John If you had a laptop and had the Mercedes DAS program installed on it which cable set would you buy? Would the cable from my Snap On MT2500 scanner with it's 38pin cable work? Or do I still need some sort of multiplexer. The MT2500 has limitations and was thinking of transitioning to a better diagnostic tool.
James Zavesky > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of John W. Reames III > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:23 > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] what is this and how does it work? > > On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=003&sspagename > =STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=130069221311&rd=1&rd=1 > > > > It is a computer interface for mercedes vehicles for diagnosis; the newer > ones use a 38 pin round connector or an OBDII standard connector (from > my2000 on), and have multiple pins used for transmission of data from > different systems (engine,tranny,airbags,abs, etc).. this lets the > computer select which of those lines is used. The gotcha is that it is > for carsoft 7.4 software, which isn't available any more, and it may be > difficult to obtain a legitimate copy of it. Additionally, Carsoft can > have limitations when it comes to diesels. It is supposed to be a "cheap" > star diagnosis system (SDS). Bear in mind that SDS runs about $24k up > front plus $7k/yr. (The discontinued HHT (Handheld tester) ran $3900 for > the unit and $900 for the cables If I recall, and was limited to my1999 > and earlier). I believe that this wasn't neeeded until my1988 or > later, and for anything pre-w210, you can use an impulse counter > instead, so I'd call this a pg in a poke, and there seem to be a lot of > them up there too. > > -j. > -- > John Reames > 1985 300D 223k "Gerta" > 1991 Cherokee 149k "The fishbowl" > 1999 E300Dt 140k "Hans" > 1999 E300Dt 106k "Frantz" >
