Cable Making Instructions
Cable Making Instructions
This document explains how the special OBD cable for the ECUSim Lit software can be made.
1. Get a cable with OBD Female connector at one end and other end open like the one shown on
the figure.
2. Get a DB9 Female connector.
3. Connect the pins as follows
3 GND 5
2 CAN L 14
7 CAN H 6
4. Now take out the connections to pins 16 and 4 of the OBD Female connector and attach a male
power connector. Pin 16 to the +ve terminal and Pin 4 to the –ve terminal.
5. Use a 12 V power supply and connect the power connector in the OBD cable to this supply
6. Connect the DB9 Female connector to CANMate
Now the cable is ready for ECUSim ! You can plug any OBD device which plugs to the OBD port
of the vehicle to the Female OBD connector in this setup and work with the Simulator.