Re: Ostrich Help
Actually they do have bluetooth on the ostrich....and people are using it with good success. When I purchase my own, I'll be getting a bluetooth unit myself.
To connect in tunerpro you can't simply hit connect. Go to the ALDL setup screen. Then hit connect. THEN... Select the Silence coms command, and send that about 15-20 times, until the packet error count stops climbing. When that stops climbing then you should be recieving data......All of this is assuming that you have the ALDL cable setup to be on the same com port as what Tunerpro is looking at.
To check the COM port right click on my computer. Select properties. Then navigate under the hardware tab, and click on the device manager button. Scroll down and find in the USB section a USB to serial or something named very similar to that. UNplug the ALDL and refresh the device manager (right click ANYTHING, and select scan for new hardware). This will insure that you are selecting the correct device. You can then right click on the correct device, and navigate to the advanced button on the second tab. You should see COM port pull down on this screen. Set the COM port to something less than 4 that is available. Save changes, and exit. Head back to tunerpro with the ALDL cable still plugged in, and navigate to TOOLS-->Preferences. Under the ALDL/Emulation tab be sure that the com port is set the same there as the one you set previously in Device manager.
A couple tips to help. ALWAYS use the same physical port for the ALDL cable, and the Ostrich. Consistency pays huge dividends in not having to reset these com settings each time. I know it should just figure it out, but if you take a few extra seconds to set it up right, and then are consistent, you'll see some good performance.
If you have an Ostrich, then you can apply Digs patch to help connectivity. With this patch I can litteraly be in the truck, and connected in less than a minute, not counting boot up time. It connects PERFECTLY each time, and works like a champ.
As for the Ostrich crashing the computer. I had a similar problem, only it would crash anytime I started TunerPro on a friends older Compaq machine. The USB drivers in WinXP Home were conflicting with TunerProRT (not just regular TunerPro though). I ended up reloading WinXP Pro from a CD I had sitting around on that machine, and that seemed to cure it. I would check that machine for anything that has changed. Like windows updates, USB drivers for video games, that sort of thing. Anyhing that would've or could've possibly changed the configuration of the machine.
In other thoughts. I've had VERY little problems with TunerPro in general once I spent a day and worked the details out on my machine. I've seen it run on ultra-portables (like Fujitsu's), older low buck low performance machines, and my personal high end Acer machine. Once you work the bugs out, and get all your settings up and going, you'll be singing the praise too. I'm confident there isn't another program for this application that has the same power it does.
Drivers didnt help. Screen turns blue with some error message and crashes just like usual. I guess i'll have to send moates an email.