This is just a hypothetical question..... If you knew what pins in the plug
were for couldnt you just write a program in something like LabView (to make
programming easy and have pretty graphs to see everything)?? We use LabView
nearly exclusively in our lab (duh) for controlling our lasers,
potentiostats, various electronic gizmos..... just an idea.
Brian
<jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in message
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>
> "VRMan" <pbatson68@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> : I noticed this little plugin thingy to the left of my steering wheel
just
> : under the dash. Is there a cable made that can plug into that and into a
> : laptop? Is there then a program for the laptop to read the data from the
> : truck? Can you alter stuff in your truck programming with the laptop
then?!
> : 8^)
>
> : That'd be pretty damn cool being able to monitor your truck with your
laptop
> : while on trips and such. Hell, I use the laptop for gps/map directions
> : anyways!
>
>
> Yep, that's a OBD-II data port, and yes, you can plug your laptop
> into it and get all sorts of info. (the readings from every sensor
> in the vehicle, fuel trim, diagnostic trouble codes, etc.) You're
> pretty limited in what you can change though. The dealership can do
> quite a bit, but there aren't many comsumer products available that do
> much more than clear out the trouble codes.
>
> I have the Ease software from http://www.obd2.com, but there are
> several other manufacturers of similar software. The software
> included the data cable that runs between the OBD-II port and the
> serial port on the laptop.
>
> Just as a word of warning, I don't know if things have improved at
> all, but on my '96, the on board computer is a bit slow by today's
> standards, so if you hammer the throttle, priority is given to
> running the engine. Unfortunately, this means that very little
> priority is given to the data port, so the connection will often
> be dropped as a result. I didn't have a problem with WOT if I worked
> up to it, but something like a drag strip launch is guaranteed to
> sever the data connection.
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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