Hi everyone, I am an electrical hobbyist, and I am looking at making a little add on to my Mercury Grand Marquis. I want to use a little processor, and read the computer codes on the Mercury periodically, among other functions. My problem is I can't find any technical information on the protocol/error message definitions. If any of you have run across such information, I would greatly appreciate it if you could send it to me. Thanks
Mercury computer codes
Jan 02, 2004
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If your car is '96 or later, this is what you want.
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Al
There's never enough time to do it right the first time.......
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You didn't even say what year it is. You should be asking this on the rec.auto.tech newsgroup.
I've seen all sorts of info on the 'net about the Fords ECS system, the info isn't hard to find.
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You'll be glad you did! Just when you thought you had all this figured out, the gov't changed it:
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Watt Sun's post lead here:
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cessna's post lead here: (I recently saw an ad for a $140 device--I should have remembered.)
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Bev Roadman's page is here:
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Jeff Noxon (and the OpenDiag project) have done this for Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, or Skoda only.
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You need to learn more about how newsgroups work. (Think "community".)
Pages about On-Board Diagnostic system version 2 (OBD-II) that you should read:
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The basics
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Good FAQ
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The communications protocols
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Which cars use which protocol?
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List of software projects at the bottom of the page)
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A software project DIY hardware projects at the bottom of the page
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Jeff Noxon's hardware interface project (He says it's for Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, or Skoda only) PDF & EAGLE docs; links to cables and software
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Has connector pinouts
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These guys are trying to do their own software project (Back up thru the directory tree for more insight)
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