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[Keaton85]

do you know what google is

[SlapShot]

These are the settings that work for me using a USB VAG-COM 409.1 cable and the FTDI Virtual COM Port drivers (link). Of course YMMV.

[joerickson]

Got everything fixed. Thanks everyone for the help. Now I have one less dash light to worry about...

[Vagabond]

Damn, my SRS light JUST came on last night.

I dont have obd II though.

[Keaton85]

nope, but you have a DTC box.

Let me revise that, you have OBD-II ish. As the 94-95 volvo had OBD-I but it works with OBD-II. weird but it works.

[Deimos]

please delete, on 23 January 2012 - 05:10 AM, said:

nope, but you have a DTC box.

Let me revise that, you have OBD-II ish. As the 94-95 volvo had OBD-I but it works with OBD-II. weird but it works.

Indeed, for practical intents and purposes the 94+ 850s are all OBD-II.

[Vagabond]

Good to hear! I'll need to pickup that cable then.

Man I love da volvos.

[Keaton85]

No, you just need to open your hood and use DTC..

[Vagabond]

Well thats not as fun...

[Keaton85]

haha, to cold out there for ya?

[Vagabond]

Yea.

I thought you were going to tell me there was an odb port hiding up under the dash...

[Keaton85]

Under the coin tray

[Vagabond]

I didnt see it in my car...

[Keaton85]

umm, I think N/A didn't come with the OBD port but it doesn't really matter as you can do everything from the DTC box under the hood. Idono if you can install a OBD port though?

[Vagabond]

Beats me. If I could I would, for other reasons...

[Keaton85]

totally understand...

[Deimos]

Should be there, my 95 NA had it there under the coin thingy.

[Medicman55]

I seem to be the only one having issues with it, or at least the only one posting.

I received my vag-com cord, downloaded vol-fcr, updated my vag-com cord, plug it into my car and.... errors. It keeps saying "check connection". I've put it on COM1, changed the bitrates and the like, but to no avail. Is the little light on the cord supposed to light up at all? I plug the cord into my computer, then into my car, turn the key to II and I keep getting the same error.

Am I missing something here?

[SlapShot]

Medicman55, on 24 February 2012 - 10:14 PM, said:

I seem to be the only one having issues with it, or at least the only one posting.

I received my vag-com cord, downloaded vol-fcr, updated my vag-com cord, plug it into my car and.... errors. It keeps saying "check connection". I've put it on COM1, changed the bitrates and the like, but to no avail. Is the little light on the cord supposed to light up at all? I plug the cord into my computer, then into my car, turn the key to II and I keep getting the same error.

Am I missing something here?

Check your PM's and try lowering Latency Timer to 2 if it still doesn't work with my suggested settings.

EDIT: Some VW guys use these settings with FTDI...I haven't tried them but they may work better. Honestly, I should make a wiki and just link everything from there. Make everyone's life a bit easier.


Receive (Bytes) 64
Transmit (Bytes 64
Latency Timer (msec) 3
Minimum Read Timeout 100
Minimum Write Timeout 100

Edited by SlapShot, 25 February 2012 - 05:02 AM.