Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
05-09-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
On Mon, 08 May 2006 22:50:53 -0400, Lawrence <lmcclaf@sympatico.ca>
wrote:
>
>I have only used one type myself. I got it from here http://www.obd-2.com/
>I bought the Ford specific model a few years back and last fall I bought my wife a
>2006 Kia Sportage so I needed a new interface so I ordered the triple combo model.
>My sons' Hyundai Scoupe is a 95 so it doesn't have the OBDII interface so I can't
>use it on that but it works great for the others. I have also used it for friends
>(Mazda B4000, Mazda Protege 5, Saturn, and so on). The thing I like about this
>particular interface is that you can use it with any computer from a 386 on up. For
>a while I was using mine with a 40mhz NEC Versa 486 laptop, then with a 486DX4-75
>NEC Versa 2000D laptop, and now I use it with an IBM Thinkpad 600. I picked up a
>simple 75Watt inverter so I can plug the laptop power cord into that and then I can
>drive around town or whatever and record all the data from the OBDII into a file on
>the hard drive. When I get home I can copy that file to my desktop and replay the
>data back on the "digital dashboard" and print out any part of it I want for a hard
>copy record of performance. The software for this interface is updated usually once
>a month so you just need to go to the web site and you can download the update for
>free. I'm not sure of how the price of this unit compares to others but it has
>worked flawlessly for me and with my local Ford dealer wanting to charge $67
>(Canadian) just to read the codes (this was before a few free places showed up in
>this area) the stuff I have done with my interface has already paid for itself
>twice over.
>
>Cheers,
>Lawrence
>
From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
have a serial port.
Thank you for the info.
wrote:
>
>I have only used one type myself. I got it from here http://www.obd-2.com/
>I bought the Ford specific model a few years back and last fall I bought my wife a
>2006 Kia Sportage so I needed a new interface so I ordered the triple combo model.
>My sons' Hyundai Scoupe is a 95 so it doesn't have the OBDII interface so I can't
>use it on that but it works great for the others. I have also used it for friends
>(Mazda B4000, Mazda Protege 5, Saturn, and so on). The thing I like about this
>particular interface is that you can use it with any computer from a 386 on up. For
>a while I was using mine with a 40mhz NEC Versa 486 laptop, then with a 486DX4-75
>NEC Versa 2000D laptop, and now I use it with an IBM Thinkpad 600. I picked up a
>simple 75Watt inverter so I can plug the laptop power cord into that and then I can
>drive around town or whatever and record all the data from the OBDII into a file on
>the hard drive. When I get home I can copy that file to my desktop and replay the
>data back on the "digital dashboard" and print out any part of it I want for a hard
>copy record of performance. The software for this interface is updated usually once
>a month so you just need to go to the web site and you can download the update for
>free. I'm not sure of how the price of this unit compares to others but it has
>worked flawlessly for me and with my local Ford dealer wanting to charge $67
>(Canadian) just to read the codes (this was before a few free places showed up in
>this area) the stuff I have done with my interface has already paid for itself
>twice over.
>
>Cheers,
>Lawrence
>
From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
have a serial port.
Thank you for the info.
05-10-2006, 12:25 AM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
accent wrote:
> From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
> my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
> the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
> cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
>
> Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
> have a serial port.
>
> Thank you for the info
That was one of the reasons why I was using older 486 laptops at first. You can get one
on eBay for a dirt cheap price. With an older laptop like that I didn't really care if I
got it a bit dirty (I wrapped a layer of saran wrap around my keyboard so I wouldn't
drip anything in between the keys). Once I was done my work I just transferred the saved
data file to my main system at home.
Cheers,
Lawrence
> From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
> my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
> the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
> cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
>
> Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
> have a serial port.
>
> Thank you for the info
That was one of the reasons why I was using older 486 laptops at first. You can get one
on eBay for a dirt cheap price. With an older laptop like that I didn't really care if I
got it a bit dirty (I wrapped a layer of saran wrap around my keyboard so I wouldn't
drip anything in between the keys). Once I was done my work I just transferred the saved
data file to my main system at home.
