Scan Gauge II Alternatives

[icecube57]

Turbo Gauge (Damn Good Clone)
http://www.leagend.com/viewpro.asp?id=345
Ultra Gauge
http://www.ultra-gauge.com/ultragauge/index.htm
Scan Gauge E (Smaller Cheaper Scan gauge)
http://www.scangauge.com/products/scangaugee/

 

[Jeremy Harris]

It's about time there were some alternative to the Scangauge. Only snag I can see is that these don't seem to offer the programming capability that the original has. My only reason for buying a Scangauge was to be able to do things like turn off some of the stupid alarms on my Prius (like the reverse beep and the passenger seat belt beep that activates if you put a bag on the seat). It was cheaper to buy a Scangauge than to get the dealer to re-programme the car..................

 

[icecube57]

I bought the turbo gauge. My brother will probably buy the ultra gauge. We'll report back. The main reason why Im getting it Is i got a new used car and the fuel sender acts weird when the gas gets low in the tank so Im going to use the meter as a tank to empty MPG calculator. Instead of dropping the tank and replacing the sender. My brother needs it for the codes on his VW golf that throws an error code like every other week.

 

[peterperkins]

Depends what car you are running.

I have developed and sold over 100 of a special OBDII gauge for the Honda G1 Insight and HCH1 Civic hybrid which allows access to a huge range of parameters and features including changing the SOC and clearing IMA codes etc etc.

http://www.insightcentral.net/forums/202455-post1.html

The list of supported items it can display at the moment for the G1 Insight is

IMA All Cars

00 "Wam","W Phase Amps +/-310A"
01 "Vam","V Phase Amps +/-310A"
02 "Uam","U Phase Amps +/-310A"
03 "Tam","Total Phase Amps "
04 "Mam","MDM Amps +/-250A "
05 "Mvo","MDM Voltage "
06 "Ikw","IMA Request Kw "
07 "Eto","Engine Torque "
08 "Mte","MDM Temperature "
09 "Dte","DC-DC Temperature "
0A "Bvo","IMA Battery Voltage "
0B "Mor","Motor Speed Rpm "
0C "Soc","IMA Battery Soc 16Bt"
0D "Bam","IMA Battery Amps "
0E "Bte","IMA Battery Avg Temp"
0F "Hvi","IMA HV Insulation "
10 "12v","12V Battery Voltage "
11 "Spd","Vehicle Speed Km/Mph"
12 "Soc","IMA Battery Soc 8Bit"
13 "Mto","IMA Motor Torque Nm "
14 "Isb","IMA Standby Signal %"
15 "Alf","Assist Limit Flag "
16 "Rlf","Regen Limit Flag "
17 "Bfs","Battery Fan Slow Flg"
18 "Bff","Battery Fan Fast Flg"
19 "Imt","IMA Trgt Amps 0-255A"
1A "Hvc","HV Contactor Status "
1B "Bpc","Bypass Contactor St "
1C "Iml","IMA Lamp Stat On/Off"
1D "Mpo","MPI Fan OnOff Status"
1E "Mpf","MPI Fan FastSlow Sta"
1F "Mdf","MDM Fail Flag Status"
20 "Dci","DC-DC Inhibitor Stat"
21 "Igh","Ignition Hold Relay "
22 "Igr","Ignition Hold Return"
23 "Abs","ABS Action Status "
24 "Scs","SCS Line Status "
25 "Hvr","HV Contactor Return "
26 "Bpr","BP Contactor Return "
27 "D40","IMADTC Data 16 Bytes"
28 "D50","IMADTC Data 16 Bytes"
29 "D60","IMADTC Data 08 Bytes"
2A "MCM","MCM Version Number "

UK ECM

30 "Rpm","Engine Speed Rpm "
31 "Spd","Vehicle Speed Kmh "
32 "Brf","Brake Switch "
33 "Acs","Air Con Switch "
34 "Vtf","Vtec Oil Switch "
35 "Stf","Starter Switch "
36 "Clf","Clutch Switch "
37 "Nef","Neutral Switch "
38 "Scs","SCS Open or Shorted "
39 "Fpf","Main Fuel Pump Relay"
3A "Acc","AirCon Clutch Switch"
3B "Mil","MIL Light On Off "
3C "Vts","Vtec Solenoid Status"
3D "Rfs","Radiator Fan Status "
3E "Dcf","DCDC Control Status "
3F "Aff","AFRatio Feedback Con"
40 "Imo","Imobiliser Run/Ban "
41 "Ect","Engine Coolant Temp "
42 "Iat","Eng Air Intake Temp "
43 "Map","MAP Pressure Kpa "
44 "Bar","BAR Pressure Kpa "
45 "Tps","Throttle Position % "
46 "O1c","1st 02 Sensor Cur ma"
47 "12v","12V Battery Voltage "
48 "Sov","Soc Voltage 0-5V "
49 "Eld","Electronic Load Amps"
4A "Egr","Egr Valve Feedback "
4B "Stf","Short Term Fuel Trim"
4C "Ltf","Long Term Fuel Trim "
4D "Fin","Fuel Injector ms "
4E "Spk","Spark Advance Degree"
4F "Knk","Knock Retard Degrees"
50 "Iac","Idle Air Control Vlv"
51 "Afr","AFR Air Fuel Ratio "
52 "Evp","Evap Purge Control "
53 "Mil","MIL Lamp Status 2 "
54 "Fue","Fuel System Status "
55 "Lod","Engine Load 0-100% "
56 "O2v","2nd O2 Sensor Volts "
57 "O2h","2nd O2 Sensor Heater"
58 "Cyl","Misfired Cylinder "
59 "Itq","IMA Motor Torque Nm "
5A "Bbp","Brake Boost Pressure"
5B "Etq","Engine Torque "
5C "Ikw","IMA Request +/-9.9kw"
5D "Rev","Reversing Light "
5E "Ims","IMA Standby "
5F "Stc","Starter Control "
60 "Ids","Idle Stop Control "
61 "ECM","ECM Version Number "

