Hello All,
I've been a hondata user for a number of years now and have recently had some problems with Romulator. I have an s200 system with datalogging and all. I hooked up romulator, created my rom that I needed in Romeditor V3.5xx. I use usb->serial cables to connect to the hondata box and Romulator. I've never had problems with them before. I connect to the Romulator on COM3, datalog on COM4. Romulator connects just fine in the settings menu. I tweak my rom image as such and successfully download my rom to romulator. The car throws a check engine light and my s200 box is blinking slowly. The manual says a slow blink is improperly inserted chip/emulator or bad rom. Well, it's not either. Can't connect to the s200 box thru hondalogger either.
So, I decide to burn the exact same rom image to a chip and I turn the key and no check engine light, s200 has a solid light and I can datalog in hondalogger sucessfully. I've never had any problems thru the tons of cars I've tuned before but this has me stumped. I can successfully connect to Romulator and download an image to it just fine but something is obviously amiss. Anyone got any ideas? I hope it's not a case of a bad Romulator. Does hondata repair/test Romulators for customers?
I have a feeling xtronics will say it's fine. If I use the xtronics software to load the .bin file to the romulator it says successful but I still get the check engine and unable to datalog problem. What gives? I have the exact same setup I've always had with the laptop, usb->serial cables and all. I'm really stumped.
TIA,
steve
romulator problems
If you use the Romulator software form transtronics and it still does not run the car properly, then you need to contact Transtronics for assistance and possibly repair. Hondata does not repair or replace them as Transtronics is the manufacturer of this product and has asked that all problems go through them so they can ensure that future products will have less problems.
Steve,stevel wrote:Yeah, I called transtronics today and they said most likely it got zapped from static electricity. Needless to say I wasn't wearing a ground strap when handling it so I'm not surprised. From now on I'll be wearing a ground strap.
s
What ever came about from this. I know it was a few months ago but I had the EXACT same issue today. Chips were fine but Romulator would not work. Rom editor could load the ROM image but that was about it. Just wanting to know what fixed it in your case. You have the description down to a "T"!!
Thanks!
Brad