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Date:         Thu, 15 Aug 2013 22:25:25 -0500
Reply-To:     tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
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From:         tom ring <taring@TARING.ORG>
Organization: Tippen Ringware
Subject:      NVC - Re: ODBII for smartphones
In-Reply-To:  <0d5d01ce9a0f$1aea9050$50bfb0f0$@hiwaay.net>
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I may be going down a path you're not interested in, so if I am tell me.

There is an OBDII device called Ultragauge I ran into on a Jetta MK5 thread. I bought one and it's pretty slick. On my Jetta it can read about 100 real time values. I've picked up (read can pick up, heavy foot) about 2.5 mpg in commute traffic in Mpls, which says a lot. Our lords of road construction have built about 25 new lane miles in the last 2 decades.

Comes with 4 gauge compilations and 2 or 3 you define if you want them. I took the screen 1 and changed one of the 5 gauges.

Not cheap or expensive. I'm not a fan of the LCD screen color they picked but for the price I can live with it. It's blue and I'd rather see something more like orange. It's been very helpful.

I wish I had something like it for my Westy. I also wish my Westy had an engine that delivered more than long runs of wire with suspect readings delivered to the ECU. One of these days I'd like to replace the whole wiring harness with something modern. Are there any good ones out there?

tom

On 15 Aug 2013 at 18:28, Tom Hargrave wrote:

> Here is a plug-in adapter from China that will work with most phones with a > Bluetooth interface - $9.60 delivered to your door but expect the shipment > to take about a month. > http://www.aliexpress.com/item/100-Positive-Feedback-Mini-ELM327-samll-OBD-I > I-V1-5-Auto-Scanner-OBD2-Bluetooth/675470310.html > > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.grow-sun.com > www.raspberryproject.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of > Michael > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 4:28 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: ODBII for smartphones > > I was wondering if I could use my old (no service) android phone with > Bluetooth for a dedicated OBD2 scan tool that I leave in the car? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 15, 2013, at 17:13, Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > Currently running a Bostig Conversion and using OBDwiz from > www.scantool.net. The free mobile app is pretty nice and works better than > Torque, but it only supports certain adapters from scantool I believe. > > > > I > > am waiting for better app to come out but it is sufficient for my needs > > of wanting RPM and fuel economy etc... I am still tweaking the > > system as far as gauges and dashboards. > > > > I view this data on a Samsung Tab3 7 inch and it sits on top of the > > steering column in a horizontal fashion. I use a Spider mount to hold > > it and the legs fit perfectly into the slot under the dash cluster. > > > > I spent a little more money on the nice Bluetooth OBDII adapter to get a > better real time representation of what the motor is doing. So far it works > great on RPM but not so much on the Speedometer. > > > > Jamie - 84 Westy with Bostig 2.0 > > > >> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:43:14 -0500 > >> From: kupcinski@GMAIL.COM > >> Subject: ODBII for smartphones > >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >> > >> Saw this and thought it might be of interest for Vanagonauts who have > converted to modern engine platforms with an ODBII port (Bostig, Subaru, > non-diesel VW I4s). It's a bit pricey, but not unreasonable if you're > interested in tracking fuel economy and possibly other engine data, and it's > much less bulky than having a laptop in the cab. > >> > >> http://www.automatic.com > >> > >> At the moment only available for pre-order, it's expected out in the > fall. > >> > >> Jarrett > >> '89 Bostig'd Westy >

----------------------------------------- Tom Ring K0TAR EN34hx

Never attribute to engineers that into which politicians, lawyers, accountants, and marketeers have poked their fingers. -----------------------------------------


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