OpenOBD (yup another subproject)

**justchat_1** · 10-02-2009, 12:52 PM

So long story short it looks like one of these will work with your car:
http://www.aldlcable.com/

ws6vert:
Thats a very generous offer-thanks for the help. I'm going to do a writeup on the wiki for some more general info and a how to contribute section/to do list. I'll post a link back when i'm done.

chunkyks:
I saw that thread awhile ago and forgot about it...i'll see if he minds if we use that data. Good call

**UnusuallyGenius** · 10-02-2009, 12:59 PM

Originally Posted by justchat_1

So long story short it looks like one of these will work with your car:
http://www.aldlcable.com/

Yes, i assume that cable would work.When I get the spare $60 to get it I probably will. But that could be years from now. So who knows.

**mezz64** · 10-02-2009, 01:12 PM

When you get further along on this feel free to take any code from OBDMPG if you wish. It's all in VB6 but should be easy to move into C#. I'd pitch in myself, but I'm not all that familiar with C# and have about zero extra time these days. Just letting you know the source is there for the taking.

**chunkyks** · 10-02-2009, 02:11 PM

i am running ubuntu 9.04, but looking at all the threads in regards to obd1, i am finding that this is all over my head. Perhaps I will just wait until i have a post '96 vehicle. Although I really want a Fusion Brain...stupid money, or lack there of

The general idea is you use a fusion brain with sensors you shove in your engine, then run tripzero's fbd and my obdsim dbus generato.

By the end of the pipeline you have an entry in /dev that presents itself as if it were a regular serial ELM327 device.

Gary (-;

**justchat_1** · 10-02-2009, 07:16 PM

mezz64:
OBD part is about 90% done but thanks for the offer

ws6vert (and hopefully others):
Wiki has been updated with hopefully some useful info.
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...?title=OpenOBD

Particularly the vin stuff:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...e=VIN_Database

and submitting Data to the project:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawik...g_missing_data

**NSFW** · 10-04-2009, 03:44 AM

If you want to add Subaru support, there's a GPLed project with a bunch of code you can leverage:
http://www.codeplex.com/ssm

**justchat_1** · 10-04-2009, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by NSFW

If you want to add Subaru support, there's a GPLed project with a bunch of code you can leverage:
http://www.codeplex.com/ssm

That will probably be a separate plugin....but great find-especially being all in c#!!

**justchat_1** · 10-05-2009, 12:15 PM

UPDATE:
Manufacturer info for all the manufacturers is now in the database...this means we can now detect vehicle manufacturer and manufacturer specific codes needed. Model info is still lacking though.

**ws6vert** · 10-05-2009, 04:06 PM

Can you post an example excel file for the OBD information on the wiki? That will make it a little easier for others to understand and help.

My question: Under the VIN column, do you want an actual VIN of an actual car?

**justchat_1** · 10-05-2009, 09:33 PM

Originally Posted by ws6vert

Can you post an example excel file for the OBD information on the wiki? That will make it a little easier for others to understand and help.

My question: Under the VIN column, do you want an actual VIN of an actual car?

Yea no problem...i'll do Saturn and post that up as an example-would that work?

The Vin column contains only the Vin digits that represent the model number:
So listed here you see each manufacturer and what digits means what.

For example with GM-digits 4, 5 and 6 represent the model number. So if we take this example VIN (happens to be a Hummer) 5GRGN22U57HXXXXXX

the VIN column should contain "GN2"

and the best part is if we look in the docs (on page 2): http://service.gm.com/dealerworld/vi.../vincard07.pdf
you see that vin code G means it weighs 8-9000lbs and vin code N2 Corresponds to a Hummer h2.