Jack Carter Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Thinking of getting an OBD2 reader that will work with an iphone via bluetooth, possibly to work with Dashcommand which I've read about on this forum. Can anyone point me in the right direction for a suitable bluetooth reader for the 370z ? Cheers Edited January 10, 2015 by Jack Carter Quote
veef13 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Hi, I have this one http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271648099897?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT and use it with DashCommand in my 350z and iPhone 6. Can't see why it wouldn't work with 370z HTH Quote
glrnet Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Just bought this one and it works fine for the van and the Zed (350) iPhone 5s http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELM327-WiFi-OBD2OBDII-Auto-Car-Diagnostic-Scanner-Scan-Tool-for-PC-iPhone-iPad-/161437593495?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25966e2f97 Quote
Jack Carter Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Just bought this one and it works fine for the van and the Zed (350) iPhone 5s The same one as veef13 ? Do you lads use dashcommand ? Cheers so far Edited January 10, 2015 by Jack Carter Quote
glrnet Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Just bought this one and it works fine for the van and the Zed (350) iPhone 5s The same one as veef13 ? Do you lads use dashcommand ? Cheers so far Sorry, didn't post the link Done now. I'm using DashCommand Quote
Jack Carter Posted January 10, 2015 Author Posted January 10, 2015 No worries ! Is that definitely OK for the 370 ? (Probably a daft question) Thanks again. Quote
Ekona Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Bluetooth will not work with iOS and OBDII, you have to use a WiFi dongle. Any old thing will do, I use this one with DashCommand. That'll definitely work on your 370Z, but the others mentioned above will do also. Mine's just cheaper! 1 Quote
sipar69 Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 KingMansion wifi reader and OBD Car Doctor app (free) worked very well for me. Quote
Jack Carter Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 Why won't bluetooth work with an IOS device ? The Ebay links above all state that they will work via bluetooth Do these apps (dashcommand / car doctor) allow you to adjust anything (such as alarm bleep on/off) or is it just read only ? Cheers Quote
Ekona Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Why won't bluetooth work with an IOS device ? The Ebay links above all state that they will work via bluetooth None of them state that at all: They're all WiFi dongles, which is what iOS needs to communicate with. Apple do not allow the use of BT for anything other than a few obvious uses (music streaming, phone calls etc). Android allows the use of bluetooth dongles with OBD2, but iOS requires WiFi. Hence the reason we all linked to WiFi ones All OBD2 apps just let you monitor things, they do not let you change anything. You'd need model-specific software to do that, and I'm not aware of anything like that available for mobile devices. Quote
glrnet Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 What Dan said, I assumed people knew that, sorry, the link I posted was for the Wifi model. Quote
Jack Carter Posted January 11, 2015 Author Posted January 11, 2015 Fair do's, my mistake. I typed in ELM327 Bluetooth IOS on Ebay and quite a few came up saying bluetooth and mentioned moth IOS and Android - like this one :- http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WIFI-iCar-iV350-ELM327-OBD2-Diagnostic-Scanner-USB-Bluetooth-For-iOS-Android-/121326363523?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c3f9d6383 A bit of a misleading advert heading so a good job I ran it by your people first. So wi-fi it is. Thanks again. Quote
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