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Originally Posted by cadgear
I don't imagine its possible to rig one of these up to use the serial ports on a Macintosh PowerBook model, eh? Aside from the lack of software, which I'm sure could be ported, what kind of difficulty would be seen in converting between the serial protocols?
All in all, I'd say you've got a good hit here. ~$80 isn't a bad price to have a nicely outfitted ODB2 scan tool.
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There is only one free software to use this device with MAC or Linux....which is:
pyOBD (Python library for OBDII communication) which i have never tested since i dont have access to MAC....and there are very very few people who like to hook there MAC up with there cars.
Its possible to use this device from MAC but, if you cannot find any softwares, and you really really have to use it with MAC, then the only option is to use Terminal kind (like Hyperterminal under Windows) utilities under MAC and in that case, you have to know all the PID's so that you can send the command to the device and get the reply back. but, that will not give you any type of multi PID recording(multi sensor data),digital dashboard and other goodies which are availble using this device with PC softwares.
Reason the price i made is reasonable, is that i want to introduce few more of my work (like this device) for autos and other subjects...if one of my device is moving, then i can invest on another design and keep working on something new.
Let me know if there are any more questions.
Thanks and Best Regards