<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><br></div><div>Some cars have the OBD-II connector "pointing" upwards, and some downwards:</div><div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;"><img alt="obd-connector.jpg" id="c2c9e7eb-2c9b-402b-a955-6f70981e5e80" height="85" width="116" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="no" src="cid:558F526D-09B7-4F34-9577-453112B588E5"><img alt="2005_nissan_altima_obd_connector.jpg" id="3015a68c-90e3-47a0-bfdf-3a3dd9ad2701" height="100" width="147" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="no" src="cid:75262CEE-5240-42E0-87BA-3E837F57EEF5"></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;"><i>[ WTF? They can standardise on a connector, but still can't decide which way up it should be? Good grief… ]</i></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, we have 2 types of connector:</div><div><br></div><div>A: Lefty: Left-side cable exit (with vehicle OBD-II connector pointing downwards):</div><div><br></div><div><img id="1db13c83-7ae2-4189-9aee-dfe4eec6e844" height="85" width="126" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="no" src="cid:7E993D47-48F7-4321-B107-22B0AEA38384"></div><div><br></div><div>B: Righty: Right-side cable exit (with vehicle OBDI-II connector pointing downwards):</div><div><br></div><div><img id="1a9988f7-5c90-4577-81a2-277dcbfda9e3" height="85" width="126" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="no" src="cid:0E85F291-AD50-45F2-BAF0-C10D23C4CA47"></div><div><br></div><div></div></div><div><div>The question is: which one is more suitable for the leaf? And, are the LHD and RHD leafs (leaves?) the same?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards, Mark.</div><div><br></div><div>On 16 May, 2014, at 2:11 am, Nigel Jones <<a href="mailto:nigel@cherrybyte.me.uk">nigel@cherrybyte.me.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Mark,<div> Not being a hw expert, when you saw right or left, how do I know - what orientation is the socket in?</div><div><br></div><div> My leafdd connected such that the cable went backward (towards driver) in the car, my OBD extension (which I mistakenly took a photo of for you) went forward (away from driver). Close call, but I probably prefer the former.</div>
<div><br></div><div> As to EV vs CAR bus I'd definately find one useful to experiment. I think the Jury is still out - more exploration needed, though it's easier to pick much of the data from the EV CAN bus especially during charging (useful to monitor) but not all......</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 May 2014 15:59, Mark Webb-Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mark@webb-johnson.net" target="_blank">mark@webb-johnson.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Cool. Very cool.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the cable (EV can bus). I have to do an order for some more OBDII cables. Is it worth making a batch wired for the EV can bus, and if so should they be left or right style?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards, Marl</div><div class=""><br>On 15 May, 2014, at 10:15 pm, Nigel Jones <<a href="mailto:nigel@cherrybyte.me.uk" target="_blank">nigel@cherrybyte.me.uk</a>> wrote:<br><br></div>
<blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="">Apologies for lack of progress - rather hectic at work, but over lunch I did a quick rebuild of ovms having noticed a little typo I introduced when adding the suggestion from Mark and Tom<div>
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With the fix battery level is now correctly reported.</div><div><br></div><div>This is my fully charged 2012 leaf (at around 246 GIDS +/- a few :-(</div><div><br></div></div><div><div class=""><span style="font-size:1.4em;font-weight:700;padding-right:0.3em;color:rgb(82,82,82);font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif">OVMS Nissan Leaf XXXX XXX:</span><span style="font-size:1.4em;color:rgb(82,82,82);font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif">Not charging<br>
SOC: 88%<br>Ideal Range: 117 km</span><span style="font-size:1.3em;color:rgb(153,153,153);font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"> 3:00 PM</span><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>LEAFDD pictures included<20140515_150502_Morgan Le Fay Dr.jpg><20140515_150455_Morgan Le Fay Dr.jpg><br>
<Screenshot_2014-05-15-15-04-01.png><br><br></div><div class=""><div>This is great news as it gives me confidence the unit/sw is working.</div><div><br></div>-- <br>----<br>Nigel Jones<br>
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