Re: Re: [opendiag] Re: Those PCBs

Hi Jeff

How do you read the OBD-II codes using the VAG protocol? Apparently it
does work on some ECUs, but the it is not stipulated that it has to!

Is there a way to ask it to respond in either the OBD-II format rather
than the VAG one?

cheers

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000 20:30:46 -0500 Jeff Noxon
(jeff-opendiag@...) wrote:

>On Tue, Oct 10, 2000 at 07:48:45PM -0400, Nick Pratt wrote:
>> Cool, Ill take at least one - whats the cost likely to be?
>
>I'll follow up when I know.
>
>> Can you extract/reset the standard OBDII codes via the VAG
protocol?
>
>Yes.
>
>> Im assuming (correct me if Im wrong here) that these cables listed
below,
>> and the various ones talked about on here will convert the VAG
protocol to
>> RS-232. Will they also convert the OBDII protocol (Im guessing the
ISO
>> standard one) to RS232, or are these cables purely VAG specific?
>
>No, that's what the PC boards do. The cables are nothing special,
they
>just have a DB9 on one end and a J1962 male connector on the other.
They
>will physically plug into any car >= 1995 model year. All cars now
have
>the J1962 female connector for diagnostics. My PCB will only work
with
>VW/Audi/Seat/Skoda.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jeff
>
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