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*** Black box records cars' every move SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Lisa Warren thought she had it made. She was 16 and had her own sporty car. But before she had a chance to burn rubber, her dad Mark and his electrical engineer colleagues at Ease Simulation Inc. developed a way to make sure Lisa didn't become a Junior Road Warrior. The result of their efforts was the AutoWatch, a little black box that monitors a vehicle's onboard computers to determine how the vehicle is being driven. In honor of Warren's daughter, the device was originally called the NOL2000, short for "Narc On Lisa." What does Lisa say about all this? "I hated it because it told on me," said Lisa, now a wise 18-year-old. However, she reluctantly adds the thing really worked. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2557827868-24c ================================================================== Andy Kunz - Statistical Research, Inc. - Westfield, New Jersey USA ==================================================================

Neat idea(as long as I don't have one monitoring me!) I haven't had much luck finding out any real information on OBD II(on board diagnostics II) except that it is serial 12.9 Kbaud, and there are two different signalling methods. I guess the SAE(society of automotive engineers) is doing their typical thing, preventing people from getting information, while at the same time perpetuating themselves. grrr. When I'm king, I'll get rid of them, and also ISO. :-) -Bob P.S. if anyone has any info on OBD II, please point me to it. I'd love to make an OBDII-to-RS-232 converter.

Hi Bob, Try http://www.obdii.com there's a lot of information. Ricardo Seixas {Quote hidden}>Neat idea(as long as I don't have one monitoring me!) > >I haven't had much luck finding out any real information on OBD II(on >board diagnostics II) except that it is serial 12.9 Kbaud, and there are >two different signalling methods. I guess the SAE(society of automotive >engineers) is doing their typical thing, preventing people from getting >information, while at the same time perpetuating themselves. grrr. When >I'm king, I'll get rid of them, and also ISO. :-) > >-Bob >P.S. if anyone has any info on OBD II, please point me to it. I'd love to >make an OBDII-to-RS-232 converter. > >

Andy Kunz wrote: > *** Black box records cars' every move My evolving speedometer 16F84 platform could be easily adapted to do this. Currently I have it working reliably only as a sampling unit, and my Linux laptop calculates speed and lets me know when I approach the limit. Now I wish they had placed paint bar codes on the road for speed zones and advisory signs. -- James Cameron (spam_OUTcameronTakeThisOuTstl.dec.com) OpenVMS, Linux, Firewalls, Software Engineering, CGI, HTTP, X, C, FORTH, COBOL, BASIC, DCL, csh, bash, ksh, sh, Electronics, Microcontrollers, Disability Engineering, Netrek, Bicycles, Pedant, Farming, Home Control, Remote Area Power, Greek Scholar, Tenor Vocalist, Church Sound, Husband. "Specialisation is for insects." -- Robert Heinlein.