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shogun

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obd scanner with laptop
« on: March 15, 2010, 08:52:29 PM »
as the title says im in the market for a obd scanner that can be hooked up to my laptop, do you have any sugestions, or better yet a better otpion ?

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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2010, 11:55:36 PM »
ASK the bald old fuck about it he might know something.
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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2010, 12:19:52 AM »
if its obd2 get carmed
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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2010, 12:21:31 AM »
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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2010, 09:08:01 PM »
How fast do these refresh? Any faster than a mac mentor or snap on scan tool?
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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2010, 09:10:14 PM »
The refresh rate is going to be all over the place, sometimes the hold up is the scanner but a lot of times it is the ECU. 
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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2010, 09:12:36 PM »
I think I've been spoiled lately with the sct,big stuff,accel, and my sneec set up. Looking for the cheap alternative for other vehicles.
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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2010, 09:18:23 PM »
I agree completely.  Sometimes the mark-specific stuff stomps the hell out of any generic OBD2 scanner. 

I like SCT's datalogging package so much that I have a (locked?) Xcal with a burned out screen I use for logging through my laptop.  I just picked up a locked GM Xcal in the hopes that it has a similarly rich datastream... I can't find anybody who's ever used their software on a GM to get advice on it, hope I didn't waste my money.

I've been using a Tactrix 1.3U cable via JEFF protocol as a generic ISO scanner for random imports, seems to work out okay.

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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2010, 09:22:26 PM »
Yeah pretty sure that one was locked to an 03 cobra that is no longer in this area. But it may have been another one. I think I have one or two more of those running around that are locked to various vehicles that I've forgotten.
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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2010, 09:27:31 PM »
I'm just glad they don't cripple anything other than the flashing aspect of those when they're locked.  FYI, a little birdie told me Drew Technologies designed those for SCT.
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Re: obd scanner with laptop
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2010, 11:04:23 PM »
thank you
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