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[balmycook]

I've bought 2 OBD2 wifi dongles so far but neither will pair to any app that I download. Any tricks you guys know to get the dongle and app to pair??

[Cowboy Dave]

IPhone or Android?

[jcee]

I had just bought an OBD2 dongle from ebay, tried everything using my andriod and pc and evently it was faulty, the ebay seller sent me a new one (the black version rather than the mini blue on and both are ELM2's) and works a treat on both the andriod and PC.

[Cowboy Dave]

I've bought 2 OBD2 wifi dongles so far but neither will pair to any app that I download. Any tricks you guys know to get the dongle and app to pair??

Do you have more than one triton? I saw your other post about the 02 MK and wouldn't have thought it would have an obd2 port to start with

[MilkmanDan]

What software for PC are you guys using?

[balmycook]

IPhone or Android?

iPhone Dave

[balmycook]

I've bought 2 OBD2 wifi dongles so far but neither will pair to any app that I download. Any tricks you guys know to get the dongle and app to pair??

Do you have more than one triton? I saw your other post about the 02 MK and wouldn't have thought it would have an obd2 port to start with

Yeah it does have a port.

[Cowboy Dave]

With the iPhone you need to look at the website for each app as to the approved dongles they will work with. When I was looking (ages ago) it was mostly a brand called kiwi that worked

[FreestyleCab]

We used to import the "Kiwi Wifi" dongle but they were a metric crap load more expensive than the eBay cheapies, so we didn't sell many. They work great with the REV and DashCommand iOS apps. Compatibility with the eBay wifi dongles can be a bit hit and miss.

[Zav78]

Hi Guys,
I have a little question to ask. I am looking at getting one of those elm 327 dongle thingies but what is better WIFI or Bluetooth?

Cheers

[fridgie]

Basically, it depends on your phone...

Iphone: wifi
Android: Bluetooth
Windows: not sure but probably Bluetooth

[Zav78]

Basically, it depends on your phone...

Iphone: wifi
Android: Bluetooth
Windows: not sure but probably Bluetooth

Ok. Thank you very much.

[palla]

Weight

[kxboss]

Hi Guys,
I have a little question to ask. I am looking at getting one of those elm 327 dongle thingies but what is better WIFI or Bluetooth?

Cheers

tried differeing versions of elm couldnt get them to work with ios or to even read the old rodeo.

[kxboss]

bluitooth wont work with ios and wifi was a pain for nothing

[RHKTriton]

Torque, cheap android smart phone and eBay dongles seem to work OK.

[Horratio]

Torque doesn't display outside temperature. Is this because the sensor isn't installed?

[diver albie]

Torque doesn't display outside temperature. Is this because the sensor isn't installed?

I've tried lots of different settings and can't get it to display either. I just live with out it

[Nerdy]

The 327 chip uses a serial to Bluetooth adaptor within the plug. Apple in their infinite and unmistakable wisdom do not permit a serial - serial connection via Bluetooth with their iOS devices.

I learnt the hard way also.

[Cowboy Dave]

Torque doesn't display outside temperature. Is this because the sensor isn't installed?

I have been investigating this of late. If you look at the wiring diagrams for the RV meter it has a connection to the canbus (which is where the OBD port gets most of its data I think) and a separate connection to another plug altogether for the ambient temperature sensor reading.

My theory is that mitsy have kept it on another circuit somehow. That theory isn't perfect though as a mut3 connected via OBD is able to see that reading along with about 100 others...

[coughy]

i think we will be able to see it just need to get the coding worked out for the scan gauge

[JoelN88]

I have just today set up an old iphone with dash command on it to fit permenantly in the car and was able to see ambient air temp ... and if anyone is wondering how i got an iphone to connect via bluetooth i just jailbreaked it it removes all of apples restrictions if you choose to do so.

[Cowboy Dave]

Why doesn't torque see it then? It has a spot for it but it comes up as blank as if there was no data for it?
Annoying.

[Horratio]

I learnt that the hard way too Nerdy. Have given up on android/torque and have ordered a wifi OBD allegedly compatible with iPhone. The main features I wanted from OBD are l/100km and temperature. Hopefully Dash Command works with the iPhone without jailbreaking it. Otherwise the Mrs might not be happy when I jailbreak her iPod

[Horratio]

Dash Command without jailbroken iphone - no ambient air temp!