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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Shut up with the autobahn.... Gosh I envy you.... we are limited to bloody 70Mph (112 Km/h) it's the slowest country in Europe.

About the location.

1.5c - It used GPS only, accessing the hardware directly, which means it could take a while till you get a GPS fix and before that sunset/sunrise cannot be calculated.

1.5d - use Google FusedLocationProvider API - this API automatically provides the best possible answer, it could have any source network, wifi, gps or car, Google does all the hard lifting. Since it's not a navigation app, I do not need superprcise location, it won't make a difference if it's 1km out of your actual location for sunset/sunrise purpose.

The difference between this app and the night togler on the play store is that this app constantly recalculates the sunset/sunrise at a 10 min interval, so if you start driving north where the sunset can be much earlier in winter or much later in summer, and you make a significant distance like 500 mile for example, the app will update itself on the way so it will always have a relatively accurate information on when the events occur, versus the play store app which calculates the values once a day and use them regardless how much your position actually changes during the day.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
I think it was a good step to take this feature into OBD2AA.

It more and more becomes the swiss knife for AA Users (what google don't want to do in one for all app)

Next step camsam database without need to open the app? *justkiddingwith you*

I recommend all to come to germany and take the autobahn. 80 Percent idiots and stupid drivers. Trucks on 80 km/h on the right, slower cars with 90 kmh in the middle and than one who overtake him just before your car and you have 200 kmh. Every day, every kilometer. No fun to drive :(
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Goon818:
Sorry my false, I have take the wrong gauge style. My problem was the full arch.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jb.traveller:
I don't seem to be able to use the "Donate to me" button can't edit the $0.00. Any other way through PP?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Which version are you using. I did fix that last night :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
You just start typing the numbers.

Did you get CamSam alerts working correctly?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Goon818:
I used 1.5d. Everything is okay. I have by these gauge the wrong gauges style. This was my problem.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jb.traveller:
Hi Emil,

You just start typing the numbers. Will try.

Did you get CamSam alerts working correctly? Yes, nice display and audio.

Haven't been out in the car to try any new stuff but have downloaded 1.5d and report back. :)

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Done, $5.00 hope that helps a bit.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Received it, yes it does thank you very much
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ControlNode:
I know on my Ford with Sync3 the signal from the car is not just light switch position related. Only if the switch is off and Auto mode set in sync3 does the car always report day mode for the display. Often at dusk/dawn the lights are on but the screen is in day mode still. Ford uses that sensor on the dash, but has different tolerances between turning the lights on and switching the dash to night. I can force day/night state that is reported to AA by using Mode setting in Sync3's display menu.

I wish Ford was add music interface (FM/Sat/CD/USB) in AA, would love not having to return to Sync to control that when I'm uses Waze and such. So much potential there that OEMs just don't seem to notice or care about.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
As far as I know that module is not yet functional in Android Auto. Most of the functions looks to be there, but I haven't even spent time trying to decode them yet. In theory at some point this will be possible.

Also in theory you shouldn't need torque because AA can report loads of stuff to the car, the said part is that most things will be reported over a channel called "VENDOR SPECIFIC" and even I can probably decode the structure of the data, without information from the manufacturers what that data means it's absolutely useless.

There are some exceptions because some sensors are reported directly to AA in format defined by Google (like RPM, Door, gear, day/night sensor, fuel level, etc) but this are all optional sensors so most headunit / cars do no report this values to the phone hence building the app based on Torque not on data provide by the car.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
So I've tested now the day / night feature and it is working flawlessly. Now it doesn't overwrite when unchecked and overwrites, when checked. Very cool!

But one glitch: has someone noticed, that Torque is started every time, even when the option is unchecked? :o
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Not home now but I just tried and I wasn't able to reproduce. Will double check later on.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
You can check with the app only. Every time starting OBD2AA starts torque even when unchecked.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bggold:
I can report that day/night is working correctly now.

I also just reproduced Torque starting up even thought it is not checked. I saw the same behavior with camsam, but can no longer reproduce. Might have been addressed already.

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Yes, camsam autostart was mentioned yesterday and Emil fixed it already in the actual beta.

