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Hey guys, I've searched the forums here and didn't find anyone else having my specific problem so I'm sorry if it's been posted already!
I have a v2 accessport for my 2006 AT. I've been using it with a windows 7 PC and have had no issues. Got a new laptop running Windows 8.1, installed the same version of AP Manager, plugged in the AP, and got an error message stating the firmware of the AP wasn't updated enough to be compatible with Windows 8.1, and would have to be updated on an older PC. So, plugged my AP back into my old laptop, tried to update it, and it tells me that my current version is the most updated version! Not sure what to do here, need help!
Current AP firmware is v1.6.1.1-13820, running AP Manager 2.1.1.8 on both PCs.
Our AP does not work with windows 8.1. It's a connection issue and Cobb no longer supports the rx8, so they will not update the firmware. Windows 8 works, but not 8.1.
ATR is fine, AP Manager cannot find/communicate with the hand-held device on W8.1+ OS
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Well, I guess I better check and make sure the last time I transferred a tune 8.1 was installed but I am pretty sure it was. I will check when I get home.
should only work on 8.1+ if you have virtual machine running an earlier Windows OS since there never was a firmware update for our AP devices to make them 8.1 compatibile
Damn you guys are right. I opened AP manager and immediately got an option to update and after the update I just get this, it never changes and no matter how I run it, it doesn't work. I waited a while to go from 8.0 to 8.1 and I guess Steve and I have not done a tune change since I was on 8.1. Time to reformat my laptop and go Windows 7 for tuning duties.
Hmm, I am pretty sure I have some Windows 7 discs laying around, I will check out VM player. but I also have an extra laptop I don't use, might as well install it on that. Thanks.
If the firmware works on one OS but not another then it is a driver issue. Either the OS isn't loading the driver properly, or it isn't letting the driver do something required to function. If it was firmware it wouldn't work regardless of the OS. Windows 8 is having a lot of these issues with older hardware. New firmware might be able to work around this issue (with a new driver as well) but that's a bandaid around Microsoft imposed incompatibility.
Just checked some Subie forums. New firmware does solve the problem with them. So it's probably some sort of low level access that window 8 won't allow. Probably used to verify the AP is what it claims to be (or for the AP to verify the computer is what it claims to be). Wouldn't want people to be able to unmarry their AP from their PC after all...
Edit straight from the horses mouth, it's a windows issue:
"In Windows 8.1, Microsoft changed how the drivers communicate with programs. Therefore, older Accessports must be updated on a non 8.1 computer before being able to communicate with Windows 8.1" https://cobbtuning.zendesk.com/hc/en...ws-8-1-Support
theories always look great when you don't understand that the basis of your assumptions are all wrong ...
You miss the point again. This is a Microsoft imposed restriction on hardware causing incompatibility, nothing more. There are probably a few people with similar hardware problems and some of them may have found a solution. Saying "it's just incompatible" and waiting for an update that will never happen is silly.