CTScott Pls help - ELM 327 OBDII BLUETOOTH ADAPTOR

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by tyrone_yaris

Oh; actually my relative is coming down from Toronto so I was thinking of asking him to get it for me by ordering thru ebay.

I think the only ebay ones that may work with your car are the Toyota TechStream clones from China.

The legal version of it, which definitely works with TechStream and M-OBD based Japanese Toyotas is the Drew Technologies Mongoose (but it is $495, as opposed to $22 like the Chinese clones). I personally own the Drew Technologies one and it works with a Japanese Vitz ECM that I have on hand.

It does require the Toyota TechStream software, which legally requires a subscription to use ($55 for a 2 day or $1095 for a yearly subscription). There are pirated copies of TechStream floating around on the internet, but like with the Chinese clone of the hardware, there are risks and legal concerns in using them.

[tyrone_yaris]

Thanks for the info.

I guess will have to wait for another option to come by.

[dj92]

Originally Posted by CTScott

but like with the Chinese clone of the hardware, there are risks and legal concerns in using them.

I don't want to start a discussion here, but I'd like to mention that Techstream needs Win XP which I run in a virtual machine.
That way, I can be almost a 100% sure that even if there was malware inside it would not hurt my host computer ;)
It has worked well for me up to now with my XP9 and a P1.
However, do not expect it to work with cars from other manufacturers.

It won't help you at all, but if someone ist curious: EOBD works with the ELM327-clones

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by dj92

I don't want to start a discussion here, but I'd like to mention that Techstream needs Win XP which I run in a virtual machine.
That way, I can be almost a 100% sure that even if there was malware inside it would not hurt my host computer ;)
It has worked well for me up to now with my XP9 and a P1.
However, do not expect it to work with cars from other manufacturers.

It won't help you at all, but if someone ist curious: EOBD works with the ELM327-clones

It will actually run on Windows 7 and Windows 8 as well. I am most recently using it on an Acer W3, which is an 8 inch Windows 8 tablet. Drew Technologies, which makes the authentic VCI, has drivers that work for Win 7 and 8.