1-3-2-4 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I have this ELM327 scantool for my 1997 outback to pair the device the passkey is 6789.. So I did that and I use the program called torque and it says it's connected to the device but I don't see any live data from it and it wont read any of the ECM codes or anything like that when I had the CEL on. Anything I did wrong that I can think of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatsuDano Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 1. Are you using the free or paid version of torque? 2. Under obdii connector status in torque, does it say the device is connected to the scanner/ecu/? 3. Do you have Pandora installed on your device? 4. Android, iphone, or other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 1. I have the paid version 2. says connected 3. I have pandora installed but that bluetooth streaming thing is unchecked in pandora 4. Using HTC Evo 4G let me go get a screen shot of the program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/SubaruWRX/snap20110420_121754-1.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/SubaruWRX/snap20110420_121842.png http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/SubaruWRX/snap20110420_121803.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatsuDano Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Try these steps. It's a little redundant and you may have already attempted, but this is the first step in tech support, right? 1. Go to settings>wireless>bluetooth settings>find the device, long press and unpair. 2. Disable bluetooth. 3. Enable bluetooth. 4. Tap "Make Discoverable". 5. Scan for devices, but do not try to pair the device at this point. 6. Launch Torque 7. It should find the bluetooth signal and try to connect, asking for the prompt. At which point you enter in 6789. 8. Check it again. I'll keep digging to see what else it could be. I'm also in CT and I have a similar setup. Maybe I can even come out to see it. PM me if interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 hmm I found a setting in the menu I forgot where right now since I'm back in the house but it was like check this if you have issues trying to get the adapter to talk to the ECU.. mine would say ok but I would get no data.. So I checked it and so far I've only got the coolant sensor, LT fuel trim and engine load & timing advance.. It's still very much lacking.. it seems new data pops up every few seconds or so and another thing is green and can be picked. My hand scan tool is still a bit better but I just wanted something less bulky if you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatsuDano Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I follow. It's entirely possible that it just doesn't translate. If you can, try it out on another car and see what happens. Then try a different bluetooth adapter in your car. Scientific! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang70Fastback Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I have a Bluetooth Scanner and Torque, and it reads VERY few PIDs. I think Torque just doesn't support many PIDs for our cars, because I can read tons of them from newer cars, and can read a lot from mine with PCMScan, for example, on my laptop. Sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 ok this is odd.. it seems like each time I connect to the car it's iffy if I can read the same data.. this time more stuff came up like oxygen senors and fuel trim but the stuff I had before no longer worked. the crazy thing is my hand held scanner is more useful for live data then this program :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmx045 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 is the car running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subikid90 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Mine stopped working about a month ago. It still works on my 01LGT but not my 97LGT. I plan to email Ian when I have some time and see if he can look into it for me. Could be a problem with torque and our ECU's. -Subikid90 1997 Legacy GT 5spd & EJ251 w/EJ25D heads ~10.5CR 1998 Legacy GT Limited waiting for EJ22T hybrid swap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 ^ It's odd each time I link up it's iffy if I can get the same data back or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelwatts Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 does anyone what system our cars use. is it iso based or j1850, or what? i was trying out a creader 6 and it does half a billion different languages but apparently, doesn't speak subaru. it even says it specializes in japanese and euro cars. wtf? I'm a native of South Carolina. I am a dying breed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted April 20, 2011 Author Share Posted April 20, 2011 Iso 9141 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fwa2500 Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 did you get the scanner off amazon/ebay? i got mine on amazon and it works great with the newer cars (flawless on my friends '01 RS) but on mine it only reads the coolant temp, lol. i think i remember reading somewhere that it wasnt until 98 or so that subarus were fully OBDII compliant, which is what i think most of the issue is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joelwatts Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 did you get the scanner off amazon/ebay? i got mine on amazon and it works great with the newer cars (flawless on my friends '01 RS) but on mine it only reads the coolant temp, lol. i think i remember reading somewhere that it wasnt until 98 or so that subarus were fully OBDII compliant, which is what i think most of the issue is. cornwell tool truck. truck dealers will let you test drive scanners for a week to see if you wanna buy it. but i doesn't communicate w/ my car so its a no go for me. although it is a handy little tool. live (color) data logging was nice. I'm a native of South Carolina. I am a dying breed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang70Fastback Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 We might finally have a [partial] answer to this problem. Read this thread - particularly the second to last post. http://torque-bhp.com/forums/?wpforumaction=viewtopic&t=687.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang70Fastback Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 UPDATE! Latest version fixed the issue! I get lots of readings now! Wohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 still none here.. maybe I need to delete all my dials and try again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang70Fastback Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Make sure you set up a profile for your car (new feature) and check the "use alternate header" option which tries different... headers... when attempting to read OBD data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 they changed the profile stuff? Because that's one of the first things i did before I had the keys to the car.. I put the weight in and all.. i'm going to go out to the car now and give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 ok so the new update seems to make my OBDII device worst.. instead of reading data for maybe 5 seconds and having to reconnect again it only grabs a second of live data and it goes back to finding the right protocol again.. It's annoying.. This is the one I have http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v77/SubaruWRX/IMAG0376-1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang70Fastback Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Hmm. It might be the device. I'm using an OBDKey: http://www.obdkey.com/images/obd_bluetooth.jpg Here are all the settings I have in my Torque app that seem to work: In the profile, turns out I DON'T have "Use alternate OBD header" checked. Sorry about that. I had been flicking it on and off as he had pushed a few updates the last couple days. In the OBD settings I have 'Faster communication' checked, 'Disable ELM327 auto timer' checked. Try those settings and see if it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 heh i would hope that obdkey would work for that price I will go out and check too I know I did the same by checking and unchecking that alternate OBD header setting. *nope still did not work :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stang70Fastback Posted May 13, 2011 Share Posted May 13, 2011 Hmm, that sucks. I'm not quite sure what's wrong. You might consider posting on the torque forum (where I linked to a few posts back). The developer is REALLY good about replying. Additionally, if you let the Torque app try to connect for a minute or two, you can then submit a log from the app for him to look at. That's what he did for the other Legacy poster in that thread. I wish I could be of more help than that... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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