Originally Posted by Deenasty

Here we go...I already went through this dilemna. First off if you are using a Belkin F5U103 usb to serial adaptor, its ok to use for datamaster or freescan, but do not use it on lt1edit or tunercat, because I lost connection while uploading a file with this adaptor, and many else have also, which will cause permanent damage to the PCM. I tried all other adaptors also, IOgear, and a different belkin, all with no luck. The Belkin F5U103 worked ok, but for no more than 1 minute, and it would freeze up and I would get a Blue fatal error screen. In datamaster, you have to go to setup and select "handshake" or something like that, and that will force the data interaction. I now purchased this PCMCIA card:

PCMCIA Serial Card

This one works fine, perfect, no problems! Hope this helps guys. BTW I have a Belkin F5U103 adaptor for sale as well..

Originally Posted by RayRay21

How's that card work? I looked it up on Google a bit. I see where the RS232 is at for the cable but where does the other end of the card plug into? Does it go onto the mother board of the computer? I'll search around a little more I guess. (Hopefully I can find them for cheaper then $130).

Originally Posted by Deenasty

the card works great. The card slips into the PCMCIA port, and the other two cables are to hook up any two serial devices (i.e your cars cable)

Originally Posted by RayRay21

Thats what it looked like to me. Not to be ignorant, but for us computer illiterate folks, thats the same slot on the side that say a wireless card would go into? Thats what it looks likes to me, just can't find a web site that says that in dummy terms

Thanks again for the info. I'm glad I'm not at the LT1 edit yet and destroyed my PCM w/ that Belkin adaptor i bought.

Originally Posted by 2cub49

On some of these cards when you install it you may have to set the comm port depending on the brand.
Go to control panel, system,hardware, device manager.
Find the card in the tree and right click on it and go to properties. You may have to click on advanced or something else and find a box where you can set the comm port to 1 or 2-3,4 etc.

Originally Posted by Deenasty

you should recieve it in about 2 days, they are very fast..