Third From Texas
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Yeah, as per the OP and my first train of thought I have a "Y" cable coming so that I can retain the OEM port with 24v and step the power down to 12v for the Bluefire. I'll test if to confirm, but I suspect that the bluetooth signal from the Bluefire will work just fine from behind the kick panel. So don't think that I'll even need to cut a hole in the kickpanel.Not sure if this helps anyone, but I have a 2003 (refreshed by Acela however) and running this splitter: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B0CHRCLDP2
Which is connected to a Scanguage D and a Blue Fire dongle. While I haven't driven the truck much, both function fine (over 30+ min of testing ) and read data at the same time. Maybe the Blue Fire will burn up shortly, maybe the 24v is reduced by the split, or maybe Acela tweaked it, but all seems fine. If I remember I'll put a meter on the plug and see what it says.
I don't expect to ever own a military diagnostic/reader set, but I want to retain the 24v just in case.
So to make it all come together, I ordered the Y cable. Also since the cable from DG Tech was useless I replaced it with a Type2 9-pin to data 15-pin (I had to change it from female to male because that's all the rage these days).
I'll confirm all the pinouts are correct before hooking anything up, of course.
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