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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
Did u have to clear data at all?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fma965:
Nope I just did exactly what emil said
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mobot95:
I cannot add pids generated from external plugin (example Advanced Ex forum Fiat)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Can you email me which PID's you have set up where you get it to jump like crazy?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
You can but they will only show up when you are connected to the car's OBD.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Pyrres:
Any pid that is in gauge number 4. Thats the weird part. Tried everything from Engine oil temp to Ford specific pids and everything just jumps around in it. For example I tried to set GPS Speed in gauge 1 and 4 just for test purposes and 1 worked like it should and 4 just jumps from value to value at really high speed without any logic. If I restart the app it works for a maybe few seconds and then goes crazy. Used engine oil temp as test and it showed it correctly at first few seconds as I could check it was showing correct temp and then it just started jumping again. Tested that a couple of times and same thing.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Ok I will investigate. How many gauges do you have set up?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Pyrres:
Anything from 4 to 6. Just send a Pm if you need any details or logs or anything. Happy to help a good cause. When you get this more mature this will be epic. I love extra data in my car and most new cars don't offer much on what s going on.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] spiff72:
Confirmed. I just changed the PID to setting else, and then changed it back without making other changes. It then reads in MPH
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] froader:
This is pretty great idea to develop. I purchased and got it running on my 4100NEX.

Some things I notice though. The app will not launch if I set the number of gauges to 14 or 10, but when I changed it to 12, 9, or 6, then the app launches and displays on my head unit. I didn't try other numbers FYI.

As someone else mentioned the gauge values jump around.

Ignition timing and 0-60mph gauges read the exact same value which is obviously incorrect.

Temperatures read in Celsius instead of Farenheit even though Torque is configured to Farenheit.

This project seems promising, but seems like it's alpha stage right now and seems too early to be paying to help developing with feedback. Do you not have a beta program instead?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mobot95:
I've problems using this App on a Kenwood Unit, sometimes the App doesn't start and I don't know why. Developer option enabled on AA, i can see the app in the stereo but doesn't load up sometimes, maybe the issue is related to the number of gauges used?

Also, I can't see pids added by external plugin on Torque, also with the OBD connected to the car
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Hi,

Sorry if you feel like the app doesn't worth it money please send me an email and I will be happy to refund. The app acts like a gateway between Torque and Android Auto and the values used to populate the gauges are a direct feed from Torque in an Array format so there isn't too much I can do about that. I need to clarify this with the Torque developer and see what can be the potential cause for this.

I have looked at the plugin documentation again and I think I can work around this by using deprecated methods of the plugin (pulling each value separately instead of all in one go) but that is normally counter productive.

I did run a closed beta before pushing it out, but it was relatively short.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Hi.

- When you say it doesn't start you mean in Android Auto or the config bit outside Android Auto.

- To my observance the external PIDs are displayed at the bottom of the list.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mobot95:
It doesn't start on AA (Kenwood unit), when I click on the app, I see only the fade in and fade out animation

I don't see ex PIDs, external PIDs starts with name like "[FAVD]", I see these on Torque tool list,all positioned on first, but not on your app (tried also checking in the bottom of list)

Edit: I restarted Torque and now I see PIDs
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
For the app not starting can you please get me a bug report? This is how to:

First under AA developer options make sure you enable force logging than follow this steps please:

1. Enabling Developer Mode

1. Open Settings > About phone.

2. Scroll down to the Build number.

3. Tap the Build number 7 times in quick succession until "You're now a developer" appears.

4. Return to the Settings menu and select Developer options.

5. At the top of the screen, make sure 'Developer options' is set to On (green).

6. Scroll down to Debugging and enable both USB debugging and Bug Report Shortcut on (green).

7. Tab on Logger buffer sizes: Default setting is 256K. Select 16M to help capture more information for debugging. Of note, it can affect the apps performance especially with lower spec phone, so change it back after you have finished submitting bug reports.

2. Capturing a Bug Report

It's very important to do this right after you experience the issue again, so your device can log at least one occurrence of the issue.

