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Old Sep 20, 2013 | 09:04 PM
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Is anyone using this setup to see their trucks performance.
I have the REV app on my IPhone and the OBD key from England. When I plug it in the blue light comes on for a second and goes off.

Neither Bluetooth or wifi seem to pick it up. Starting to think maybe I got a dud. I am just wondering if anyone else has gone with this setup and how it went.
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Old Sep 20, 2013 | 09:22 PM
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I am not familiar with that model I do however have the Lemur blue driver and it works pretty well,,, I am not sure what parameters yours displays but mine does so many values! Now, the one thing I noticed is that it works on my F150, but not on my Mustang and I am thinking because the Mustang is S/C with a tune. So if you have a tune,,, that may be why it isn't working??? I need to call the company and see if that is the case. But mine will hook up to any OBD2 port for any car,, since I only own fords I have tried it on friends cars and it works.. you can get codes, abs codes and reset them,,, including what I mentioned above
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Old Sep 20, 2013 | 09:53 PM
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I do have a tune on my truck. Never thought of that.
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Old Sep 20, 2013 | 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Roughneck12
I do have a tune on my truck. Never thought of that.
will yours hookup to other cars??? If so try it on another truck, car or whatever to see if it will work!
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Old Sep 20, 2013 | 11:34 PM
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Only one Ford in the family. I suppose I could try it on the wife's Avalanche.
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Old Sep 21, 2013 | 01:01 AM
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On Android I got this one ELM327 Bluetooth when I had my 5.0 worked right off on bluetooth asks for pass, it was 1234 I also us the torque app. You will need an App to gather data.


I just found this post on another forum

No, you must use an adapter with WiFi. Apple uses a proprietary Bluetooth stack meaning that the creator of Torque would have to pay Apple a fee to use their stack instead of an industry standard one for the Droids, etc. There are a couple apps as I recall for the iPhone / iPad. I do not know how good they are or what their capabilities might be. Bottom line, a BT adapter will not work with Apple products. So Apple is the NEW Micro$oft.

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Old Sep 21, 2013 | 01:06 AM
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Seems there are wireless ones on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WIFI-ELM327-Wireless-OBD2-OBDII-Auto-Scanner-Adapter-Scan-Tool-for-iPhone-iPad-/360689129049?pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item53fabf5659&vxp=mtr
You would still need an app, Im looking
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Old Sep 21, 2013 | 01:07 AM
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As an example

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/obd2...652193947?mt=8
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Old Sep 21, 2013 | 01:36 AM
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Below is what I got. It isn't cheap, but it does most cars/trucks or should I say any OBD2. I have to call them tomorrow and ask why I can't get all the values from my tuned mustang,,, it still hooks up,, reads and clears codes but will only display the RPMs and speed... I have a Ranger and F150 that works perfectly and it uses Bluetooth however it may be due to what caperji said they paid for the integration.

http://www.lemurmonitors.com/BlueDriver.html
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Old Sep 21, 2013 | 01:50 AM
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I might pick up one of those to try since the app is 5 bucks and the unit is 22 - 28 bucks! Good find Caperji! Wish I would have seen this before I spent that much,,, I guess the nice thing is the updates I get and continued support but for a one time buy, if this one works its a no brainer! I might suggest looking for one from USA instead of china and they have them...... use the model number in the ebay search and you will fine the same unit!

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