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  1. English Rebel

    English Rebel Formula 3

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    #1 English Rebel, Jul 9, 2014
    I just got an ELM 327 WiFi OBDII scanner but cannot get a connection to OBD Fusion app on my iPad. I’ve tried all sorts of passwords I found on the web (the ELM online manual says to use 1234 but that doesn’t work) neither does 6789 — in all cases for a 4 digit password the CONNECT button is grayed out so 4 digits are not correct for a password. I even tried setting the static IP address to 192.168.0.10 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 which the app help section advises -- but that doesn’t work either.
    Any help will be appreciated.
    Thanks
    Alan
     
  2. Challenge

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    #2 Challenge, Jul 9, 2014
    Use Torque instead.
     
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    #3 kitchenaid, Jul 9, 2014
  4. DonJuan348

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    #4 DonJuan348, Jul 9, 2014
    what is Torque ? Which wifi system is best ?
     
  5. BigJay2050

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    #5 BigJay2050, Jul 9, 2014
    I believe it's an app. I just purchased the same ELM327 unit in the link and will follow the steps in the review to see if I can make it work.

    Here's what the review says for setup:

    1) Plug it in to ODB2 port under your dash and set the car key to the ON position (don't have to start the engine) to read more data (wifi should work even off though)
    2) Find the ELM wireless network on your iphone (settings - wifi) - "CLKDevices" or "WiFi-ODBii" or similar and press connect
    3) In iphone wifi settings change from DHCP to static
    IP 192.168.0.5 (any ip other than .10 should work)
    Subnet 255.255.255.0
    Router 192.168.0.10 (you can probably leave this blank actually)
    4) Get an app - I didn't research much and mainly just want this as a code reader and used Engine Link - (Torque Pro, Rev2 and many others should work too)
    5) In your app connect to "192.168.0.10" and "port 35000"
    6) Mine sort of connected (got a green light in app) but didn't get live data - I disconnected the wifi, turned the key to off and back on (and maybe replugged the ELM back into OBD2 port?) and it started working, stayed connected and I could pull CELs (trouble codes) and fuel/ live rpm when I started car etc etc.

    Wifi Range is short - make sure your iphone is not reverting back to 4G or your home's wifi autojoin network if you are having problems.
     
  6. mikeyr

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    #6 mikeyr, Jul 10, 2014
    Torque is far superior to anything on the Apple side of things but Torque wont work on IOS. There are some good ones on IOS but I know several people who kept a Android phone just for Torque, you can have a dedicated Android phone with no service contract just for Torque. I had it on my Android phoen and was surprised when I moved to a iPhone that it was not available.
     
  7. pricey1123

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    #7 pricey1123, Jul 10, 2014
    Can this technology check the history of the car as well? Say your going to purchase a 360 can you check what life the car has had by plugging in the device? I.E driven hard everywhere by checking the RPM history?
     
  8. English Rebel

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    #8 English Rebel, Jul 10, 2014
    It says set the IP address to anything other than .10 yet in the app it says to connect to .10. That seems to be contradictory.
    Alan


    I'll try 12345678 as the password. If I use the password do I still have to set a static IP address?
    Alan
     
  9. BigJay2050

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    #9 BigJay2050, Jul 10, 2014
    It is correct, you want to set your phone/device to anything but .10 because the ELM327 itself is .10 -- and they cannot have the same address.

    At least that is the way i interpreted the instructions. :)
     
  10. English Rebel

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    #10 English Rebel, Jul 10, 2014
    Okay I got another password and it was 12345678 and it worked fine.
    Thanks
    Alan
     
  11. BigJay2050

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    #11 BigJay2050, Jul 10, 2014
    Glad you got it working! Awesome!
     
  12. voicey

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    #12 voicey, Jul 11, 2014
    I'm glad you got it working. What app are you using?
     
  13. English Rebel

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    #13 English Rebel, Jul 11, 2014
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    I'm using OBD Fusion. Have not had chance to look at all of the options yet -- I just wanted to make sure the scanner was working. It did let me set up the vehicle information such as make, model, year, number of cylinders, capacity and some others that I don't have values for such as thermal efficiency. It does have the ability to log data which may be useful for diagnosing. Only $10.
    Alan

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/obd-fusion/id650684932?mt=8
     

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