I bought the full version, made my own databoard

hooked it up
and i see all kinds of ibus traffic
phone
nav
rad

etc.. its continuous

good sign right?
wrong

when i try to code or run the nav/audio i get constant timeouts

i cant do a thing with this software what so ever

i tried getting a better ground as suggested by a few here
nada
i even hooked it to the battery neg
nada

tried several other ibus connection like on the vidio unit, cd changer etc.

i even tried to move the com port around as someone else suggested
com 3, then com 2, then com 1, then com 4....
nada

my laptop does not have a serial port
so i used a pcmicm to rs232 com port
i also used a usb to rs232 com port

everything i do is the same,,

only other thing i can do is:
bring my desktop into my trunk of my car and the monitor
my desktop has a com port.

but i will now need another serial key..
what do i do? buy a new one?