The ELM 327 Bluetooth ODBII Reader

[VegasGuy]

I plan on doing a brief review after I receive my ELM327. As far as Rene's comment, if you read the User Reviews for the Torque PRO software some people get readings for certain values and others do not. One of the posters speculated it was not a shortcoming of the ELM327 or the software, but rather if your vehicle is capable of reporting those values. Seems like a plausible conclusion.

If it is not too much work, I will provide a list of values that work on my H2 Lux and ones that do not. It should be interesting.

I should add there is also software that will work on a laptop with bluetooth. But most of the excitement seems to be directed at the Torque software.

[ryaleon]

just got mine in today. works well for the price.

[VegasGuy]

Originally Posted by ryaleon

just got mine in today. works well for the price.

Come on! Details!

[H2R]

Ordered mine, thanks Vegas!

[VegasGuy]

Originally Posted by H2R

Ordered mine, thanks Vegas!

You are quite welcome.

I found another app for the Torque Pro software that scans the ELM327 and provides a report of what values are available for a particular vehicle. It should make writing a review much easier.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...earch_res ult

[ryaleon]

Well it can definitley read and clear any trouble codes. Um real time diagnostics works with a little lag but still works. Thats all Ive done with it. Havent needed to use it on H2 yet but it works perfect on my 02 Lancer and 11 SS Camaro.

[VegasGuy]

I received my ELM327 yesterday and tested it with Torque Free to see if the ODB reader was working correctly. After pairing and verifying all was a-okay I upgraded to Torque Pro. I was able to connect via bluetooth using Torque's "Faster Bluetooth" setting.

I had intended to do a quick review but I have to delay that. There is so much to Torque to play around with that i know any attempt at reviewing the software would require future corrections from me.

Here is just one quick example why I changed my plan to do the quick review: I noticed one of the icons that surrounds the round RPM gauge on the main screen was cut off at the bottom. My first reaction was to notify the app developer. After playing around with it today I discovered you need to put your finger on one of these icons and rotate it just like you are dialing an old style rotary telephone. When you do there are several more icons for other functions that appear. The effect is very cool.

Suffice it to say I find the gauges to be very responsive with little lag. Perhaps the new 1.5 version has improved throughput. The number of gauge choices are a extensive. It is a very impressive app. To spend $14.89 for the ELM327 and $4.95 for Torque Pro and receive an ODB 2 reader that provides so many options is simply amazing.