Cheers,
Lawrence
05-10-2006, 12:25 AM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
accent wrote:
> From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
> my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
> the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
> cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
>
> Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
> have a serial port.
>
> Thank you for the info
That was one of the reasons why I was using older 486 laptops at first. You can get one
on eBay for a dirt cheap price. With an older laptop like that I didn't really care if I
got it a bit dirty (I wrapped a layer of saran wrap around my keyboard so I wouldn't
drip anything in between the keys). Once I was done my work I just transferred the saved
data file to my main system at home.
Cheers,
Lawrence
> From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
> my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
> the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
> cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
>
> Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
> have a serial port.
>
> Thank you for the info
That was one of the reasons why I was using older 486 laptops at first. You can get one
on eBay for a dirt cheap price. With an older laptop like that I didn't really care if I
got it a bit dirty (I wrapped a layer of saran wrap around my keyboard so I wouldn't
drip anything in between the keys). Once I was done my work I just transferred the saved
data file to my main system at home.
Cheers,
Lawrence
05-10-2006, 12:25 AM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
accent wrote:
> From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
> my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
> the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
> cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
>
> Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
> have a serial port.
>
> Thank you for the info
That was one of the reasons why I was using older 486 laptops at first. You can get one
on eBay for a dirt cheap price. With an older laptop like that I didn't really care if I
got it a bit dirty (I wrapped a layer of saran wrap around my keyboard so I wouldn't
drip anything in between the keys). Once I was done my work I just transferred the saved
data file to my main system at home.
Cheers,
Lawrence
> From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
> my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
> the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
> cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
>
> Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
> have a serial port.
>
> Thank you for the info
That was one of the reasons why I was using older 486 laptops at first. You can get one
on eBay for a dirt cheap price. With an older laptop like that I didn't really care if I
got it a bit dirty (I wrapped a layer of saran wrap around my keyboard so I wouldn't
drip anything in between the keys). Once I was done my work I just transferred the saved
data file to my main system at home.
Cheers,
Lawrence
05-10-2006, 12:42 AM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
Guncho wrote:
> It's a '99 Accent GSI. Actually the check engine light went off just
> as I got to work so I don't need to take it in anymore!
>
> Yeah!
>
> My grandfather was an airplane mechanic on the Trenton airbase. Did
> you grow up there or move there for work?
>
> Chris
Sounds like you had enough drive cycles to get the thing to reset itself. Some people
assume that just starting the vehicle a bunch of times in a row will clear the light but
it needs a certain amount of time and driving conditions to reset. I don't know what the
specs are on all that though.
I moved to Trenton back in 1979 when my Dad got posted here. Finished my high school, did
2 years of college (electronics engineering tech), couldn't get a job since I didn't have
any work experience in the field so I joined the military myself. Just happened my first
posting was Trenton where I worked on the electronics for the C130 Hercules and Boeing 707
for a few years and then got on the computers for the flight simulators. In 1994 that got
contracted out so I got out of the military to keep doing the same job I had been doing
except as a civilian now working for CAE who holds the contract for the sims. So basically
I've been here since 1979 except for a 3 year period from 1991-94 when I was working on
the Aurora simulator in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
Cheers,
Lawrence
> It's a '99 Accent GSI. Actually the check engine light went off just
> as I got to work so I don't need to take it in anymore!
>
> Yeah!
>
> My grandfather was an airplane mechanic on the Trenton airbase. Did
> you grow up there or move there for work?
>
> Chris
Sounds like you had enough drive cycles to get the thing to reset itself. Some people
assume that just starting the vehicle a bunch of times in a row will clear the light but
it needs a certain amount of time and driving conditions to reset. I don't know what the
specs are on all that though.
