I have an older autotap unit. It works well for my GM Truck.
On the other non GM cars, I get the generic stuff. Some
are using CAN bus now and one of my cars uses it. I still
get generic stuff, but no where as much info as the truck.
It has some quirks, that I've learned to work around. The
most annoying one is having to wait while it scans for
every possible obd code. I've created some config files
and pull those up before I connect to the car. That prevents
the annoying scan.
Brian
battmain@yahoo.com
----- Original Message ----
From: John T. Blair <jblair1948@cox.net>
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:57:15 PM
Subject: [Shop-talk] ODBII Scanners (again)
I know that there has been discussions of ODBII Scanners
in the past. I was just at a local autoparts store and
saw that Actron has come out with a couple of new scanners:
* NEW! Elite AutoScanner. Pro CP9190
* NEW! Elite AutoScanner. CP9185
These are in the $500 price range.
I was wondering if anyone has used them, your impressions, etc.
I've been using a very nice $4,000 scanner in auto class at the
local Community college, but that's way out of my price range.
I have an Actron Pocket scanner and like it, but the real scanners
are so much nicer.
So I was wondering how these new Actron ones might stack up to
the aftermarket add on software for a laptop. The other product
I've been looking at is the Autotap:
http://www.autotap.com/
(snip)
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