Diagnostics Scan Tool - Recommendations?

[spenny_b]

Chaps,

Frequently mentioned topic on RennList & RennTech, seems to be a popular thing in the US to have your own Diagnostics Scan Tool that plugs into the OBD2 port in the car....i.e., the first recommendation from a lot of the regulars there for any sensor related prob is "plug in your scanner..."

Does anyone here have any experience of the non-professional level devices? Just read one post that recommended the AutoEnginuity SW:

http://www.autoenginuity.com/index.html

Looks quite good, certainly could be handy as I live miles away from an Indy or OPC. This one can also record performance data too.

Are there thoughts on competitive products?

Also, although having it loaded onto a handheld device sounds appealing and more usable, I can't imagine that it's as easy to use and view results/graphs, etc. Again, any platform recommendations?

TIA

Spen

[spenny_b]

That was going tobe my next question actually; where can an independant/3rd party Diag tool take you up to, versus what you need a PST2/3 for. Cheers