Re: VOL-FCR software and connector cables advice needed Post by misha » 04 Mar 2015, 12:56 Vol fcr 1.3 is older version and can only read & clear the codes while 1.7 is a better and can display live data.

Hi Forum Members, I am new to this forum, this is my first post. I found a topic, but is unfortunately closed, so i decided to open a new one to get ideas (hopefully) to my problem. I have a 1996 Volvo 850 with speedometer problems (sometimes it stops showing actual speed while driving - then odometer also stops).

So, with a lot of help and encouragement from Zeb, Dori, and Robh, I dove into it. 'In the beginning, I must say that the world of Planescape didn't really intrigue me or my partner. My Boss Tom Lavely put a lot of trust in me to conceptualize the new world along with game designers. The planescape sketchbook pdf.

I was told that it might be an ABS related problem. So I purchased an USB KKL 409.1 OBD2 cable () from ebay. I downloaded VOL-FCR SERIAL demo (also tried usb version - doesnt work at all). The cable's virtual port was set to com1 as suggested in the above linked topic.

The software was able to establish a connection to the car, it was able to query model and software IDs but then it failed reading trouble codes saying 'comms lost with car, null time out or message error'. I dont know what might be the problem, I would be very thankful if someone could help me out with a good advice!

I made the serial version of the program work but I bought an actual serial interface cable to do it. I am at my cabin at the moment and I can't give you the specific number of the cable. There are a couple of versions of USB to serial converters that have been said to work but I have no specifics. The big problem is that most laptops don't have a serial connector anymore - I knew there was a reason I kept the old IBM think pad around even with the dead batteries.

Rumor has it that there is a cracked full functioning version of the program on bit torrent. I will be back in the city on Sunday and if no one else has given you the specifics on the cable I will post back the numbers on the one that worked for me.Lee.

You can search for it on ebay and usually purchase it with a cable. I'm sure if you really search you can find it other places. Below is the support info from the program. On their website is a link that will take you to a chart that shows the Volvo models and what functions are available to each model. Its a decent program, but worth no more then $30.00.

Becareful on cars with Motronic 4.3- it won't pull OBDII or diag. It tells you how to use the OBDII port to pull blink codes eg(2-1-1) Vol-FCR, Fault Code Reader for Volvo Cars. Version Beta 1.3.06 Copyright cr-diagnostics © 2002, 2003. Supplied by: ilexa PO Box 111 Truro Cornwall United Kingdom TR2 4YF For technical support: Tel 0870 7543 827 Mon-Fri 09:00-18:00 (GMT) or Fax 0870 7543 829 Anytime. E-mail This program is designed to read & reset fault codes on Volvo cars. The program has no connection with the Volvo Car Corporation.

The program will only work on Comm Port 1. Some S/V 40 engine functions have not been implemented and are disabled. No liability can be accepted for use of the program or the information presented. You may wish to print information from the program, the easiest way to do this is to press the Alt + Print Screen keys to take a snap shot of the screen then press 'Go Back' to stop comms and finally paste the screen into a program such as Wordpad, save the result and print / e-mail as required. -Scroll Down for more- On ‘96/’97 850 cars with the 16 way ‘OBDII’ socket, and some other models, some of the control modules use ‘flash’ codes, this program is not designed to work with these modules. The controls for these have been coloured yellow in the program. THE USE OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS ENTIRELY AT THE USERS RISK To retrieve the flash codes the following procedure can be adopted: Connect an LED, with the correct polarity, in series with a 1k8 ohm resistor, between pin 16 (+) and pin X, where X is the pin corresponding with the module to be read.

Connect a push to make switch between pin X and pins 4 or 5 (-). The circuit can then be used in the same way as the pre ’96 diagnostic sockets, situated in the engine compartment.

For Motronic 4.3 or Fenix 5.2, X = 3. ECC, X = 6, Timer Type 4, X = 9. Cruise Control, X = 13; 900 & S/V 90 ABS, X = 12. Thank you guys for the answers! Actually Jordan was right, playing with the COM port settings (setting it less then 9600) helped, now i am able to read DTCs. The cable and software i used were: obd2 kkl usb cable with ft232b chip inside from ebay, vol-fcr 1.3.6 serial version and the driver from If you guys could share with me the difference between the 1.3.6 and the newer software versions (what has the newer more?) i would be thankful!