I got my hands on somethings which claims to be Examiner 5.5 software. Anyone interested in trying it since I haven't got a spare laptop to try it on? (it might erase laptop's OS...)
rroope said:Yeah, I have a spare old laptop I can throw it on . . .
Stuart DemonD said:From what I understand with the chat with mscortar, he is unsure of the OS that it can run on....
Hopefully someone will sort it soon - looking on eMule, looks like 5.5 is quite a common version, although I am sure 5.6 was mentioned somewhere :chin:
Stilatos said:i remember taking a peak at the portable examiner that they use at the garage at my local fiat dealership that it was running on windows 98 i dunno if that helps
mscortar said:Good to know; just as I suspected; trying it now...will let you know...:idea:
Deckchair5 said:Are you running in compatability mode to get down to WIN98? Or are you running ona genuine WIN98 setup?
The interface they're referring to on the Alfa site sounds to me just the normal interface between computer serial port and the OEBD connector
All a bit of guess work at the moment though
Deckchair5 said:"I think I will contact the guy that said he managed to connect and establish handshake between Examiner and his 156 Alfa and ask how he did it"
Yep, no sense in re inventing the wheel, a bit of inside knowledge would save time
From what I can see, it's a low tech DOS program that likes touch screen input
You haven't got a COM port? Are you sure? I wonder how you communicate to the outside world?
Do you mean you haven't got a serial port?
Deckchair5 said:Well you're getting further than I am. I get distorted graphics of examiner and an on screen qwerty keyboard when in WIN98 simulation
Some of the icons look like they were drawn by a 3 year old so it's an old program. I'm surprised there's no windows based program that can do the examiner tasks
When the service light is extinguished with examiner I guess they program in when the next service is due rather than just turn the service light off