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Old 02-11-2019, 10:05 PM   #1
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Default Sprint drive and other obd2 devices

As I noob I tried to search, but could find any info about golf carts having obd2.

Do they?

I would like to use a device like the sprint drive, or Verizon hum, or at&t device. I don't need all the bells and whistles. But, wifi hotspot an GPS tracking would be cool.

Does anyone know about these.
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Old 02-13-2019, 06:57 PM   #2
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Default Re: Sprint drive and other obd2 devices

There isn't any OBD2 system on any cart I've seen. Nor is there a standard OBD2 port anywhere either. But I'm not a cart dealer or repair guy... I'm just doing my best to come home each day with more than 9 fingers...
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Old 02-14-2019, 10:04 AM   #3
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Default Re: Sprint drive and other obd2 devices

Some of the motor controllers are programmable and can be connected to a computer via a port and cable.

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Old 02-14-2019, 05:54 PM   #4
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Default Re: Sprint drive and other obd2 devices

Yes, I think my stock cart had a 4 or 5 pin cable. I was thinking he was talking about the On Board Diagnostics port like is on a car or truck that he could use one of the phone or insurance company devices with it.
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Old 02-14-2019, 10:21 PM   #5
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Default Re: Sprint drive and other obd2 devices

The closest thing a golf car has (assuming it's programmable) is a hand-held programmer. on EZGOs it's either the Curtis 13xx series or later, and on Yahamas they still rely on outdated PalmOS handheld PDAs from the year 2005 (our YDREs connect via infrared to a Palm Z30 handheld--amazing the non-removable battery even holds a charge)

FairPlay/Zone use an outdated interface on their Kinetek variants that stopped working after Windows XP
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Old 02-14-2019, 10:47 PM   #6
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Default Re: Sprint drive and other obd2 devices

Thanks for all these great replies. The sprint drive is like the insurance plug ins like progressive and other insurance compaines. Sorry I didn't make the clear.

I was really hopeful that an expert here could point me in the direction of buying a used, or building, a obd2 port. I had the thought if I could just get power to the dongle. It would function for the function I wanted. I didn't need it to teel me tire pressure and other mechanical is.

I was hope for the sprint drive features of making my vehicle a wifi hotspot. With up to 8 device, at one time, connectabily. gps real time tracking. The offered me the unit for free, and unlimited data free. I got the unit because if it doesn't go in my cart. It can go in my car!! Woot woot.

Thanks again
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Old 02-14-2019, 11:07 PM   #7
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Ok, it works like this- the OEMs set their own communication protocols, in cooperation with their motor controller manufacturer, if they don't make their own (like Moric being owned by Yamaha). A small percentage of them support CANBUS, a widely used protocol, that includes many OBD2 uses. Here is where it gets hard-to-do, just because it may support CANBUS, doesn't mean it supports OBD2 conventions for "codes" or any particular data stream you may want to see. The limited instances where CANBUS is supported in carts, you would have to write software to "ask the right questions" to gather the data you seek. As far as car OBD2 scanners/data loggers like ELM doing anything with golf carts, that's a hard one that only a software programmer can make happen. And that ain't me ..,
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Old 02-15-2019, 01:24 AM   #8
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It is not something that you would really want. Especially once you understand what the OBDII(2) port is currently being used for in motor vehicles, and has been used for since the 2004 motor vehicle model year sold in the US...

As the system is still being built out around the US, europe, and many other countries, this system is still in its infancy. As you are driving down the road, infrastructure along the interstates, highways, city streets, intersections, and on/off ramps, query vehicles for information. All have one thing in common, to send basic information about the vehicle, in which every packet header contains the VIN number of the vehicle, and its GPS location data (encoded with date/time/coordinates/elevation/speed/direction). This data is collected nationally, and passed along to state DOT computer networks that are tied to those "Vehicle Information Signs" that drivers notice along the highways. When a sign indicates travel times/delays from its location to exits displayed, where do you think that data comes from? That is tabulated from actual vehicle information being processed. Law enforcement in certain locations are notified of excessive speed violators and their location data. Once this network is fully established, and the laws are changed to allow it, traffic citations can be automated and mailed to violators at the address on your registration. This system also supports control over your vehicle. For example, a warrant for your arrest is issued. The system can give your location, and these interfaces can be ordered to give your vehicle a command to shut down, while law enforcement comes to collect you. One of many uses for the network.

This network was/is funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Everything I mentioned is public information, if you search the databases and read the contracts awarded to the manufacturers of the equipment, and the installers of the nodes of the network.

The cellphone companies, the insurance companies, and the public, do not have access to this government network, so they built the little cellular modems that allow public access to the OBDII network in your vehicle. Hence the Sprint Drive, ect.

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Old 02-15-2019, 01:34 AM   #9
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Yep, I didn't even delve into that depth of it. "Big daddy" having that ability to shut it down. Drive-by-wire throttle control is a necessary element of this. Our use of this for "diagnostics" is just our convenience, not the whole deal of what it means in your vehicle. OBD3 is a nightmare I can only imagine.
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Old 02-15-2019, 06:49 AM   #10
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All You need is an OBD2 socket (female connector) to power the device, something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/iKKEGOL-Conne...=1FMD6NAAVSAW4
Pin 16 = +12v
Pin 4 = Negative
You should verify with an ohmmeter the color code indicated in any of those sockets since they come from China and specifications in English are usually done by the copy/paste method from other manufacturers.
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