So I've read a ton of posts on the ongoing problem people are having with getting a serial to usb cable working with vista. I researched what cable should work and ended up getting the gigaware usb-a to serial cable from radioshack. it comes with a disk with vista drivers. So I load the disk, reboot, and hook up the cable and bam the computer sees it. Great! I then check the com ports and assign it to com1 and my tactrix to com3 open Evoscan set up the com ports for the wideband to match what i set up the cable to run on and start to log. I'm getting NOTHING!!!
I made the serial connector like people recommended. Using a female 9 pin from radioshack I soldered the blue wire from my UEGO to pin#2 and the black ground to #5. I checked voltage at the plug and am getting 4vlts at the end of the plug when the gauge is on. I opened Hyperterminal and I'm getting nothing. Now I am not a computer geek but I'm somewhat competent so I think I did set it up right.

I'm guessing its the serial adapter but I'm not sure. Should i just go try another adapter? has anyone else had this trouble with this cable? what cable are vista users using that works for sure?

Thx guys!

 

I got it, it was the cable. got a new one from buest buy and works like a champ.

 

I have a gun to my head tryin to figure this out. I did everything the OP said, got connections to pins 2 and five, I have 2.3v at the r232 connector, I have two different serial to usb's with up to date drivers, the comp recognizes that they are plugged in, comports are identified and utilized and STILL my wb02 only reads 10 the whole time. WTF? I'm at my wits end.

 

^ same problem here. It logs for a few seconds and then freezes on the last number logged

 

New to this forum but have experience with electronics from the Curtpalme.com home theater forum's dealing with CRT projectors(sorry its another passion of mine besides Evo's). What I have found there in dealing with RS 232 connections to the Projectors and other electronics is the chip set in the RS 232 adaptor. Look for adaptors that have a FTDI chip set and not the prolific. I use a keyspan rs 232 to usb adaptor and it works fine for everything i tried it with. Stay away from Belkin models, they use prolific chip sets.

Athanasios