Today I have recived the new interface ELM327 who kindly Amazon seller sent me after I told him that the already received did not work. This new work perfectly and seems to be the same in all (board and chip unit) at the first than don't work ("Connection timeout" message). I have done the...

Well, Bigio, this interface is not dead. Very ill, perhaps ... I do not know if I can help but I'd like to see two screen prints: 1) "COM ports" in the device manager 2) list of existing ports on MES Here what you ask me. I'm nearly sure that ELM 327 USB Cable based on CH340 chip haven't ...

Alfaeddy wrote:
I will no longer do

Greetings Eddy

no problem Eddy...thank you anyway!!

Luigi

Sometimes the interface test function return this result (note strange character in the response result).
Sometimes give more response command but, more than anything else, give only "The operation has timed out"

Eddy.... "Update driver" can let me install only driver for CH340. If i try to force install of FTDIBUS.inf or FDTIPORT.inf (drivers for Silicon Labs CP21xx), Windows return me that's this driver not contain information for the ID Hardware that i'm trying to update. Please stop to suggest ...

Yes, Waltomatic has answered for me...is impossible to install for my interface another driver...this is a Windows basic rule...drivers can recognize only some specific Hardware ID. In other word...I can install another driver but when I plug my interface this is not recognize from Windows. Sorry bu...

In my case even if I connect my ELM327 to the car or not...MES not find the interface.

"Scan For Interfaces" report me that NO interface is found (or something similar). This function take some time like 2 or 3 minute and I have tried with or without connect to my car. Other things that can solve the problem? I am realy very near to say that i have a faulty or broken interfa...

Thanks Eddy but no way... The driver you told me cant install with my interface. I spend a lot of time trying to know the problem and I'm sure of this: - on my boaurd is mounted a wrong "USB bus convert chip" - my board mount WCH "CH340T" but the line on board is made to connect ...

Thanks to Alfaeddy and Waltomatic. I answer to Alfaeddy's questions. Car: Punto 2012 1.4 V8 Laptop is a Windows XP SP3 32bit Italian The driver installed is "CH340 USB Driver" Vers. 3.3.2011.11 - 11/04/2011 (fitted into the Cd-Rom with the interface) The driver configuration is: - for basi...