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05-31-2011, 10:23 PM | #1 |
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Tomtop ELM327 Bluetooth OBDII Reader
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-OBDI...ht_4401wt_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?i...=search_result Last edited by Betrivent; 06-12-2011 at 01:12 PM. |
05-31-2011, 10:26 PM | #2 |
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very interesting....subscribed!
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05-31-2011, 10:34 PM | #3 |
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Heh, and of course it can read engine codes :P
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06-01-2011, 10:37 AM | #4 |
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Cool. can you take screen shots from you phone?
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06-01-2011, 01:16 PM | #5 |
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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. Last edited by Betrivent; 06-01-2011 at 01:33 PM. |
06-01-2011, 01:44 PM | #7 |
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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.
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06-01-2011, 02:26 PM | #9 |
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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.
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06-01-2011, 03:55 PM | #10 |
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Move it but not so high up somewhere that your dealer/techs can't find it during diagnostics, lol.
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06-01-2011, 03:56 PM | #11 |
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^ would be cool if the app could be loaded on your HU toy.
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06-01-2011, 04:37 PM | #12 |
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I agree, it woud be awesome to see the gauges through Picture-in-Picture, lol.
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06-02-2011, 08:34 AM | #13 |
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I guess for $20 how can you go wrong?
http://www.tomtop.de/elm327-obdii-v1...e-scanner.html but dont you have to plug it into a laptop to make it work? |
06-01-2011, 03:58 PM | #14 |
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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)
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06-01-2011, 04:00 PM | #15 |
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Was talking to toy_toronto. His HU is quite advanced.
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Oh, hehe my bad :P
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06-02-2011, 09:46 AM | #17 |
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No, the way I have it set up is I have all the data go to my phone.
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