erikschweitzer

Does anyone know of a simple (aka not too expensive) OBD2 reader that plugs into a Mac (MacBook or iPad)? I have a 1997 Targa 993 and I would like to be able to read the codes status--I'm having problems with California smog inspection.

ToreB

A couple of my T-OBD customers are running the free Scantool windows software in a virtual windows XP environment using VMWare. They have both reported that there were no problems getting the FTDI win drivers to work with the USB adapter.
Cheers,
Tore

ltc

VMWare Fusion or Desktop Parallels or Boot Camp.
I have done this with XP on my Mac (not a fan of Vista or 7, so XP is as far as I will go with Windows).

gonzilla

I'm really surprised no one has written anything for the mac, and even more surprised there's nothing for iOS. Bummer.

95_993

GoPoint Technology goPoint Technology GL1 OBD-II Accessory for iPhone/iPod/iPad

Haven't used it or checked out review. No affil.

ToreB

Remember, off-the-shelf OBDII reader sw or hw can only connect the DME engine control unit in our cars, not the CCU, ABS, air bag or Tiptronic control units.
Cheers,
Tore

becker - 97'C4S

In theory if you know the ECU id it can be queried, most scanners give the cmd line option
of course this require some little digging but it is out there. Some of the ABS, air-bag ,etc is
available on the CAN bus. Some guys even managed to use a car scanner on BMW bikes with
an iphone app.

But there is software for the mac out there free and for a price, most of the interfaces are bluetooth now ... for the iphone they use wifi since Apple put a lock on the BT in iPhone as per the late Steve

Cheers

Stealth 993

I'm running Durametric with Bootcamp. So far so good.