Being the nosy little bugger I am, I'd like to hook up the laptop to the ECU 
in my 98 Escort (1.6 16v). eBay doesn't seem to yield much in terms of PC 
based leads, just the crappy draper things.

Anyone know where I can get a hold of one?

Ta,
G.

In article <EIwte.53207$G8.10337@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, G-Man 
says...

> Being the nosy little bugger I am, I'd like to hook up the laptop to the ECU 
> in my 98 Escort (1.6 16v). eBay doesn't seem to yield much in terms of PC 
> based leads, just the crappy draper things.
> 
> Anyone know where I can get a hold of one?
> 

And what do you hope to glean from it? Unless you've got the proper 
software and even then, actually know what you're looking at then 
there's no point.


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> And what do you hope to glean from it? Unless you've got the proper
> software and even then, actually know what you're looking at then
> there's no point.


Nothing to gain, it's just pure curiosity.

If you must know, I have proper software and I know what I'm looking at, and 
I know what I want to look at.

Ta,
G.

In article <EIwte.53207$G8.10337@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
   G-Man  wrote:

> Being the nosy little bugger I am, I'd like to hook up the laptop to the
> ECU in my 98 Escort (1.6 16v). eBay doesn't seem to yield much in terms
> of PC based leads, just the crappy draper things.

> Anyone know where I can get a hold of one?


So you're assuming your car has a port which your PC can access directly?
And that your PC includes software that could make sense of it?

Car makers ain't that stupid.

They've been *forced* in the US to provide a common port so one universal
reader can look at emission related items, though.

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"Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message 
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> So you're assuming your car has a port which your PC can access directly?


Not directly, but via an interface that connects to the EEC V port.


> And that your PC includes software that could make sense of it?


I have a respository full of stuff. I wanna play and see what works best.


> Car makers ain't that stupid.
>
> They've been *forced* in the US to provide a common port so one universal
> reader can look at emission related items, though.


Sorry - what has this got to do with me wanting to read live data from the 
ECU?

Ta,
G.

In article <kFzte.53330$G8.23286@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
   G-Man  wrote:

> Sorry - what has this got to do with me wanting to read live data from
> the ECU?


Perhaps it would help if you'd explain which data and why?

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    Dave Plowman        dave@davenoise.co.uk           London SW
                  To e-mail, change noise into sound.

> Being the nosy little bugger I am, I'd like to hook up the laptop to the 
> ECU in my 98 Escort (1.6 16v). eBay doesn't seem to yield much in terms of 
> PC based leads, just the crappy draper things.


Have you been able to find out what kind of interface the ECU uses on the 
diagnostic plug?  (i.e. RS232, ethernet, etc.)  Better still, do you know 
what kind of interface the Rover MEMS system has?

Darren

"Dave Plowman (News)"  wrote in message 
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> Perhaps it would help if you'd explain which data and why?


Well it won't help me find what I'm looking for, but I want to be able to 
drive about while recording info from the ECU such as engine load, operating 
temperature, lambda readings etc.

Ta,
G.

"Darren Jarvis"  wrote in message 
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> Have you been able to find out what kind of interface the ECU uses on the 
> diagnostic plug?  (i.e. RS232, ethernet, etc.)  Better still, do you know 
> what kind of interface the Rover MEMS system has?


The interface on the DLC won't have any relation to the one that goes into 
the PC. There will almost certainly be an interface box between the two, of 
which may connect via USB or serial. I doubt very much it would ever use 
ethernet.

Ta,
G.

> The interface on the DLC won't have any relation to the one that goes into 
> the PC. There will almost certainly be an interface box between the two, 
> of which may connect via USB or serial. I doubt very much it would ever 
> use ethernet.


In that case I'd be expecting something along the lines of an M-bus cable as 
used on mobile phones, though without any details on baud rate, stop bits, 
etc. (let alone voltage levels) it's going to be difficult to interface...

As there's only the three unshielded wires for communications (I think, or I 
could be thinking of the MEMS system) and one of those is just a ground, 
it's going to be low baud rate with XON/XOFF type handshaking.

Darren

"G-Man"  wrote in message 
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> Being the nosy little bugger I am, I'd like to hook up the laptop to the 
> ECU in my 98 Escort (1.6 16v). eBay doesn't seem to yield much in terms of 
> PC based leads, just the crappy draper things.
>
> Anyone know where I can get a hold of one?



In short, www.dervman.com/obdii.htm

:)

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"DervMan"  wrote in message 
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> "G-Man"  wrote in message 
> news:EIwte.53207$G8.10337@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> Being the nosy little bugger I am, I'd like to hook up the laptop to the 
>> ECU in my 98 Escort (1.6 16v). eBay doesn't seem to yield much in terms 
>> of PC based leads, just the crappy draper things.
>>
>> Anyone know where I can get a hold of one?
>
>
> In short, www.dervman.com/obdii.htm


Is the Zetec-E ECU ODB-II compliant?

Ta,
G.

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>
> "DervMan"  wrote in message
> news:pS5we.11325$zM2.7918@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
> > "G-Man"  wrote in message
> > news:EIwte.53207$G8.10337@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> >> Being the nosy little bugger I am, I'd like to hook up the laptop to
the
> >> ECU in my 98 Escort (1.6 16v). eBay doesn't seem to yield much in terms
> >> of PC based leads, just the crappy draper things.
> >>
> >> Anyone know where I can get a hold of one?
> >
> >
> > In short, www.dervman.com/obdii.htm
>
> Is the Zetec-E ECU ODB-II compliant?



Yes- as long as its running EEC 4.5 or 5.

Tim..

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>
> "DervMan"  wrote in message 
> news:pS5we.11325$zM2.7918@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
>> "G-Man"  wrote in message 
>> news:EIwte.53207$G8.10337@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> Being the nosy little bugger I am, I'd like to hook up the laptop to the 
>>> ECU in my 98 Escort (1.6 16v). eBay doesn't seem to yield much in terms 
>>> of PC based leads, just the crappy draper things.
>>>
>>> Anyone know where I can get a hold of one?
>>
>>
>> In short, www.dervman.com/obdii.htm
>
> Is the Zetec-E ECU ODB-II compliant?



If it's 1996 onwards... yes it should be.

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"DervMan"  wrote in message 
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> In short, www.dervman.com/obdii.htm


No mention of where you got the cable / interface from though, care to 
share? :-) ... and how much did it cost?

Ta,
G.

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>
> "DervMan"  wrote in message 
> news:pS5we.11325$zM2.7918@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net...
>
>> In short, www.dervman.com/obdii.htm
>
> No mention of where you got the cable / interface from though, care to 
> share? :-) ... and how much did it cost?



Err, read it again, it mentions R & D Harrison...

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