1. Hold the Power button down until the menu appears.

2. Select Take bug report. and wait for the device to capture the bug report.

3. Tap the 'Bug report captured' notification when it appears.

4. Share the bug report. (I recommend to email it to yourself.)

5. Download the bug report to your computer.

6. Send the bug report by email to borconie@gmail.com
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mobot95:
I have an S7 Edge, should I create a bug report under developer options? It's a zip file
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Yes it's a zip you can create if from developer options as well, but you need to create it very shortly after the issue occurs.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] m0tyrider:
Can you have the gauges up while you are using Android auto for other things in the background? ie spotify? I am yet to purchase a Android auto capable headunit, but this would be a big selling point for me to avoid the Chinese Android headunit debacle
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
No not at the moment, however I do intend to create / develop other apps for AA as well, for example Lyft/Uber integration in on my plan list. That being said Spotify is supported by default on Android Auto so why would you want a gauge for that?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Yeap a magentis 2010 and I do like it, just could do with a little bit better MPG.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
[MENTION=842765]Emil Borconi[/MENTION]

So here are my first impressions with testing of

Alpha 2:

Firstly great idea and much potential. I've had a drive for 35 minutes.

- 20 minutes the road name was shown. Than it seems to stop. It doesn't update anymore.

- Very often it shows the wrong road because there was a tunnel or a bridge or a road on the side. So I think there's something to tune.

- text of the road speed limit is a bit simple. It says "none kmh" on parts where is no speed limit

- Speed cameras was only shown on Homescreen, not on the other screens anymore. This was great on the latest versions

- no alerts, only speed camera warnings. Was that expected? I really like that, but I don't know if that was a failure

- I only can get it to work again with rebooting Android Auto

- one of my home speed cameras isn't shown anymore

- the others I've tried with lockito where good. The one which I've sent you was flawless.

Wow :) Many points I've seen
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
See my notes between your lines.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
[MENTION=842765]Emil Borconi[/MENTION]

My not understandable point was, that there only be notifications for speed cameras. No working areas anymore (thought that could be called alerts in English)

I think that could be normal that you only want to show cameras and not the other stuff from camsam.

Gpx are incoming ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bambams247:
Hello. I'm trying to install this but XDA Labs says not found when I search for it. When I click the link in OPs thread it takes me to the app web page, when I hit the down arrow to download it wants me to install XDA Labs......stuck in a loop. Please help.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bambams247:
Nevermind, found it: https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/uk.co.boconi.emil.obd2aa
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Happy to read you found it, but can you please tell me how you try to search for it when it did not work?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] UmMeL©:
Freezing OBD2AA during using it...

I was able to localisate the error.

The OBD2AA was freezing because of the batterysettings.

I switched it from energysaving mode in AndroidAuto.apk, Torque.apk and OBD2AA.apk to normal mode.

Now everything runs as well.

So I think some other user could may happen this kind of problem!

In case of freezing the app....try to change batterysave settings.

reguards

...and Thank you for help and this app!

Ummel

PS: Sorry about my bad english
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Thank you for sharing, your English is just fine, don't worry :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ahpigsy:
Just wondering if it's worth installing the latest Alpha. I'm guessing maybe not because the camera stuff won't work in Australia? Or is there other stuff in there that might be useful?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Street names and speed limits card on the home screen.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] scoobdude:
Where are these battery settings and on what version of Android?

Emil I am going to beta test 8.1 so I will let you know it works there.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] drc13:
I have them disabled (I use waze so don't need them) but can confirm they do generally work in Australia.

I also haven't found the Alpha to be any less stable or a compromise over the other versions :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] UmMeL©:
Preferences - Batterysettings - Batteryusage - ignore optimising ...and there I changed the three apps Android Auto, OBD2AA and Torque.

I am using stockversion of Android 6 on my LG g4.

Please remember ...all is translated from german, so it can be called other on your device.

Reguards

Ummel
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ahpigsy:
Yes, I installed it and it seems to be working fine. Street name displaying on front page. No speed limit notice, that I've seen yet. But I do live out in the country.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
So I've made now two bigger trips over two hours with blitzer.de enabled and torque disabled. Routing via Google Maps.

After around one and a half hour, the display of my car radio freezes. The only thing, which works, is to reboot the smartphone.

Without OBD2AA there where no such freezes.

Could be, that there's an memory leak?

I've been using now the latest beta with Moto Z Play.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
I'm sure that there is no leak, I think it's related to URL connection in the background. I'm using Asynctask to do poll data from the server. I have a feeling that when multiple Asynctask are called in a raw and they block because of no connectivity that triggers it. I had it frozen once myself on the road but I wasn't able to reproduce it at home whatsoever. Meanwhile I have added more handling logic and dropped the AsyncTask call and implemented a proper separated Thread for it.

