OBD2 - USB Cable?

Yaworski · Feb 24, 2020

I have VIDA/DICE for my Volvo but I have maintenance responsibilities for two non-Volvos. I got to thinking that I could use the same laptop to read OBD2 codes with an appropriate cable.

There seems to be a ton of crappy OBD2-USB cables on the market.

Does anyone have any experience with a decent one?

Also, can the DICE unit be used with non-Volvos by using different software?

inteller · Feb 24, 2020

No

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Yaworski · Feb 24, 2020

inteller said:
No

No experience with ODB2 - USB cables or "No" to using DICE with other cars or no to both?

roxanaschram · Feb 25, 2020

The problem is that the cheap ones are just that. Cheap. I use a bluetooth OBD2 adapter with my laptop and cellphone. Works great.

Yaworski · Feb 25, 2020

I'm finding that out. Any suggestions on brand of bluetooth OBD2 gadget?

roxanaschram · Feb 26, 2020

Depends on which phone you have. I have a VGate and it works super fast and I have also used OBDLink. I prefer OBDLink and if you have an iPhone VGate won't work on some models.

Yaworski · Feb 29, 2020

roxanaschram said:
Depends on which phone you have.

I have a flip phone.

roxanaschram · Mar 1, 2020

Do you have a laptop with bluetooth? If not... you could buy a super cheap android phone just for diag. Or a bluetooth adapter for your laptop. They have USB ones for like 15$...

Yaworski · Mar 1, 2020

I have two laptops, two desktop PCs, and a tablet but I refuse to buy a smart phone. I figured that I could just use the bluetooth in my Vida laptop.

roxanaschram · Mar 2, 2020

So if you have a DICE with Bluetooth, even if the computer has Bluetooth you will need to buy the Volvo Bluetooth adapter. It is required for pairing. If you are going to use a universal Bluetooth OBD2 adapter, then any Bluetooth will work.

OBD2 - USB Cable?

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