Need input on Android app: OBD Dashboard

[nicolasf]

Hi!

I'm the developer of an OBD2 app for Android: OBD Dashboard. This is a project that I've started for myself and after a while I've decided to try to make it public.

So far, many features are missing (I do this on my spare time), but I would like to get some feedback from more users. My testing is limited to a generic chinese ELM327 clone on a Brazilian Peugeot 206 using a Motorola Milestone (Motorola Droid on US).

There are other nicer OBD apps, but I wanted to implement this myself to make sure everything was as optimized as possible. Next features to be implemented are nicer gauges and UI, and some other PIDs.

I would say the main difference between this app and other apps is efficiency. Everything is done as efficiently as possible. For users this means that you battery will last longer and information will be shown faster.

There are some interesting features too: auto connect/disconnect when a car dock is used is one of them. Logging is also available.

Known issues are: sometimes it doesn't connect properly on my phone. I'm not sure if it's my fault or the phone's fault, but I'm looking into it.

I would appreciate if you guys can give some feedback. Does it work correctly for you? Is it good or is it bad? Why?

The app is available on Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=br.com.frenay.nicolas.obddashboard&feature=search_result

Some basic usage instructions are available here: Obd Dashboard

Screenshots:

BTW: I hope I'm not infringing any rules here. I'm not trying to sell it (yet), just want some feedback from users .

 

[nijunge]

This project is looking interesting from my point of view.

As we are comersial providers in the area we are always looking for project in the area.

I didnt get it to work with the simulator and SE ARC and our adaptor but that can have many reasons

How are you progressing with the thoughts

 

[nicolasf]

This project is looking interesting from my point of view.

As we are comersial providers in the area we are always looking for project in the area.

I didnt get it to work with the simulator and SE ARC and our adaptor but that can have many reasons

How are you progressing with the thoughts

Hi nijunge. Are you using the latest version available on Android Market (0.7.6)?

Could you elaborate on your problem?
The only bug I'm aware of is a specific case with a generic scantool that causes problems because it doesn't respect the ATSH command.

In relation to progress, I'm still working on the project. You can see that the latest version has some nice graph displays, and I'm currently working on some visual improvements on the whole app.

Feel free to contact me to solve your connection problem. I might have to ask you for some specific logs (which are disabled on the public version of the app) to understand what's going on.

Thank you.