Hey guys, is there an easy to understand set of instructions for FORScan Lite available somewhere? Is it possible to get a list of the most common PIDs for a 6.7 and upload it to the program?

Thanks!

 

Wow. 68 people have read this, but nobody can steer me to any instructions?

 

I use the Forscan App for Iphone. It is also available in a less featured version for Android and also as a full version for Windows Laptop

FORScan documentation

THe Port Adaptor can be purchased from Amazon. Make sure you get the Wifi One and the one compatible with your Apple or Android Device

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ilpage_o04_s00

Once you first hookup the adaptor, you will need to adjust the network time out settings so that the adaptor will give you many real time data point reads each second. You want to device to have a response time of 20ms or less

The instructions to do that are here:

FORScan forum ? View topic - Performance fix of china ELM327 WiFi adapter

Credentials to sign into the device through your Iphone Brower:

We have found out that the problem is in a default TCP-serial timeout setting. Here is how to fix it:

Connect ELM327 WiFi adapter to OBDII jack of the vehicle, wait for several seconds until the adapter is loaded

Connect your computer or other device to the adapter over WiFi.
Open Web browser and type address of your adapter to the address string of the browser with ‘http’ prefix, for example:

http://192.168.0.10

Enter login ‘admin’ and password ‘admin’. Note: login and password may be different. If admin/admin doesn’t work, contact your seller for the actual password.

admin/000000

Change the serial framing timeout value from 100 to 1 (not 0!) and click apply.
Make sure the change is applied (after adapter reboot)

You will be amazed all all of the PIDS that can monitored through the device, at least 200.

You can only monitor one PID Group at a time:

Example:

PCM Group
Regeneration Active or Inactive
Distance Since Last Regeneration (only updates at truck restart)
Average Distance since Regeneration
Soot in Grams/Liter: My regeneration normally start at 3.6 g/l and burn down to around .80 g/l
% Soot: Mine goes up to 143% and as low as -18%
DPF Filter Backpressure psi
EGTs (1, 2 , 3 and 4)
EGRC Temps
Oil Temps
Transmission Temps
Coolant Temps

Note on all you can specify the unit: ie F or C

Body Control Module
Real Time Tire Pressure on a 4 (or 6 if dually tires)
Real Time Tire Temperature
Information if TMPS alarm is tripped

Since the PIDS are vehicle specific, there is not a master doc from Forscan that lists them.

You can save the groups of PIDS you want to most frequently monitor

You can view the data as gauges are in tabular or graph form.

You can save data logs and email them back to you in .csv format to load into excel to sort/filter/find

A huge value for a very small investment as compared to the Edge Products CTS that monitors a mere fraction of Forscan and also Edge CTS is at least $425.

Let me know if questions.



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Thanks wharrell! Today, I tried to set adjust the network time out settings. However, I never could connect to the adapter. I typed in http://192.168.0.10 and it timed out. According to my phone the IP address is actually http://192.168.0.11, so I tried that too. No luck. Safari would just time out with both numbers. The adapter I bought is one that was recommended by someone on this board. it is a Docooler WIFI Wireless OBD2 OBDII Car Auto Diagnostic Scanner Adapter Reader for iPhone 4S 5 iPad 4 iPad Mini iOS PC from Amazon.
As it is, I can use PIDs that are resident on the FORScan program. I'm not sure about what I'm doing, but I have managed to look at a few things. I've seen people list PIDs on this site. Can they just be loaded somehow, so that I can get the same dashboard?
Thanks!

 

Any updated information on this? I am interested in trying it!

 

Hey Enomra,
The picture above shows what I am monitoring. Since the 4 EGT Exhaust gas temps are low, you know I just started the engine. The first meter shows it has only been 4.3 miles since the last DEF region completed and the filter shows just 8 1/2 % loading on the filter. The third meter is one I can’t wait to see when it is doing a regen. That is the one that will let me know when the region has completed.
There's a guy with the screen name of blwnsmoke that helped me. Look at post #44 and #50. There you will also find a link on post #50 with detailed info. You'll have to read on for a few pages at his posts.
F350 Diesel Question - Page 5 - Forest River Forums

The FORScan App folks are working on an app for the IPads, but it is not ready yet. Unless you want to just use a smart phone, I recommend getting a cheap Android tablet off of EBay if you don't already own one.

Here's what I got and it works great. I think I would prefer a 10 inch, but this is still much better than a smart phone. Look at page 9 post # 81. F350 Diesel Question - Page 9 - Forest River Forums

If you need more help, I'll try.

 

Thanks Joe! I am hoping to use my iPhone with the app! Has anyone tried with success? Also do you have to program all of these gauges or are they just selected from a list?

 

I used my IPhone at first and it worked well. The only problem is that everything is smaller. There is not a program. After you select the computer you want to monitor, such as the PCM, you then select the PIDs that you want on your dashboard. blwnsmoke describes how to do this and even shows the screen where you make the selections. After placing a checkmark, you also will need to change from Celsius to Fahrenheit.

 

Link to the adapter on amazon is dead... anyone have a name for the part or another link?

 

If you are looking for an WIFI adapter, I would get this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Goliath-Indus...obd2+scan+tool

There are many available and you can also get blue tooth adapters.

 

Here's another:

https://www.amazon.com/BAFX-Products...obd2+scan+tool

 

You cannot use a Bluetooth adapter for ForScan. WiFi only.

You can select as many PIDs as you want, and make them as big as you want using the standard iOS interface - pinch to zoom. If there are too many to fit on the screen, you need to pan to see them all.

 

Ordered. Thanks. iOS guy so that last one wouldnt work for me.

 

Actually, you can use Blue Tooth. Here is an email I got from the Forscan support team:

In case of iPhone we are limited with adapter choice, because it only supports WiFi. In case of Android you can use Bluetooth. In real world Bluetooth adapters work more stable and have better performance than WiFi ones (no idea why, theoretically it should be vice versa, we believe it is because good WiFi ICs are quite expensive, so everyone use cheap ones).

If you are not going to use FORScan on iOS devices anymore, we would recommend to think on replacing your adapter with Bluetooth one, ideally - with OBDLink MX Bluetooth.

Regards,
FORScan Team

 

Correct, I should have said with iOS which is what was asked.

I bought several of the cheap WiFi ones from eBay and Amazon, most of them do not stay connected to WiFi (I am 1 out of 4). Also since they are poor clones of the real ELF, they have slow throughput and often cannot keep up with ForScan.

I bought an OBDLink MX WiFi, these are more expensive but a much more sophisticated implementation. It didn't stay connected either, many reports on the net confirm this is a common complaint. OBDLink says only a small percentage have this problem, so I said, keep sending them to me and I will return each one that doesn't work. On the second one, I got a good one: stays connected for days, very fast, can scan all of the busses not just the CAN, automatically goes into and out of low power mode when not being used, smaller and doesn't hit you in the shin.