Cable On-Board Diagnostics

[astra_croom]

Hi their
My car is lanolin ls 2004
I want make On-Board Diagnostics on my car
I would like to now witch the cable should I use
I want use a my laptop + software and a cable only I don’t want to use scan tools
I refer you to these links for more info about it:

1. http://www.obd2cables.com/products/index.php?cPath=21
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBDII#Diagnostic_connector

Thanks.

 

[Quik LS]

it doesn't work like that.

you need an interface that connects the databus from the car to the PC - turns it into a serial data stream that the PC software can read.

if you look at Autoenginuity or AutoTap - you see the interface connector I'm talking about..

 

[KD00LS]

Lanolin huh? Smells like spam.

 

[NickLS]

Lanolin huh? Smells like spam.

what?

 

[astra_croom]

Thanks gays
But I didn’t want to bay a compleate bakage because I have the sotweare but I didn’t have the cable , my qustion is
- Just I need Softwear and the cable to make a OBDII, and what the good cable should I use?

 

[Frogman]

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[BlntdEyez]

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LOL Frogman thats just wrong.

 

[Quik LS]

dude - you do not understand.

You need more than a cable.

You must build or buy an interface that connects to the ODBII bus of the car and converts it into a data stream (typically serial) that the computer can use.

You then use software to read that data stream into meaningful data.

 

[astra_croom]

Thanks Frogman alot
I didnt now why you say that. !!!!!!!!!

 

[astra_croom]

Quik LS Thanks i get the point now
and I now what I shuld to do

 

[Quik LS]

You can do a couple of things:

- build your own -> http://www.planetfall.com/~jeff/obdii/
- low budget -> http://obddiagnostics.com/ or http://www.scantool.net/ or http://www.obd2crazy.com/index.html
- purchase a good solution - > http://www.autoenginuity.com/ (what I use)or http://www.autotap.com/
- depending on what you need - > go this SCT's XCalibartorII or Livewire and using thier LiveLink software http://www.sctflash.com (this is what I use for tuning)

 

[owlman]

Dharan? Where's that, Saudi Arabia? post some pics

 

[astra_croom]

Yes Dhahran in Saudi Arabia and it is the capital city of oil in the world
See link below you can get some info and photo about Dhahran
http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Dhahran

 

[n8bachelor]

Yes Dhahran in Saudi Arabia and it is the capital city of oil in the world
See link below you can get some info and photo about Dhahran
http://www.biocrawler.com/encyclopedia/Dhahran

So how much is gasoline there?
I'm currently paying $3.29 for 91 octane (regular 87 is $3.09)
(That comes to $0.879 per Litre, if that's how it's measured there)

 

[eastcoastLS]

welcome. dhahran looks like a nice place. what is the costs per liter or gallon of gasoline there? also is it friendly place to americans?

 

[Kulow]

Hey Quik, I was looking at one of your cars interior pics....

Don't you have your scan tool plugged in all the time?

If so did you relocate your ODB port?

Reason I ask is that I don't see anything hanging down in the picture.

 

[Quik LS]

I use to have the AutoEnginuity unit hooked up all the time - it's still in the car...

but now I have wired up the LiveWire - and use that only.

It is plugged into the ODBII port - I tuck the cable up to minimize how much it gets in the way - I have not moved the actual port.

 

[HDDave]

So how much is gasoline there?
I'm currently paying $3.29 for 91 octane (regular 87 is $3.09)
(That comes to $0.879 per Litre, if that's how it's measured there)

Are you sure you really want to know I just read an article on the countries with the cheapest gas prices... it's about 45 CENTS a gallon!!!

http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/04/news/economy/gas_demand/index.htm?postversion=2007050417