What if app are y'all using to pull data from the OBD port?

I am considering OBD Fusion on Apple IOS.

 

I use two. Torque for my Android and Forscan on my laptop.

 

I use Dashboss

 

I run a ScanGauge ii, many others use TorquePro and a quality (emphasis on quality) Bluetooth dongle. If you're using an iPhone I believe you need a specific dongle. Several people just use a cheaper Bluetooth capable tablet.

@Tugly is one of the best people on FTE (in my opinion) regarding a nice OBD monitoring system, he also has a TON of PIDS and whatnot for them.

 

AutoEnginuity.

AE is a bit expensive compared to the cheaper options, but it does a lot more.

AutoEnginuity Enhanced Ford Expansion - Riffraff Diesel Performance

Stewart

 

I paid for dashcommand from Palmer on my android phone and it works great to monitor things and pull codes. If using a laptop you can't beat forscan for being free. It can see every module, ABS, trans controls, restraint modules, program pats keys....it is fully functional and free while under development for windows.

 

I'm kind of old school (tech challenged....and my IT team is away at college ) so I use a plug and play Ultra-Gauge UltraGauge OBDII Scan tool & Information Center for my OBD-II monitoring.
I just got my first smart phone last month and have been thinking of trying out one of the above mentioned Apps for it this towing season.

 

I run dash command on my iphone6. Love it!

 

I got a poke in the ribs to come visit here. I have a useful OBDII link in my signature worth a click, and there is an OBDII adapter information link in that link.

OBDLink MX WiFi is the walkin' talkin' for all operating systems, and Windows/Android can use the OBDLink LX or MX Bluetooth. LX won't do modern Chebbys, so choose wisely. BAFX makes a good OBDII adapter from what I hear, but I haven't used one to say directly.

I can hear it: "Cool, Tugly - it sounds like WiFi is the wise choice, even if it's a little pricey." Uh... WiFi is a little laggy with the data. That's not to say Bluetooth is up to the nanosecond with the gauges, but it's not as laggy as WiFi.

AE: I used to be a huge proponent of AE, but that was before they released Giotto for Windows 8 and 10. Now... AE is all crippled up because you can't save sessions from one connection to the next. Anybody who has done a full spread of PIDs (complete with minimums, maximums, and scale factors) knows how tedious it is to do it one time - but every time you connect? Not in my scanner inventory. I also caught Giotto reading bogus data on a few PIDs with members that submit data to me. Even with the older versions of AE (like mine), I never really liked the very slow data sampling - my Torque Pro with the OBDLink MX Buetooth gives me more data samples per second than AE does. Across the board, AE went from an 8 to a 3 on the "knowledge is Power" scale.

FORScan: As a free app that does service tests (KOEO, KOER, and other things particular to your flavor of fuel - I'm diesel), it's not intuitive for the non-tech, but one can fumble through to get what they want easy enough. It has a lot of the features AE abandoned (many ways to save your sessions and data). The built-in graphing is anemic (not enough room to really see waveforms per PID), but I usually export the data to make graphs on a spreadsheet anyway. Loading PIDs to monitor is a ton easier than AE ever was. Since FORScan uses the same Bluetooth adapter as my Torque Pro (but not simultaneously), I get the same fast data sampling rate. Factoring the price in there with the capability, I give FORScan a solid 9 on the KiP scale - I haven't used my $350 Ford Enhanced AE since I downloaded the FREE Windows FORScan beta.

Torque Pro and other app PIDs: [LINK] You PSDers will have a field day with that one, but the gas-Exers will still find some useful stuff as well - like the Torque Converter Slip PID.