Another Scangauge Thread - Daisy Chain

Holy information overload Batman!!!

Seriously, great job!

Very clean Wheelskins installation too.

 

I hope you have seen the (numerous) reports of the strange things that sometimes happen when you leave a scanner plugged in too long.
I would think that your setup would make that about 300% more likely to occur.

 

What strange reports? I have had my scangauge plugged in for 5 years and still on my original 12v battery that checks out in good condition.

 

Search around a bit. Maybe someone with a better memory will jump in.

It is not usual for the scan gauge to "corrupt" the data on the bus and cause all kind of strange readings, alarms and reports.
Unplugging the scanner clears the problems.

It may depend on what parameters you are monitoring.

This condition is not unique to any particular make or model of car; all with ODBII can seem to have the problem if the scanner is left connected all the time.

 

Your the one making the claim. Show me an example please.

 

It might of been with a cheapo ELM Bluetooth adapter, not the Scangauge.

 

I was trying to be helpful......within reason.

I don't really CARE because I never do that.

Look a bit or don't, it's your car.
I'm not going to waste my time doing YOUR search for you.

It is not a really common situation, probably because not a LOT of drivers leave things connected all the time but I'm pretty sure I've seen reports of weird electrical problems that were solved by disconnecting the scanners............. here, in the Volt forum and maybe Fusion hybrid too.

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OK so a Google search showed up at least 4 threads on HERE that talk about this.
Do you need for me to copy and paste so you won't have to bother yourself to go find them ???

 

Nice job! I'm jealous - I have 2 SC-IIs and use them in much the same way as you, although having a Gen II Prius (2009), some of the X-Gauges you've set up aren't available on the Gen II. There's a thread somewhere listing which ones I use. - Wil

 

No. I think you have eaten enough crow, for now.

 

Very nifty.
Question: what did you print, and what kind of printer ?

Personally, I find that my interests tend to flit from system to system, but usually for a week or two at time

Easy Rider2 may have been thinking of my experience, when I thought the Torque App confused the Prius enough to cause problems.

 

^^^wow too cool

 

(Thanks for your comment Sagebrush.)

Easy Rider 2 has visited a LOT of auto forums over a LOT of years and has a pretty good memory.
He offers things that he remembers that might be of interest or use to others.
If these things are not of interest to you, simply ignoring the suggestions is advised.

 

Actually all you need is a CAT 5 cable for the interconnects. I have been running this for a couple of years now with NO problems.
Easy Rider 2, either back up your claims, or don't loose it in print!

 

I've noticed that some of the X-Gauges on both my SC-IIs show some strange behaviour when I try to edit them (symptoms are lots of FFFFFFFFFFs and when I try to scroll through all the locations, it (and I) get confused so that most of the X-Gauge locations don't seem to be available. I've noticed that occasionally as soon as I open a door, one or the other or both gauges come on, but this might be caused by a spike on the 12V power line (see reference to Hobbit's observation in another thread), might be caused by the interior lights coming on (I just wait for a minute or so and they both switch off). hope this helps - Wil

PS: I have mine set up as:
Upper: ICE(RPM) SecBat(Volts)
TracBat(±Bta) GasGauge(%)
Lower: TracBat(Soc) ICE(Horsepower)
TracBat(btV) ICE_temp(ºF)

 

About 1 hour into a long drive this summer, I had a "check brakes" warning pop up. Once I disconnected my cheap bluetooth ELM adapter, the error went away. Using the same cheap adapter in my 2007 Suburban has resulted in multiple dashboard freakouts. I stopped using that adapter. I've been considering getting a scangauge, and I suspect that it's a much higher quality unit - I wouldn't hesitate to use it on either vehicle.

 

cproaudio, check out the BLITZ Touch BRAIN display and gauge system. 3.5 inch TFT color display of up to 50 parameters, up to 8 onscreen at a time.

SCH-I535

 

Like I said.
Thank you for your report.
IF you care, you can look and find other similar reports.
IF you don't care, then let it drop.
Not nice to shoot the messenger.