[Ovmsdev] OBD-II Cables

[Mark Webb-Johnson]

OK, I had to switch factories but have managed to order the next batch of cables 50/50 left and right hand cable exits.

Some cars have the OBD-II connector "pointing" upwards, and some downwards:



[ WTF? They can standardise on a connector, but still can't decide which way up it should be? Good grief… ]

For clarity, for this discussion let's treat the OBD-II connector pointing downwards (smaller end at the bottom of the connector - first picture above). If your car has it the other way, please stand on your head while making comparisons.

Now, we have 2 types of connector:

A: Lefty: Left-side cable exit (with vehicle OBD-II connector pointing downwards):



B: Righty: Right-side cable exit (with vehicle OBDI-II connector pointing downwards):



For each of:

Leaf
Volt/Ampera
Twizy
and others you guys are working on

Can you confirm if (A - lefty) or (B - righty) is better for your car?

It would be wonderful if someone with each type of car could get me two good reasonable quality pictures of the OBD-II connector in their car - one of the overall location and the other a close up of the connector - and their recommendation for lefty/righty/whatever.

Thanks, Mark.

P.S. The current OVMS OBD-II cable is a lefty.



On 31 Jul, 2013, at 6:10 PM, Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield <nikki at littlecollie.com> wrote:

> Just confirmed with my LEAF: the ODBII port is oriented such that the current cable gets in the way of the driver's knees. At the moment I think the cable exits nearest to pin 1and pin 9, but for LEAF drivers, it would be advantageous for the cable to exit nearer to pins 8 and 16…
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> Nikki. 
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> On 31 Jul 2013, at 11:00, Matt Beard OVMS <smvo at mxf.org.uk> wrote:
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>> I would love to be able to confirm... but I am still without my C-Zero. I will confirm when I get it back!
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>> Matt
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>> On 31 July 2013 07:52, Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield <nikki at littlecollie.com> wrote:
>> Hi Mark,
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>> I think the length is okay, but perhaps it's worth ordering some cables with right and left-hand exit points for the ODBII cable.
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>> For Twizy owners, the exit of the cable isn't important as the ODBII port is in the glove box. On the Volt, the cable exits the ODBII plug on the correct side -- at least in the British one -- but I think the C-Zero and LEAF would benefit from cables which exit the other side of the ODBII port.
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>> Maybe a C-Zero owner could confirm? Exiting the ODBII plug on the other side would I believe, give a more aesthetically pleasing installation.
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>> Anyone else have any thoughts?
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>> Nikki.
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>> On 31 Jul 2013, at 02:33, Mark Webb-Johnson <mark at webb-johnson.net> wrote:
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>> >
>> > I'm going to order another batch of OBD-II cables (changing factory because the one I used the last few times is so unresponsive).
>> >
>> > Is the current 1metre cable length good, or should I order them longer?
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>> > Regards, Mark.
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