bmw e36 obd II to car pc ?

**koko** · 05-15-2005, 09:58 AM

Hi everyone
I am now to the forums and I want to join the club
I built my car pc and hoked it up to my car a bmw e36 328i convertible
I did a lot of

ing on the forums and with

so please don’t tell me to go search around I am only getting more confused
I need to know how to connect my car pc to the OBDII in a way that will display the error cods and make me reset the oil change, airbag, chick engine lights and display the messages that appears on the onboard computer
And ware is the OBDII interface connector? I almost striped the dashboard looking for it and still can’t find any thing that looks even close
Please any light to lead my way

**Enforcer** · 05-15-2005, 10:39 AM

Questions

What year is the car?

What country are you in?

OH! and this thread might help

Lilliput 7" Touchscreen in E36: How's the fit?

**koko** · 05-15-2005, 12:23 PM

My car is 1997 late prod with 1998 specs
I leave in Saudi Arabia
The link you posted clearly shows the obd connector place but it is not in that place in my car I have looked there

**RoadThunderS** · 08-08-2007, 08:03 AM

Hi, I have a E36 BMW of 1993; the car has not the OBD interface. Can I interface the pc to my car for real time value or other diagnostic system.
Thanks Mario

**Enforcer** · 08-08-2007, 08:34 AM

I'm still looking for this as well.

The only thing I can think of is connecting to the 20 pin OEM connector and trying to get info out of it.

But the software is expensve.

**RoadThunderS** · 08-08-2007, 09:12 AM

I have just buyed the Carsoft 6.5 with the interface; but the result is not confortable because my model not give the real data. I'd like have live data in an other way; for the moment I have installed an opto relay & i/o board that permit me to read some data .. but not all.

**masch** · 11-03-2007, 07:52 AM

RoadThunderS

More info please..

**masch** · 11-12-2007, 06:04 AM

Man, I'd really love to see what you mean by the IO board, or if you could provide some links for it.

Btw, is this the interface you got with Carsoft 6.5?

[media]http://www.one-stop-factory.com/upload/5268si.jpg[/media]

**RoadThunderS** · 01-03-2008, 01:58 AM

Yes, I buyed an Hw interface like that in the figure. I use the Carsoft 6.5.
My goal is to create a custom software with which I can read the data from ECU (like sensor values, etcc,...), but I don't know the protocol to use and the way I must use to interface and develop the software.
Can someone help me ?

Thanks RoadThunserS