But the torque autostart thing was never mentioned and, I think, starts the whole time since the first version.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Thats normal. It needs torque to do the PID config but won't actually start when you connect the phone to the car
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Ah, okay, cool. I think, it's a stable now or are there any problems?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Ok today I did more driving than coding, everything looks to work as expected. Please if you could let me know if there are any more problems if not tomorrow I'm planning to move from beta to release and then think about what should be the next step (s)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
Two things I noticed today during my lunch hour:

- I am stumped by the 12V gauge here. (The same Voltage (OBD adapter) value i mentioned in my post yesterday.) It appears that this gauge is using the full arch rather than the percentage arch, but the needle works correctly.

- I am still seeing odd behavior from the MPG gauge. I actually edited the values to be 0-101 (to make sure it doesn't use the defaults), and now the range of the gauge is correct (YAY!). But the text/numeric value "pegs" now, too (so it never reads above 101). I thought this should still be capable of going all the way to 512? Is this incorrect? Does the Max/Min actually constrain the numeric value as well as the graphical arch?

I installed the latest beta after lunch (1.5d?), and will try again on my way home.

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
The MPG it pegs everything at the max set, text, value, arch so if you set it to 101 that will be the max you will ever see. So the constrain applies to the whole gauge.

Not saying impossible but it will be a hassle to have separate constrains for text and for arch.

Sorry not following the first part about the voltage. Can you please try to rephrase this sentence: It appears that this gauge is using the full arch rather than the percentage arch, but the needle works correctly. Sorry just can't work it out in my head what is the actual problem and what do I need to address.

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
Sorry - you are right, that sentence doesn't make a lot of sense. So a picture is worth 1000 words...

I can live with that limitation for the MPG - this was more from my misunderstanding of how you set it up.

For the 12V gauge, I am attaching a photo of the gauges and a screen shot of my settings. Basically the issue is that the gauge style is set as "background, percentage arch", but the arch looks like "background, full arch", and it actually overshoots a little bit (notice it fills past the top of the scale). The screen shot shows the max/min values i set in the app. I expect this value to "fill" the arch up to the needle like the other gauges are showing.

Attached a photo of the gauges
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
I see. What is the range for the gauge please? I will try to simulate it to reproduce it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
I set it to 11 min and 17 max. I think the "default" for that particular PID (which is a custom PID from the Prius) is 0-16. The range and actual PID are shown in the screenshot.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bggold:
After latest update Ford transmission temp no longer is displayed. Just 0 deg f. Removed it and added it back. All others working.

Also can we get a reload button so we don't have to keep disconnecting from aa?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] maxpower47:
I'm still getting the issue where it locks up and stops updating the gauges every few minutes on the latest beta.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Have you tried to set the value for this gauge?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bggold:
It was working before the last update. I will check that though.

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Ok, but could you please try to set the min and max values manually again and look if it works?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bggold:
I just checked you were right the max was set to zero. Weird that the update just changed that one value.

Thanks for the heads up.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Glad it works. Had the same with GPS height.

I think, Emil has changed some values to fix some bugs and that results in this behavior.

I'll start from scratch, when I encounter new problems, when a new version arrives. With import / export feature it's not that big problem I think :D
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Can I please have a bug report? Make sure you enable debugging in the app settings before capturing the log report.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Found it, thank you!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Are there any changes from last beta to the new 1.6 stable?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Published version 1.6 in stable release, with one more little extra for you guys.

See the OP for an updated changelog. The changelog includes all changes from version 1.2 stable, so everything which was slowly added in the beta releases.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ControlNode:
I do the same, clear data, start clean testing and when done import config and then recheck new options and export new file with updated options. Was good to see the "No gauges configured" screen.

Right now I'm not noticing any real issues. Able to disable the features I don't want and the ones I want appear to work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
[MENTION=842765]Emil Borconi[/MENTION]

Nice background picture in the op ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Glad you like it :p
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
Meaning you found the issue or just found the solution?

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Issue and it's fixed in the latest stable.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
Cool. I will give it a try at lunch.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ControlNode:
Yes, I like that need to run a picture through GIMP and get the right ratio, brightness/contrast and blur it some so the gauges pop on top.

Does the image get embedded in the export so the import always has it?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
No only the path to the image, it's only a reference to an external file.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ControlNode:
No problem, figured it would be that way as it's easy and results in smaller export files. But I had to ask to know for sure since it could have been done either way.