I moved to Trenton back in 1979 when my Dad got posted here. Finished my high school, did
2 years of college (electronics engineering tech), couldn't get a job since I didn't have
any work experience in the field so I joined the military myself. Just happened my first
posting was Trenton where I worked on the electronics for the C130 Hercules and Boeing 707
for a few years and then got on the computers for the flight simulators. In 1994 that got
contracted out so I got out of the military to keep doing the same job I had been doing
except as a civilian now working for CAE who holds the contract for the sims. So basically
I've been here since 1979 except for a 3 year period from 1991-94 when I was working on
the Aurora simulator in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
Cheers,
Lawrence
05-10-2006, 12:42 AM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
Guncho wrote:
> It's a '99 Accent GSI. Actually the check engine light went off just
> as I got to work so I don't need to take it in anymore!
>
> Yeah!
>
> My grandfather was an airplane mechanic on the Trenton airbase. Did
> you grow up there or move there for work?
>
> Chris
Sounds like you had enough drive cycles to get the thing to reset itself. Some people
assume that just starting the vehicle a bunch of times in a row will clear the light but
it needs a certain amount of time and driving conditions to reset. I don't know what the
specs are on all that though.
I moved to Trenton back in 1979 when my Dad got posted here. Finished my high school, did
2 years of college (electronics engineering tech), couldn't get a job since I didn't have
any work experience in the field so I joined the military myself. Just happened my first
posting was Trenton where I worked on the electronics for the C130 Hercules and Boeing 707
for a few years and then got on the computers for the flight simulators. In 1994 that got
contracted out so I got out of the military to keep doing the same job I had been doing
except as a civilian now working for CAE who holds the contract for the sims. So basically
I've been here since 1979 except for a 3 year period from 1991-94 when I was working on
the Aurora simulator in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
Cheers,
Lawrence
> It's a '99 Accent GSI. Actually the check engine light went off just
> as I got to work so I don't need to take it in anymore!
>
> Yeah!
>
> My grandfather was an airplane mechanic on the Trenton airbase. Did
> you grow up there or move there for work?
>
> Chris
Sounds like you had enough drive cycles to get the thing to reset itself. Some people
assume that just starting the vehicle a bunch of times in a row will clear the light but
it needs a certain amount of time and driving conditions to reset. I don't know what the
specs are on all that though.
I moved to Trenton back in 1979 when my Dad got posted here. Finished my high school, did
2 years of college (electronics engineering tech), couldn't get a job since I didn't have
any work experience in the field so I joined the military myself. Just happened my first
posting was Trenton where I worked on the electronics for the C130 Hercules and Boeing 707
for a few years and then got on the computers for the flight simulators. In 1994 that got
contracted out so I got out of the military to keep doing the same job I had been doing
except as a civilian now working for CAE who holds the contract for the sims. So basically
I've been here since 1979 except for a 3 year period from 1991-94 when I was working on
the Aurora simulator in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
Cheers,
Lawrence
05-10-2006, 12:42 AM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
Guncho wrote:
> It's a '99 Accent GSI. Actually the check engine light went off just
> as I got to work so I don't need to take it in anymore!
>
> Yeah!
>
> My grandfather was an airplane mechanic on the Trenton airbase. Did
> you grow up there or move there for work?
>
> Chris
Sounds like you had enough drive cycles to get the thing to reset itself. Some people
assume that just starting the vehicle a bunch of times in a row will clear the light but
it needs a certain amount of time and driving conditions to reset. I don't know what the
specs are on all that though.
I moved to Trenton back in 1979 when my Dad got posted here. Finished my high school, did
2 years of college (electronics engineering tech), couldn't get a job since I didn't have
any work experience in the field so I joined the military myself. Just happened my first
posting was Trenton where I worked on the electronics for the C130 Hercules and Boeing 707
for a few years and then got on the computers for the flight simulators. In 1994 that got
contracted out so I got out of the military to keep doing the same job I had been doing
except as a civilian now working for CAE who holds the contract for the sims. So basically
I've been here since 1979 except for a 3 year period from 1991-94 when I was working on
the Aurora simulator in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
Cheers,
Lawrence
> It's a '99 Accent GSI. Actually the check engine light went off just
> as I got to work so I don't need to take it in anymore!
>
> Yeah!
>
> My grandfather was an airplane mechanic on the Trenton airbase. Did
> you grow up there or move there for work?
