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michbound · 02-11-2007, 07:09 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Brycestro

My Vehicle is a 1997 Holden VS Commodore (Australian Car) so i'm fairly sure it would have OBD-II after reading the sticky saying all vehicles after 1996. It definitely has fault diagnostics and i've already used some primitive methods to examine fault codes through that (which involved bridging a few pins with a paper clip and watching flashes on the instrument cluster).

Basically, i want to be able to extract data like speed, temperatures, rpms etc and display it on a monitor... Any help is much appreciated as i'm very new to this. Cheers, Bryce.

The 1996 timeline is for US based cars only, I think Australia did not mandate OBD II until almost 2003, so most likely your Holden is not OBD II but ALDL. I think someone here posted a link to an ALDL software that needs just a cable to run.

Check this thread

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...highlight=aldl

and this site

http://www.techedge.com.au/vehicle/aldl8192/8192hw.htm

Paul
www.obdpros.com

02-11-2007, 07:09 AM	#2
michbound Variable Bitrate Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 286	Quote: Originally Posted by Brycestro My Vehicle is a 1997 Holden VS Commodore (Australian Car) so i'm fairly sure it would have OBD-II after reading the sticky saying all vehicles after 1996. It definitely has fault diagnostics and i've already used some primitive methods to examine fault codes through that (which involved bridging a few pins with a paper clip and watching flashes on the instrument cluster). Basically, i want to be able to extract data like speed, temperatures, rpms etc and display it on a monitor... Any help is much appreciated as i'm very new to this. Cheers, Bryce. The 1996 timeline is for US based cars only, I think Australia did not mandate OBD II until almost 2003, so most likely your Holden is not OBD II but ALDL. I think someone here posted a link to an ALDL software that needs just a cable to run. Check this thread http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...highlight=aldl and this site http://www.techedge.com.au/vehicle/aldl8192/8192hw.htm Paul www.obdpros.com Last edited by michbound; 02-11-2007 at 07:16 AM.