How about full Durametric data, on your IPhone, for about $20. Is that cool? Yes it is. Very cool. Just one problem ... I NEED PIDs! I'm talking Porsche specific OBD2 Parameter IDs. I know a Rennlister out there somewhere must have stayed curled up all night with her Durametric and trusty logic analyzer.

I have been using the EngineLink WiFi based ELM327 OBD reader software for IPhone. This beasty will take a user generated PID file, so if we can get the non-standard PIDs (over-revs, misfires, etc.) I will configure them for the software and make that available to the community. If anyone is willing to share this data please PM me (or whatever your comfortable with ... email, carrier pigeon, wikileaks.) It will be greatly appreciated!

 

What a good idea.........this would be something I purchase....

 

Just got an Elm 327 last week and using Revlite2 to see of it hooked up. I will download / purchase Rev2 app later this week.

 

I hope you have an attorney on retainer...

 

 

Did somebody say "retainer"?

 

This is a fantastic idea; the community sorely needs some reasonably priced options for this. Even if it's just so much as resetting the service light.

 

On the other note, I suspect that much like with vag-com, bulk of the porsche-specific stuff doesn't follow the obd protocol

 

I just got the knockoff for $20 and called it a day. Besides code reading it can do more specific things like resetting the airbags which was the main draw for me. I know this isn't the most popular choice among some people but it works for me. My$.02

 

Why not work in-conjunction with Durametric?
I would think they would love to have IOS and Android mini versions of their software. Seems like a win-win to me.
Send an email or call Duram - certainly worth a discussion?

 

You know, honestly, I NEVER should have used the word "Durametric." It's not Durametric data in any way, shape or form, thats just a sort of short-hand for the Porsche community. All I'm really looking for is mis-fires, over-revs and maybe turning off the airbag light. And no, Durametric ain't gonna help. The guys who can help make this super easy all live in Stuttgart.

 

Those guys in Stuttgart who can help?

Don't hold your breath...

 

Yeah, it certainly would have prevented people tossing out words like "retainer."

How's the project progressing? Any luck? If I can help, I'll get off my **** and do so. PM me if there's something I can do with my laptop, scantool, or rhymes-with-pleuratetric to contribute.

 

I really appreciate that 5CHN3LL. If I can't get any traction with Porsche (yes I have contacted them) I'll just hack the data out myself.

 

I'm an Android Software Engineer with Garmin. Although I did not work on the Garmin Mechanic app, I could probably track down the electrical engineers that worked with the OBDII spec, and using my vehicle, see if we could find where in the stream, the info for the overrevs, etc. are. Were you thinking about writing an app from scratch? Perhaps I could talk w/ some folks to see if some new features could be added to the app (it's been over a year since the last update). Kicker is, the bluetooth protocol, for communicating the data from the Bluetooth device, to the Android device, is proprietary, so that means purchasing Garmin's Bluetooth OBDII dongle. But hey, it could be a win/win for both parties.

The views expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of Garmin International or any other individual.