Ok, with the advent of Win 7, 8, 8.1, and now 10, the driver signing has become a huge pain in the tailpipe. So, about a year ago we changed to signed drivers for the PL. Windows has the drivers or can download them from windows update.
But for all the guys with the original style PL, converting to the signed drivers is probably a good idea.
Here is the process. (aside from sending the PL to me).
Install MProg3, this is a configuration program from FTDI, they make the USB chip in the PL.
unzip the template file.
open MProg 3, open the template (232rl-default), with the PL plugged in and the key on, click the magnifying glass, then the lightning bolt.
Then when you next plug into the PL, Windows will want new drivers, just let it search the web or windows update or whatever.
Post up questions.
Bob
========================================================----v the old way
Here is a procedure for manual driver installation with Windows 7, many thanks to Mike (Hemi8) for his help working out the steps.
I wanted to write a simple, install procedure ........... so here is my procedure:
1. Insert PL CD into computer.
2. Click and drag PL folder onto desktop.
3. Plug USB cable into ECM and laptop.
4. Turn Key ON/Engine Off.
5. Hit the Windows Start icon.
6. Right click "Computer".
7. Hit "Manage".
8. In the window that pops up hit "device manager"
9. You will see "powerlogger" and another devise called "USB serial port" listed, both will have a yellow (!) next to them.
10. Right click on one of them and pick update driver, you will have a choice to either let the computer automatically find the driver or you can browse for a specific location. You want to browse to the desktop and just pick the "Drivers" folder listed in the PL files we dragged onto the desktop in step 2. Do not pick any specific driver, just pick the folder and let it do its thing.
11. Now, do the same exact thing for the USB serial port, steer it to the powerlogger driver folder and let it do its thang. (this was the part that screwed me up for 2 hours and I saw nothing about this anywhere, I thought something was wrong with my serial port).
12. Thats it, takes about 10 min. During the process (step 4 and beyond), the laptop has to be connected to the ECM and the Key On/Engine off until completely finished.
Thank you Eric (TurboTweak) and Bob, the Powerlogger and TurboTweak chip work very well and make tuning the car easy.
Mike
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But for all the guys with the original style PL, converting to the signed drivers is probably a good idea.
Here is the process. (aside from sending the PL to me).
Install MProg3, this is a configuration program from FTDI, they make the USB chip in the PL.
unzip the template file.
open MProg 3, open the template (232rl-default), with the PL plugged in and the key on, click the magnifying glass, then the lightning bolt.
Then when you next plug into the PL, Windows will want new drivers, just let it search the web or windows update or whatever.
Post up questions.
Bob
========================================================----v the old way
Here is a procedure for manual driver installation with Windows 7, many thanks to Mike (Hemi8) for his help working out the steps.
I wanted to write a simple, install procedure ........... so here is my procedure:
1. Insert PL CD into computer.
2. Click and drag PL folder onto desktop.
3. Plug USB cable into ECM and laptop.
4. Turn Key ON/Engine Off.
5. Hit the Windows Start icon.
6. Right click "Computer".
7. Hit "Manage".
8. In the window that pops up hit "device manager"
9. You will see "powerlogger" and another devise called "USB serial port" listed, both will have a yellow (!) next to them.
10. Right click on one of them and pick update driver, you will have a choice to either let the computer automatically find the driver or you can browse for a specific location. You want to browse to the desktop and just pick the "Drivers" folder listed in the PL files we dragged onto the desktop in step 2. Do not pick any specific driver, just pick the folder and let it do its thing.
11. Now, do the same exact thing for the USB serial port, steer it to the powerlogger driver folder and let it do its thang. (this was the part that screwed me up for 2 hours and I saw nothing about this anywhere, I thought something was wrong with my serial port).
12. Thats it, takes about 10 min. During the process (step 4 and beyond), the laptop has to be connected to the ECM and the Key On/Engine off until completely finished.
Thank you Eric (TurboTweak) and Bob, the Powerlogger and TurboTweak chip work very well and make tuning the car easy.
Mike
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