Amazon.com: ElmScan 5 Compact USB OBD-II Scan Tool & OBDWiz Engine Diagnostic Software (423001): Automotive


In the above link you will see a very inexpensive soultion to diagnosing problems and monitoring the internals of your computer's ECU

For a cheap, basic use system..

What are your opinions on this


for less than 40 bucks....



or the more advanced software which I'm tempted to purchase right now.
http://www.scantool.net/software/scanxl-pro.html


Let me know your thoughts

 

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No love? lol

 

Dude I wouldnt get it. If your trying just to read what kind of codes.. thats fine then. but if you want to see EVERYTHING in your car you are going to spend some money. I have an AUTERRA one for my Netbook. WORKS WONDERS I can set parameters see codes.. do live tests.. see live data. put different loads on the car. I can basically see almost everything. I paid 200 for mine... with free updates to new cars.. I also will be buying an update for ABS and SRS so I can have control of them to. Just an opinion. the product your talking about is ok for a code reader..

 

They have mroe advanced software for 120$ that lets you see EVERYTHING +goodies

 

Here is the software

ScanTool.net LLC - ScanXL Professional - OBD Software - ScanTool.net

 

yes no?

 

If you're looking at just pulling codes and getting a snapshot of your car's fuel trims, a/f etc., get the ELM. The ScanTool reader can pull information much faster so if you'll be doing and data logging or monitoring, it will be the way to go. I currently have the ELM and the Torque app on my phone, and for logging it only updates parameters every 1-2 seconds. Not too useful considering a 2nd gear pull only takes a few seconds.

 

I went ahead and got the scanxl pro version yesterday.. Data loogging in real time

 

or you could just buy hpt

 

Yes.. I could buy it.. In the near future maybe.. This will do for now