Designed for ios (iphone, ipad, ipod touch)

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1 Quick Start Guide Designed for ios (iphone, ipad, ipod touch)

2 Table of Contents Startup Activities... 3 Using an OBD-II Wi-Fi Adapter...4 Using an OBD-II BLE Adapter... 7 Setting up Adapter IP Address and Port... 8 Selecting Units... 9 Connecting a Vehicle for the First Time Connection Type: Wi-Fi or Bluetooth Displaying Gauges Leaving Dashboard Appendix: BLE Adapters...15 Page 2 of 19

3 Startup Activities When you use this app for the first time, there are some steps to follow which will be explained in detail in the following sub-chapters: Using an OBD-II Wi-Fi Adapter Using an OBD-II BLE Adapter Setting up Adapter IP Address and Port Selecting Units Connecting a Vehicle for the First Time Displaying Gauges Leaving Dashboard Page 3 of 19

4 Using an OBD-II Wi-Fi Adapter In case you intend to use a Wi-Fi adapter, you first have to set up a Wi-Fi connection between your mobile device and your OBD-II adapter. The Wi-Fi IP address of your mobile device should be static while connected to the adapter. This enables your mobile device to use internet via Cell Network and a Wi-Fi connection to the OBD-II adapter in parallel. Page 4 of 19

5 In order to set up a static IP address for your mobile device, you need to know which IP address is used by the OBD-II adapter. An easy way is to check the addresses which are automatically assigned by DHCP. Then the first two entries are used for the static setup: there they have to be entered manually. Here you can see how it looks with ios 11: Page 5 of 19

6 And here you can see how it looks with ios 10 and earlier: Please make sure that the remaining fields are left empty; otherwise the Mobile Internet does not work! Page 6 of 19

7 Using an OBD-II BLE Adapter In case you intend to use a BLE adapter, you only need to activate Bluetooth. The BLE adapter is automatically recognized by the app. The following adapters are currently supported: CACAGOO LELink Carista Onewell Kiwi 3 TONWON KKmoon Mini Vgate icar2 KONNWEI Vgate icar Pro KUFUNG Viecar Ldex Find more details at Appendix: BLE Adapters. Page 7 of 19

8 Setting up Adapter IP Address and Port This chapter is only needed in case you use a Wi-Fi adapter. In case the OBD-II adapter has the IP address and the port (many of them have), there is no need to do anything at this point. But if the adapter has a different IP address and / or port, you can enter these values as follows: Left: On the initial screen, the Main Menu, you select Settings. Middle: On the Settings screen you select Adapter Settings. Right: On the Adapter Settings screen you can enter the IP address and port of the adapter. Here the initial values are shown. Page 8 of 19

9 Selecting Units Left: Back on the Settings screen you select Units Right: Here you can select the settings which fit your needs best. Page 9 of 19

10 Connecting a Vehicle for the First Time With this app you do not need to establish a connection to the OBD-II adapter or add new vehicles because this will be done automatically. The first connection to a new vehicle is crucial: the app collects data from the vehicle to permanently store them. This enables the app to recognize this vehicle later when you reconnect to it. Additionally, the app collects information of all ECUs found. This information is used in order to show all available sensors of the vehicle. Therefore it is important to ensure that all ECUs are running. In order to be on the safe side, we recommend to start the engine of a new vehicle before you connect it with the app for the first time. The following screens are shown: Left: When the app succeeded to connect to the adapter, you get a notification. Middle: When the app noticed a connection between the adapter and the ECU, it notifies you as well. Right: In case few basic vehicle data have been extracted which are not found in the app's vehicle database, it assumes a new vehicle and starts collecting all relevant data which will be needed later. Page 10 of 19

11 One part of these data is the way how the fuel consumption is calculated. Depending on the calculation, the app needs the engine displacement as an additional value. Therefore there are two possible notifications which can appear: On the left side image the notification contains an input field for the engine displacement needed for this vehicle profile. If this field is left empty, the fuel consumption cannot be calculated. But this value can later be added or changed at any time. On the right side image the notification simply informs you about having added a new profile. The newly created vehicle profile name is shown on top of the screen in the blue status box. It can later be changed as well. Page 11 of 19

12 Connection Type: Wi-Fi or Bluetooth The connection type can be recognized on top of the Main Menu screen. In the upper image you can see the connection type WLAN and the SSID of the adapter in row 4. In the lower image you can see the connection type Bluetooth LE and the peripheral name of the adapter in row 4. There is no need for you to enable Bluetooth connections inside the app. The app tries to establish a Wi-Fi connection with the IP address and port configured in Adapter Settings. If no adapter can be found then the app tries to find a supported Bluetooth LE adapter by a Bluetooth scan. If no adapter can be found then it tries again to establish a Wi-Fi connection and so on. If Wi-Fi is disabled, no attempt to establish a Wi-Fi connection takes place. If Bluetooth is disabled on your mobile device, no Bluetooth scan takes place. So you determine with your mobile device settings which kind of adapters can be identified. There is no need to do anything else inside the app! This behavior is compliant to the general approach of OBD Evolution to make the handling as convenient as possible for you. Page 12 of 19

13 Displaying Gauges Here you see how you can display the dashboard with some initial gauges. Left: On the Main Menu you select Dashboard. Middle: Here you see the first page of the initial gauges: it shows the vehicle speed, engine rpm, the load percentage, the intake manifold air pressure, the status of fuel system A (only shows values for gasoline vehicles), and the engine coolant temperature. The initial titles are taken from the SAE J1979 standard as a text for the external test equipment and can be changed at any time. Right: By swiping to the left you see the second page of the initial gauges: here you can see the monitor status since DTCs cleared (important for emissions test), the vehicle battery voltage measured by the OBD-II adapter, and the current time. Page 13 of 19

14 Leaving Dashboard You can leave the Dashboard easily by a single tap on the screen on any page. Left and Middle: A single tap on any page of the Dashboard makes a navigation bar appear. Selecting Main Menu in this navigation bar will bring you back to the Main Menu which is shown on the right side. Selecting + will bring you to another screen where you can add gauges. Further details are explained in the User Manual in the chapter Dashboard. There you can read all details about how to add new gauges and how to modify and delete existing ones. Here are some hints for a swift continuation: 1) If you touch a gauge a bit longer with a single finger, a blue background appears. This shows that the gauge can be moved. Now you can shift it anywhere, even outside the current page. If you move it beyond the existing pages, a new page will be created. 2) If you touch a gauge a bit longer with two fingers, a red background appears. This shows that the gauge size can be changed. Now you can resize the gauge between a minimum and maximum size. 3) If you double-tap a gauge, you can see and modify the gauge parameters or delete the gauge. Page 14 of 19

15 Appendix: BLE Adapters All adapters supported by OBD Evolution are automatically recognized. Here you can find some information about the adapter recognition by your mobile device. For each supported adapter there are two images shown: both images show the device entry in the ios app Settings Bluetooth. The left image shows the entry in case no app is connected to the BLE device (here: an OBD-II adapter) while the right image shows the entry in case any app (e. g. OBD Evolution) is connected to the BLE device. CACAGOO Page 15 of 19

16 Carista Kiwi 3 Page 16 of 19

17 KKmoon Mini Ldex KONNWEI LELink Page 17 of 19

18 KUFUNG Onewell TONWON Vgate icar2 Vgate icar Pro Page 18 of 19

19 Viecar Page 19 of 19