Wifi obd

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Loughran0

Discussion Starter · Feb 20, 2012

I have just bought a wifi obd scanner and using with iphone4. Iam having trouble connecting it to my civic cdti. I have used it on other cars with success. The car has been mapped and the map is locked. I have tried a few apps but just can't get it going on the civic I wanted to use my phone to try and log some data and see what boost am running.

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Scotty182

· #2 · Feb 20, 2012

Which app are you using ?
Have to sorted the connection settings properly ?
Can you read ECU codes using it ?

These scanners don't read/show the map itself, just sensor data the ECU reads, i wouldn't imagine it would make a difference being a locked map when using one of these

Relic

· #3 · Feb 20, 2012

All new cars maybe OBDII but there is differnet versions of the protocol that the ECUs talk in.
Your OBDII reader might not be able to talk the same language

Bog

· #4 · Feb 20, 2012

On the iPhone, you need to set up a static ip address...

Go to wifi on your phone, select the wifi adaptor from the list of available wifi networks (mines CLK), then press the blue arrow, then in the next meny select 'Static' and enter:

IP Address: 192.168.0.11

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Leave the other fields blank and then press 'WiFi Networks' on the top left to go back to the available networks, select your adaptor and exit setting

Should work now

What app are you using btw

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Loughran0

Discussion Starter · #5 · Feb 22, 2012

Bog said:
On the iPhone, you need to set up a static ip address...

Go to wifi on your phone, select the wifi adaptor from the list of available wifi networks (mines CLK), then press the blue arrow, then in the next meny select 'Static' and enter:

IP Address: 192.168.0.11

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Leave the other fields blank and then press 'WiFi Networks' on the top left to go back to the available networks, select your adaptor and exit setting

Should work now

What app are you using btw

Am using dash command and rev both won't work on the civic but fine with other cars

Scotty182

· #6 · Feb 22, 2012

Is yours the Kiwi Replica ? says "wifi" on the front in green ?

Im using a similar adaptor and the Rev app without any issues

Bog

· #7 · Feb 22, 2012

Scotty182 said:
Is yours the Kiwi Replica ? says "wifi" on the front in green ?

Im using a similar adaptor and the Rev app without any issues

+1 That's the one I have too and the above works fine with both Rev and DC

Loughran0

Discussion Starter · #8 · Feb 22, 2012

Yeah that's the one green wifi on it
I now have it working I have change the ip 192.168.0.12 and all is good strange how it worked on other cars but not the civic
Thanks everybody for your input all is appreciated

Loughran0

Discussion Starter · #9 · Feb 22, 2012

Is anybody using this geting there apps from installous jail broke phone

Bog

· #10 · Feb 22, 2012

Loughran0 said:
Is anybody using this geting there apps from installous jail broke phone

Yes

Did you try the static IP thing?

Loughran0

Discussion Starter · #11 · Feb 22, 2012

Bog said:
Yes

Did you try the static IP thing?

Yeah change the last number on the ip from 11 to 12 and bingo it connects but still having bother reading live data with rev am going to restore my phone and jailbreak it again

Loughran0

Discussion Starter · #12 · Feb 22, 2012

Well that was of time. I have restored my phone and downloaded rev again still the same. It connects just wont read live data. I checked boost just sat at 18psi on tick over

and it dont move. The speed just says 33mph and rpm 3333

Bog

· #13 · Feb 22, 2012

Try setting it as a kiwi in rev.

ian.ashton76

· #14 · Feb 22, 2012

Hi chaps where did you get your scanners from and what was the cost?

Loughran0

Discussion Starter · #15 · Feb 22, 2012

Bog said:
Try setting it as a kiwi in rev.

Get this coffee into me and am going back and having another go

Loughran0

Discussion Starter · #16 · Feb 22, 2012

ian.ashton76 said:
Hi chaps where did you get your scanners from and what was the cost?

Good old eBay I got my from the uk 45 delivered next day was advertised at £70 or best offer. From seller Omar.m786. Make sure it's wifi and not Bluetooth.I made this silly mistake iPhones don't do Bluetooth well not properly. Think there more for android phones. I seen £10 and thought wow that's cheap so bought it However it will work with the laptop so have left it down the garage for the lads to use and I keep my wifi 1 handy.

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Loughran0

Discussion Starter · #17 · Feb 22, 2012

Bog said:
Try setting it as a kiwi in rev.

Just checked that's what it set to kiwi wifi. I can read fault codes. I had 1 stored from when I was doing the fuel filter. When I connect to rev the green box comes up in the top left with a tick and the voltage. But just won't let me read any data. Am go into the gauges click edit then swap then select air/fuel the boost has a green line under it click on boost then done. Am I going wrong any where

Bog

· #18 · Feb 22, 2012

A lot of gauges are not supported by rev.. I prefer dash command and a lot of its gauges start working when you set up the vehicle profile ie curb weight, tyre size etc

Relic

· #19 · Feb 23, 2012

Loughran0 said:
Just checked that's what it set to kiwi wifi. I can read fault codes. I had 1 stored from when I was doing the fuel filter. When I connect to rev the green box comes up in the top left with a tick and the voltage. But just won't let me read any data. Am go into the gauges click edit then swap then select air/fuel the boost has a green line under it click on boost then done. Am I going wrong any where

is there an option to rescan available parameters ?
They normally have to interrogate the ECU to get valid ones before use.

Scotty182

· #20 · Feb 23, 2012

I prefer Rev, but that's personal preference, both do the same job

Get everything plugged in and working the best you can, then unplug the wifi adaptor from the car and plug it back in, (rarely) mine takes two tries when its being fussy

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