[Diy_efi] OBD II cable "

[David Cooley]

You have to have the software that is made for the specific cable you use...
Nothing is a pin to pin connection, it all takes hardware in the cable to
translate the OBD-II protocols to Serial...
http://www.obd-2.com/
Has a great setup, inexpensive and software is always free.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org 
> [mailto:diy_efi-bounces at diy-efi.org] On Behalf Of MATOSINHO
> Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 8:03 AM
> To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org.
> Subject: [Diy_efi] OBD II cable "
> 
> This is the first time I write to the diy-efi forum asking 
> for help. As my english is far from brilliant and I am not an 
> skilfull engineer (only studying my second course) I had 
> decided to make one of the OBDII scan that "scan-tool" sells. 
> Unfortunately it didn't work but I didn't care because 
> everything was OK with my '03 VW Golf. For some reason she 
> started to fail when starting, a couple of weeks ago and 
> there is a funny array in the on-board computer.
>  So my question is is there any downloadable (free or very cheap if
> possible) that allows me to read the error codes using an OBD 
> II cable connected directly to my personal laptop???.
> 
> I would be very gratefur if any help was be recieved.
> 
> 
> 
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