whats the cheapest datalogger for a DSM...

[Tallen]

laptop or PDA compatible dont matter. just wondering as i already blew a bunch if cash on the translator!

 

[NOSNUSE]

I went with a Palm pocketlogger and have had nice results with it, as for a laptop I personally would only use it if you were going with DSMlink or another tuner.

 

[jdmawd]

Originally posted by Tallen
laptop or PDA compatible dont matter. just wondering as i already blew a bunch if cash on the translator!

you can get a palm m100 for 60 bucks at the referbdepot.com the software can be download for free http://206.124.12.138/freeware.html

 

[VBGSX]

Freeware is good. I read the entire page. One thing though.
"For 1g DSM's you will need an ALDL cable. Where do you find one? You're the ####ing genious, you figure out." They say the same for OBDII cars. I have a 2g and I'm the first one that will tell you that I'm not a "****ing genious". Where can I get the cables to hook it up?
Has anyone used this freeware program?
thnx in advance

 

[jdmawd]

www.dsmparts.com

 

[REDBLUR]

Will this cable work with the pocket logger free-ware?
http://www.dsmparts.com/data_aldl_1g.htm

Has anyone here just bought the cable and used it with the free-ware programs out there?

 

[sunflashx]

Build your own.

http://www.3si.org/portal/forums/attachment.php?postid=1151943

 

[Tallen]

http://scantool.net/obdii_cable_howtomake.htm
this could become a real cheap datalogger!

 

[hostile]

Try these guys

http://www.miragecorp.com/automotive/

 

[out there]

how do i order from that site? www.miragecorp.com/automotive/ ? email the person who's address is on that page?

 

[echo]

they aren't ready to be sold yet, they are awaiting the OBDI connectors. i am debating on going through them or just getting a m500 palm w/ pocketlogger, since it's small and i know that if i need help with the software i can get it. they don't offer software support.

 

[TwoLiterV8Eater]

I was under the impression that the free software you can download was the Tunerstein software, not the Pocketlogger software. I have no personal experiance with it but people have told me that Tunerstein is much more inferior than the Pocketlogger software. I have a pocketlogger and it works great, except my palm sucks and the cable falls out if i shift too hard heh. I plan on getting a new palm with a better backlit screen anyway.

 

[tlnpwr]

the cable from dsm parts looks different compared to the one that i saw. the guy's that i saw, just plugged into the OBDII port. it idnt have mutiple wires like the other one. anyone know where i can get one of those cables?

 

[Tallen]

i'll let ya know how this works, i have my connector in the mail!

 

[tlnpwr]

cool. thanks

 

[luv2eclipse]

What's the best and cheapest palm to get?

 

[out there]

Originally posted by luv2eclipse
What's the best and cheapest palm to get?

how about a one-up on this question: what's the general consensus on the best pda to buy for just datalogging?

 

[Newlogics]

email this guy. He sells soft abd cable for $49
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2409259230&category=33598
All you need is a laptop.

 

[Tallen]

the best price/screen size/os palm is what i got...the IIIxe

ok, i got it all up and running. i am currently using the laptop but will give the palm a whirl later. it works, for free software, it works GREAT. has some pretty cool layouts, etc etc. i like it all in all.

all for less then palmlogger software and cable

 

[92tsiawd84]

Originally posted by Newlogics
email this guy. He sells soft abd cable for $49
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2409259230&category=33598
All you need is a laptop.

I am awiating mine in the mail know. I got it for $73 shipped. I will let you know how it works.

 

[Newlogics]

Originally posted by 92tsiawd84


I am awiating mine in the mail know. I got it for $73 shipped. I will let you know how it works.

$73 shipped ??!!

He sells them for $49 shipped off ebay !!

 

[echo]

no, he doesn't sell them as a buy now on e-bay. which is probaly why he paid $73 for it. although if you e-mail him they are $49 shipped (or check the thread in the classifieds sectin). i am getting my for $65 shipped, because I want to pay COD (he doesn't except paypal anymore)

 

[92tsiawd84]

I won mine as an auction through ebay. I did pay paypal though.

 

[herostar]

so there are lots of posts for different things that might work...

the real question:

WHICH ONES WORK WELL FOR CHEAP? WHICH ONE HAVE YOU USED? WHAT CABLE ACTUALLY WORKS WITH THE FREE SOFTWARE?

 

[out there]

i think it would make sense to buy the package from the guy over ebay. maybe we should contact him as a group? that way we're not all bidding up the price against each other?