igotnothin

i found the elm scan 5 scan tool a while back, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000RWEL9M?...8QXS5FWK6W3ZT&


Im looking for basic diagnostic uses, but the pcmscan seems to be more usefull if not more visualy friendly. however it costs $100 more..

Has anyone hurd or used the elm scan 5 scan tool? i dont think it has the guage style interface, but dose provide real time speed, rpm, air flow, temp etc...

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The elm scan 5 scan tool that is on the link above is the hardware piece that allows the conection from the car to the laptop. with that purchase you receive a standard software package, that includes the trial version of teh pcmscan. You can get the licensed update for 78$ or something close to that.

Might be cheaper to purchase thru the link above, then just buy the license afterwards.

Tom-Guy

PCMSCAN is free, dog.

con

really? I have used almost all the "tool truck" junk and I have really good luck with this. The rest of the snap on scanners can lick my *** but the "modis" works very well for me

igotnothin

so if the software is free i just need the hardeware for conecting laptop to car.

Is it free in the sense that i can download it from the site, because suposidly some of the features are blocked without the license... Im ordering the elm scan just curious as to what the benifits of purchasing the license there are

Darkelvis

highroller-my problem with it is it's slow refresh rate, the constant "we'll add that feature at the next update" and never seeing it, and the scope isn't a true scope...it doesn't give you a real scope pattern it gives you a "deciphered" pattern which may or may not be really what is going on plus it's like 5 seconds behind.

oh and...


if that site doesn't allow direct img links then ---- off...

con

Fair enough, I can fix a pile of ---- with it but yes it has its limitations for sure. If they made it to good stupid techs couldn't use it then, lol. The refreash rate is different for what your working on to

In light of this thread whats better then?

Darkelvis

gm-tech2
everything else mac mentor or mac navigator
scope-pico

Tom-Guy

Pico is an overpriced seller of toyscopes with no backbone and limited use. By the time you get a decent Pico offering you could buy a Tektronixs TPS2012B and have a whole lot more scope for the money. My NI USB-6009 is twice the o-scope of any Pico offering at twice it's price (search studentscope), and it's a barebones DAQ not meant to measure frequency.

I'd rather buy 60lbs worth of used 2465B w/ option 10 and power it in-car with a 400W inverter, it'd cost a lot less than the bottom of the line Pico automotive scope even after buying a GPIB card to interface with my bench PC.