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Hi guy's,
For all of you who are interested I've got and played with the
BlaZt cable and software.
One thing, When I ordered, Jason from BlaZT.Biz asked what my laptop was
and what conections I had, lucky he asked, as mine's fairly new and does not
have a serial port so I needed the adaptor to connect to the USB plug.
I also found he lives only 30mins away so I collected what I needed,
a knowledgeable guy and very helpful.
What I got was the cable and adaptor, I needed to d'load the software
from the link he gave me.
The first thing I noticed was the way the wires that are attached to the
plug (that fits to the car)
are insulated but not completly covered mmmm well I checked on the other
websites and each of them The PLMS and ConZult have the same problem,
the great thing with this cable is that it does not have a weighty box
in the middle of the cable.
First thing was load up the software, that was easy, just like any other
software, and as I am using the USB adaptor I also needed to load the
driver for that.
Then out to the car, well I thought I'd have to go searching for the
socket but no that was easy it's mounted just behind the bonnet pull
leaver. Plug in the cable to the car and the computer and off I
go - not quite - I needed to change the port (under settings) on
the Datascan software to suit, as I'm using the USB plug.
The first screen shows the various functions available, the serial # of
my ECU, and a connect button and a bar graph showing it connecting to
the car, all's going well I'm happy.
Like probably all of you the first button I push is the Self Diagnosis
button, well it came up with 55, the all well code again I'm happy.
Then the data display screen, I have 12 dials on the screen now - as the
engine is off - I've only got the voltage reading but that tells me it's
working.
Now I start the engine, all guages burst into life, showing the RPM,
Timing etc, I just let the engine warm up watching the various
changes - the temp coming up the timing going backwards and the RPM dropping.
I can see I'm going to get some use out of this, I can turn each
cylinder off, I wish I had that earlier on, as shortly after I got my first
300TT there was a fault in the low tension leads to the coils. Mechanics
told me everything, from stuffed valves to a hole in a piston or just a
faulty coil. I could pay them to find the problem or find it myself. I did
find it myself, it was bad electrical connection on one of the coils.
With this cable and software I would have been able to Isolate which
Cylinder was causing me the problem
- even that would have saved a lot of time.
I could go on but I think I'll go and do some more learning for now.
Would you like to see some photos?
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