How to code information for labels? (Page 1 of 3)

Thanks Stefan.  Unfortunately, I have not already used the Configurator.  The data I have on the screen presently comes direct from via OBD, and the sources were entered by means of the stalk.

The problem is the Configurator has hundreds of data boxes which obviously are not all necessary, and I don't know how to enter the data into the Configurator to code the FIS Control.  I am looking for a manual or guide on how to use the Configurator.

Secondly, you have given me some settings to send to the laptop.  But it's not clear where I enter those settings or how I send them.

My apologies - I'm not very tech-savvy!  I don't even have a smart phone, although I believe my laptop has Bluetooth loaded

I'm afraid here's a lot I don't know about this process.  How do I "export my current settings"?  From the car? How do I load then into the Configurator? 

Where is "Labels for measurement values"? 

The version of Configurator I'm using is this one:  http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.a … nfig.html.  It doesn't have any communication tools or drop-down menus so I don't know how it talks to the FIS Contol box inside the car. 

I have Windows 8 or 10 on my laptop so I'll look for TeraTerm. 

So basically you fill in the labels you want on Configurator, then transfer it to the car using TeraTerm.  Is that right?  I haven't used this technology before.

Thank you Stefan.  I would really appreciate a tutorial.  I grew up in the pre-computer age, didn't see my first computer until I was over 40 and as a result I'm always struggling with anything more advanced than Word or Excel..

Thank you for your patience with an old codger :-)

TeraTerm also work with newer Windows versions.
If you can tell me at which point you stuck, I will try to explain how to proceed from there. Else you should wait until I find time to do a video tutorial.

Are you able to help Stefan?  I need to either run teraterm or find a simpler method.

Thanks

I have extracted the files, but as I said Stefan there is no .exe file.  There is a ttermpro application file, but I can't open that.  It just tells me "Invalid host".

Stefan – I think there’s a misunderstanding here.  I’m not at the stage of trying to communicate with the FIS-Control.  I’m still trying to open tera term.  I haven’t selected “TCP/IP” or “Serial” or anything else as I haven’t yet got into tera term!

I extracted the files from the compressed tera term folder and it told me there were (from memory) 86 files extracted.  I looked at these, but none of them is an .exe file.  There are a lot of .dll files, a lot of Application files, Help files etc but nothing resembling an .exe file.  I tried to open some of these in case they would provide some help, but no good.

I’ve tried to run teraterm-4.92 but my system won’t recognise it (even with a complete filepath/address).  Is there another way of launching an application without an .exe file?  Windows 10 doesn’t seem to recognise it.

Cheers

I think I tried that file already.  I'll have another look.

You are on the right track.
Before you can connect to the FIS-Control with TeraTerm, you have to set the FIS-Control in the correct mode:
SETTINGS -> FLASH MEMORY -> LOAD STARTLOGO -> BLUETOOTH

Now search for new Bluetooth devices with your laptop and pair the FIS-Control (PIN code is "1234").
Windows will add two serial ports to your system. When you start TeraTerm now, you will be able to select "Serial" and choose one of the ports. Only one of them will work, so you might have to try both.

You can now continue like I described in the second post of this thread.

More frustration!  I have just spent two hours sitting in the car trying to send labels to the FIS-Control. 

I followed the instructions in your second post precisely.  The laptop and the FIS-Control were paired and data seemed to be transferring (blue dots running across the page on the Bluetooth screen).

However, it was not possible to find where the settings on my laptop were going to.  I tried searching every folder on my system but there was no settings file.  Eventually I got a message “File transfer not completed”. 

I wondered if I should have entered a new file name in the box on the ‘CRC’ screen to send the settings to and tried this, but it made no difference.  The FIS-Control was talking to my laptop but the data was going nowhere.  I wonder if your instructions missed a step somewhere?

Eventually COM Port 4 disappeared, and later COM Port 3.  I don’t think it was anything I did.

You say I should “open the settings file with the online Configurator” so I looked for the settings file with the Browse button.  But again, there was no settings file.

After two hours I gave up.  I’m obviously doing something wrong.  All I want to do is to load up some labels so I know whether I’m looking at Water temp, Oil temp or Intake Air Temp etc.

Are you able to suggest where I’m going wrong?

Thanks

The only file in Tera Term which was modified today or yesterday (ie it was not in Tera Term when I downloaded it) was created by me and saved it in Tera Term.  I then made sure the laptop was going to save it to that Directory and file.  But the file is empty. I checked all other files in the Tera Term folder but none have any data or settings in them.  They are all months or years old so they can't have been modified in the last 24 hours.

The only clue I can give you is that the "Tera Term: XMODEM Receive" window started off saying "Protocol: XMODEM (CRC)" but after a few seconds this changed to "XMODEM (CheckSum)".  I tried it several times and it always did the same thing.

I also tried every other option I could find available including Y and Z Modem.  Nothing seems to work, although Bluetooth keeps telling me it's paired and it looks as if something's happening.  It's just not going anywhere, and none of the other items in the XMODEM window change (Packet#, Bytes etc).  If it was sending I guess they would have values after them but they're blank