Sorry, another question: Does the on phone preview not include the background image?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
Working great here on 1.6. Now I think I might need to pick up a better Bluetooth adapter that connects more reliably to torque. Any recommendations? I am attaching a picture of the one I have now.

I find that sometimes torque gets stuck waiting for the adapter to connect, and I can always force it by unplugging the obd adapter, plugging it back in, and my phone then pops up a notification to pair. Once I click pair, it starts working again.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ControlNode:
My PLX Kiwi BT (the old one) has been working great. I need to test with my new PLX Kiwi 3, but when I'm running SoloStorm at a race that one doesn't work too well.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] adfurgerson:
The screenshot in the OP certainly looks to be HeadUnit Reloaded, but I could be mistaken.

I have taken some screenshots for comparison. The one with the five menu buttons along the bottom is HUR app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yochananmarqos:
Notice the title of the thread is OBD2 Plugin for Android Auto and the OP does not mention anything about his other app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] speedyg0nz:
Best to hear from the developer directly but I believe this app requires an actual AA compatible head unit or the Head Unit Reloaded app. This is similar to how Waze isn't available for standalone AA.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Your screenshot is from Android Auto in your phone. There you don't have the fifth column. You have to use it on an Android Auto Headunit.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Hi.

Sorry for delay in answering and I'm really sorry if I have mislead anybody, I will update the description ASAP just to avoid any confusion.

That being said in my defense in the how to use I clearly stated connect phone to car/heddunit/hur

Android Auto does not have the capability to run 3rd party apps when it's used on phone screen only same way as at the time of writing this answer you cannot run Waze on phone only version.

I do apologize if I haven't made it clear enough that it will not work on stand alone mode.goes without saying that if you purchased the app for standalone purpose refund will be issued straight away, please send me an email and I will do it asap.

Once again sorry if I have created a confusion.

[MENTION=5124760]yochananmarqos[/MENTION] please send me a private message with your email address or email me directly to borconie@gmail.com so I can process your refund.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fma965:
HI again Emil, Just purchased the app but my speed still seems to be in KM/h, any suggestions?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Did you set Torque units to use imperial instead of km/h? In the settings part the units are displayed in the international standards [Si] format (km/h, meters. celsius, liters, etc) but when start the app on the headunit you should see the units in the format you set in Torque (mph, gallons, Fahrenheit, feet, etc)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fma965:
I believe so, can you confirm where this setting is? i've ticked a box to "use miles insted of kilometers" is there somewhere else?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] chenks:
hi, just saw this thread and as i would be needing to remove three dials in my car to fit the android auto headunit this would be ideal.

so am i correct in saying (as there was some confusion as one point) that once i fit my Andoird Auto headunit, i can use Torque Pro data from OBD and display it within the android auto UI on the headunit?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fma965:
Yes as long as you have a torque compatible obd2 adapter.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Yes that's the setting.

Try changing the gauge to a different PID than back so the unit section gets reloaded.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fma965:
you mean in OB2AA? i've done that but it still says km/h i can manually change that to mph but can't test it on car till after work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Ok, Im in front of my PC now.

In OBD2AA, select a different PID and then select the PID with the speed you want to see, then connect to AA.

Do NOT change anything in OBD2AA leave units in km/h it should pull over the data correctly, if still fails, clear the data for both Toque and OB2AA and set it up from scratch.

Bottom line is in OBD2AA when you open the app outside Android Auto to do the settings, you will see km/h but when you are in the car in AA you should see MPH displayed.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fma965:
OK, i'll give it a try after work 4:30 ish.

EDIT: am i right in thinking i can't use Torque's own calculated fuel level in OBD2AA? my car doesn't have a fuel level sensor supported via OBD so need to use the calculated value from torque.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
You're wrong you CAN use it, you just need to find the right PID, there is one which says Remaining Fuel (calculated from ...)

I will need to make a better way to display those PID's I find it quite frustrating how Torque orders them
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fma965:
So I am, thanks :) must of missed that
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] chenks:
yes i do.

i currently use the torque app for various readouts and clearing error codes.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
Same issue here. I need to investigate further, but the speeds (both GPS and the OBD speed) show up in kph within the AA app (on headunit), but they correctly show up in MPH in the realtime dashboard i have set up in the Torque app.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Not good...

