[Huskymaniac]

Originally Posted by processengr

Got my double headed cable set from New Zealand today!
Which software should i buy/download?

Depends on what you want to do. I have made more progress on the definitions files. I now have FreeSSM working for both the ECU and TCU. However, it is a development version and not the released version. I may need some help making a release of what I have. The current release will NOT work with SSM1 cars. Also, I have discovered that FreeSSM does NOT datalog. You can read the current data but it won't log it.

Evoscan, with my updated definition file, will communicate with OBD1 and OBD2 SVXs. It has a nice interface and will log data for you. HOWEVER, it only does ECUs, not TCUs.

JECScan, with my updated definition file, will communicate with OBD1 and OBD2 SVXs. It will communicate with both the TCU and ECU. It will log data. Sounds great, right? Well, the communication is choppy/buggy and some data points are dropped/bogus. So I needed to filter those out in excel after logging them. I don't know if it is due to a limitation of the program or the crappy little laptop I was using. Maybe a faster PC won't drop data. Second, it will only capture a certain number of parameters. Not a problem for the TCU which has a limited set but there are more than 16 ECU parameters one can grab. I suppose the definition file can be edited to select the 16 you care about. Finally, the program is not "registered" or whatever it is called so that anti-virus programs don't flag it as a virus. I had to put it on a crappy laptop because that was the PC I had where I could easily control the anti-virus program to let me install it.

Once you decide where to start, PM me with your email and I will send you the definition file(s). I will eventually take Phil up on his offer to host the files on his site. I don't feel like they are 100% fully baked yet. Maybe I will play with them more this weekend.