Thread: Car Computer to USB lead

Originally Posted by Peppercorn

hi again,

I am slowly building a carputer for my 98 D1. I want to hook up my ECU to the computer but I was hoping someone could tell me what lead I should be shopping for and where I might get it??

Thanks for any help

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I dont think that animal exists

you can get usb based obdii readers from the us of a

Mobile Computing Solutions

How can you find out if the D1 has a OBD II interface?

I just assumed it had one?

Maybe it does'nt????????????

Originally Posted by Peppercorn

I just assumed it had one?

Maybe it does'nt????????????

May not, check out:
OBDII - On-Board Diagnostic's System - Does My Car Have OBD-II? The Connector and Communications.
for a start, but note that my 2000 model Subaru had the connector, but I couldn't get any data out of it as it wasn't OBDII compliant.

If you have the OBDII connector and are near Hornsby in Sydney, I have something you could try to see if it works before spending any hard earned cash.

Cheers,
AP

Hey Powella

Thanks for the offer but i live in QLD. That site didn't help me much as there was no mention of my vehicle.

I was under the impression that all cars after 96 were OBD11.

So, I assumed that if I hooked up to the ECU, I'd be able to monitor temps, RPM'S, pressures etc. and keep logs.

I'll just have to keep researching

OBDII was originally an American thing so they could hook up a diagnostic computer and check operation of O2 sensors and the like. It was a requirement in the 80s that all EFI cars there had some sort of connector and in the mid-90s it was standardised to OBDII. There was no such requirement in Aus or the rest of the world. European cars sold there post 96 will have it, so if the D1 was sold there post 96 then it may have it. Have you looked for the connector?

Thanks Hoadie for the explanation!

No mate I hav'nt checked it yet I read somewhere that it was situated above the accelerator pedal.

I just thought they all had one!