| It's a prototype that I drew out by hand. I found a couple of mistakes which will be corrected in the printed board pattern. The interface is really nothing special, just a typical RS232 serial device. The main thing was finding out the commands to talk to the ECU which I have to thank xtensive for sending me a link to a website which had them posted. I've been working on the software for the past few weeks which is coming along pretty good. I also want to mention that I've done a lot of software programming on communication interfacing in the past so hopefully when I release the software it won't be to disappointing. A lot of software used in this type of communication is slow and clumsy especially at 9600 baud but with the help of a friend of mine in France I have some really nice programming routines that make the communication really fast. I used the same routines in a software program I made for some communications gear a few years ago that worked at the same baud rate as the consult and it was great. Here are some pics of the simple interface before I add the in and out cables. Remember, it's just a proto board. 
Here is a pic from a software I created about three years ago for a Japaneese radio (Yaesu FT-847). I used to have a website dedicated to my Cat-Link (Computer Aided Transceiver Link) software which was created for two different radios but I since took them down. 
The software for the consult is even going to be able to talk to you. You can select what you want it to report to you and at what intervals for it to report. So if your using it when you are driving you could have it tell you your speed :) I'll get some pics up (and maybe even a video :) of the software later.
I think I speak for most when I say "We don't give 2 sh!ts" (n/m) - YugoBernie (NoVA) 11:40:06 01/15/03 (4) |
Here are some pics of a simple consult interface. - 
