Cheap ALDL USB Adapter
Please ignore everything below for now.
Note: The colors of the wires often change on the cheap adapters, please make sure that you are connecting to the proper pin.
What is ALDL? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALDL
With the 12-pin cable the black wire from the USB cable goes to pin A while the green and white wires from the USB cable are connected together to pin M on the 12-pin connector.
USB Ground to pin A
USB Data wires go to pin M
With the 16-pin cable (1995) the black wire from the USB cable goes to pins 4 and 5 of the 16-pin connector while the green and white wires from the USB cable are connected together to pin 9 on the 16-pin connector.
USB Ground to pins 4 and 5
USB Data wires go to pin 9
Bus 002 Device 005: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC (Red Devil River Adapter)
Bus 002 Device 006: ID 1a86:7523 QinHeng Electronics HL-340 USB-Serial adapter
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port (Generic USB Serial Adapter)
https://www.firebirdnation.com/forums/topic/457761-make-an-obd1-cable-for-under-20/#entry888714
http://www.techedge.com.au/vehicle/aldl8192/8192hw.htm
http://www.ws6transam.org/ALDL.html
http://fbodytech.com/misc/raspberry-pi-dashboarddatalogger/#Software
https://resfilter.github.io/aldl/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaF25oIVG08
http://steventsnyder.com/linuxaldl/
https://github.com/dominickpastore/aldl_echo
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=106819