we managed to iron out a n...
by ellis9436
Thu Jun 14, 2007 8:09 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

this is the one that i have finaly settled on!

http://www.directusbstore.co.uk/cnb/sho ... _info-null

everytime i've ran the software since its worked perfectlly! just cant wait to get to a rolling road!
by ellis9436
Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:12 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

Okay, last night i went through the wiring, no problems that i could see. i also reinstalled the latest version of the firmware. So today, it worked all the way into work (30mins) and also worked on the way back, including ticking over for about 5 mins while i talked to a mate for a bit. So hopefull...
by ellis9436
Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:05 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

I've bein using the same computer since the middle of may. so all the test's since then have bein using my laptop, windows vista with the prolific lead. I'm kinda thinking along the lines of a loose connection or poor connection somewhere but surely the software would just stop working and then work...
by ellis9436
Mon Jun 11, 2007 5:53 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

Heres what happend to day then. Hocked the laptop up to the megajolt unit for the jorney into work and the software froze almost instatnly, reading timeout reading runtime data at the bottom of the screen. whilst drivng i reset the laptop to see what would happen and when i started the software back...
by ellis9436
Sun Jun 10, 2007 11:45 am
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

Hi guys, sorry its bein a while but work has been a majour issue over the last couple of weeks, but hay s**t happens Ok i borrowed a mates timing light, hooked it all up and guess what, the timing light doesn't work. fiddled with the conections but still no joy. Any way i cranked the engine over wit...
by ellis9436
Sun May 20, 2007 9:15 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

Okay i shall try and answer the questions and describe what happens as clearly as possable O and when i mentioned windows 98, i ment xp, sorry. 1. I'm not completley certain that the megajolt is working all the time. i don't have access to a timing light but when the car is driven its doesn't seem t...
by ellis9436
Sun May 20, 2007 6:40 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

Ok so now it's not working again....... after altering the wiring i.e. connecting the PIP signal wire from user out 1 to the correct place :oops: its stopped working again. it just freezes after 20 or 30 seconds again. one thing i have noticed is that the programe doesn't freeze completly, its only ...
by ellis9436
Sun May 20, 2007 5:24 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: RPM signal
Replies: 6
Views: 4573

I have no plans at the moment for using the programable outputs.

Lets hope i do get away with it!
by ellis9436
Sun May 20, 2007 5:00 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: RPM signal
Replies: 6
Views: 4573

Completely uterly my fault!

Double checked the wires, and had plugged the PIP wire into the wrong connector :oops:
It was plugged into the userout 1 plug, would that have caused any damage to the megajolt unit? seems to be all ok
by ellis9436
Tue May 15, 2007 8:09 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: RPM signal
Replies: 6
Views: 4573

RPM signal

Hi guys. After a while of not being able to get the megajolt to work properly, it now is apart from, there doesn't seem to be any RPM signal being displayed on my laptop. The Load display is working nicely and i assume as it should. My Tacho on the dash shows a reading, although thats running off th...
by ellis9436
Tue May 15, 2007 6:21 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

Yay, it seems to be working! heres what i did..... Ok, so plugged the laptop into the megajolt and ranup the software, all worked fine without the car running didn't freeze after 5 mins so thought its gotta be ok. Started engine, and froze after 5 seconds. unpugged the coil and cranked engine for ab...
by ellis9436
Tue May 15, 2007 4:53 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

the win98 computer doesn't have a serial port, so i can't try that.

I shall see to night as to weather or not it freezes when the cars not running and get bk to u.
by ellis9436
Mon May 14, 2007 7:28 pm
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

Has anyone got any ideas? this is kinda gettin desperate now
by ellis9436
Sat May 12, 2007 8:02 am
Forum: Operation
Topic: PC Hangs when car is started
Replies: 38
Views: 24826

Tryed all that with the FTDI leads.
even went through the process of doing it all again with there support team and they even came up blank! so i just gave up on the FTDI leads altogether!