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OBD Fusion is similar to Torque but for Apple. You can't use a Bluetooth OBD2 reader, you use a WiFi version, Scantool offers one.
As Crash68 said, OBD Fusion app works with Apple. I've been using the OBD Fusion app and Veepeak WIFI scanner https://www.amazon.ca/Veepeak-Scanner-Diagnostic-Adapter-Trouble/dp/B00WPW6BAE for a couple months now and they work great together.
Thanks guys.

Stupid question...with the WIFI scanner, do you have to buy a wifi service or is just the standard data package (unlimited) i have on my phone good enough? Iphone 6 on AT&T.

Will it display EGT, boost pressure, vacuum, etc?
 
Stupid question...with the WIFI scanner, do you have to buy a wifi service or is just the standard data package (unlimited) i have on my phone good enough? Iphone 6 on AT&T.

Will it display EGT, boost pressure, vacuum, etc?
If you didn't ask, then it becomes stupid.
The WiFi OBD reader will create basically peer to peer link with your iPhone(no data charges from your carrier).
You should be able to read any of the available information from your truck, you'll probably have to add a bunch of custom PIDs/formulas just like with Torque. You can use the same ones listed earlier in this thread.
 
Thanks guys.

Stupid question...with the WIFI scanner, do you have to buy a wifi service or is just the standard data package (unlimited) i have on my phone good enough? Iphone 6 on AT&T.

Will it display EGT, boost pressure, vacuum, etc?
You don't need any data... the scanner just sends the signal in WIFI. The instructions come with the scanner and the set up is very easy. Just make sure to set it up as a static IP, as in the instructions or you can't use anything else on the phone at the same time.

As for EGT, boost, etc,. some are already setup in Fusion and some you have to make custom PID's but it will read most things you'll want to see. There is some info in here and in other thread about the custom PID's for Fusion.

Replied at the same time as Crash68... he had it covered...
 
Someone posted about taking the information from their smart phone app, and streaming it to their RAM LCD display, so they could watch the various app monitors on their big screen.

Sounds amazing. How exactly do you do that?

I'm savvy with my smart phone and apps. I just don't know how to get it talking to my 1500 to change what is displayed on the LCD.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Brokk...
 
Could a generous soul please post a summary of useful pid's and settings as a new thread please? It would save a ton of time learning/searching for those of us getting started. If someone doesn't beat me to it, I'll try to come up with one as I learn it.
 
Could a generous soul please post a summary of useful pid's and settings as a new thread please? It would save a ton of time learning/searching for those of us getting started. If someone doesn't beat me to it, I'll try to come up with one as I learn it.
I am talking to one of the Mods to figure out the best way to do it. That is an excellent idea.
 
Think we could sticky a master list at the top of this thread for reference...:cool:
If someone wants to work on it, go ahead. I won't be able to get it done today. I was going to go through the entire thread, make a list in Google Docs, and then copy it for an Admin/Mod to post a sticky with probably a PDF printout for people to take to their trucks for reference. I may not get it done until after the weekend.
 
I bought OBD Fusion for my Iphone and it has a ton of SAE PID's to choose from. With them I might not have to customize the entire app.
It depends on what you want to monitor. Fusion has some nice PID's already, but you can't monitor things like DPF %, EGT1 and a few others without custom PID's...which are very easy to make by the way and you can find all the info you should need on here and a couple of other threads...
 
I am so glad I found this thread. I've been using Torque since it came out and love the product. I normally setup a 8" tablet in each one of my cars just to monitor the info. I hope their will be a consolidated PID list as unfortunately I don't have time to go through all 30+ pages. Thanks to everyone who contributed so far, very useful info here.

Torque has been great rather than mounting a bunch of gauges which often just alert less than cooperative dealers about mods. My last dealer automatically assumed if I had an EGT gauge in my truck that it was modded. :( So Torque allows me to be more discrete. ;)
 
Ask and ye shall receive Please note the multiple MAP setups, please pick one of your preference (Everything has been copied and pasted from this thread I hope i got them all in the correct form)

For best results with OBD readers, manually set the protocol to
ISO 15765-4 CAN(11bit 500k baud)

This will override the automatic protocol scan in Torque and prevent CEL's upon startup

EGT11 = Pre-Turbine
EGT12 = Pre-DOC
CATEMP11 = Pre-DPF
EGT13=Pre-SCR


PID: 018B
Long Name: DPF Capacity
Short Name: DPF %
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 100
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: %
Equation: (C*100)/255

PID: 018B
Long Name: DPF REGEN AVGT
Short Name: DPF AVGT
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 65535
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: Min
Equation: (D*256)+E

PID: 018B
Long Name: DPF REGEN AVGD
Short Name: DPF AVGD
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 65535
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: Km
Equation: (F*256)+G

PID: 010B
Long Name: INTAKE MANIFOLD ABSOLUTE PRESSURE
Short Name: MAP
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 255
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: kPa
Equation: A


Or

PID: 010B
Long Name: INTAKE MANIFOLD ABSOLUTE PRESSURE
Short Name: MAP
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 255
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: kPa
Equation: A*(300/255) or A*1.176 --

Input that into Torque and enjoy. At sea level with the engine off, you should see something like 99 kPa. It will vary depending on weather and altitude. You could also make this a gauge value by subtracting the barometric pressure.

(zero it) out in the Advanced settings under you Vehicle profile. It should read 0 with the truck not running.

