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Old 12-09-2004, 05:54 PM
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Default OBD II software, any recommendations???

I saw this one:

http://www.auterraweb.com/index.html
http://www.auterraweb.com/scantoolbasics.html


It has the dynamometer feature which seem pretty handy to have, but i like one on a PC.....

Any suggestions???

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Old 12-09-2004, 06:13 PM
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I have the Auterra on my Palm. It worked great in diagnosing/re-setting my CEL before I got my de-carbonization done (among other things). Unfortunately, that's all I've used it for so far.
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I've used it for about a year now. The dyno works as advertised. I compared it to a AWD dyno and it was within 5hp.

Oh, and it works good on re-setting CELs too.
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Sachin I found in a search that you were looking for a software on palm or computer somewhere around april. Did you find something similar to the Auterra working on laptops?
As rinlv1 I'd prefer one working on my laptop as I don't have a palm (yet...)

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This one seems to work pretty good:
http://www.obd-2.com/
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You may want to look at this one too, www.softwareforcars.com
They have several versions and platforms available.
I have their OBD II Generic Data Win CE/Pocket PC Scan Tool Package. It seems to work fine, though I have not gone into great depth of all its capabilities.

Good luck!



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