I've had a couple of S100s that I've really struggled to connect to. It's just a matter of keeping trying.
A couple of tips that might help:
- Keep the flash button pressed for a count of 10
- Leave the ECU powered up for a while. 10 minutes or more.
- Try a few times in a row
If none of those work, feel free to send it back to me.
Alex
stevieturbo wrote:Cant remember if there is an option for different COM ports via the SFlash software ?
I know from experience that the software used for upgrading the firmware is very time(or better timeout) critical.
With certain USB adapters(full modem compatible) it worked most of the time, but not always, and even when using a 'hardware' serial port, it does not always work.
What could help is that you close every window and running program, and even stop Ethernet(switch it off), and then try with only the firmware upgrade program via a hardware serial port.
i found that i could not flash my S80 unless both the ground pins and the case ground were connected. i had just put one ground pin on my bench loom and not bothered with the case assuming they would all be connected inside!
lumley32 wrote:i found that i could not flash my S80 unless both the ground pins and the case ground were connected. i had just put one ground pin on my bench loom and not bothered with the case assuming they would all be connected inside!
That's interesting, I'll test that next time. Thanks for the feedback.
Bump for an ongoing thread, I was having difficulty connecting to my S80 but after a lot of attempts finally got it to work by leaving the ECU on for a couple of minutes before hitting the 'reload monitor' button. Worked fine then.
I'ts about time I updated the firmware on my S80 - I've never done this before. I've downloaded the "S series ECU Flash Program" from the DTA website and unzipped it but there is no Setup.exe file in "Disk 1" as explained in the firmware upgrading instructions. Am I looking in the right place?