[JimD]

Getting further but no success. I found the port latency timer and set it at 1 (instead of 16) and I also set it to run NCSExpert in XP service pack 3 compatibility instead of Windows 7 (service pack 2 didn't seem to work). I can now get it to check for the VIN and FA value and even report that it read a module successfully but the result in not in the FSW_PSW.trc file like it is supposed to be. Nothing in the work directory has been changed. Not sure what that is about. Time for more searching.

In my case, it was necessary both to set compatibility to XP service pack 3 and set the latency timer setting to 1 to get this far. I got the same infrequent communication errors with either individually.