obd2 splitter question?

Trying to run a minimaxx and edge cts for gauges. Will any obd2 splitter work or do I need something special?

don't know much about either set of guages.

why do you want to run both??

isn't one enough??

or does one moniter something the other doesn't

I know the mini Maxx moniters pretty much everyting you'd want to moniter. But the CTS is much bigger and nicer for viewing those things.

Gman1 used a splitter to run a SCT and a DD. I am seriously considering doing a DD with a MM. It should work, but I don't know anyone who has tried it yet.

I run 2 dash daqs on a OBD 2 spliter. Works great. Once in a while one wont read all the parameters so I shut it down and restart it and all is well. The reason I did this is I hate changing screens on the fly and I hate to miss any info.

My pos livewire monitors everything that needs monitoring, my eyes would go crossed trying to watch two monitors

WoodBoy said:

My pos livewire monitors everything that needs monitoring, my eyes would go crossed trying to watch two monitors

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Once you get used to it and know what is what it is actually nice. No swapping between screens. I use Dustins setup to monitor the LP turbo boost which is a nice feature.
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Tree Trimmer said:

don't know much about either set of guages.

why do you want to run both??

isn't one enough??

or does one moniter something the other doesn't

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The cts I am using as gauges. And it is much bigger then the mini maxx. The plan is having the cts on the crs mount above far side driver air vent and im going to mount the minimax on a shift column pod

gman1 said:

Once you get used to it and know what is what it is actually nice. No swapping between screens. I use Dustins setup to monitor the LP turbo boost which is a nice feature.
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That's pretty cool. Idk that I could have them stacked like that. It would bother me. But it's a cool idea. I didn't even know they made splitters that you could run to screens off of. I wish there was better mounts for the dd. I have the edge one from Rudy's but I don't care for it.

gman1 said:

I run 2 dash daqs on a OBD 2 spliter. Works great. Once in a while one wont read all the parameters so I shut it down and restart it and all is well. The reason I did this is I hate changing screens on the fly and I hate to miss any info.

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My bad. I thought it was a SCT and DD.

airfish2011 said:

The cts I am using as gauges. And it is much bigger then the mini maxx. The plan is having the cts on the crs mount above far side driver air vent and im going to mount the minimax on a shift column pod

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Can you monitor EBP with the CTS? I am pretty sure in the beginning you couldn't, but haven't heard if they had been updated?

Well after seeing Gmans setup I decided to order a splitter, it was only $10 so I figured what the hell. My reason is I had a CTS Insight that I have a pyro for and just bought a black maxx for MCC ability and figured I'd rather pay $10 than $100 for the pyro. This is on my Cummins by the way. Hopefully it works good!

Any updates on this? I asked the same question a long time ago. After doing some research others said it wouldnt work so I accepted it. It looks like thwy were wrong?

Let him bear the palm who has won it

I tried using a splitter for my Mini Maxx and DD and did not have very good luck. Mini wouldnt monitor some stuff, and the DD was slow as hell. It was awhile ago and maybe the splitter I used was not of the highest quaity, but it was a brand new one off ebay. I might try it again, heck they are cheap enough to give it another try because I would love to have both running.

I will let you know again at the end of the week, I ended up putting a Spartan in the particular truck I was talking about so I didn't need to use the cts. but putting a livewire in it now for custom tunes and maybe using my cts not sure yet. if so will have to use splitter



its a cheap ebay one btw

WILD_PHIL said:

Any updates on this? I asked the same question a long time ago. After doing some research others said it wouldnt work so I accepted it. It looks like thwy were wrong?

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i don't think they were wrong I think the only reason it works for this vehicle is because it's 2 like devices so no conflicts is my guess

Yeah good point. I was interested in running the minimax and dashdaq at the same time. Still have the shift on the fly, monitor more gauges, and data logging. It isnt a big deal. I like the Spartan gauges better, but H&S tuning better.

Let him bear the palm who has won it

For those of you that this worked for where did you get your splitter? I am looking at running torque pro and my CS for guages but can't unplug my CS bc it has my tuning for my injectors also....

Chad

Be nice if they came out with a pass through like socal is with csp5 switches.

If you have trouble monitoring with two devices try installing diodes to prevent the electrical feedback that can occur.