This connector is a standard OBD II compliant connector, but from a software perspective it only implements the CAN protocol, so any standard OBD software / app is unlikely to work (I tried a standard OBD II code reader, it saw the CAN protocol, but couldn't communicate). As my car is left hand drive, this is on the left side of the car, I expect it will be on the right for UK cars. I followed the MBE instructions exactly and it worked first time: Ĭheck the location of the 16-pin CAN bus connector, on my 2012 R400D it was covered by a large round rubber cap below and under the edge of the dash against the top of the kick panel. Any Windows machine able to run 32-bit mode with a standard USB port should work, but it may be better from a USB driver perspective to run XP, Vista or Windows 7. From a data analysis perspective I normally transfer the data capture files to a Windows 8.1 virtual machine that runs in my Linux Fedora 21 desktop system, allowing faster analysis and viewing on a 23" screen. I'm running the Easimap 6 software on an old Windows Vista Netbook at the moment for data acquisition and real time sensor info viewing, but have run it on a Windows XP laptop, too. You basically need the MBE-MAP-KIT-3-CAN cable listed here:
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