Also I was chatting with AutoMate developer I was curious how he solved the camera's question and speed limits, it turned out that we actually used very similar logic, he also give me some hint/tips on what are the optimum settings on pulling speed info, although I did nailed the big chunk of it with my first attempt so all good :)

I'm trying to finish a website which I really must do before I leave on my holiday but I will do my very best to get the latest version at least to a Beta state instead of Alpha.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ahpigsy:
Just to confirm I'm getting both street name and speed limit now using the Alpha. So all good thanks.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Today OBD2AA frozes the phone, too after one and a half / two hours that only the reboot works.

Not shure what this triggers. It's every time on a longer trip.

I'm on the latest beta. I don't think if the latest alpha helps and don't want to try here on holidays.

The rest is working like a champ. It's the only problem I have with OBD2AA so far.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Did the froze happened with the beta???
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Yes, all now three times. And all after the same time. That's why I've thought that it could be a memory leak.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] scoobdude:
Emil just wanted to say I had to do a full reset to get 8.1 to load on my pixel. After seeing everything up again I loaded the alpha and made sure the gauges were working in preview, and then tested it out in the car. I had not even opened torque yet but it found the elm device and gave me my gauges in AA. I then enabled faster communications and in the one trip I have taken it worked wonderfully (also narrowed it down to 3 pids).

I also checked on the home card and that one worked well. Street names seemed to always be there but speed limits were hit or miss. But for the most part it's a working much better than before
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fma965:
So i've tried the latest alpha for a little while now and it seems to work pretty well, still have that strange issue where its black till i go home then click the notification but thats a "me specific issue" some streets don't have reported speeds in Cornwall but its the countryside so that's to be expected.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ahpigsy:
Is it a feature for the crossroads to appear on the home card? Had some major crossroads names appear on screen yesterday, however they were lagging somewhat behind. They'd appear after I'd passed them.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
In alpha version the app is doing geodecoding and displaying street name and (if known) speed limits. The rules behind the geodecoding are balanced between performance and data/resource usage meaning that data will be refresh every 5 seconds if the traveled distance between the last data fetch and current position is at least 200 meters.

The street names are provided by Google the speed limits by openstreet maps.

There is a margin error in this of course but doing a constant up to date refresh will use way to much resources.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
If i understood well, it uses mobile Internet data to download speed limits and street names.

As i don't use mobile data in car, it would be good to be an option to work as it is now..

We always can see street names by waze without using data..

Use of Camsam plus is fine with me as i don't have to use mobile data to have it working. Ofcourse if a method to work internally (without using mobile data) it would be better. But if it need to use mobile data, i personally would prefer camsam method..

Anyway some options for users who don't want to use mobile data and user who doesn't care, it would be good..

Internet mobile data coverage is not good to every places, as it is also expensive to many places so some users doesn't like to spent data for this.

I don't ask anything for myself. I believe there are many who feel the same. At least some friends of mine who use the app feel the same otherwish i wouldnt even post.

(I have a phone only for android auto in car. It always stay in car. I don't even have Internet mobile data to this phone. When i need data, it gets from my primary phone by senting Internet to the phone i use for android auto)

Thanks,
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Sorry missed this post, that is odd. Will you be able to capture a bug report next time it happens?

Before doing so, please make sure that Android Auto has force logging enabled as well as the app has debugging enabled, also make sure that the dev settings have the log buffer increased to 16 Mb from 256Kb, once it happens, use the power button shortcut to capture a bug report before restarting the device.

I'm not 100% sure it's OBD2AA or AA/Play Services which is playing up...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Ish... let me clarify:

- Street names are retrieved from local geocoding, meaning it's done by the OS on the phone, in some cases it will use data in others it wont, some places will be cached other wont, so that might give you some.partial information even when offline.