>
> Chris
Sounds like you had enough drive cycles to get the thing to reset itself. Some people
assume that just starting the vehicle a bunch of times in a row will clear the light but
it needs a certain amount of time and driving conditions to reset. I don't know what the
specs are on all that though.
I moved to Trenton back in 1979 when my Dad got posted here. Finished my high school, did
2 years of college (electronics engineering tech), couldn't get a job since I didn't have
any work experience in the field so I joined the military myself. Just happened my first
posting was Trenton where I worked on the electronics for the C130 Hercules and Boeing 707
for a few years and then got on the computers for the flight simulators. In 1994 that got
contracted out so I got out of the military to keep doing the same job I had been doing
except as a civilian now working for CAE who holds the contract for the sims. So basically
I've been here since 1979 except for a 3 year period from 1991-94 when I was working on
the Aurora simulator in Greenwood, Nova Scotia.
Cheers,
Lawrence
05-10-2006, 02:32 PM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
"accent" <accent@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 08 May 2006 22:50:53 -0400, Lawrence <lmcclaf@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>>I have only used one type myself. I got it from here http://www.obd-2.com/
>>I bought the Ford specific model a few years back and last fall I bought
>>my wife a
>>2006 Kia Sportage so I needed a new interface so I ordered the triple
>>combo model.
>>My sons' Hyundai Scoupe is a 95 so it doesn't have the OBDII interface so
>>I can't
>>use it on that but it works great for the others. I have also used it for
>>friends
>>(Mazda B4000, Mazda Protege 5, Saturn, and so on). The thing I like about
>>this
>>particular interface is that you can use it with any computer from a 386
>>on up. For
>>a while I was using mine with a 40mhz NEC Versa 486 laptop, then with a
>>486DX4-75
>>NEC Versa 2000D laptop, and now I use it with an IBM Thinkpad 600. I
>>picked up a
>>simple 75Watt inverter so I can plug the laptop power cord into that and
>>then I can
>>drive around town or whatever and record all the data from the OBDII into
>>a file on
>>the hard drive. When I get home I can copy that file to my desktop and
>>replay the
>>data back on the "digital dashboard" and print out any part of it I want
>>for a hard
>>copy record of performance. The software for this interface is updated
>>usually once
>>a month so you just need to go to the web site and you can download the
>>update for
>>free. I'm not sure of how the price of this unit compares to others but it
>>has
>>worked flawlessly for me and with my local Ford dealer wanting to charge
>>$67
>>(Canadian) just to read the codes (this was before a few free places
>>showed up in
>>this area) the stuff I have done with my interface has already paid for
>>itself
>>twice over.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Lawrence
>>
>
> From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
> my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
> the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
> cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
>
> Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
> have a serial port.
>
> Thank you for the info.
My new laptop does not have a serial port as well. (no legacy support)
the cool thing about the software, is you can get yourself an older, cheap
laptop.
(50-100 bucks from craigslist, eekbay, friend, etc... then run it with the
inverter if the battery doesnt hold a charge...)
Like Lawrence mentioned, is to DL the info then replay the info in the
"digital dashboard" at home.
I dont like the feeling of my new gateway widescreen riding shutgun
)
05-10-2006, 02:32 PM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
"accent" <accent@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 08 May 2006 22:50:53 -0400, Lawrence <lmcclaf@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>>I have only used one type myself. I got it from here http://www.obd-2.com/
>>I bought the Ford specific model a few years back and last fall I bought
>>my wife a
>>2006 Kia Sportage so I needed a new interface so I ordered the triple
>>combo model.
