This cable allows you to access the pins on your car’s OBDII connector for the CANbus according to the standard J-2284 (no other signals are included). It has an OBDII connector on one end and a DB9 female connector on the other end to match our CANUSB or CAN232 according to CiA DS102 standard. The overall length of the cable is about 35cm (excluding connectors).
Note 1: This cable is not meant to be plugged directly into a computer’s serial port. It is meant to plug into some sort of hardware interface such as CANUSB (CUSB2) or CAN232.
Note 2: New version from 2022
Here is the basic pinout (OBDII > DB9 Female)
| Pin Description | OBDII | DB9 |
| CAN Low J-2284 | 14 | 2 |
| CAN High J-2284 | 6 | 7 |
| Signal Ground | 5 | 3 |
