Hey, anyone tried connecting to a Haltech Interceptor with a notebook using a USB -> serial and had success?

(Apart from Brendan)

I have mine hooked up to my carputer. It displays realtime and logs fine. One of the easiest serial connections I have ever used(I hooked it up and it worked: no com/baud fiddling)

Oops didnt read properly: I just go straight to serial, sorry.

Out of interest who else has interceptors?

I have mine hooked up to my carputer. It displays realtime and logs fine. One of the easiest serial connections I have ever used(I hooked it up and it worked: no com/baud fiddling)

Oops didnt read properly: I just go straight to serial, sorry.

Out of interest who else has interceptors?
Yeah, I'm thinking I'll have to relocate my desktop and see if it works, I'll need a really, really long extension lead for when I go for a drive.

I know this PC H/W company in Broome. They sell cables all the way to Sydney. Would that help? :shock:

What r u planning, Grumpy Old Man? (What's requred to join the club?)


Yeah, I'm thinking I'll have to relocate my desktop and see if it works, I'll need a really, really long extension lead for when I go for a drive.

I know this PC H/W company in Broome. They sell cables all the way to Sydney. Would that help? :shock:
Heh heh... dunno, prob not. I've tried a USB -> serial cable but it won't connect. I need to try it with a serial device to see if it's actually working.


What r u planning, Grumpy Old Man? (What's requred to join the club?)
a) grumpy
b) old
c) male

:bowrofl:

I know we tried to have this conversation by sms.. but which part didn't work and in what way did it fail?

Silly question time: did you have the ignition turned on when you were trying to connect? :)

Can u send me the application form? I hate forms!!!! We never needed to have any forms when I was young. So stupid!:rant:

U still didn't reveal your plans there....:cool:



a) grumpy
b) old
c) male
:bowrofl:

Redav, it might be the adaptor you are using. I regularly use the serial port at work for PLC communication. I have found some brands of adaptors work better then others (depending on application). Every adaptor I have used works with a mouse, but not all work with the PLCs. :P

I know we tried to have this conversation by sms.. but which part didn't work and in what way did it fail?
The unit wouldn't come online because it couldn't find the COM port.


Silly question time: did you have the ignition turned on when you were trying to connect? :)
Obvious answer: yeah, it was running.


Can u send me the application form? I hate forms!!!! We never needed to have any forms when I was young. So stupid!:rant:
You're accepted. You'll be treasurer and if you don't like it then you put up or get out lol


U still didn't reveal your plans there....:cool:
My plans? Oh, no plans


Redav, it might be the adaptor you are using. I regularly use the serial port at work for PLC communication. I have found some brands of adaptors work better then others (depending on application). Every adaptor I have used works with a mouse, but not all work with the PLCs. :P
Well, that's what I'm thinking. I was going to try it with a serial mouse and see if it works on the notebook and my desktop but I guess you've blown my plans :o. I'll also try my mates notebook but I think his is old enough to actually have a serial port.

Got a mate who has a haltech and got me to set up his USB to Serial adapter, he uses it all the time and has never rang me up with issues, so I assume it works just peachy for him.

It was just a cheap ~$20 Jaycar adapter btw

It was just a cheap ~$20 Jaycar adapter btw
That might be the one I have but wasn't $20 worth :confused:

That might be the one I have but wasn't $20 worth :confused:

Only guessing the price, I doubt jaycar have more than one model of this, so most likely yours is the same. Only said ~$20 cos it looks like cheap chinese crap.

You could email Haltech, they may be able to recommend one they know works.

Interceptors are so overrated.. Sif you would own one of them..:P


You could email Haltech, they may be able to recommend one they know works.
If you do attention your email to Scott.. he will help ya out if they can..

You could email Haltech, they may be able to recommend one they know works.
Yeah, I might. Shall confirm this one works fine first.


Interceptors are so overrated.. Sif you would own one of them..:P
Yeah, only gaybo's have them lol


If you do attention your email to Scott.. he will help ya out if they can..
Ta, I shall.

Interceptors are so overrated.. Sif you would own one of them..:P


If you do attention your email to Scott.. he will help ya out if they can..

Unlike Ego, Scott was a decent bloke:shock:

Yeah, only gaybo's have them lol


Yeah you need to upgrade to a Stand alone like us real men have..:P

Yeah you need to upgrade to a Stand alone like us real men have..:P
Heh heh... if I suffered from an inadequacy syndrome, I'd have bought a Porsche Boxter :bowrofl:

Heh heh... if I suffered from an inadequacy syndrome, I'd have bought a Porsche :bowrofl:


Hehehe You are right. all i need is a porsche to put my stand alone in and ill be right..:P

Stuff the porsche.. AMG E55..:P

All you really need is an engine to put your stand alone with. Hows it going?

Hehehe You are right. all i need is a porsche to put my stand alone in and ill be right..:P

Stuff the porsche.. AMG E55..:P
Actually, I respect almost all Porsche's except the Boxter, that's what I meant.

Sometimes, when it can't find the Com port, simply unplug the USB end , and plug in again while it's live, and try again.

You get the "ding dong" "ding ding" with XP and away it goes.:D

I use the cheap-**** Altronics USB-Serial convertors, ( the one's with the Orange LED on the Serial end) for Phone Systems, and come across this all the time.("can't open serial port")

Good luck. :badgrin:

Computers :rocket: :headbange :sniper: .

All you really need is an engine to put your stand alone with. Hows it going?

hahah yeah that too..:P Very slow.. bottom end still at machinests..:)

I got a Haltech Interceptor installed yesterday. :shock: Scored 12kW ATW.

I got a Haltech Interceptor installed yesterday. :shock: Scored 12kW ATW.

Excellent results!!!! Thats what I gained with a Unichip on my old Auto TF. :D

How does it drive now, compared to before?:P (Sorry Redav, but it's not completlly off topiclol )

Excellent results!!!! Thats what I gained with a Unichip on my old Auto TF. :D

How does it drive now, compared to before?:P (Sorry Redav, but it's not completlly off topiclol )
Haven't driven it much since it was installed. Just sorta drove home from Romanos. Chris Romano said it drove really well, he was suprised. I'll probably have a bit of a drive of it today. But the power curve and torque curve were both higher throughout the entire range, so it should be better.

I got a Haltech Interceptor installed yesterday. :shock: Scored 12kW ATW.

Awesome result mate!! so what does that put you up to now?? nearly 200hp at the wheels?

Awesome result mate!! so what does that put you up to now?? nearly 200hp at the wheels?
195 by Romanos dyno. They dyno'd my car how it was at 180hp, and QMD dyno day it was 186. But I'm stoked. Extractors, zorst + haltech and i've gained arguably about 23kW ATW from stock.

Oops. I re-did my maths... Ralliart Rick Dyno'd 127kW ATW stock. I dyno'd 146KW ATW with said mods. So it's more like 19kW ATW gain from stock. That's not to say it's gospel, but it's just an indication as the 2 dynos in "shootout" mode are fairly close.

BTW: I'm chasing that extra 5-10 HP to put me over 200. What would be the cheapest and easiest mod to get there? Apart from NOS. :P

BTW: I'm chasing that extra 5-10 HP to put me over 200. What would be the cheapest and easiest mod to get there? Apart from NOS. :P

SUPERCHARGER!!!! lol

SUPERCHARGER!!!! lol
Yeah, I'm thinking maybe a Fuel Pressure Regulator but doubt that'll net me any power gains. I think I'll have to do something like maybe oversized throttle body, twin throttle body or inlet runners or something... I dunno. :confused: