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Offline conalnugent

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f***ing HELL
« on: January 02, 2012, 06:24:15 AM »
whilst being busy with xmas, cooking dinner for 6 and alot of nephws and neices to worry about i squeezed a bit of time on for the calira.  I bought an opcom and it rocks more than anything had ever rocked.  Anyways i couldnt figure how the plug goes into to port in the calibra.  Didnt try it as it looked different.  So a few weeks latter after fixing a fair few mates cars with no problem i asked a guy, was i using the right port??  am i being stupid?? cuz really, im no nothing about wiring and soldering and plugs etc.  But any hows, my trusted friend who ive known for at least 4 years told me "yeah, its the right thing, it might look different, but it fits, push it in"

Now, being a lazy sod, i never tried it for another couple of weeks.  When i got round to properly inspecting it i figured that the opcom plug and the calibra diagnostics plug are different animals.  If i hada tried it i would have fucked my claibra/opcom plug.

Now heres the question.  This person being so in the know, did he over look this, over was it an intentional f*ck over??   

You'd say, easy mistake, but i say f*ck that.  This friend not fucked me but has dissapointed me another time or two in the past and i looked over it, with this now i think its a f*ck.

Anyways, rant over.  No names and never will be, but if the offender reads i'd love an explaination to the couple of butt fucks ive had.
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2012, 07:28:40 AM »
Is that not the same thing dan got for his if so i think iirc you need an adapter of some kind mate
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2012, 08:37:42 AM »
Yeah you need a 10 to 16 pin adaptor I believe, or other way round.
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2012, 08:58:01 AM »
whats a opcom??
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2012, 12:34:42 PM »
Quote from: skorps1971 on January 02, 2012, 08:58:01 AM
whats a opcom??


Diagnostic reader for hooking up the car to laptop basically, think you can view live data and read codes ect. Good bit of kit 8)
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2012, 13:57:25 PM »
hi yes i googled it .. and downloaded the soft ware now just need to buy it  so where is the best place to get one that fits
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2012, 17:00:59 PM »
As Gav said you need a 16 pin to 10 pin adaptor which you can get from ebay for around ?5  -  if you have a x25xe engine you will not get all the live data only fault codes - should work ok on c25xe as my opel scanner does
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2012, 19:10:36 PM »
yeah, if it hadnt of been for seeing dans thread i would have forced it on, ive now got the addaptor for it, ?5 inc delivery from china, how they hell can they be making money on it?

So i havent actually hooked it up yet but am i right in saying i might have to go to the omega section to check the engine stuff??? as there is no option for the 2.5 in the calibra bit?
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2012, 19:50:46 PM »
I've seen a few on ebay for about 20 quid is that right would have thought their dearer or are these just cheapo's that wont work properly
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #9 on: January 02, 2012, 20:00:49 PM »
Buy one from Furby over on www.vvoc.com. He only sells the latest versions and he offers good support too :)
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2012, 00:15:21 AM »
Quote from: geffd on January 02, 2012, 17:00:59 PM
As Gav said you need a 16 pin to 10 pin adaptor which you can get from ebay for around ?5  -  if you have a x25xe engine you will not get all the live data only fault codes - should work ok on c25xe as my opel scanner does
I've heard the opel scanner is a lot better to use in general plus it works on c20let (I know that's only an issue for let users).

The software and firmware can be downloaded from quite a few places, garageforum has some on.
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2012, 10:23:00 AM »
opel scanner is brilliant nearly as good as tech2 but it will not work on the calibra X25XE - even though it lists it! great on the C25XE - even supports the actuator modes (same as tech 1/ 2)  this is where you can operate the IAC valve, fire the dis coils, alter idle speed the lot.

I even chatted to the Russian software person via the opel scanner forum - but he said he hardly ever saw a calibra - basicaly more interested in sorting problems with later models  >:(
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2012, 22:18:39 PM »
what software can i use to with my opcom to read the c25xe and where can i get it, i can use current set up with my car
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #13 on: January 09, 2012, 12:20:32 PM »
Quote from: conalnugent on January 08, 2012, 22:18:39 PM
what software can i use to with my opcom to read the c25xe and where can i get it, i can use current set up with my car
Check out the relevant sub forum on garageforums uk, they will link to all the firmware/software updates perhaps one of them will provide functionality with c25xe.
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Re: f*ckING HELL
« Reply #14 on: January 09, 2012, 19:56:02 PM »
good man, looking now :-D
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