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Best program to datalog obd2

Old Jan 14, 2007 | 09:51 AM
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Best program to datalog obd2

Need to datalog my obdII camaro...most programs i see only support
obd1. What program can i use for obdII that will also monitor a wideband 02..... also my laptop only has a usb port no serial port, will this be a problem???
Old Jan 14, 2007 | 10:47 AM
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I am using MXScan, which uses TunerCat's OBD2 interface cable. The interface cable has a provision to connect wide band O2 sensors and MXScan can read those inputs.

Of course, you will need one of TunerCat's OBD2 interface cables and a USB to serial converter.
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 08:44 PM
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can i use freescan on obd2??? are there any other programs?
Old Mar 25, 2007 | 11:10 PM
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Sorry, there are no free data loggers for OBD2 (at least that I'm aware of). MXScan is about as cheap as it gets ($69 when I bought it). This is one reason a lot of people do an OBD1 PCM swap, so they can use the OBD1 tuning/logging tools.
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 12:07 AM
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Freediag supports odb2 scanning...
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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There are lots of free OBD2 "scanners" out there, but cmross97 is looking for a data logger, which is used to monitor the engine's runtime parameters, some of them, realtime.

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Old Mar 26, 2007 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by VinceTrifecta
There are lots of free OBD2 "scanners" out there, but cmross97 is looking for a data logger, which is used to monitor the engine's runtime parameters, some of them, realtime.
There are a handful of free loggers as well.
I use Scantool Mode22, freescan and pcmcomm also come to mind. I've had the best luck with the first.
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 10:24 AM
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Cool, thanks for sharing.
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by VinceTrifecta
There are lots of free OBD2 "scanners" out there, but cmross97 is looking for a data logger, which is used to monitor the engine's runtime parameters, some of them, realtime.
Freediag supports datalogging too, check the documentation.
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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where can i get scantool mode 22 i downloaded the trial version of mxscan (i don't have an interface cable yet just wanted to roam about the software) and in the pids it doesn't have injector pusle width???
Old Mar 26, 2007 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cmroSS97
where can i get scantool mode 22 i downloaded the trial version of mxscan (i don't have an interface cable yet just wanted to roam about the software) and in the pids it doesn't have injector pusle width???
http://www.scantool.net/?mode=displa...gory=Utilities
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http://ca.geocities.com/t_kolody/OBDSoftware.htm

But Scantool will not tell you pulsewidth either.
Old Mar 27, 2007 | 07:50 AM
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what can i use to datalog that will display ALL engine parameters??????
Old Mar 27, 2007 | 11:23 AM
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what can i use to datalog that will display ALL engine parameters??????
www.autotap.com
Old Mar 27, 2007 | 12:20 PM
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i thought autotap was a scan only......you can datalog with it too???
Old Mar 28, 2007 | 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by cmroSS97
i thought autotap was a scan only......you can datalog with it too???
They have both
http://www.autotap.com/product_famil...&TrailType=Top
http://www.autotap.com/product_famil...&TrailType=Top
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