>>My sons' Hyundai Scoupe is a 95 so it doesn't have the OBDII interface so
>>I can't
>>use it on that but it works great for the others. I have also used it for
>>friends
>>(Mazda B4000, Mazda Protege 5, Saturn, and so on). The thing I like about
>>this
>>particular interface is that you can use it with any computer from a 386
>>on up. For
>>a while I was using mine with a 40mhz NEC Versa 486 laptop, then with a
>>486DX4-75
>>NEC Versa 2000D laptop, and now I use it with an IBM Thinkpad 600. I
>>picked up a
>>simple 75Watt inverter so I can plug the laptop power cord into that and
>>then I can
>>drive around town or whatever and record all the data from the OBDII into
>>a file on
>>the hard drive. When I get home I can copy that file to my desktop and
>>replay the
>>data back on the "digital dashboard" and print out any part of it I want
>>for a hard
>>copy record of performance. The software for this interface is updated
>>usually once
>>a month so you just need to go to the web site and you can download the
>>update for
>>free. I'm not sure of how the price of this unit compares to others but it
>>has
>>worked flawlessly for me and with my local Ford dealer wanting to charge
>>$67
>>(Canadian) just to read the codes (this was before a few free places
>>showed up in
>>this area) the stuff I have done with my interface has already paid for
>>itself
>>twice over.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Lawrence
>>
>
> From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
> my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
> the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
> cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
>
> Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
> have a serial port.
>
> Thank you for the info.
My new laptop does not have a serial port as well. (no legacy support)
the cool thing about the software, is you can get yourself an older, cheap
laptop.
(50-100 bucks from craigslist, eekbay, friend, etc... then run it with the
inverter if the battery doesnt hold a charge...)
Like Lawrence mentioned, is to DL the info then replay the info in the
"digital dashboard" at home.
I dont like the feeling of my new gateway widescreen riding shutgun
)
05-10-2006, 02:32 PM
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Re: Cheap Place In Canada To Read "Check Engine" Code?
"accent" <accent@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 08 May 2006 22:50:53 -0400, Lawrence <lmcclaf@sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
>>
>>I have only used one type myself. I got it from here http://www.obd-2.com/
>>I bought the Ford specific model a few years back and last fall I bought
>>my wife a
>>2006 Kia Sportage so I needed a new interface so I ordered the triple
>>combo model.
>>My sons' Hyundai Scoupe is a 95 so it doesn't have the OBDII interface so
>>I can't
>>use it on that but it works great for the others. I have also used it for
>>friends
>>(Mazda B4000, Mazda Protege 5, Saturn, and so on). The thing I like about
>>this
>>particular interface is that you can use it with any computer from a 386
>>on up. For
>>a while I was using mine with a 40mhz NEC Versa 486 laptop, then with a
>>486DX4-75
>>NEC Versa 2000D laptop, and now I use it with an IBM Thinkpad 600. I
>>picked up a
>>simple 75Watt inverter so I can plug the laptop power cord into that and
>>then I can
>>drive around town or whatever and record all the data from the OBDII into
>>a file on
>>the hard drive. When I get home I can copy that file to my desktop and
>>replay the
>>data back on the "digital dashboard" and print out any part of it I want
>>for a hard
>>copy record of performance. The software for this interface is updated
>>usually once
>>a month so you just need to go to the web site and you can download the
>>update for
>>free. I'm not sure of how the price of this unit compares to others but it
>>has
>>worked flawlessly for me and with my local Ford dealer wanting to charge
>>$67
>>(Canadian) just to read the codes (this was before a few free places
>>showed up in
>>this area) the stuff I have done with my interface has already paid for
>>itself
>>twice over.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Lawrence
>>
>
> From what I gather, the hardware I will need is the ISO interface for
> my Hyundai Accent 2001. It comes with the 16 pin male connector for
> the car, 9 pin female rs232 connector for the computer and a RJ45
> cable in between. All this and the software will cost $122 USD.
>
> Too bad the USB option is not supported for ISO, my computer does not
> have a serial port.
>
> Thank you for the info.
My new laptop does not have a serial port as well. (no legacy support)
the cool thing about the software, is you can get yourself an older, cheap
laptop.
(50-100 bucks from craigslist, eekbay, friend, etc... then run it with the
inverter if the battery doesnt hold a charge...)
Like Lawrence mentioned, is to DL the info then replay the info in the
"digital dashboard" at home.
I dont like the feeling of my new gateway widescreen riding shutgun
)
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