VIN

[scramble45]

I'm not having much luck getting the VIN. I made it a little further by adding this in obd.js

else if (valueArray[0] === "49") {
        reply.mode = valueArray[0];
        for (var i = 0; i < PIDS.length; i++) {
            console.log('pid length:', PIDS.name);
            if (PIDS[i].mode == "09") {
                reply.name = PIDS[i].name;
                reply.value = PIDS[i].convertToUseful(hexString);
                console.log('value:', reply.value);
            }
        }
    } 

Any suggestions as it stands I do not believe the methods for getting VIN actually work... or am I mistaken?

[EricSmekens]

No, VIN was a big question mark for me when I was still active with this. Might want to investigate on how other librabries are doing this.

[scramble45]

I have noticed with OBDII, that things like the VIN take a while to request, that and battery voltage. Both of those require more time before you will get something back.

[EricSmekens]

Okay, good to know. How long, like a second, or multiple of them?

[scramble45]

Around 50-100ms it seems. Seems like you don't really want to poll VIN just have a method to get it once before any polling starts. Battery voltage ('01422') seems to also take while which is kinda odd since its mode 1.

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Okay, good to know. How long, like a second, or multiple of them?

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[csurf]

Not all vehicles support VIN requests, mainly the older pre-CAN vehicles I believe.