Simmaz Member 11 Member For: 18y 1m 16d Location: Wollongong Posted 27/05/07 11:55 AM Share Posted 27/05/07 11:55 AM Hi All,Been doing a little reading over the weekend and am looking at doing my own LCD gauge system for my T....I have found a product at http://www.motorscan.com.au/ called the ElmScan PWM J1850 (Ford Corporation vehicles) that goes for AUD$155. It looks to basically handle everything from the Diagnostics Port to the RS232 connection on a PC/Laptop... It also has software which will make it easy for upper level verification... If anyone has a suggestion for a better interface product, let me know...From there, I am looking at my options and have come up with the following:1 - iPAQ (Palm PC)Will allow me to develop a .NET application that could:- Show digital readouts/gauges of anything that is transmitted across that CAN bus- Log all sensor data transmitted over that CAN bus for analysis- Data could be transferred to a PC as well for analysis/storage2 - Gameboy AdvanceWill allow me to develop a GBA application that could:- Show digital readouts/gauges of anything transmitted on the CAN Bus- Will be limited with its memory, screen size, and If anyone has any other options that they think will be more suitable, please let me know.... I am not planning on getting this done in a hurry, will probably take me around 6 months if it takes off as I have other commitments... that said, would appreciate input, cos if it works, I am keen to get it into as many T owners cars as possible... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35361-electronic-gauges/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 22y 6m 9d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 27/05/07 12:02 PM Share Posted 27/05/07 12:02 PM Sounds like an interesting concept. Good luck with it Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35361-electronic-gauges/#findComment-537755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 4m 18d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 27/05/07 12:02 PM Share Posted 27/05/07 12:02 PM You might want to do some searching.There are many issues with the USA based scanners/software that make them only partially useable on our cars.You need to get the PIDs for our cars to get all the CANBus features working. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35361-electronic-gauges/#findComment-537756 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmaz Member 11 Member For: 18y 1m 16d Location: Wollongong Posted 27/05/07 08:47 PM Author Share Posted 27/05/07 08:47 PM You might want to do some searching.There are many issues with the USA based scanners/software that make them only partially useable on our cars.You need to get the PIDs for our cars to get all the CANBus features working.ZAP_F6,Might be a stupid question but what are PID's?Simmaz Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/35361-electronic-gauges/#findComment-537816 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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