OBD or OBDII

[Mathew Gerrard]

Hey guys,

I use to have a snap on Solus Ultra scan tool, it worked great and definitely recommend it.
Well I sold it as i’ve stepped away from the automotive scene. I’ve found i cant live without it now for my home jobs and so spent $700(NZD) on a aftermarket analyzer – Foxwell Automaster Pro NT644.

Its not OBD compliant but that didn’t concern me as i don’t have any cars that old. However I do have a 1997 Toyota Caldina with a 3SGTE enigne Japanese Import.
OK so I hooked up the new scanner and found that it connects to the car and get DTCs and brings up live data. however it seems to drop the connection constantly. maybe 10 sec or 5 min of live data and it drops out.

It has a 16 pin OBDII connector but I’m wondering if its actually not OBDII compliant.

does anyone have any info on this.

cheers

Mat

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[James O’Hara]

Could be a lot of things. I would first check to see if the scanner is sliding off the port on the car. older cars and ones that have been hooked too a lot tend to do this. A ziptie holding the two together normally fixes this but be careful of the wires. It could be the scanner itself. Or it could be one of the wires behind the obs plug is shifted,cut, etc. That is where I would start look at those things and look at reviews of your scanner to see if its the scanner itself.

[Mathew Gerrard]

[quote=”MDK22″ post=120658]Could be a lot of things. I would first check to see if the scanner is sliding off the port on the car. older cars and ones that have been hooked too a lot tend to do this. A ziptie holding the two together normally fixes this but be careful of the wires. It could be the scanner itself. Or it could be one of the wires behind the obs plug is shifted,cut, etc. That is where I would start look at those things and look at reviews of your scanner to see if its the scanner itself.[/quote]

All valid reasons however my Snapon scanner connected perfectly without ever having any issues.

Somthing i recall now is the new Foxwell scanner is bringing up a lot more PIDs where the snapon wouldnt show as much. Eg snapon wouldnt show the MAP sensor but Foxwell does.

[James O’Hara]

Then if you can try to cut down on all the pids to just what you need/want to see.

[Mathew Gerrard]

Yup i tried that also. Used a nice common o2 b1 s1 but sadly still no go. Ive spoken to my supplier and he is sending another one to try out. Ill let you know.

[zero]

Sounds like it’s either a physical issue with the device or a software issue. Either as far as proper support for the specific vehicle or just a software bug.

Have you tried setting up the same thing on a similar vehicle to see if it repeats?

Have you updated the software?

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