zippy Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 for those that are doing your own programming, what are you using for a computer, what type of cables/adapters, OS, etc. what have you found that doesn't work with your software/cables from what you've found? i know one of the hardest things for me to find was a usb/serial cable adapter that was worth a crap. i'm using: Gateway with 3700+ Athlon 17" Monitor 1 Gig ram 100 Gig hard drive Window's XP USB/Serial Adapter (it's a pain in the ass to work with though. every time you plug it in you have to uninstall it and reinstall it using the drivers from the cd). for tuning software: TunerCat and HP Tuners to help with tuning: LM-1 Wideband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwalls54 Posted November 3, 2005 Report Share Posted November 3, 2005 I have two laptops. I use them both it just depends which one is closer. the main one i use is a Toshiba 17" monitor 1 gig ram 80 gig HD 3.2 mhz P4 XP PRO i use efi flash scan. which is a usb cable instead of serial zippy you need to look into a pci serial port. thats what i used on my last laptop for edit. it worked great. my other laptop is Dell Latitude D600 14.4 monitor 1.6 PM 256 ram 40 gig HD XP PRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haul@ss Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 I don't tune YET, but if i start, ill be using my own custom system 17'' Samsung monitor P4 2.4gHz overclocked @ 3.2gHz Abit I-S7 Motherboard Crucial 1 gb dual Channel RAM Seagate 120 gb @ 7200 RPM 8mb Cache [Music and Misc. Storage] Western Digital 36.7 gb @ 10000 RPM 8 mb Cache [Games & Programs] and blah to the rest btw, can you use something else like firewire? or is it just usb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted November 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 I don't tune YET, but if i start, ill be using my own custom system 17'' Samsung monitor P4 2.4gHz overclocked @ 3.2gHz Abit I-S7 Motherboard Crucial 1 gb dual Channel RAM Seagate 120 gb @ 7200 RPM 8mb Cache [Music and Misc. Storage] Western Digital 36.7 gb @ 10000 RPM 8 mb Cache [Games & Programs] and blah to the rest btw, can you use something else like firewire? or is it just usb? are you going to be able to program your truck with that? seems like the cable wouldn't reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m396 #00-011 Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Yeah, that custom system won't do you that good running down the road. Dell Inspiron 8600 Windows XP Home 15.4 widescreen 40G HD 512mb Ram Serial Port (no adapter) EFI Live Flashscan Commercial Version SpearTech Bench Cable Innovate LM1 & LC1 LS1 Edit (RIP) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 I use a very basic laptop. It's a HP, loaded with XP, Athlon 64 2800, 512m RAM. Zero problems with using Flash Scan or LS1 Edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted November 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 hopefully this post will be helpfull for information to those looking at getting into programming also. keep'm coming guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwalls54 Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Zippy here is an option for a serial port. This what I used in my old Laptop PCI Serial Port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haul@ss Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 thats what ya got blackbox logging for guys!! or if thats not enough, i got my dell inspiron laptop to use Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.0ss Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 I am going out to get a USB to serial this morning. Ill let ya know how it works out! Joe Lap top is a HP 15.4 inch wide screen with a 1.7 Centrino Processor with 80GIG hard drive. Nothing to crazy, but a nice unit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
56chevywagon Posted November 5, 2005 Report Share Posted November 5, 2005 I just bought an adapter tonight to use with HPT...so far it seems like a good product with no problems... Belkin serial to usb adapter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.justin. Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 I'll either use my work machine, a Dell Latitude D800. It's nice cause it has the M processor whereas my personal laptop (HP Pavilion zv5000 series) has the P4 3.2 and drains the battery in under an hour. Both work well with flashscan, although I've had my personal machine hang a few times while in the middle of flashing the PCM. The dell has 512MB ram, 1.7Ghz HP has 768MB ram, 3.2Ghz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.0ss Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 HP Pavilion Zt3000 1.7 Centreno Processor HPTuners Soft ware Dynex USB-Serial Converter DX-UBDB9 (don't have to reload the driver!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperDave Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 I guess nobody here but me uses a mac! Probably because no one makes software for tuning that is Mac compatible! They really are good machines, don't know why more people don't write software for them. I use a PowerBook G4 Ti 800mhz with 768 mb/ram, firewire, usb, and pci slot. 15.2 inch widescreen and combo drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deezel Posted November 19, 2005 Report Share Posted November 19, 2005 I first used an HP Pavilion laptop and a Belkin USB-serial adapter with LS1Edit and Speartech bench cable. The adapter caused slow flashes and some connection problems. I then got a PCMCIA serial card - worked great, no problems and faster. That laptop died... Now: Toshiba Satellite 1.6GHz, 512 MB, XP Pro Flashscan USB cable LM-1 I still use the PCI serial card for the LM-1 serial cable. I changed the analog out calibration from 1-2V to 0-5V to (hopefully) get better resolution for my logged data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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