Can you use techstream to get voltage information as the car is running?

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  1. Banksy

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    I need to test the modules in my HV battery under load.

    However as soon as I start the vehicle techstream loses communication and when I try to reestablish communication to techstream as the car is on it won't connect.


    Am I doing something wrong?
     
    #1 Banksy, Dec 16, 2020
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    Yes you can use Techstream for accessing that data.

    You must have so mm e technical issue.
     
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    Mm e?
     
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    With or without the typo, Eric's right. You must have some technical issue. My guess would be a cheep dongle between the laptop and car. Or maybe it's a bad driver for the dongle. It's technical and will need some trial and error to sniff it out.
     
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    Will any OBD2 to USB cable work or does it need to be a specific one?

    This was a cheap cable I got off ebay in a kit that had the software and cable together
     
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    I can't say for sure about that. But I have read that there are big variations in functionality between the cheap ones and the good ones. Mine is also a cheaper one and, so far, it has done all I asked of it. But I am considering an upgrade one of these days.
     
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