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Author Message   Buelltours Posted on Sunday, May 17, 2009 - 02:43 pm:        I have an old USB to Serial cable from Radio Shack sitting around and was wondering whether I can make a ECM spy cable out of it (before I buy one for 50$ on ebay). It provides the 5V and Vista recognizes a virtual COM4, but when I try to connect send, receive and ground (DB9)to my X1, nothing happens. Neither on ecmspy.com nor on here could I find any more tips. What am I missing? Thanks for your help, guys!   Firebolt32 Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 11:07 am:        Your absolutely sure it is a 5V TTL cable? I've personally never seen one at RS.   Buelltours Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 02:15 pm:        well, the output voltage is between 5 and 6V, normally USB puts out 12V, right? But I guess you are right and the problem lies in the RS cable...   Preybird1 Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 02:36 pm:        I would ask Al at American Sport Bike as he makes his own and sells them   Firebolt32 Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 03:12 pm:        You can also make your own. http://mouser.com/Search/ProductDetail.aspx?qs=sGA EpiMZZMtf8aSAtgR7DtM6b7hTwLVv Your cable.... http://www.deutschconnector.com/products/deutsch_d t_4-way_connectors.html Third item down is your connector. Should save a few bucks.   Texastechx1 Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 03:48 pm:        i've been told SPECIFICLY over and over that radio shack does NOT carry the correct cable... looks similar... but it will not work with our bikes. I'm not 100% on that, but i'm pretty damn sure.   Buelltours Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 04:32 pm:        Thanks guys! I just ordered the cable from Mouser. :-)   Firebolt32 Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 05:32 pm:        RS doesn't. I build cables on a daily basis. Just the quality of nearly anything RS sells is garbage IMO. Once I saw how much a cable ran, I knew right away I'd make my own. Too easy...   Texastechx1 Posted on Monday, May 18, 2009 - 05:45 pm:        well put Firebolt! Radioshack is junk and WAY overpriced! build em yourself, it can be done for very cheap!

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