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Engine Link for iPhone

Discussion in 'OBDII iPhone App' started by runnerAZ, Mar 20, 2013.

  1. jdcollins5

    jdcollins5 Senior Member

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    The Support Staff at Engine Link tells me that the fuel gauge on their display is hard coded to the Standard PID for fuel level that works for just about every car except the Prius. I have been waiting for several months for an upgrade that would allow the Prius fuel level option.

    For $7 I am not too concerned with the Fuel Gauge. Everything else works very well and they continue to make improvements. Maybe one day they will have enough motivation to include the Prius fuel level.
     
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    I agree. It's a good deal at seven bucks. Now all I have to do is learn something about the way engines work so I can understand what all the readouts mean. ;)
     
  3. jdcollins5

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    There are several good threads on here that have some good links. This is a good start, Toyota Prius - Power Split Device. Ask your questions and let the experts answer your questions.
     
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    Thanks for the link. Will follow through.
     
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    I installed the WiFi adapter and the dash command app today. It linked automatically and gave me bunch of info. Now I just need to figure out what it all means.
     
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    Now comes the fun part :) Once you start learning about all of the available data come back with questions.
     
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    New features added to version3.9:
    0 to 60mph timer and quarter mile timer. See how fast your car is.
    Checking history trouble code. This would be helpful when buying a used car to see if there was any recent history codes.
     
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    I too am struggling with these shortened codes. BC IGN and it gives a temperature ? Anyone figured that out yet. I am pleasantly surprised at how close in voltage all the blocks are, wow within .o3 volts....
     
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    BC IGN is short for Boost Converter Temperature after IGN-ON.

    Yes, greater than 0.03V differential will trigger a diagnostic trouble code !
     
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    I have been thrilled with using EngineLink with our Gen 1. With a custom PID list I've been able to get info from many ECUs.

    This might be old news to others, but I was surprised that it wasn't retrieving DTCs from all the ECUs. I've been dealing with brake problems recently and had to put the car in diagnostic mode to get it to blink out the DTCs. That's simple enough to do, now that I know how.

    Not sure if it's the same for other generations, but I thought I'd share this small lesson I learned.
     
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    Wisco,

    Engine Link cannot read the Prius specific DTC's, only the standard engine and emission ones. vincent1449 created a set of PID's for the Gen 3 that I have configured for my car that works well for the HV ECU DTC's.

    I do not know if anyone has created similar PID's for the Gen 1.

    Dwight
     
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    Has anybody used the LELink Bluetooth OBD2 Adapter (instead of the ELM 327 WiFi Adapter) with their iPhone and EngineLink?

    You don't have to have a jailbroken iPhone, correct?
     
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    Installed the wifi module and loaded the built in the Prius3 PID, and started browsing through all the stats.
    One thing I'm not sure about is, I have a Aux B Volt (PID 2123) and a Aux Bty (PID 2181). Which one would be the 12V battery used to start the Prius ?
     
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    and that will be the PID 2181- AUX bty
     
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    Did another reading with the Prius left resting overnight and in accessory mode. EngineLink shows 11.75V for the Aux Bty in Accessory mode ... isn't that a bit low ?
     
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    Yes, time for a new battery.
     
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    Well I just received my wifi transmitter from PWOW, and Amazon and downloaded this app and very pleased all worked.

    Thanks to all you guys who worked out all the bugs ahead of time.

    Not sure if I installed the correct .crv file, my acceleration shows up to be about 2 g's. :)
    I just selected one out preloaded in the app.
     
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    I have Engine Link (just got it yesterday) and it works on my Gen II Prius (2005). Question: Will the Custom PID list work on the Gen II Prius?

    Also, for someone who isn't very technical, is there a guide for how to enter these PIDs in Engine Link?
     
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    I used it with my old 3G (until stolen during home robbery) . PIDs worked perfectly, but you do need to choose the correct ones carefully as the scroll list gets very long. There is a link here to the Gen II PIDs somewhere here in PriusChat. I think it came with an install doc. Was quite simple, as I recall.
     
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    I must not have searched well, because I haven't found the Gen II PID list yet. If anyone knows where I can find it, can you please post a link to it?