Datamaster + AKM cable + usb adapter = no data!? HELP

Hey guys, I just got my cable from akm and the usb adapter from them also.
Well today I just took the car out and hooked up the cable and everything to my laptop and it seemed like it was going to work fine, but then I pressed monitor and it said...
No PCM sync. recycling... and It wont make a connection with my PCM or something. Anyone else have this problem and what did you do to fix it?
I'm bummed, got my cable and everything and was all excited to check out what is going on with my car and now it wont work

No idea, i've never used it with usb... you dont have a serial port on your PC???

nope, new laptops arent coming with them :( grrrrrrrr i need help lol im getting impatient... and its only been a few minutes!

Have you contacted AKM about the problem?

no, just came up half hour ago... im going to do that though

1)Make sure the key is on or the car running.
2)Check the options in Datamaster and make sure you are connecting to the correct port (your USB port).
3) Connect

The car was running, I was in motion.
I checked options in datamaster and it was connected to the right port, but I clicked test com and it said it recieved no data from aldl or the pcm... im confused and mad!

These USB adapters and PCMCIA adapters are VERY picky about which laptop they'll work on and which they won't. My buddy has a new Dell and he can't use it to use his new LS1 Edit because he can't find a USB or PCMCIA adapter that will work :(

cant i get some sort of serial card or something for my laptop?
anyone know of one that will work with a new hewlet packard ze5385us laptop?

I do.

what do you mean you do? please explain

USB to serial adapters do not work well with ALDL cables. The reason being that most do not offer proper control of hardware DTR / RTS and baud rates required by 8192 baud ALDL cables.

Serial over Ethernet, on the other hand, has been an industry standard for the last decade.

Nearly any new laptop will already have Ethernet network connectivity built in, and older laptops can make use of extremely cheap PCMCIA Ethernet network cards to become "networkable".

A relatively inexpensive device known as a Serial to Ethernet adapter can be obtained for less than $100. The Port Hopper (http://www.capitolautomation.com/porthopper.htm) is a good example of a Serial to Ethernet adapter that is sufficient for ALDL data communications.

Serial to Ethernet adapters can be used to interface "any" serial port based equipment with a network capable laptop, even a WBO2 or EPROM emulator. Multiple devices can also be accessed or controlled with a single RJ-45 cable, by using a multiport serial to Ethernet adapter, or simply by adding a 10base-T hub or router to combine several single port adapters.

The software that comes with the adapter typically enables mapping the hardware serial port to a "virtual" serial port on the laptop PC, similar to the USB to Serial adapter's software, with the primary difference here being that a Serial to Ethernet link has full hardware DTR/RTS control. Simply select the new virtual serial port rather than a normal hardware port in whatever ALDL software package you prefer to use.

Emulators such as the Transtronics Romulator (aka Pocket-ROM) require software capable of "direct" TCP-IP control for real time data manipulation using a serial to ethernet adapter. You can find more information on how to obtain wired or "wireless" real time tuning capabilty here. (http://www.gmpcm.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=122)

that was very useful information, thank you for your response!