I need to build the log version as soon as possible, this week looks to be a hell for me but will try to do it ASAP so I can see what's been reported from Torque (in logs).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fma965:
Working fine once I did what you said, thanks. The ui could do with some clarification on that though
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
Thanks for the input. Would this be the old one you referred to? I see it is called Kiwi 2+ in the title.

https://www.amazon.com/PLX-Devices-Bluetooth-Smartphone-Wireless/dp/B00U0YNMS8/

This is a little pricier than I would have liked, but I suppose you get what you pay for!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
If I could add to my previous question about the adapter, do the more expensive ones (like the above Kiwi) really improve on the update speed of the gauges? I might try to take a short video of mine updating and see if others think the speed is slower than their adapters. I image the phone and maybe the HU might contribute to the speed also?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
I'm not that sure. I have a Chinese cheap adapter my update rate is around 15 times / sec the pulling rate of the app is set to 10 times per sec to allow time for calculations as well since some pids need more time than others, so I don't think an expensive adapter will give you much better performance.

Having said that try to check your current adapter update rate in Torque to see if that is the bottleneck
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
The speed isn't really THAT slow, as you said. I was getting an average of 16-ish PIDs per second via the Torque app. I think my priority for the adapter is reliably connecting rather than the speed. When I checked the update rate via the adapter utility in Torque, it showed 0 errors, but the second item showed "5 other issues" (not sure the exact wording). I am not sure how to check what those other issues were.

Here is a short video of the app in use:

https://youtu.be/m4wx58h9pt4
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
I cannot really see what PID's you have but I won't call that too slow, are you expecting more fluid updates?

I'm affraid if I try to push the frequency up at higher level it could cause glitches for some users.

Might consider adding an option for polling freq in the setting for next release, having sad that some pid's will return much slower even if you pull them at higher rate.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
No - I think the speed is acceptable. I only asked about speed because as I looked at alternate adapters (for reliability) , I saw statements that they were 2-4x faster than standard adapters and wondered if the speed would make the gauges update more quickly. The PIDs I was running are MG1 RPM, MG2 RPM, Engine RPM, MPG, high voltage amperage ("Power Resource IB"), and 12V batt voltage.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] peterdowney01:
Just an FYI, on the latest stable and beta builds I'm unable to manually enter in the negative symbol into any field. It makes trying to set the custom pid ranges very difficult as no value can be set under 0.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Ups.... Right, this indeed is a problem. I will get it fix for next release
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] peterdowney01:
Also, and this might be pushing the limits of your app, is it possible that you could hack in a way to change the default Android auto wallpaper entirely? There's currently no app out that has that functionality, and I'd love to be able to change the background to something more personalized. You're the only person modding Android auto that I can find, so I figured I'd ask.

After some research I found another person that found where the files are, but wasn't able to change them.

(/data/app/com.google.android.projection.gearhead-1/base.apk/res/drawable-land-night-nodpi-v8)

(/data/app/com.google.android.projection.gearhead-1/base.apk/res/drawable-land-nodpi-v4)

They are both 2560x1440 images named vn_bg_overview.png
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Funny that you say that I was up till 3:20 am trying to hack that. Finding the file is not the issue, replacing content in the APK is possible but needs the APK to be repacked and for some reason AA won't work after that. Even using the SDK you aren't allow to touch the native part of AA.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
I am probably of topic, as it is a torque issue, but is there anywhere i can read what every pid do, and what pids work in corsa e, and what not?

Does Torque have any forum for this?

Thanks,
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Try: https://torque-bhp.com/wiki/Main_Page
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Problem is, that you have to sign the apk after changing and I don't think, you have the key from google.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
You could self-sign it but because AA is using elements from Google Play Service and other Google products it needs to have the same signature., which well as you say I don't have, imagine that you would have that.... if that key ever gets out Google can probably just shut down it's whole operation :)

Anybody could write an app, sign it with the same key and use elements from other packages (gmail, google wallet, android pay, etc)....
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Yupp, noone have the ability to sign with googles keys. I do not know, if there are working test keys or the possibility to inject graphics with own apks. But this needs root if ever possible.