Free OBD-II software driver

[Gary Heuston]

this is great schtuff Paul!  I'm gonna run out at lunch time and see if I can
pull the codes from my car!   I am somewhat of a newbie so this stuff is
probably obvious to everyone else, but what is the detailed view showing
exactly?

Gary
gary.heuston at afwa.af.mil


Andy Whittaker - Chester UK wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Great stuff!
>
> You might be interested in:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/freediag/
>
> FreeDiag is currently a Linux command-line based OBD-II tool. We haven't
> posted the project yet until we've tested it on some more interfaces.
> Posting is going to be soon.
>
> I'm going to port it to a Windows GUI.
>
> I'm glad you've come up with a way of supporting VPW as our European based
> cars are mainly ISO, this'll bring wider appeal.
>
> No brainer question... will VPW interface to Ford?
>
> Andy.
> ------------------------------------------
> Andy Whittaker
> Chester, England.
> Email: mail at andywhittaker.com
> Web: http://www.andywhittaker.com/
> ECU Stuff: http://www.andywhittaker.com/ecu/
> ALDL Hardware: http://www.andywhittaker.com/ecu/aldl_hardware.htm
> OBD-II Hardware: http://www.andywhittaker.com/ecu/obdii_hardware.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Blackmore" <paul at blacky.co.nz>
> To: "Gmecm" <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:54 PM
> Subject: Free OBD-II software driver
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have finally managed to get the free OBD-II SAE-J1850 VPW software
> driver
> > working.
> > With just two wires to connect the OBD-II connector to your serial port
> you can
> > query and display diagnostic trouble codes.
> >
> > Download the software and FULL source code here:
> > http://www.blacky.co.nz/efilive/vpw.zip
> >
> > Hope this helps some DIY folks to obtain those pesky trouble codes without
> > paying big dollars
> > for a scan tool.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Paul
>
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