I bought the MX, and it works no problems. I use the BT version, as I dont drink the apple coolaid....hahaha. Seriously, I currently run an Android smartphone, but even if I changed to apple iphone one day, I would just pickup an inexpensive 8" android tablet of some sort to use for this application.

You wont be able to use Torque Pro on an apple device, which also means no plug-in, which is not a big deal, but mean manually keying in all the PIDs.

 

Nope - sorry. RAM as in http://www.rammount.com

 

cool. thanks.. nice product help wizard..
pick a cradle, and a base..

 

Sam:

Worth checking out.
RamMount is what I use 99% of the time for years with my outdoor GPS and now for most of my electronics. I have a base on everything and just move the device cradle or holder.

http://www.rammount.com/

Added on Edit:
See I was a little slow LOL.

 

I also am a huge fan of RAM mounts. I have one in my truck, wheeler (now gone), snowmobile and canoe. They are great products.

 

thanks all for the great advice

 

A real ELS27 should show STN2120 V4.1.1 (ELM327 v1.3a). A real ELS27 has a special version of the STN1170, I think with bigger buffers or something. The clone most likely has a microchip microcontroller with cloned/hacked firmware and may not even have the real STN1170 firmware. Furthermore, looking at some of the clones, they probably do not support all the interfaces that a real ELS27 does. If your car needs one of the special buses other than MS and HSCAN, the clone probably won’t work.



That is, ELM327 clones support only canbus and not J1850, extra parts are needed for that interface

You could check by opening up the adapter and looking at the PCB traces and components to see if anything is connected to pins 2 and 10 of the ODB connector. If nothing is connected then there’s no J1850 support.

PIC24HJ128GP is just the microntroller and FTDI refers to the serial to USB chip. Doesn’t tell you if J1850. If the chip inside is marked PIC24HJ128GP or similar you can say for sure it is a clone, the real chips are marked STN1170 or STN2120. The real chips are nothing more than a PIC series micrcontroller programmed with the authentic firmware.



So, if you want a tool only supports CAN BUS, it’s worth ELS27 China clone, confirmed to work perfectly like the ELM327 clones.

 

You can get the USB ELM327 with the Ford MS/HS switch for a lot less on eBay. I paid approx $12.00 and works great with the settings I have changed on my truck with FORScan.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...LH_TitleDesc=0