OBD2 Scanner

Skyjay · Post by **Skyjay** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:39 pm

Hey guys, been shopping around these random cottage companies looking for a good real-time OBD2 scanner and software. I have been trying to pool data VIA my CarChip Ex, but it seems the hardware can only use one interface as necessary. I'm looking for the OBD2 to USB hardware that can get get no delays in data reporting, and some decent software.

thankfully the software part is easier since I can find demos and play with them, but the scanners are an expensive investment and really something I am having difficulty looking for suggestions on.
I'm really hoping to have a nice set of gagues on my EEE PC (small solid state laptop) for a long haul cross country.

Anybody here with an opinion or suggestion?

alsey_seven · Post by **alsey_seven** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:39 am

buy a modis.

Skyjay · Post by **Skyjay** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:05 pm

ouch, a modis is a little too expensive, I was looking at PCMScan by Palmer Technologies.
Anybody have any experiences?

Addicted2Boost · Post by **Addicted2Boost** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:19 pm

get a snap on I have one and i love it

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:18 pm

TurboNeonEs wrote:get a snap on I have one and i love it

yeah, already said. modis is the top of the line snap-on scanner.

no need for the modis though.... an ethos would do just fine...

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:37 pm

A who to do what?

EDIT: Oh, I get it.

Skyjay · Post by **Skyjay** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:43 pm

Well we knocked 4k off the price, can we keep going to like 500 tops?

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 4:20 pm

why go thru 2 pieces of hardware to do what one will do? Scangauge or aeroflight industries make products that take real time readings from the obd port and display it on the unit.

01neon01 · Post by **01neon01** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 8:51 pm

Wenuden wrote:why go thru 2 pieces of hardware to do what one will do? Scangauge or aeroflight industries make products that take real time readings from the obd port and display it on the unit.

do you have a link for the aeroflight industries one? all i come up with when i google it is random airplane stuff.

boxcarfan · Post by **boxcarfan** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 9:53 pm

i have the ethos....i got the metric set B from them at 1/2 price ha! and they threw in the ethos for free!

Wenuden · Post by **Wenuden** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:27 am

My bad, its aeroforce technology, check them out on srtforums, they're a supporting vendor. They have a link to the site and a forum over there.

01neon01 · Post by **01neon01** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 2:56 am

yeah i checked them out but on their site they give no mention of compatibility with 2000-2002 neons i guess theyre only focus is on NGC engines perhaps?

gilly02le · Post by **gilly02le** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:49 am

^ It works on All OBDII Cars. NGC has nothing to do with it.

Skyjay · Post by **Skyjay** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:07 am

The aeroforce stuff looks swank, though it's not quite what I'm looking for...although I might get one just because

Wenuden, I'm looking to reduce the price since I already have a worthy and mounted display, I just need to transmit the data and interpolate it.

benzsxt · Post by **benzsxt** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:06 pm

Inova OBDII scanner will give you just about all your looking for for about $130. I have a Mac tools scanner that I hardly use since I bought this and it was $750. I only use the Mac for airbag resets

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:46 am

I would rather scan gauge i like there setup and display better

asanti · Post by **asanti** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:50 pm

Any links to either? Everytime I go to SRT forums I get the "you must sign in" page or it won't load....

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