Yeah, I would be very interested to know what your friend is using? ELM interface? Real or clone?
Some of the S/W out there is really quite impressive and I know you guys would love it if we could find a working combination.
I didn't try that specific software because I don't wish to pay for a license when the demo doesn't work. I have, howerver, tried the following and a few of them can read rpm and tps but nothing else. None of them can see my CEL is lit or read the code or associated freeze frame data:
- EasyOBDII_Viewer2_3_0 (demo)
- ScanTool.net (open source)
- ScanMaster ELM (demo)
- OBD2Spy (free)
- wOBD (free)
- OBD_DIAG (full version)
- PCMSCAN (full version)
This is the interface that I have
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28528. I've no reason to believe it's bad since it works fine with my Caravan. My ELM version is reported as 1.5a even though the real ELM device has only just been released at 1.4

. Who knows, this alone may even cause some software compatibility issues.
I did have the PCM updated for the OBDII fix and I have been able to use a ScanGauge up to a point (locks up) and my Innova reader is able to grab the current code and freeze frame - pesky glow plug again
There's some info out there indicating that the ELM clones are based on a very early and slightly buggy version of the real ELM. This info from the Palmer site
http://www.palmerperformance.com/downlo ... _notes.txt may give some clues:
"
* Work around buggy ELM327 clones that don't support the response count byte."
...but I don't have access to this software and don't wish to drop that sort of money on something that may not work.
Given my Innova is OK I'm beginning to think that this may be simply be an incompatibility with the interface. It may simply be a case of buying a real ELM device
http://www.elmelectronics.com/obdic.html#ELM327 or there may be a software workaround. I believe my friend's ELM interface is the real thing so I'll try and borrow this to compare.