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Old Feb 13, 2018 | 06:20 AM
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Forscan lite

For those who monitor things what are the must have's?

Which EGT do you monitor? i believe there are 4?
 
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Old Feb 13, 2018 | 07:23 AM
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For me, if I only had one to look at, it's Oil Life Remaining. EGT is interesting, but I am not going to shut my truck down anywhere if it gets too high.
 
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Old Mar 6, 2018 | 07:51 PM
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For me, if I only had one to look at, it's Oil Life Remaining. EGT is interesting, but I am not going to shut my truck down anywhere if it gets too high.
So Forscan Lite shows oil life remaining? I'd like to be able to see that.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 06:15 AM
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So Forscan Lite shows oil life remaining? I'd like to be able to see that.

Yes, sure does
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 06:40 AM
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I monitor EGT11 and 12 for regen. DIST_UNTIL_OIL in in lower right .
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 06:54 AM
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I monitor EGT11 and 12 for regen. DIST_UNTIL_OIL in in lower right .
So this looks like a Fire. What else is needed to have Forscan?
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 06:56 AM
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Do I need a adaptor to read things from my truck or will the Bluetooth work?
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 06:58 AM
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Do I need a adaptor to read things from my truck or will the Bluetooth work?

i use the blue tooth adapter and monitor on my ipad
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 04:46 PM
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So this looks like a Fire. What else is needed to have Forscan?
Yes, it's a 7" Fire tablet.

​​​​​​Carefully read the thread called "FORScan spreadsheet" in this forum and it will tell you everything you need to know about what adapter to buy and how to get it to work
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 05:08 PM
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I monitor EGT11 and 12 for regen. DIST_UNTIL_OIL in in lower right .
Nice. So do you leave your fire running it all the time?

I bought the app for my phone today. Had trouble connecting to my bluetooth adapter even though the app that came with the adapter was working. I finally got it to work.

Now how do I know what modules to look in to pull up the different PIDs like you are displaying?
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jaxf250


I monitor EGT11 and 12 for regen. DIST_UNTIL_OIL in in lower right .
What is the difference between EGT11 and EGT12? I just want to monitor EGT in general (the way I use to do with an analog gauge with a probe like I did in my previous trucks.

And can the gauges be rearranged? If so, I haven't figured that out yet.

I'm monitoring EGT, EOT, ECT, so far.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2018 | 09:12 PM
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What is the difference between EGT11 and EGT12? I just want to monitor EGT in general (the way I use to do with an analog gauge with a probe like I did in my previous trucks.

And can the gauges be rearranged? If so, I haven't figured that out yet.

I'm monitoring EGT, EOT, ECT, so far.
I'm not sure what the difference is but on passive and active regens I noticed that those were the two sensors that would spike up showing me that a regen was occurring, so I just left those two on my display to watch. You can rearrange them, I think I went into the listview mode, and then when you go into edit or settings, you can drag and drop them and move them around. Then when you switch back to gauge mode, they will appear in the order that you want.
 
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Nice. So do you leave your fire running it all the time?

I bought the app for my phone today. Had trouble connecting to my bluetooth adapter even though the app that came with the adapter was working. I finally got it to work.

Now how do I know what modules to look in to pull up the different PIDs like you are displaying?
I have the USB cord hardwired into a fuse that's only on when the ignition is on, so I leave it plugged in all the time. It doesn't draw any juice when the truck is shut off.

using the sensor names at the bottom of each gauge, just look for those in the list of available choices inside the app. I don't really recall where exactly they are all located at the moment. I'm not near my truck right now.
 
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Originally Posted by jaxf250
Yes, it's a 7" Fire tablet.

​​​​​​Carefully read the thread called "FORScan spreadsheet" in this forum and it will tell you everything you need to know about what adapter to buy and how to get it to work
What adapter are you using to hold it up there?
 
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