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@ForScan In my 2003 Ford Escape 3.0L V6 car, with a laptop hooked up to the OBDlink SX (OBD-II port connector & USB cable are tiewrapped to prevent potential disturbance by feet on control pedals) running Win 7 Home Premium (yech McNazi$oft crap OS), some condition is crashing ForScan program, g...

@SomeOne972 >>"try using a dual 2:1 analog switch/mux instead of a relay" I thought about doing that myself, as electro-mechanical relays are significantly slower than switching aforded by FET 'switches', and because of that, switching would be much faster and smoother sans mechanical boun...

@TractMec, AndyFocus, Victor, Narly1, et al, @TractMec: What a BuzzKill....well the PC/ED manual arrived today and...within those austere pages it is clearly stated that only certain 2003 Ford cars have the HS-CAN comm bus, and the 2003 Ford Escape aint one of'm :(( You were dead nuts on!! I had to ...

I received the OBDLink SX USB adapter today in the mail. The adapter was well packaged and fast shipped. On initial inspection the adapter appears to be well engineered and it sports red semi-translucent cord insulation covering a braid shielded USB cable. The adapter itself is also enclosed within ...

I've hunted around looking for a convenient and inexpensive source for all the components required to effect the Jon Vilagy OBDLink-SX Auto HS/MS-CAN Switching Modification. Here is my selection of components and source info: For most of the Jon Vilagy originally spec'd components see Mouser (US dis...

Ok,

After reviewing Jon Vilagy's modification information, info appears satisfactory. I will replicate his OBDLink SX modification and I will post my mods and component source information as I proceed.

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Hello, Regarding the OBDLink SX USB Adapter RTS control mod, has anyone verified the functionality of the modification or how well the modification works with the ForScan software? Also I have few questions regarding the modification, does anyone have Jon Vilagy's e-mail? Or should I PM the fellow h...

Juice, et al, Thanks for the tips re; starting problems. I know its not much information to 'guess-about', I'm an engineer and I do not care to guess at anything, but I'm left at this juncture with virtually no options. Each time the car has failed to start I was somewhere else, such as at the shopp...

Thanks for the informative reply. I would have liked to hear some opinions regarding tracking down the Escape starting problem, but some is better than none... Another point, will ForScan run on earlier operating systems? I have a nice 14,5cm/10inch notebook that's loaded with some flavor of Linux, ...

Another point, need I keep the USB and LapTop connected while driving around logging data in the hope of catching the condition that causes the problem? Or does **ONLY** the OHP ELMconfig device need be connected? Which device, eg, LapTop or ELMconfig stores the data, how much continual data may be ...