On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:16:15 GMT, George
> wrote:

>On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 09:00:05 GMT, Forrest >
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:14:11 GMT, George
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:30:42 GMT, Forrest >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>...
>>>>
>>>>Has one such OBDII reading hardware and software package come
>>>>to stand out as being preferable to the competition ? Or just
>>>>software, alone, or hadware alone, if they are clearly good.
>>>>Price is not as important as that the package be of quality.
>>>
>>><http://groups.google.com/group/obdII> - new NG?
>>>
>>>http://www.scantool.net/ - click on "forum" - lots of bitching about
>>>varous issues.
>>>
>>
>>Thanks, so this
>>ElmScan ISO Scan Tool
>>P/N: 420100
>>
>>or the
>>
>>ElmScan 5 USB Scan Tool
>>
>>Would be the preferred OBDII reading hardware devices to use ?
>>
>>If so, that is again appreciated, if you have gone to the lengths to
>>sort out what is best at this time. I do much research, but in that
>>cream does tend to rise to the surface, and if this company's OBDII
>>reading hardware devices have been deemed to be among, if not the
>>best, that saves me a good bit of footwork.
>
>Just to be clear: above is all about interfacing the OBD data to a PC.
>There are scan tools at Pep Boys that will read and reset trouble codes.
>The 'Elm-type' scan tools let you see sensor readings, etc, in addition
>to the trouble codes.
>
>As far as inexpensive tools of this type, my belief is that Elm
>Electronics makes all (?) the interface modules, which are relabeled
>(re-stickered, really) by various other vendors and bundled with some
>software.
>
>I bought an ElmScan 5 from Proscan (http://www.myscantool.com/), so I
>got their PC software. I was not terribly happy with their delivery. I
>discovered afterwards (scantool.net forum) that other ppl have had the
>same complaint.
>
>By the time I got the stuff, I'd already solved the problem I was
>working on; so, I just connected it to be sure it worked, and put it
>away till the next time. It did 'work', in the sense that it displayed
>various sensor reading that looked reasonable. The user interface was
>OK.
>
>There is other (PC) software available, including some free stuff, that
>I believe would work with this same ElmScan. I haven't tried any of
>these.
>
>>It is for a Toshiba, so I would obviously have to ensure compatibility
>>of the firmware with Toshiba.
>
>I can't say absolutely that there can't be a compatibility problem, but
>I think that the OBD-II interface should be the same for all mfrs.
>
>George

Thanks, George, it would seem that this hardware interface is as
workable as there is at this time.

I will go ahead and order it.

Thanks, again,
Forrest.