Greg, A nit: The connector is more correctly identified as DA-26, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature -- Steve On Tue, 27 Mar 2018, Greg D. wrote:
Hi folks
In a fit of prose, if not Shakespeare, I took a pass at creating the documentation chapter for the OBD2ECU task. Comments, corrections, and general feedback is requested. Is there anything significant missing? Mark, if this looks acceptable, can it be posted to the Google Doc, or send me an invite such that I can do so?
Note that I don't have any reference material on the OBDII-to-DB26 cable, other than the wiring. If we eventually have a purchase source, that should get referenced, or lacking that, perhaps pointers to where the connectors can be purchased? Placeholders are noted, but only that. For the EEs in the group, a question: I have both signal and chassis grounds connected together on the OBDII connector; should they be, or just signal ground?
I think it would also be helpful to include a table of what metrics are available (supported) on what vehicles, as an aid to those who want to remap things for monitoring on an OBDII HUD or Dongle. A glance at the available documentation didn't turn up anything, so I took a first pass at the table. See the attached, which includes what I know of the Roadster's implementation (since I have one and have studied the code a bit). I would rather not try to guess at the other cars. Could the various vehicle authors contribute their columns to the table? Send me an updated spreadsheet, and I will do the merge.
Thanks!
Greg