[Diy_efi] OBD II cable "

Bobby Yates Emory liberty1
Tue May 10 17:01:04 UTC 2005


David,

Please pardon a newbie type question.

You said inexpensive. The lowest price I saw was $122. Was that what you 
meant by inexpensive?

Thanks,
Bobby

On 5/6/05, David Cooley <n5xmt at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> 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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Bobby Yates Emory
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