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(Message started by: irratic on May 24^th, 2006, 8:21pm)

Title: OBD advice
Post by irratic on May 24^th, 2006, 8:21pm

iv read about the obd on here... i have an OBD to serial cable which i am told will interface with a 2.0L 95 scorpio.. is that right??? and the best i can come up with is that you use ve1? but you all also say that it depends what software to what cable.. is that correct as well??? and does the cable connect straight to the pc? or has it got to go threw an rs232 interface first???all this is new to me, i'm used to the spanners, not cables and software but i'll try anything.. all advice is welcome..

Title: Re: OBD advice
Post by scorpio_man on May 24^th, 2006, 8:59pm

hi there

best to have a read of all this....http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/homediag.htm

do you know what make of lead you have? the VE software will only work with alex pepper's leads.

Title: Re: OBD advice
Post by irratic on May 24^th, 2006, 9:31pm

hi scorpio man....the lead i'm not sure my mrs bought for me off ebay.. she emailed the people and they said it would fit the scorpio... she thought she was helping... bless....

Title: Re: OBD advice
Post by irratic on May 24^th, 2006, 9:40pm

ive read the link scorpio man.. still a bit confused.... it says an rs232 converter.. the lead i have has the obd plug on an an rs232 (serial plug) on the other. so does it need an interface???

Title: Re: OBD advice
Post by scorpio_man on May 24^th, 2006, 9:40pm

hi there

do a 'google' search for a free obd-2 software program and see if will work. :-/