zebedy Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 (edited) Can anyone recommend a blue tooth obd dongle? I've bought one on eBay and connected with my tab using torque developments and dash command whilst hooked up to a ford kuga but will not work on my dear. Said cannot find ECU?? Is there something I don't know?? Do some work and some don't on our zeds??? Anyone using others that deffo work?? Thanks Edited August 29, 2015 by ZZZebady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Android or Apple tablet? Android works with Bluetooth and WiFi whilst I believe Apple needs a WiFi one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Also it won't work on imports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedy Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Sorry yes its android. Like I said it worked great on a mates kuga but doesn't on my zed. Baffled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R88RPE Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 My obd2 Bluetooth adapter doesn't work with my Z either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1 6RYF Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Nor mine. I have seen that you need to pay for a better obd2 reader. Like obd2 MX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R88RPE Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Mine works with all other cars. When I researched it I found that apparently the 350z has a different pin out for the obd2. Does anyone have one that works with android? Also what version adapter are you using? I really want to get torque working on my android head unit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedy Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Aha so this is a common problem them. I hope someone on here's Goth the answer. I don't want to buy expensive ones as I would like to use it as an extra dials etc when live reading. Fault reading and clearing codes is a secondary thing for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky-Ricky Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 If your Z is an import you will need a reader that's capable of reading JOBD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggalo Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 (edited) Apparently this one works, Re: This thread http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3383b63781 Edited August 30, 2015 by Juggalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10 Z Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 @Juggalo, if I leave that in my car with the engine off will it drain the battery by sending out bluetooth signals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 @Juggalo, if I leave that in my car with the engine off will it drain the battery by sending out bluetooth signals? I believe it's on a permanent live, so leave it long enough and it will drain the battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybp Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 i bought a cheap one works with everything so far including the z with torque Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggalo Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 @Juggalo, if I leave that in my car with the engine off will it drain the battery by sending out bluetooth signals? I'll defer to SuperStu. I've only ever used OBD as an when I need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10 Z Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 @Juggalo, if I leave that in my car with the engine off will it drain the battery by sending out bluetooth signals? I believe it's on a permanent live, so leave it long enough and it will drain the battery. Bummer, are there any which do turn off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 @Juggalo, if I leave that in my car with the engine off will it drain the battery by sending out bluetooth signals? I believe it's on a permanent live, so leave it long enough and it will drain the battery. Bummer, are there any which do turn off? I couldn't say for sure and can only go off of the couple I've tried, I think they're designed that way. In my very limited experience, when I kill the ignition the bluetooth/wifi connection doesn't drop, so can only assume that's because it's still hot. I'm guess someone with some electrical brains could fit an inline switch for the OBD2 port, so you could manually turn it off without disconnecting the device but I don't think I've seen it done on here. Any reason why you want to leave it in all the time, mine fits nicely into the ashtray/coin holder when out of use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10 Z Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 @Juggalo, if I leave that in my car with the engine off will it drain the battery by sending out bluetooth signals? I believe it's on a permanent live, so leave it long enough and it will drain the battery. Bummer, are there any which do turn off? I couldn't say for sure and can only go off of the couple I've tried, I think they're designed that way. In my very limited experience, when I kill the ignition the bluetooth/wifi connection doesn't drop, so can only assume that's because it's still hot. I'm guess someone with some electrical brains could fit an inline switch for the OBD2 port, so you could manually turn it off without disconnecting the device but I don't think I've seen it done on here. Any reason why you want to leave it in all the time, mine fits nicely into the ashtray/coin holder when out of use. That's a shame, it can't be that hard to make something that turns off or goes to stand by when the engine is off? The reason I want to leave it in all the time is just pure laziness, I would have thought that technology can worry about whether the adapter is sending a signal or not so I don't have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggalo Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 (edited) @Juggalo, if I leave that in my car with the engine off will it drain the battery by sending out bluetooth signals? I believe it's on a permanent live, so leave it long enough and it will drain the battery. Bummer, are there any which do turn off? I couldn't say for sure and can only go off of the couple I've tried, I think they're designed that way. In my very limited experience, when I kill the ignition the bluetooth/wifi connection doesn't drop, so can only assume that's because it's still hot. I'm guess someone with some electrical brains could fit an inline switch for the OBD2 port, so you could manually turn it off without disconnecting the device but I don't think I've seen it done on here. Any reason why you want to leave it in all the time, mine fits nicely into the ashtray/coin holder when out of use. That's a shame, it can't be that hard to make something that turns off or goes to stand by when the engine is off?The reason I want to leave it in all the time is just pure laziness, I would have thought that technology can worry about whether the adapter is sending a signal or not so I don't have to. I looked into this last night and it seems that Stu's right, it's always live, but there's many people that leave the OBD reader plugged in(on other makes) - some over a couple of years or so, with no negative effect. Try it for a week - I reckon you'll be ok. Edited September 1, 2015 by Juggalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S10 Z Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Worth a go, thanks for the advice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 After having no success on my jdm or uk with the blue elm one i bought one of the white ones as per other thread linked, still nothing, in fact was worse and kept loosing bluetooth connection. Happy to send either to someone else if they want to give them a whirl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve916 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Mine works over wifi and I've got Torquepro on my android head unit. It's a 2007 UK model Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 It connects to torque, but wont connect to the ecu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve916 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 It connects to torque, but wont connect to the ecu. Strange. I can display error codes, 0-60 times etc etc on the double din while driving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 Not convinced with these cheap units, have ordered another more expensive non elm one so will have a whirl with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve916 Posted September 19, 2015 Share Posted September 19, 2015 This is the one I use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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