hazzaRX04

OK, 

 

so after testing my outback friends computer and cord it worked again.

 

As Cam says. mine is SSM

 

we used SSMfree with a VAG-COM 409 cable with FT232RL chip Diagnostic.

just like this one

http://www.ebay.com/...e-/221233244179

 

which unfortunately means i do not have OBD2...

 

thanks heaps for the help.

Snowball555 i probably dont need to come and use your readers now.

Suby Happens i hope this helps you.

thanks to all.

 

 

i just need to get a new car

 

cheers

SSM=Subaru Select Monitor.

 

Normally only Subaru dealerships have these units. They are costly to buy (5-10k). Older SSM 1-2 models (pre 2005) had yearly updates and you had to use individual

cartridges (about 400-800 each). They will extract info out of a Subaru that no other scan tool can do. They are not cost effective for general mechanics.

 

Imprezas (and other Subaru models)of your vintage give many headaches with aftermarket scan tools. The latest Snap On ones have heaps of issues trying to extract codes out of them .

They changed the protcools over a number of times over the years . I think ISO 9141 and KWP 2000 along with another one I cannot remember atm.

 

What state are you in ? I have all the Subaru scan tool equipment and could take look at it if your in Melb.

oh man that would be sick!!!

 

I am in Melbourne, i work in the south and live in the eastern suburbs, but if it gets to it i will drive to wherever you are

 

My Outback mate has brought his computer to work again, one last try. if that is a flop i would really appreciate the help.

one thing to note is last time i hooked into his computer we were able to read faults and clear them... maybe the luck of the electrons?

 

cheers

Thanks heaps guys.
As I said, I have read the faults before but it was a computer not my iPhone app.
Could've been SSM tool, which I think was one of the program's my mate had on his pc. (Uses it on his 03 outback)

My other suby mate has an 02 wrx/sti monster and he put his scan tool ($200 kind) and it wouldn't read either, I figure if his 02 works on his reader either mine would maybe confirming it is SSM, but it didn't so either faulty or between 02 and 06 they used something different again?

The reader is elm327 wifi dongle if that makes any difference?

RX25SE, it does have more than the simple pins populated, I'm assuming they are the ones you speak of but I'd have to check.
Having said that my car definitely isn't running a can bus system. ( I wish)

I'll delve deeper into the SSM side of it and let you know what I find.
If you think of anything else in the meantime, I'm all ears.

Cheers


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Irony at its finest, i went away from my trusty cut solder and heat shrink to save time.....

 

still.... it works now..

 

cheers

Thanks Tom,

 

i agree i do my own electrical as well, im not paying for that 

and im down in melbourne, but cheers anyway.

 

 

I managed to pick up a kenwood from autobarn pretty cheap in the EOFYS sales. just under $800 for all the parts included.

 

one thing i found after a headache and three visits to autobarn, apparently you cannot use the aepro iso to kenwood harness on double din units.
they didnt tell me this untill i had purchased and has the car in pieces, however the only solution to my problem was to go back to old school cut, solder and heat shrink.

litterally the only thing missing from the aepro harness was the steering control wire and the illumination wire. i attempred to inclip the pins and re-assign them to the harness but it was too fiddly and i couldnt find the right tool.

 

they told me clarion and pioneer are fine for double din, but KENWOOD AREN'T.

So i got the aepro steering control harness which is also the car to iso wiring harness aswell (thanks for selling me both ) and i just cut the kenwood end off the iso to kenwood harness i bought and wired the one i got from the box.

 

Another thing to make sure is get the small patch harness A,B or C depending on your car, as that was an extra trip back to the shop. it is one or two wires that come out of the back of the little black box and connect to the steering wheel control wire.

 

I Can pull up a few pictures if anyone needs.

 

thanks all.