vag.com not seeing plug in car

[Knight Rider S4]

Any VAG.com experts out there , 908 all installed, port ok interface found but not registering the cable is plugged into the car when it is , all plugged in, green light on in plug any ideas ?

Cheers

Steve

[dobbin]

if you have just upgraded vag com you have to set up cable to the software first, go into vag com and there is a update button for driver/cable, the only other thing i can think of is bad cable conection? try another usb port as well

[newsh]

Ignition on?
Checked fuse in car?

[Knight Rider S4]

tried on A4 B6 model and the S2 but still get the same thing ,cable is recognized by vag.com everything as it should be but just saying that not plugged into car when it is ,will try different usb port and see if that helps , drivers are updated, igntion on

[newsh]

Can you see the usb port in Device Manger hardware? If so force it to 2, 3 or 4 and make sure vagcom port info is set the same.

[jontawn]

Hi Steve.

I assume with you mentioning the specific version (908) it's a clone cable.

Usually, when this happens it is because either the 2x2 connector has been put on the wrong way around (yes, it's possible) or the cable has been used with an updated version of the software, the update contains a 'blacklist' and the vag908 cable's onboard processor (the atmega chip) has some data written to it causing it to, simply put, require re-flashing with a known working/good file.

If you're after a cable, I may be able to help.

JT

Any VAG.com experts out there , 908 all installed, port ok interface found but not registering the cable is plugged into the car when it is , all plugged in, green light on in plug any ideas ?

Cheers

Steve

[Knight Rider S4]

Cable is straight out of pkt , no not fried it with connecting wrong way round on 2x2

Quite possible about update as I have installed new drivers from vag.com ?

How do you get all the ports to work with the USB cable, it is on device manager under USB part but not in the com ports

[jontawn]

The update has probably killed it then.

If it's a clone/Chinese cable, using anything other than the supplied software has a high chance of frying the atmega.

You may be able to revive it by reprogramming the atmega. However, you'll need a good quality flash file, an old parallel cable and some time.

It may also be possible to revive it by just changing the vid & pid of the cable + trying an update with mprog or similar.

You could try (worth a shot) remove vcds + the windows usb drivers, restart your system and then try installing v908 of the software again and see whether your cable is detected and then connects to the car. If it does, Brucey bonus. If it doesn't you'll want to brush up on your atmega programming skills or you have a rather useful usb cable with a plug on the end.

Good luck!

JT

Cable is straight out of pkt , no not fried it with connecting wrong way round on 2x2

Quite possible about update as I have installed new drivers from vag.com ?

How do you get all the ports to work with the USB cable, it is on device manager under USB part but not in the com ports