Hey guys whats up. Just wanted to give my review of the datalogger I got off an
ebay auction about 2 months ago.
I recieved the package about 3 days after the auction ended. This guy is fast. Packaging and all that was good. Came with the dock, cable to computer, cable to car, cd, instructions and of course the Pocket PC.
First off i got the color screen one for no other reason than it looked cool. The same guy sells the non color version for about 60-70 bucks. Anyway the actual hand held computer is a Palm IIIC. Very easy to upload logs (there is a post somewhere on here that will give you the link to a program that turns your logs into exell so you can have full graphs) not to mention downloading games
. The cable that attatches form the Palm to the diagnostic port was in good shape and is a breeze to install. The datalogging software it came with is
MMCD. IMO this is the best software to use on Palms. The features are endless as you can add more sensors if you know what your doing. Also this thing clears and diagnosis CELs (check engine lights) Worked great on my car and it only takes 2 seconds. Go to the link to see all the features. One draw back, which is inevitable is that 2gers cant see knock, not much you can do about it but its not my problem.
I picked up a cable (also from
ebay)
This nifty thing let me datalogg without using the dock (yes you have to have the Palm in the dock to datalog) and charge my batteries at the same time. That being said since I have a 1g, and there is a weird little compartment right between the shiter and the raidio. well it turns out that the palm fits perfectly in there like it was made for it. wish i had a pic but its awesome. After that I simply drilled a hole in the bottom of the compartment, ran the wire up to the palm and now
i am constantly charging and logging in my car without a dock and in a perfect viewing position to boot.
As for actual logging the thing is awesome. It spits out color graphs for as many paramaters as you want while your driving, very cool. I usually graph rpm, timing, o2 and injector duty. I also have two alarms on, one on rpms if it reaches 6000 and one on knock if it is greater than zero. Only problem is its hard to hear the alarms because if I am at 6000 rpms the engine is frikin loud.
Bottum line this is a great deal and I recommend it to everyone. Seriously. If you dont have a method of seeing whats going on in your car pick this up immediatly, especially you 1gers - this package was made for you!
sorry for the long post hope this was helpful.
logger for 2g
