After trying to find just the cable for the e-Manage to laptop, I found that you have to buy the whole support tool to get the cable, which makes it well over $100. In my attempts I ran across a do it yourself for the cable, and thought I would upload it for everyone else that may be trying to save a dime.
It should be noted that I did not originally write this DIY, take no credit for the work, and no responsibility for what it may do to your e-Manage if you don't know what you're doing. Proceed at your own risk. Yes it does work, and yes it's incredibly easy to make.

Things you'll needed:
Nokia-DKU 5 USB cable(and software driver)- I found mine on eBay for around 8 bucks shipped
Generic USB Cable
Wire strippers
Soldering iron and solder
Heat Shrink

What you'll need to do:

Once you have your Nokia cable you will need to cut off the cell adapter part on the end. Then you will strip the cable to expose the wires (Strip off about 1 inch).



After you have stripped the shielding you will see the shield conductor (silver wires in a woven pattern shielding the other wires).
Twist this shielding to make it into a single wire. There will be some type of aluminum foil surround all the wires now, remove this foil.



Next you will strip the brown wire and solder it to the shielding conductor that you twisted into a single wire. It should look like this:



Next do the same to USB cable by twisting and soldering the Black wire and the shielding together.
Note that what looks to be a huge cluster of stripped wire is actually just the cable shielding.



The next step is to connect the wires together. The wire colors may be different depending what cables you use.
For me I needed to do the following:

Orange from Nokia cable to White on USB cable
Red from Nokia cable to Green on USB cable
Shield/Brown on Nokia cable to Shield/Black on USB cable

Make sure you solder and heat shrink ALL of your connections.We don't want any mishaps.

When you finished test the cable by connecting it from your E-Manage to your laptop and verify that it is working properly.
You will probably have to change the software’s com port to COM3.

After all is said and done,your finished cable should look like this:



Good luck and Happy Tuning!

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MODS if you find this tech worthy,you may move it to the diy tech section.Thanks!

 

I've been looking for something like this for awhile. I almost broke down and bought a cable and cut it up just to see how to run the wires.
I should be able to find a cheaper way to make them now that I see this. I'll play around and let everyone know.

BTW, can you hook the e-Manage to a laptop if it's not in the car?

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yes,but I believe that you would still need to give it power.

 

That's what I figured cuz I know you get the power from the car. I'll have to mess around. I'd love to make these wires and sell them. It's crazy to sell them for $100+ dollars.

 

wow, I just bought the support tool last week. Damn.

 

No kidding on the price.It's a tad much for me.

Seeing as how you can download the support tool with some Yahoo searching, and make the cable yourself, instead of spending $100,
you can spend around $15 when all is said and done. I'm not advocating pirating software, but $100 is ridiculous.

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i bought the tool a week ago too.
lame.

nice diy

EDIT
can i ask where everyone got there CD software? i couldnt find it anywhere which is why i bought the support tool/CD

 

It's on a yahoo group. Let me look... http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/emanage/

 

wait so they have the software and will let people dl from that group? or they mail it out?
if so....
LAME
wasted 110 dollars
o well
thanks for reply

 

It's a don't ask, don't tell policy in this situation. If you know what I mean (to answer your question). Join the group anyways,
since they have updates for the software and firmware for the e-Manage itself. Not to mention a wealth of information on tuning.

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haha.
i shouldve asked before i bought the thing.
lol
thanks prophecy and etsnet

 

No problem at all.

I posted this DIY to help reduce the cost of tuning.Personally,I am trying to save every nickel and dime I can to build my f/i setup,and don't want to have to spend $100+ for tuning software and a cable alone.This stuff gets expensive and every little bit saved helps.

 

i joined the group. they have a lot of good stuff on there.
thanks for the link and the help.
and i know what you mean about saving every penny...
its all the little things that seem to be draining my wallet

 

Wow..... isn't it just a USB A-B style cable? Doesn't cost any more than $20.

As for the software - if you really need it, i have it... PM Me.

 

No it's not just an A-B USB. The wires inside are normal on one end and from my understanding is rewired different than any normal USB on the other end. This is their "copyright protection".

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Etsnet is correct.They have rewired it on the inside to make it harder for people to just go out and get a cable.

I'd be interested in seeing what happens if you use a regular usb though.Care to try?

 

It just won't work. If I remember correctly it didn't show any communication to the e-Manage.

 

lol you tried it?
if i can figure out how e-Manage works today, we will finally be able to put some injectors and a map on my buddy's ZPI kit.
He's been untuned for like 5 months!
I'm trying to update it but i get all these errors

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Are trying to load the map or load the software updates? If it's the updates that are keeping you from loading the map than just don't update it now. It's not that big of a deal.