US ECM

64 "Rpm","Engine Speed Rpm "
65 "Spd","Vehicle Speed Kmh "
66 "Brf","Brake Switch "
67 "Stf","Starter Switch "
68 "Vtf","Vtec Oil Switch "
69 "Vts","Vtec Solenoid Status"
6A "Acs","Air Con Switch "
6B "Acc","AirCon Clutch Switch"
6C "Imo","Imobiliser Run/Ban "
6D "Mil","MIL Light On Off "
6E "Clf","Clutch Switch "
6F "Nef","Neutral Switch "
70 "Scs","SCS Open or Shorted "
71 "Fpf","Main Fuel Pump Relay"
72 "Dcf","DCDC Control Status "
73 "Ims","IMA Standby "
74 "Stc","Starter Control "
75 "Ids","Idle Stop Control "
76 "Rfs","Radiator Fan Status "
77 "Ect","Engine Coolant Temp "
78 "Iat","Eng Air Intake Temp "
79 "Map","MAP Pressure Kpa "
7A "Bar","BAR Pressure Kpa "
7B "Tps","Throttle Position % "
7C "O1c","1st 02 Sensor Cur ma"
7D "12v","12V Battery Voltage "
7E "Sov","Soc Voltage 0-5V "
7F "Eld","Electronic Load Amps"
80 "Egr","Egr Valve Feedback "
81 "Stf","Short Term Fuel Trim"
82 "Ltf","Long Term Fuel Trim "
83 "Fin","Fuel Injector ms "
84 "Spk","Spark Advance Degree"
85 "Knk","Knock Retard Degrees"
86 "Iac","Idle Air Control Vlv"
87 "Afr","AFR Air Fuel Ratio "
88 "Evp","Evap Purge Control "
89 "Evs","Evap Bypass Solenoid"
8A "Evc","Evap CVS Valve Stat "
8B "Ftp","Fuel Tank Pressure "
8C "Mis","MIL Lamp Status 2 "
8D "Fue","Fuel System Status "
8E "Lod","Engine Load 0-100% "
8F "O2v","2nd O2 Sensor Volts "
90 "O2h","2nd O2 Sensor Heater"
91 "Itq","IMA Motor Torque Nm "
92 "Bbp","Brake Boost Pressure"
93 "Etq","Engine Torque "
94 "Ikw","IMA Request +/-9.9kw"
95 "Rev","Reversing Light "
96 "ECM","ECM Version Number "

TCM Cvt Only

9C "Rpm","Engine Speed Rpm "
9D "DrR","Drive Pulley Rpm "
9E "DiR","Driven Pulley Rpm "
9F "SeR","Secondary Shaft Rpm "
A0 "Spd","Vehicle Speed Kmh "
A1 "SeK","Secondary Shaft Kmh "
A2 "DrK","Driven Pulley Kmh "
A3 "Tps","Throttle Position % "
A4 "Map","MAP Pressure Kpa "
A5 "Pnp","PNP Switch Status "
A6 "Atr","ATR Switch Status "
A7 "XXX","Spare DataBase Entry"
A8 "Atd","ATD Switch Status "
A9 "Atl","ATL Switch Status "
AA "Scs","SCS Open or Shorted "
AB "Brf","Brake Switch "
AC "Mod","Mode S Switch Status"
AD "Caa","Cas Solenoid A Stat "
AE "Inh","Inhibitor Solenoid "
AF "Cab","Cas Solenoid B Stat "
B0 "Sin","S Indicator Status "
B1 "Din","D Indicator Status "
B2 "Col","Cooling Control "
B3 "Fbl","Feedback Learn Compl"
B4 "Lcc","Learn Condition "
B5 "Sam","Starter Clutch Amps "
B6 "Ect","Engine Coolant Temp "
B7 "Iat","Eng Air Intake Temp "
B8 "Dra","Drive Pulley SolAmp "
B9 "Dia","Driven Pulley SolAmp"
BA "Rat","CVT Drive Ratio "

It also has an I2C inteface and supports the melexis infra red sensors so you can remote mount a sensior if you wanted to monitor turbo or Cat temp or something.

So for the Honda models mentioned i would say mine is better

I'm now working on extending the range to the rest of the IMA cars inc CRZ and Insight and Civic G2.

 

[icecube57]

Cool beans . Gimme money so I can get a CRZ.

 

[icecube57]

So I had used and solde the Turbo Gauge. It was a very good clone of the ScanGauge II. It was kind... how do i put it.....quirky. It had the same info but it wasnt exactly like it. But it did have English conversion but it seemed like they didnt do a complete conversion to US standards. Even though I had selected Imperial some of the values were still in metric but then again they werent. LPG instead of MPG. So it was kinda weird when i had to set it up cause it clearly said one thing but do i do the conversion or just put in the Imperial Values. Anways it was ok i give it like a 6 out of 10. I needed it to keep track of my fuel consumption because my fuel sender is giving bogus values and my gas hand is all over the place. I never could quite figure out how to reset it after a fill up to calibrate it . I can read instructions but again the whole imperial metric deal. So Im I bought the turbo gauge that should be alot better. I can customize what it shows. I believe it can show up to 6 or 8 different values at once. I also am using the gauge to clear engine codes. I get a rand p0107. Meaning its to lean. It will go away for like a week and pop back up randomly usually right after I crank the car up. I cant find any Vac Leaks Im going to probably have to swap the Map or O2. Sensor. Im rambling at this point.