- Speed limits are always online, as I have described in one of my earlier posts it will use a maximum of 22.5 Kb / hour for that service, but if there is no network data it will just silently fail (you won't see the speed under the street name)

- Waze (it downloads data in order to show it when not online)

- CamSam VS OBD2AA speed camera alert. Both CamSam and OBD2AA needs to download the static cameras database this is 5Mb and both apps will try to refresh it's content once a week. CamSam currently has an option for "online module" which fetches the mobiles camera database once every 5 minutes (about 130Kb), so does the obd2aa but currently no option to turn that "online" module off. In case you do not have mobile data on your phone, make sure that roughly once a week you do open the obd2aa app while connected to a wifi so the app can download the static camera database in order to have an up to date static camera notification.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
Hi,

I'm on holidays and I don't know where to move. Is it safe to use this while on traveling?

I really need maps and Blitzer to get away from here.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
To the best of my knowledge it is, but if any doubts don;t use it. Waze has speed camera warning anyway, so you can rely on that while driving.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
Many thanks for your long answer.. :)

You did crarify many things.

One question if you know:

You wrote to update once a week to get the static camera database.

If i forget, and update it eg after one or two months what will happens?

Will it loose completely the database after a week or it will just have outdated database but it will still work (with the outdated ofcourse database) ?

Thanks again!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
It will continue working with the outdated static database
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mursepaolo:
This worked like a charm on my 2017 VW GTI. The only thing is that when I'm on the gauges, switch to maps, then switch back to the gauges, I get this weird extra row of gauges that's cut off. Any way to resolve this? Is this what the 2:1 ratio option is for?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] contesauce:
First let me say, fantastic app. i just discovered it in XDA labs and immediately bought it to get it running on my 4100NEX. The instructions were clear and well written, however, I'm having an issue with my set up. I have my profile provisioned and Torque pro runs well and gives values correctly in app on the phone, I can set the PID's and see the gauges on my head unit, but they are static. The values do not change.

Ive read the OP's instructions and several pages of troubleshooting but nothing specific to my issue. I can't see anything related to it in the search either. Has anyone else experienced this? When I get an opportunity this afternoon I'll pull a logcat/debug for the dev if need be.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] LumberjackZac:
Emil would consider a fork of this? Currently many users of the Burger Motorsports JB4 piggyback ECU tune, as well as myself, are unable to benefit from your wonderful App because you may only use one connection to the OBD2 at a time.

The Tuner uses the OBD2 to analyze the car in order to produce more power and boost. It has a Bluetooth connection to the JB4 app. I imagine very similar to Torque but not compatible with Torque. The JB4 app provides many if not all the same readings like Torque.

You want to consider reaching out to Terry at BMS as they had been struggling to integrate a OEM experience with this product. I've seen very promising work but it's been a year without any updates. Everyone already has to drop $600 for this setup, I imagine they'd gladly pay to use the tuner app on their Android Auto vehicle.

The developer of the app is apparently third party, but as long as your not modifying his code you'd be good right? PM me if you think you'd be interested. I'll see what I can do to help

http://www.n54tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39549
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Hi.

Sorry to read that you have trouble please follow the instructions on the op on how to generate a log report and send it over so I can have a look. Please do so in the next 2 days since I will be on a holiday from the 4th till the 20th of November.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Sounds interesting definitely interested in collaborating but probably it will need to be after I'm back from my holiday later on this month.

Shoot me an email to borconie@gmail.com with more details and will take it from there
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] FormelLMS:
[MENTION=842765]Emil Borconi[/MENTION]

So I've did a next test on my way home from vacation.

Used the latest alpha on the way. We were five hours on the road.

Because of the alpha status I've used Waze for navigation and cameras, too.

I've had the street names off in your alpha, but speed cameras on and it works until my home door. One speed camera was left and the notifications only comes to my pebble, not on head unit.

(I think, you have fixed this bug)

But the real good is, that the smartphone doesn't freeze today. Could it be, that the problem wasn't your app, but blitzer.de?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] contesauce:
No problem dev. Cars doing a fuel pump replacement today, I'll try and pull the bug report this afternoon and post
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Check the beta channel and see if the problem persists, if I recall correctly I have fixed that in the beta.

No the 2:1 is referring to the aspect ratio of the background image (the width has to be double compared to the height) or it will look stretched and ugly.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Emil Borconi:
Finally I had some time today to work on this... gush... why the day has only 24 hours????

Alpha version 3 is up, with the following changelog:

- Changed camera detection logic (again)

- Added option for disabling mobile download.

- Increased camera detection frequency

- Adjusted Street Card data fetch
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] mursepaolo:
I like the beta, but the text and title are overlapping slightly. Makes it look really messy, so I went back to stable version.