OBD II Wireless Devices and Apps

[derelyth]

Haha, everyday is a school day.

I agree it does suck. I've been trying to retrofit one. Trying being the operative word.

Aye, I think I came across a thread of yours earlier on VAGOC? Surprised at how much trouble you're having for just one sensor! Makes me wonder how much Seat would charge to fit it and whether it'd make it worth it considering the time you may spend trying to DIY!

 

[Cupra R]

Aye, I think I came across a thread of yours earlier on VAGOC? Surprised at how much trouble you're having for just one sensor! Makes me wonder how much Seat would charge to fit it and whether it'd make it worth it considering the time you may spend trying to DIY!

The trouble is with the coding. It's not an easy thing to get done, there are ways to do it but I am still searching for alternative ways lol.

It's not something Seat can code in either (well not on my pre facelift anyhow)

 

[Cupra R]

Also, IF you have the sensor installed it is very easy to spot.

So, just take a look for it. You never know you might just get lucky lol.

 

[AdamRoutley]

just been out giving it a testing..

 

[Aok82]

can you see the boost pressure with those apps? How about oil temp?
I think these 2 would be the most important things to see so I dont have to add any extra gauges.

 

[Smee]

no oil temp.

Vaccum is boost and it can be converted to PSI

 

[Smee]

noticed this the other day? Missfire in Cylinder 3 is this normal? count hasnt gone up Since?

 

[Aok82]

I dont think thats nothing to worry about if the count does not go up. Maybe it means your spark plugs are getting old or just a misfire.

 

[BraddersThe3rd]

Sorry to bring up an old thread. But I'v just got myself a kindle Fire HD, had a look at the apps and I can get Dash command.. is it worth the £31? Also do the wifi apadtors work with any platform? eg iphone/ipad/android etc

Been looking into this as I would like to get some gauges but dont want to haev to cut or drill holes in my dash etc

 

[aaron-gardner]

Wifi is multi platform but Bluetooth does not work on apple products unless jailbreak has unlocked this. A wifi adapter can be had on eBay for around £35 I have one and it works perfectly.

 

[shnazzle]

Another vote for DashCommand here.

Got a cheap wireless device off eBay and works fine. Also used it on my laptop with some freeware tool so the wifi adapter should work on kindle as well


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[BraddersThe3rd]

Cheers Shnazzle. So its worth the £31?

 

[shnazzle]

Cheers Shnazzle. So its worth the £31?

I would say so. In the worst case, you can get the iPhone app if kindle doesn't play nice.

Have a search on here for the settings. There was another similar post where I put all the settings for a pre-FL TFSI FR.


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[Aok82]

I did buy the OBD Bt reader from Dealextreme. They had 2 models similar.
http://dx.com/p/obdii-bluetooth-car-diagnostic-cable-black-blue-orange-dc-12v-41925
I bought the more expensive one because I thought the can bus support would give something more to see.
There is the cheaper similar interpreter only 18$ and it gives all the same data.
I use it with my Nokia E7-00 and OBDdoctor software.
It does not show vacuum or boost for me. I think the depends a lot what software one uses.
I think Android torque app is the best but I cant test it because I dont have anything with android.
How ever the Interpreter works fine and is always attached in my OBD2 port. does not drain battery and connects fast.

 

[EL]

Totally forgot to report in myself.
Got my WiFi reader off hpoolsteve and downloaded DashCommand for iPhone.

Took a while to get it to connect, but the trick ended up being:
1) Plug into car and run engine (doesn't seem to work without engine running for me)
2) Connect to the device on WiFi.
3) Set a static IP address in the iPhone WiFi settings
4) In DashCommand: interface type=ELM, data port = AUTO.
5) Enter your car under Vehicle Manager and add settings:

The diagnostics is simple but gets the job done. I read codes and cleared them successfully. It gets descriptions for the codes if it can find them.

Delays are defiitely there. About 0.5 seconds. So it's not quite real-time, but good enough.

The Race Track mode is quite funny. See where you accelerate, brake and keep level.
Data logger is quite good and you can play it back later as well.

Skid pad is useless.

Dashboards other than the one that comes with Dashboard load pretty slow, and some are better than others.

How did you find all of this sort of info? Trying to get it for a Mk1 LCR but can't seem to get it anywhere Dashcommand doesn't seem to be able to calculate things like power and torque accurately without the advanced settings filled in

 

[shnazzle]

How did you find all of this sort of info? Trying to get it for a Mk1 LCR but can't seem to get it anywhere Dashcommand doesn't seem to be able to calculate things like power and torque accurately without the advanced settings filled in

Gathered a good bit by googling all over the place, this forum, and the actual DashCommand manual. Don't remember where I found it, I guess on their site. It tells you what each parameter is and what good values are.
Took a lot of googling to fill it all out.
Also trial and error once it was up. Particularly for the speedo ratio

 

[EL]

Gathered a good bit by googling all over the place, this forum, and the actual DashCommand manual. Don't remember where I found it, I guess on their site. It tells you what each parameter is and what good values are.
Took a lot of googling to fill it all out.
Also trial and error once it was up. Particularly for the speedo ratio

Cheers mate, guess the search continues for these values

 

[Tiburon]

Can you give me link of eBay for a wifi obd for iphone?

 

[eltawater]

A word of warning to those with Android devices. The Wifi adapter only works if you've got root access to your phone, as Google helpfully removed the ability to connect to Ad-hoc wifi connections in the later versions of Android.

Annoyingly this means I've got to keep my cyanogenmod enhanced old phone handy whereas my daily handset with ICS doesn't connect at all to the Wifi adapter.

 

[Smee]

has any one ever got the fault code to read one on the Android Torque app?

i dont believe mine is reading the fault codes