Order ELM-USB, an universal multi-protocol
OBD-2 ELM32x compatible USB interface
Installation Instructions
This instructions apply only to people who use source code .tar.gz package.
Ubuntu/Debian users should use .deb package, where installation is fully
automatic.
Prerequisites:
First, install these and make sure they work.
Python:
A recent release is needed. Developement took place using the 2.3.x
release series. Any 2.X release
should work, but hasn't been
tested. Under MacOSX 10.3 (panther), Python is installed by
default. Installation instructions are available at the python
website:
www.python.org
PySerial
This is needed to communicate with the serial port. It is available
from sourceforge:
http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/. Download
and install it. Use version 2.0.
WxPython
It's available at
www.wxpython.org. Version
2.4 is
required. pyOBD will
not work with the 2.5
release series.
Installation
After those requirements, installation is a snap. Simply download the
release tarball and uncompress it. To "install" pyOBD on the system,
type "make install";
