Scangauge II $13

[Muddy Bean]

Picked up a brand new Scangauge II at a florida flea market for $13. It was in a ziplock bag and they didn’t know what it was but it was an estate sale so they were trying to just unload everything. I thought the shop that worked on my truck a month ago had stolen my MX reader as it had been missing, so this really made my day...the same day I bought the Scangauge, my father in law found my MX reader underneath the drivers seat when he was vacuuming my truck. So, two questions:

Is there a point to having both?
Is there some sort of adapter I can use to use both simultaneously? Like a splitter for ODB II connectors?


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[Black]

Splitter
https://www.amazon.com/Diageng-Righ...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00EEDOWU8

Need both not really just gives you more ways to display.
While a solid tool the scan gauge dot matrix display looks dated to me but for $13 a solid deal.

 

[Plati]

Going out on a limb here but I would be very skeptical that you can hook up 2 OBD2 devices and use them in parallel, simultaneously. I suspect the splitter is OK if you (plug in and) use one at a time. Electronic circuits do things like pull a signal line low with a resistor, drive an expected amount of current … all that voltage - current- impedance - and signaling protocol stuff. IMHO but I don't know the actual details. Just because a connector plugs in doesn't mean its "all good".

 

[Muddy Bean]

Black:

I agree 100%. But I thought the same thing $13 is worth it to have easy real time data...I like having the boost gauge right there without having to always tie up my phone which is usually set to google maps.

Mr sticker:

Interesting that you say this. For some reason when I have the android torque pro app connected to my MX and I’m reading real-time data, my power boards won’t deploy. They turn themselves off. As soon as I disconnect my tablet from the MX via bluetooth, the boards are fine again.


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[Plati]

This guy plugged it in with some success.
However, the test is not exhaustive (all devices & all functions of devices & vehicle)
or show that the circuits are fully compatible by looking at schematics & components.
Like I said, I dunno.

 

[Muddy Bean]

In my diesel power magazine today:



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[gixer2000]

In my diesel power magazine today:



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Its a sign...

 

[Black]

Black:

I agree 100%. But I thought the same thing $13 is worth it to have easy real time data...I like having the boost gauge right there without having to always tie up my phone which is usually set to google maps.

Big reason I am venturing into the Android head unit world to piggyback to the sync system for now.
Phone screen is just way too small to really utilize the possibilities of real time monitoring of ODB stuff.

 

[SEPTIC PROFESSOR]

Just pick one of them to keep, and smash the crap out of the other one and throw it away.