Yamaha diagnostics tools/software

[seachicken]

Hey guys I'm having some low pressure pump driver or computer issues with my 2002 F225TXRA that popped up at the end of the summer. It has made me realize that if I want to run this motor for long I should invest in some diagnostics tooling. Anyway, not sure how fancy I need to go on the diagnostics tooling, theres software and cables to connect a laptop on ebay for under $100. I also don't know what to expect it to provide for information, I have a feeling the system isn't as "smart" as I'm giving it credit for. What experience do people have with these tools? Anyone have anything they recommend?

 

[sushieater]

I find it worth the $100 I spent on ebay for the cable.

It lets you read any error codes and hours. You can read this from the smart tach, but you get extra info like at what hour on the motor an error code was thrown. Voltage, temperature, fuel pressure and other real-time info is available. It flags if any values are irregular even if a code isn't thrown. You can do a similar test manually, but it lets you turn off injectors one by one to see if one cylinder is not running the same. There's some other tests for manipulating the hardware that would be difficult to do without the software. It can graph the data for you as well if you want to do a real conditions run and see what the data looked like during the run.

The main annoyance is that the software expects that the device always be assigned com1 and not another com port. This can be difficult to change for many people. Sometimes after not using the cable for awhile it will switch to a different com port. It's not too hard if you follow the instructions

Here's a link to the manual. It shows all the sensors it can read and all functionality. Some features are only available on some models though.

https://www.orebrobildiagnos.se/OBD2/YDS_Operation_Manual.pdf

 

[seachicken]

I find it worth the $100 I spent on ebay for the cable.

It lets you read any error codes and hours. You can read this from the smart tach, but you get extra info like at what hour on the motor an error code was thrown. Voltage, temperature, fuel pressure and other real-time info is available. It flags if any values are irregular even if a code isn't thrown. You can do a similar test manually, but it lets you turn off injectors one by one to see if one cylinder is not running the same. There's some other tests for manipulating the hardware that would be difficult to do without the software. It can graph the data for you as well if you want to do a real conditions run and see what the data looked like during the run.

The main annoyance is that the software expects that the device always be assigned com1 and not another com port. This can be difficult to change for many people. Sometimes after not using the cable for awhile it will switch to a different com port. It's not too hard if you follow the instructions

Here's a link to the manual. It shows all the sensors it can read and all functionality. Some features are only available on some models though.

https://www.orebrobildiagnos.se/OBD2/YDS_Operation_Manual.pdf

Thanks for the info, I'm back from Australia next week so need to get back into this stuff. I had actually just come on to bump this thread back up as I haven't been on for a while. I'll check out that link in the meantime. Cheers.