Free USB OBDII software

cardinalbiggles

zappahey wrote: »

Not really solving your problem but useful for anyone searching, a Bluetooth OBDII reader is about £15 on ebay and Torque is free for Android phones. I just used it to reset the fault on my SAAB 9-5

And just cost me 12 quid on Amazon, and you can send it back no questions asked if it doesn't work. Get one that conforms to ELM27 as well which will give you access to more of your cars systems should you have something like a Fiat.

pulliptears

forgotmyname wrote: »

Tons of free OBD software out there.

Some basic and some quite good, Plenty of features.

Here are a few names...

• PyOBD by Donour MacOSX and Linux
• GM Mode 22 Scan Tool by Terry
• Scantool.net
• OBD Gauge for PalmOS and Pocket PC by Dana Peters
• OBD Logger by Jonathan Senkerik
• OBD-II ScanMaster by Wladimir Gurskij
• obd2crazy.com
• OBD2 Scantool by Ivan Andrewjeski
• OBDII for ELM322 by David Huffman
• RDDTC by Pete Calinski
• Real Scan by Brent Harris
• ScanTest for Pocket PC by Ivan Ganev
• wOBD by WDT

And lots more.....

A lot of links to the software tend to be found on car forums, usually in the members areas as well

Jakg

I bought a Bluetooth ELM327 off eBay for ~£9 and it worked really well with my Android tablet running the "Torque" app.

I sold the tablet, and I've never found any software that works properly for Windows unfortunately

forgotmyname

The bluetooth adapters are OK if your device is fast enough to cope with the data flow.

Tried it on my daughters old wildfire and its was barely ok for reading the fault codes. Live data was useless.

Galaxy SII on the other hand is usable.

Doesnt help that i am impatient.

Better options out there.

blued

I've now been told that although the bluetooth device may read the codes they can't be used to reset them. This is because I have the 2.2 diesel X-Trail. Hopefully something in your list above will be able to read them. Not too fussed if they can't be cleared at this point but don't want to pay for something that is read only!

s_b

blued wrote: »

I've now been told that although the bluetooth device may read the codes they can't be used to reset them. This is because I have the 2.2 diesel X-Trail. Hopefully something in your list above will be able to read them. Not too fussed if they can't be cleared at this point but don't want to pay for something that is read only!

see post 2:)
i have plenty of proper equipment but a basic code reader still comes in very handy especially at under £30

blued

It would be the same with the handheld device. Apparently the X-Trail diesel can only be reset using Nissan Consult 2 or Consult 3 software for the later models.

s_b

blued wrote: »

It would be the same with the handheld device. Apparently the X-Trail diesel can only be reset using Nissan Consult 2 or Consult 3 software for the later models.

but you asked for a code reader
you didnt say you wanted live data and the ability to do actuations etc

I bought the cable from Ebay a few years ago to use with VAGCOM so I could read the fault codes from my Golf. I now have an X-Trail and would like to check for codes

blued

I don't need live data, I would like to be able to read and reset codes.