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litreddevil
March 9th, 2010, 01:57 PM
guys sorry not on here much with work and a mod. on pt.net just dont browse alot.I am trying to find out why my scan tool is not working the dash pops up and i can get it to connect but when i go to record it blinks and shows nothing gauges don't do nothing.i have it set on E38 ecm Imperial.pid's.

can anyone please tell me what i am doing wrong just for a little more info i am tunning an 2001 truck,2005 tahoe,2007 vortex max,2009 4x4 6.2 i am haveing the problems with the 2 newer trucks

thanks for any and all help.

joecar
March 9th, 2010, 03:20 PM
Hi LD,

Can you post some screenshots...?

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joecar
March 9th, 2010, 03:24 PM
Did you press the connect button to connect to vehicle...?
Did you select pids...?

litreddevil
March 10th, 2010, 03:33 PM
i have selected E38 ecm Imperial.pid's.

i press the gren botton on top left corner then the red botton for recorder when i hit the red botton it does nothing.i was in the pass able to log and everything wrok good when i started to tune on my 01 from then on it has not worked.

Tordne
March 10th, 2010, 03:59 PM
The E38 PIDs will likely not be supported on your 2001 vehicle and may simply be the problem. Perhaps try selecting Default Imperial PID list and try that as a comparison.

joecar
March 10th, 2010, 05:21 PM
Can you post some screenshots of the the Data tab.

litreddevil
March 12th, 2010, 02:24 PM
Can you post some screenshots of the the Data tab.



i'll try

joecar
March 12th, 2010, 03:53 PM
i'll trySee here for instructions: showthread.php?t=3064 (http://forum.efilive.com/showthread.php?t=3064)