My old laptop has gone tits up so mapping my megajolt is a problem now.

My megajolt is serial. What do i need to conenct it to usb?? Wil those serial to usb adaptors work?

Its easier to get a laptop with usb rather than serial now.

I think the general consensus is "mostly"... Some people have reported problems..... One option is to get a cheapo laptop just for work on the car- also means it doesn't matter if it gets covered in crud....

Maplins sell a converter that seems to work ok, but may be laptop dependent.I think the newer versions of the config software cause less problems with the USB converters.
Paul.

i had the same prob but with megasquirt i got mine from maplin. i had to go into devices and change the com port then it all worked.
adam

Got a Maplin one to work with Megasquirt okay.

but yeah you might want to change the com port.

Make sure that you've got the very latest MJ firmware & config software - currently v3.2.1 - Brent Picasso has put a lot of effort into fixing the problems with USB-serial converters in this release. He doesn't claim 100% success, but it's better than over 75% failure experienced with older versions! He's now got it up to 'almost all converters will work'.

David

Thanks lads. Im hoping i can get my old laptop up and running so i dont have to get one.