Jay Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Do these work in our cars got some software on phone that reads a bluetooth odb2 - just from what I remember our cars dont support it. ta Quote
Gio Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 That's correct. They're not OBDII, they're Consult. Quote
Jay Posted May 10, 2011 Author Posted May 10, 2011 damn...... anyway of using bluetooth with conzult - I have the conzult cable and software - just want it on me phone :) Quote
Gio Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Sadly, no. There was an Australian guy who did an interface to PDA but there were only some demo units here in UK. There's another Australian bloke who does know his stuff and has software which does run on PDAs with serial input and I spoke with him a lot about a Bluetooth adapter from Consult port to PDA/WinMo phones but nothing practical ever came out of it because there wasn't a cheap/reliable enough bluetooth device to plug into the Consult port. Since OBD11 is global standard, there's a big enough market but for Consult? He does do a great display though if only I could work out a way of making it look nice rather than the boxy thing it is Quote
Rich666 Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Looked at this a while back... and found this when trawling the internet - shouldn't be too hard if you;re good with a soldering iron?? Quote
Yowser Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Looked at this a while back... and found this when trawling the internet - shouldn't be too hard if you;re good with a soldering iron?? Good find, This is exactly what i had been planning myself. Great to see the LCD and circuitboard will fit. Quote
Rich666 Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Good find, This is exactly what i had been planning myself. Great to see the LCD and circuitboard will fit. Unfortunately, there was no further info on how it had been done - I expect the the LCD ribbon had been extended and the circuit board buried under the lower dash panel; just the function buttons to re-locate then, I guess the port could be left on the board for the amount of time it takes to drop the panel. Has anyone actually used one over here? Quote
Gio Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Now that's a damn good idea. Well spotted, Rich666. I'll drop him a line to see if he has seen it - maybe it will nudge him into a more productionised version to make it easier. Then I can beg Yowser to do mine :D Quote
Gio Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 I have the PDA version in my z :) Is that permanently mounted somewhere (fnarr fnarr) or just on a PDA car mount? There is more flexibility with the PDA display about what to show and error codes etc but the built-in display is kind of neat. Plus it has a pass through so you can then plug in a laptop and run the ECUtalk s/w on that simultaneously for fault finding, logging etc. Don't know if that would also run ConZult. Quote
hollandrob81 Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 im also very interested in vehicle monitoring on my Xperia X10, if anyone finds anything, please let me know!! Quote
vodkashots Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 im also very interested in vehicle monitoring on my Xperia X10, if anyone finds anything, please let me know!! sorry its off topic, but rob, what the hell are you doing to get just 12mpg LOL Quote
hollandrob81 Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 sorry its off topic, but rob, what the hell are you doing to get just 12mpg LOL Whadda ya think?!?! :devil: lol, i think i may have just got over the novelty though, so im hoping its going to improve :-) Quote
hellraiser Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 Is that permanently mounted somewhere (fnarr fnarr) or just on a PDA car mount? There is more flexibility with the PDA display about what to show and error codes etc but the built-in display is kind of neat. Plus it has a pass through so you can then plug in a laptop and run the ECUtalk s/w on that simultaneously for fault finding, logging etc. Don't know if that would also run ConZult. just in a car window screen mount . was still working out where or how to get it incorporated into car Quote
Gio Posted May 10, 2011 Posted May 10, 2011 just in a car window screen mount . was still working out where or how to get it incorporated into car I was wondering if something dropping down from the visor might work - perhaps on a friction hinge. The other idea was to make something up from the A-pillar. Trying to think of where it can be seen and also within fingertip reach. But I do like that built-in look. Ahhhh decisions decisions... :confused: Quote
Gio Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 (edited) The ECUTalk display is available without enclosure. Peter sent these pics and he says you can get a $20 discount if you dont need the enclosure. Here are some pictures (of earlier revision) of what's inside. Essentially theyve got the LCD seperated from the rear PCB - it only needs the 16 pin connection on the left extended (the right side is mechanical only). Interesting... Edited May 11, 2011 by Gio Quote
hellraiser Posted May 16, 2011 Posted May 16, 2011 how much are these displays coming in at? also i prefer the blue version... is that possible? Quote
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