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if you just want the cable and plan to do your own hex/binary editing or what not, you can get the cables at electronics stores. Ill try to get you the plug name of the OBD II connector
is any one willing to sell obd 2 cable to connect the laptop to the car. If so how much?
Thanks,
Ralph
You can't connect a laptop to a OBDII connector with just a cable. You need to do some level converting and a little protocol conversion. GM uses the 10.4KHz J1850 VPW format protocol and can not be read with a standard RS-232 port. http://scantool.net has a $75 kit which includes the OBDII cable and converter plus a RS232 cable. If your into building stuff your self, http://www.elmelectronics.com sells the protocol converter chips for < $20. I have used the scantool.net kit and it works well. Great for sniffing the data bus to see what all is going on. Look around on their site, I think they point you to someone who sells their stuff a little cheaper. They also have links to lots of freeware ODBII tools that uses their kits.
Look around on their site, I think they point you to someone who sells their stuff a little cheaper. They also have links to lots of freeware ODBII tools that uses their kits.
