Re: [NTLK] Question about using a newton MP 2100 as a ODBII scan tool

From: Chris Chapman <chrisc_at_clouds.net>
Date: Sat Nov 15 2008 - 10:17:56 EST

OMG! That would be great if it could be used as a scan tool...

On Nov 15, 2008, at 6:58 AM, Morgan Aldridge wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:47 AM, McHugh Frank
> <madmax_2069@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I know it sounds far fetched, but would it be possable to somehow
>> use the newton as a ODBII Car diagnostic tool/scanner. i seen some
>> open sourced projects but couls one be ported to work on the
>> newton (with the proper adapter).
>
> It looks like there are many serial & Bluetooth ODB-II interfaces out
> there, so all one would need to do is write the Newton software. It
> appears that there are some open source projects such as
> <http://www.opendiag.org/> (and I'm sure there are others), so one
> would probably want to start there to figure out the serial protocol.
>
>

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