kevin41 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 FIRST TIME POST LONG TIME ADMIRER OF THIS WEBSITE HAVE LEARNED ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION. I JUST PURCHASED VCM KIT AND DELL LATTITUDE 630 INSTALLED IDS VERSION 54 BUT NO MATTER WHAT I DO CANT GET COMMUNICATION BETWEEN IDS AND VCM LED'SBLINK GREEN AND AMBER BUT 3RD LED ALWAYS ENDS UP RED I THINK MY FIREWALL IS OFF BUT I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE ANY INFO YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHNO60 Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 did u activate the ids from the setup tab? Also had an issue one time i had to have the vcm powered up on a datalink and then connect the usb to the laptop. then it began to update the vcm's code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin41 Posted April 22, 2008 Author Share Posted April 22, 2008 THANKS FOR REPLIES STILL HAVING ISSUES GETTING VCM TO COMMUNICATE BUT AS USUAL MORE INTELLIGENT RESPONSES FROM YOU GUYS THAN ANY HELPFORD OR MOTORCRAFT HAS BEEN AGAIN THANKS AND THANKS FOR A WEBSITE THAT IS REALLY DEDICATED TO HELP AND OFFER EXELLENT HELP AND INFORMATION Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 When I first loaded IDS, I had massive problems caused by my AV and firewall. Disabling the AV wasn't good enough, I had to uninstall it. Even now I have trouble if I try to connect to the VCM after running a big Powerpoint file. (2.1 Intel, 2G RAM)Rebooting the PC is needed after closing the PP file. Try a fresh reboot if you haven't already, and disable/uninstall your AV. Likewise, I had horrible experiences with tech support. Good Luck! /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OHNO60 Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 MOST OF MY ISSUES WERE WITH THE USB CONNECTION AND THE "BRIDGE" CONNECTION IDS SETS UP WHEN INSTALLING. SEEMS TO RESOLVE BY REINSTALLING THE SOFTWARE FOR IDS AND SHUTTING DOWN THE FIREWALL. ANOTHER THING I NOTICED IS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE LEAVE THE IDS ALL BY IT SELF ON A LAPTOP. DONT INSTALL ANYOTHER SOFTWARE IF POSSIBLE. ONCE HAD CAT ET AND IDS TOGETHER AND WELL CAT ET--->/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/boxing.gif<---FORD IDS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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