I too have ordered one hoping to hook it to an OBD-II vehicle.

However, the data sheets opens with:

"Since the 1996 model year, North American automobiles have been required to provide an OBD, or On Board Diagnostics, port for the connection of test equipment."

Now PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong here, but wasn't 1996 the year OBD-II became a requirement, not just OBD?

Does it even matter at the electrical interface layer?

The data sheet sounds like the right thing. Assuming it works it will make talking OBD much easier for our applications.

Cheers,

Rex.