I found a better way to add offsets instead of in settings: I make my own PID formula. Since I live in CO at 6800' altitude, using the stock boost guage in torque it always read -3.5 psi when it should be 0. Use this simple formula for altitude compensated boost:

PID: 0170
Long Name: Boost
Short Name: Boost
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 25
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: kPa
Equation: ((B*256)+C)*0.03125-[33]
[33] in the equation is the barometric pressure PID

I like this best since I often move between 5000' and 10000' in a few hours and it adjusts. Note the square braces around [33], this is the trick that subtracts your barometric pressure reading. This is a powerful app!

I also created a altitude compensated guage for the exhaust backpressure, since the stock one was also reading wrong by -3.5 psi due to my 6800' altitude:

PID: 0173
Long Name: Exhaust Press
Short Name: Exh P
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 25
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: kPa
Equation: ((B*256)+C)/100-[33]


PID: 010C
Long Name: ENGINE RPM
Short Name: RPM
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 16383.75
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: RPM
Equation: ((A*256)+B)/4

PID: 016d
Long Name: Fuel Rail Pressure EcoD
Short Name: Rail P
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 655350
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: kPa
Equation: ((D*256)+E)*10
Fuel Rail scaled down (((D*256)+E)*10)/1000

PID: 016d
Long Name: Fuel Rail Temp EcoD
Short Name: Rail T
Minimum value: -40
Maximum value: 215
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: °C
Equation: F-40

PID: 016f
Long Name: Turbo Inlet Pressure EcoD
Short Name: TURB IN P
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 255
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: kPa
Equation: B


PID: 0171
Long Name: Variable Geometry Turbo Position EcoD
Short Name: VGT Pos
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 100
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: %
Equation: (C*100)/255

PID: 0173
Long Name: Exhaust Pressure EcoD
Short Name: EXST P
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 655.35
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: kPa
Equation: ((B*256)+C)/100

PID: 0177
Long Name: Charge Air Cooler Temp EcoD
Short Name: CAC T
Minimum value: -40
Maximum value: 215
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: °C
Equation: B-40

PID: 0178
Long Name: Exhaust Gas Temp 2 EcoD
Short Name: EGT2
Minimum value: -40
Maximum value: 6513.5
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: °C
Equation: (((D*256)+E)/10)-40

PID: 0178
Long Name: Exhaust Gas Temp 3 EcoD
Short Name: EGT3
Minimum value: -40
Maximum value: 6513.5
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: °C
Equation: (((F*256)+G)/10)-40

PID: 017a
Long Name: DPF Delta Pressure EcoD
Short Name: DPF Delta
Minimum value: -327.68
Maximum value: 327.67
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: kPa
Equation: ((signed(B)*256)+C))/100

PID: 018b
Long Name: DPF Regen Mode
Short Name: Regen M
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 1
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: Mode
Equation: {B:0}

PID: 018b
Long Name: DPF Regen Type
Short Name: Regen T
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 1
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: Mode
Equation: {B:1}


PID: ( Leave the PID field blank, it's not a typo)
Long Name: Intake Air Resistance (or whatever you want to call it)
Short Name: Air Resist (or whatever makes sense to you)
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 10
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: kPa
Equation: Val{Barometric Pressure (from vehicle)}-Val{Turbo Inlet Pressure}

Make sure that what ever name is inside the curly brackets is the Long Name for Turbo Inlet Pressure or whatever you called it if you changed it from mine. I have Torque set up to automatically switch kPa to psi so that's why I was using psi in my examples.

PID: 0169
Long Name: Commanded EGR
Short Name: CEGR
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 100
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: %
Equation: B*100/255

PID: 0169
Long Name: Actual EGR
Short Name: AEGR
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: 100
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: %
Equation: C*100/255

PID: 0169
Long Name: EGR Error
Short Name: EGRE
Minimum value: -100
Maximum value: 100
Scale Factor: 1x
Unit Type: %
Equation: (D*100/128)-100
 
It depends on what you want to monitor. Fusion has some nice PID's already, but you can't monitor things like DPF %, EGT1 and a few others without custom PID's...which are very easy to make by the way and you can find all the info you should need on here and a couple of other threads...
I updated my OBD fusion app recently and they added a bunch more built in SAE PID's! All the intake air temps, all EGTs, Cooler temps. DPF pressures,type,active, normalized trigger of DPF. Nox info. And a bunch more. I spent a ton of time imputing all the custom PIDs but that is not necessary now. Wish this came out a little sooner would have saved me a bunch of time.
 
I updated my OBD fusion app recently and they added a bunch more built in SAE PID's! All the intake air temps, all EGTs, Cooler temps. DPF pressures,type,active, normalized trigger of DPF. Nox info. And a bunch more. I spent a ton of time imputing all the custom PIDs but that is not necessary now. Wish this came out a little sooner would have saved me a bunch of time.
Thanks for the heads up, didn't know they add they added all of those. I'll have to look into the update. I agree it would have been nice if they came up with those sooner, I spent a lot of time getting all of the custom PID's set up.
 
Oh man, thanks to contributors of this thread. 0 regens in 11,500 miles - just the smell and ticking when parked. Finally saw it hit 100% with a PID mentioned, watched egt III skyrocket, then all settle down 12 minutes later. Good stuff. And speedometer correction for oversized tires done too on app

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I'm guessing that whey they said speedometer corrected they were referring to only on the torque app with a custom PID and not corrected on the truck itself? Also has anyone been able to make a custom PID for what gear the truck is currently in?

Yes I know this is an old post and I have read through all the pages.
Thanks
 
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