Ipad mini in-dash installation

[BruceH]

The AssistiveTouch touch is a neat little trick! Glad it worked for you. I still haven't signed up for the 4g yet, I have to go to the Sprint store to add it to my account, they won't give me their 2gb for $14.99 over the phone I am currently using the 3G off of my iPhone.

Do you guys have a good recommendation for an OBD reader for the iPad? And an App to go with it? I ordered the anti glare screen so it should be here tomorrow.

[Shehadehd]

Originally Posted by BruceH

The AssistiveTouch touch is a neat little trick! Glad it worked for you. I still haven't signed up for the 4g yet, I have to go to the Sprint store to add it to my account, they won't give me their 2gb for $14.99 over the phone I am currently using the 3G off of my iPhone.

Do you guys have a good recommendation for an OBD reader for the iPad? And an App to go with it? I ordered the anti glare screen so it should be here tomorrow.

I bought an OBD reader for the car just the other day.

I had two options: buy a wifi obd2 reader, or buy a Bluetooth reader. Almost all wifi readers are supposed to work with the iPad, but with the wifi readers you cannot use your data plan on the reader at the same time. This to me was a deal breaker for obvious reasons. Bluetooth OBD2 readers are really finicky with the iPad because of Apples strict rejection o f3rd party Bluetooth devices.

However, I was able to find a Bluetooth device GoPoint BT1 which is an officially supported Bluetooth device (that means, no jailbreaking needed). The device is a little pricy ($120 after shipping), but I though if any device will work, this is it.

I was right, it connects to the computer within 5 seconds of turning the car on, and the ipad recognizes it every time. I bought the $10 app dashcommand to go along with it and it is a seamless integration. I'll try to post videos and pictures soon to give you an idea of how it works.

The refresh rate is surprisingly quick, I don't see discreet steps in the rpm when I rev the engine. There is a small delay before the data shows up on the iPad, but it'll like 0.5 seconds. I think the device really gets its use from it's other features, like its obd2 diagnostic abilities (it lets you know about active, pending, and permanent error code as well as DME readiness after clearing the codes), it reads timing, vacuum pressure, intake temp, coolent temp, and a bunch more.

I have to say, I'm pretty impressed and it makes the ipad sooo much more worth it. I know epapp has the same thing for his android so I'm sure we'll soon compare them and find out if mine is better, worse, or the same.