Tomtop ELM327 Bluetooth OBDII Reader

[Betrivent]

I bought one of these on the 12th, it finally came today. At first I was skeptical, I plugged it in and couldn't detect it with my phone. It took me 15 minutes to realise that CHX is the device's name. Anyway! Plugged it in, finally paired it after searching around and figuring out that the PIN for the bluetooth pairing is "6789" (which wasn't included fyi), and installed "Torque" on my phone. It's available in the Android market for $4.75 or something but it works practically flawlessly.

Here's the link to the reader I got, and the same selling. It ships from Hong Kong so it takes a while but damn, was the wait worth it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ELM327-OBD2-OBDII-V1-4-Bluetooth-Diagnostic-Interface_W0QQitemZ150612456642QQihZ005QQcategoryZ 1498QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ht_4401w t_1139

With the reader and the app you can see everything including:
Boost
Intake Temp
Throttle %
Acceleration
MPG/KPL
Speedo
Tach

EVERYTHING.

There's a widget option within the program for "raw data" and man, it's an overwhelming amount.

Here's a video I took briefly showing what it can do. Ignore the dialogue, that's my add who I was also showing it to at the time:

http://youtu.be/Ev1J5ugnG5c

So there it is. I am impressed by the device, and wanted to share. Cheerio.





LINK TO ANDROID TORQUE APP:

https://market.android.com/details?id=org.prowl.torque&feature=search_result

[marcus]

very interesting....subscribed!

[Betrivent]

Heh, and of course it can read engine codes :P

[Bluevitz-rs]

Cool. can you take screen shots from you phone?

[Betrivent]

I haven't yet figured that out. I can get pictures of my phone, form a camera though.. lol

EDIT: Took a video, I'll post itin the original post.

[Altitude]

Nice. I bought one from China a couple of years ago, it was more expensive but it was also more compact.

Same size as this one (http://www.dealextreme.com/p/elm327-bluetooth-obd-ii-wireless-transceiver-dongle-16921)

[Betrivent]

Yeah I would have much preferred somethign of that size, but oh well. I may relocate the OBDII port to somewhere in the immediate vicinity so that the adapter can be out of sight, and out of the way of my foot which I'm afraid will inadvertently kick the thing.

[Altitude]

Yeah I would have much preferred somethign of that size, but oh well. I may relocate the OBDII port to somewhere in the immediate vicinity so that the adapter can be out of sight, and out of the way of my foot which I'm afraid will inadvertently kick the thing.

You can probably get a short cable to attach to it and stuff the unit up under the dash. http://www.obd2cables.com/products/

[Betrivent]

Nah at this point it's easier to dismount the plug on the car adn move the entire cable assembly up somewhere. It's not forseeable that anybody besides me will need to know where it is for a very long time.

[toy_toronto]

Move it but not so high up somewhere that your dealer/techs can't find it during diagnostics, lol.

[WeeYari]

^ would be cool if the app could be loaded on your HU toy.

[Betrivent]

My HU isn't very advanced ;) And my car is 3rd hand, from out of my province. So it's got no warranty or dealer support. I don't trust the dealer ship with my car anyway. I'd rather do the work myself or go to a private shop. (Or the mechanics at my work for as logn as I work there/they have the time)

[WeeYari]

Was talking to toy_toronto. His HU is quite advanced.

[Betrivent]

Oh, hehe my bad :P

[toy_toronto]

^ would be cool if the app could be loaded on your HU toy.

I agree, it woud be awesome to see the gauges through Picture-in-Picture, lol.

[jambo101]

I guess for $20 how can you go wrong?
http://www.tomtop.de/elm327-obdii-v1-4-can-bus-bluetooth-diagnostic-interface-scanner.html


but dont you have to plug it into a laptop to make it work?

[Betrivent]

No, the way I have it set up is I have all the data go to my phone.

[jambo101]

No, the way I have it set up is I have all the data go to my phone.

:cool:

[henry33]

will this work with Iphone and notebook ?
what app will be good for Iphone ?
thank you

[Betrivent]

A netbook, yes I think, as lon as it has bluetooth. Don't know about iPhone, since the app seems to be only for android.

[henry33]

and for netbook what kind of program I should look for ?

[Betrivent]

Well the reader comes with a disc when you buy it, you'll need a cd drive though to install the stuff obviously since it's a disc and I'm not sure most netbooks have a cd drive. OR you can put it onto a USB stuck from a computer, and then bring it over to a netbook.

[Alezius]

will this work with Iphone and notebook ?
what app will be good for Iphone ?
thank you

as for now, it seems that no iPhone or iPad (iOS devices) work with bluetooth device.

Apparently, Apple dosn't let access to blutooth in the SDK of iOS apps. It's not documented in API. So even if there's a workaround, Apple will not accept application for their use...

so, no iPhone/iPod/iPad appsfor now... good excuse to buy a new (android) phone!! ;)

[henry33]

as for now, it seems that no iPhone or iPad (iOS devices) work with bluetooth device.

Apparently, Apple dosn't let access to blutooth in the SDK of iOS apps. It's not documented in API. So even if there's a workaround, Apple will not accept application for their use...

so, no iPhone/iPod/iPad appsfor now... good excuse to buy a new (android) phone!! ;)

hehehe maybe I will swap the phone for android :biggrin:

[Betrivent]

Android for the win

[marcus]

I confirmed that there is an app for iPhone elm327 compatible so much info in. wow $14 shipped is not bad

[Bluevitz-rs]

what is it?

[Betrivent]

Yeah what is the app called? I'll list it on the original post

[marcus]

just search obd it should pop out but its called " dash command v 2.6.0 "

[Betrivent]

The problem with the apple one is that apparently it's buggy, also I don't know what connection interface it uses, it doesn't list it. I'm also sure that I heard iphones don't have bluetooth?

[Alezius]

just search obd it should pop out but its called " dash command v 2.6.0 "



Dash Command only support ELM compatible WIFI as stated in the description on the apps store...

sorry no bluetooth...

and it's 49.99$ !!! i can buy a new android phone for that price...

[marcus]

Dash Command only support ELM compatible WIFI as stated in the description on the apps store...

sorry no bluetooth...

and it's 49.99$ !!! i can buy a new android phone for that price...

sorry I figured most iPhone nowadays are hacked . Just got the apps free thru installous but didn't check the bluetooth compatibility..