Torque for Android

[SarcasticOne]

For those of you with Android phones, there is an application called Torque which allows you to read the data off your car's ODB2 port

Torque Free
Torque (Paid)

Anyways, thought I would start an "official" thread/FAQ for this application, containing user experiences and so forth

i have a nexus one (3.7 inch screen) & bought one of these:
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nothing fancy, but does the job... turns out my PIN to connect the device was 6789, had to insert the disc to find that out... was in a .txt file with horribly written english

Anyways, have found the "small" dials too be far too small to actually be useable on the phone whilst it's mounted in the car, which means i use 2 of the the medium size ones

there doesnt seem to be that much delay due to bluetooth, but then again, it's not exactly easy to tell...

only thing i have noticed, dont seem to hit double digits in terms of boost in 1st even with hypertech

as for mazda and/or mazdaspeed specific PID's:
(will update this thread as confirmation of different ones comes to hand)

Ok haven't tested these yet, But credit to the MSF guys for these, they've obviously done a lot of work to figure them out. No word on Knock Retard yet.

PIDS that work out of the box with Torque:
Load
Fuel Level
RPM
Intake Temp
Intake manifold pressure(in kPa)
Coolant Temp
Vacuum/Boost Gauge
Barometric Pressure
Mass air flow rate(in g/s not voltage)
Throttle Position
Timing Advance(Works, at WOT shows near 0 degrees. Yay stock tune!)

Enhanced PIDs you have to manually enter
Long name & short name can be whatever you want. I tried to stick to conventional names.

LTFT Long Term Fuel Trim?
OBD2 PID: 0107
Long Name: LTFT
Short Name: LTFT
Minimum Value: -25
Maximum Value: 25
Scale Factor: x1
Unit Type: %
Equation: (A-128)*100/128
Gen 1 Status:
Gen 2 Status: Working and confirmed
MS6 Status:

STFT Short Term Fuel Trim?
OBD2 PID: 0106
Long Name: STFT
Short Name: STFT
Minimum Value: -25
Maximum Value: 25
Scale Factor: x1
Unit Type: %
Equation: (A-128)*100/128
Gen 1 Status:
Gen 2 Status: Working and confirmed
MS6 Status:

Fuel Pressure
OBD2 PID: 0123
Long Name: FP
Short Name: FP
Minimum Value: 0
Maximum Value: 2500
Scale Factor: x1
Unit Type: %
Equation: (A*256+B)*10*.145
Gen 1 Status:
Gen 2 Status: Working and confirmed
MS6 Status:

Open Loop Commanded Air/Fuel Ratio
OBD2 PID: 0144
Long Name: AFR
Short Name: AFR
Minimum Value: 0
Maximum Value: 20
Scale Factor: x1
Unit Type: A/F
Equation: (A*256+B)/32768*14.7
Gen 1 Status:
Gen 2 Status: Working and confirmed
MS6 Status:

OEM Wideband Air/Fuel Ratio
OBD2 PID: 0134
Long Name: WAFR
Short Name: WAFR
Minimum Value: 0
Maximum Value: 20
Scale Factor: x1
Unit Type: A/F
Equation: (A*256+B)/32768*14.7
Gen 1 Status:
Gen 2 Status: Working and confirmed
MS6 Status:

Cat Temp
OBD2 PID: 013c
Long Name: Cat Temp
Short Name: Cat Temp
Minimum Value: 0
Maximum Value: 2000
Scale Factor: x1
Unit Type: F
Equation: ((A*256+B)/10-40)*1.8+32
Gen 1 Status:
Gen 2 Status: Working and confirmed
MS6 Status:

Absolute Load
OBD2 PID: 0143
Long Name: Abs Load
Short Name: Abs Load
Minimum Value: 0
Maximum Value: 255
Scale Factor: x1
Unit Type: %
Equation: (A*256+B)*100/255
Gen 1 Status:
Gen 2 Status: Working and confirmed
MS6 Status:

Intake Manifold Absolute Pressure
OBD2 PID: 010b
Long Name: IMAP
Short Name: IMAP
Minimum Value: 0
Maximum Value: 100
Scale Factor: x1
Unit Type: PSI
Equation: A*.145
Gen 1 Status:
Gen 2 Status: Working and confirmed
MS6 Status:

anyways, will update this as i go along
if anyone else has questions/experiences with this application, feel free to post

[darkness]

And for the record I'm using and HTC Desire HD with this bluetooth unit $52.99 - ELM327 Bluetooth OBD-II Wireless Transceiver Dongle - OBD/OBD2 Car Diag. Tools

have played with Torque a little so far. Getting a windscreen mount for my phone shortly to I can use the gauges while driving. It's been very useful for clearing error codes when i forget to plug the afm back in.

[Toddy22587]

I've had the app and the bluetooth thing sitting here for over a month, just never got around to testing it out. Might have to give it a try now

[Nexus]

...there doesnt seem to be that much delay due to bluetooth, but then again, it's not exactly easy to tell...

If you are only using a small number of PID - say less than eight, there is some additional latency on bluetooth but it might not be too noticable.
Using a PC and bluetooth to log large number of PID values, you really begin to notice the slower speed and latency.
Obviously not practical for phones, but USB capable of much faster, lower latency data read....it has more of a bearing the more you try to log and/or use.

Ive seen as much as 1 or 2 sec latency when really overloading the bluetooth. Go for a squirt and then glance at the gauges to see what was happening a couple of seconds ago....,

[tricache]

Does Torque have logging capabilities? Already got a ScanGauge2 but this would be killer if it could log

[darkness]

There seems to be 2 types of logging. It will log to a file that you can email to yourself, which also allows you to import it into Google earth. Or upload to torques server which you can log into see gps stats vs obd readings.

It doesn't log everything though and im trying to figure out how to log more.

[Bakis]

If anyone know how to put a .apk file on the Forum i have the install for the full version of torque on my PC, i'm a member of AppBucket and they have heaps of free apps. Saves the $5 if you like but i dont have any idea how to put a file on the internet.

You just need to make a foler on your phone and put the install in it and then use astro to open.

[TD]

Could zip it up and post it Bakis, that would be great

[SarcasticOne]

as TD said, .zip?

i can add it to my first post if you wish

i'll probably look into testing out some of the custom PID's this weekend

[Yeldarb]

Anyone tried an Android tablet with Torque? I'm giving up on my Garmin. After updating the Nuvi, it's just slows right down!!!