jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> That is weird.
>
It works from home. Just out of curiousity, I'll have to try again from
the office tomorrow (today is the "Civic Holiday" in Ontario, or as I
call it, "We-wanted-another-summer-holiday Day").
> :> I have a software based OBD-II code reader and scanner that runs
> :> on my laptop, which obviously gives a heck of a lot more information,
> :> but it only works on Chrysler vehicles.
>
> : I had looked at those briefly, but I couldn't find the adapter hardware for
> : less than $85. Did you come up with something cheaper than that?
>
>
> Definitely not. :-) I've had it for several years now, but as I
> recall it was somewhere in the neighborhood of $300.
>
In case anyone is lurking and wants the information,
http://www.scantool.net/ has one that'll speak any OBD II protocol for
$140 and models specific for one protocol for $85. They list several
software packages that'll work with it, several of them free and open
source.
-- Jason Bleazard http://drazaelb.blogspot.com Burlington, Ontario his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
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