Mike B Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Unpacked it tonight, Looks very impressive. Had a read through the manual, a lot to learn. So I go to pulg in the OBDii connector (it's a standardised connector - seen them on a lot of cars) and I hit a snag... AFAIK there are 2 ports for the diagnostics; one is under the dashboard, the other on the side of the plenum. the verdict? SQUARE PEG, ROUND HOLE FFS... no one noticed this before?? lol anyone know of any other diagnostic ports on the VVTi?? anyway - I have put a posting on their forum, as they use them with Lexus, and I would like to be able to hook this up. pic shows the LM2 male connector and the two female diagnostic ports I could find. You can still rig 4 analogue inputs for datalogging, but I'd like to geth that 16 channel OBDii working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 (edited) Looks like you're going to need a pin in diagram for the LM2 and a suitable connector. Just a thought do they by any chance sell converters for whatever car. Edited August 7, 2008 by Tricky-Ricky (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Can they be hard wired? i want to use mine on my car or shall i just sell it and get a aem wideband? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 Can they be hard wired? i want to use mine on my car or shall i just sell it and get a aem wideband? the afr will wirk regardless but a nin vvti won't stand a chance. you can use 4 hardwired analogue imputs to datalog, but then I guess your ecu may do more than this anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 7, 2008 Share Posted August 7, 2008 Can they be hard wired? i want to use mine on my car or shall i just sell it and get a aem wideband? Surely when you install the AEM ECU you will lose the ODBii functionality which means you could hard wire the 4 analogues if you wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted August 7, 2008 Author Share Posted August 7, 2008 ah ha... ewen championed this thread a while ago... http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=76024&highlight=obdii+port i can't load his picture though... the round port looks like a dummy and the real one is behind! sneaky...... I will investigate tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 The obdii terminal is there, tucked around the back. Had 5 mins before I went to work, still can't get a signal though. more experimentation tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 (edited) The OBDII port is right next to the bonnet/hood release and easily accessible. There's a picture of it in post #16 of Ewen's thread but it's still hard to see. I took another picture of it for a different thread on the Greddy Informeter - see the picture in post #4. Hope that helps! Edited August 8, 2008 by spartan Bonnet not boot! (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 The OBDII port is right next to the bonnet/hood release and easily accessible. There's a picture of it in post #16 of Ewen's thread but it's still hard to see. I took another picture of it for a different thread on the Greddy Informeter - see the picture in post #4. Hope that helps! I have it bud... but it's not talking... I will do some more reading tonight! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 OK. You probably already know but the ignition must be ON (not ACC and not immobilised) for it to be able to 'talk' ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 OK. You probably already know but the ignition must be ON (not ACC and not immobilised) for it to be able to 'talk' ... tried it with engine running too.... will have another go tonight. The unit can power itself off the obd connection, as it stayed on after I pulled its extrenal power connection off... so there is something there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 tried it with engine running too.... will have another go tonight. The unit can power itself off the obd connection, as it stayed on after I pulled its extrenal power connection off... so there is something there... Could if be your FCON is causing an issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 Could if be your FCON is causing an issue? I doubt it, the original ecu is sat there controlling the throttle, and watching the data coming in... This is where my problem lies; as running a single on the stock ecu for a throttle control creates issues; it sees maf and other associated feeds and starts putting throttle ghosts on there (hesitations etc). Seeing as there is a lot of vsv info and other disconnected systems coming back to the ecu it's probably putting out error codes by the bucketfull. So if I know what they are I can tidy them up. Otherise Ryan wants to fit a solaris to control the whole schbang, FBW, VVTI, the works,... and that's expensive, if not very good i'm sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike B Posted August 8, 2008 Author Share Posted August 8, 2008 nah, tried everything from firmware updates to setting changes from the designers, and can't even get the time of day out of it. they are coming back to me but it looks like a white elephant. doh!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted August 27, 2008 Share Posted August 27, 2008 How have you mounted yours mate? looks like there is a hole for a bracket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 they are coming back to me but it looks like a white elephant. Doncha just love feature lists on pre-tested products? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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