Hey, sorry if this is in the wrong forum. I didn't know if it should be in TBI or the DIY board.

I'm starting to get into datalogging and I remember reading about it a couple of months ago and I got everything down.

The only thing though is that I need an ALDL Cable and I remember bookmarking this one from a while ago that hooks directly up to a basic serial port, and the other side connects to the ALDL port on your car.

Could somebody post up that link? I checked through all of the FAQ's and I remember it was kind of a cheap site, and it was like $50 or something.

Thanks!

 

http://www.akmcables.com/ic.htm

Looks like $90 assembled for the one with the OBDI connector... $70 unassembled.

 

I got mine from www.aldlcables.com and the assembled one cost me $40.00 shipped. Works like a champ.

 

it's actually www.aldlcable.com no S. I got my a long time ago for like 20 bucks i think, I forget where I got it from, I think a member was making them actually.

 

its simple to make one a serial conector w/ four wires soldered to it...to resistors and one transistor i belive then one wire out to the aldl on the car...it took me like ten minutes and my soldering skills suck

 

Damn, that ALDLcable.com one was perfect for what I was looking for.

Thanks alot!

Unfortunately, the cable needs to be plugged in. my laptop only runs for about 10 minutes on it's battery, I would need to plug it in. Or maybe I could go for a quick ride just on the battery.

How much time do you need to properly datalog the car?

 

u could always do what i did...i dont even have a battery i just use a dc adapter when the time comes.
John

 

WHy pay $50 bucks for one when you can build on for $5, and get free scanning and logging software to boot.

go to http://winaldl.joby.se/

I made one in about ten minutes with parts from Radio Shack, and have used Joby's software to scan and log, or TunerPro from Mark Mansur (also free) http://tunerpro.markmansur.com/


Cheers

 

The quality of the cables at adldcable.com speaks loudly. They are well built and cheap compared to others IMHO. Just go to Wal Mart and buy a cheap converter. I paid $25.00 for mine and it works great. I have my chips burned as I don't yet have the knowledge to burn my own. tbichips.com did mine and Brian asked for 10 minutes on one data log. Go to his site and read more. He has some good pointers. Best of luck.

DJ

 

Yeah, I ordered one off of eBay and everything was cool, the cable was great, but I found out on my serial port on my laptop, 3 of the pins were broken off.

So, is there any datalogging software that is USB compatible? WinALDL only runs off of serial ports COM1-3

 

There are som com to usb adapters you can buy.
Work for me.
Hade pocketrom and winaldl( 1 com and 1 usb on laptop).

 

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I have a related question. What harm, if any , is done by running in aldl mode for long periods of time, and what differences exist besides the high idle?

 

WINALDL runs off of A USB port?

 

I hade winaldl or the pocketrom in usb port with the usb adapter i have (running realtime and read aldl at same time).
The pocketrom 1 only have comport.
It was when i hade the 7747 tbi ecm.
Have a old 300mgh dell with 1 com and 1 usb.


Forgot to tell you that the pc set the usb to com2,3,4 with the adapter depending on setup on pc.