Description

Engine Diagnosis and Monitoring

Depending on the app and the vehicle's make and model Kiwi 3 can display:

Kiwi Comparison

	Kiwi2 (for Android)	Kiwi2 (for Apple)	Kiwi3
Compatible Devices	Android, Windows, Linux	Apple iOS	Android, Apple iOS, Windows, Linux
CompatibleVehicles	US Vehicles 1996 or newer	US Vehicles 1996 or newer	US Vehicles 1996 or newer
Wireless Standard	Bluetooth 2.1	WiFi 802.11 b/g	Bluetooth 4.1
Physical Dimensions	2.5''x1.6''x0.8"	2.5''x1.6''x0.8"	1.3"x1.6"x0.8"
Power Consumption	1.24 Watts(Active) 0.1 Watts (Sleep)	1.24 Watts(Active) 0.1 Watts(Sleep)	0.2 Watts(Active) 0.05 Watts(Sleep)
Supports all standard Protocols
Supports Single Wire CAN
Supports Ford MS-CAN
Check reset engine codes
Data log engine parameters
Fuel efficiency/driving behavior
Sleep Mode
Instant Connect when car starts	-	-

Is your vehicle OBD II compliant?

All cars and light trucks built and sold in the United States after January 1, 1996 were required to be OBD II equipped. In general, this means all 1996 model year cars and light trucks are compliant, even if built in late 1995.

All gasoline vehicles manufactured in Europe were required to be OBD II compliant after January 1, 2001. Diesel vehicles were not required to be OBD II compliant until January 1, 2004.

All vehicles manufactured in Australia and New Zealand were required to be OBD II compliant after January 1, 2006. Some vehicles manufactured before this date are OBD II compliant, but this varies greatly between manufacturers and models.

Two factors will show if your vehicle is OBD II compliant:

1.  There will be an OBD II connector, and
2.  There will be a note on a sticker or nameplate under the hood stating "OBD II compliant" or "OBD II Certified".

Where is the connector located?

The connector must be located within three feet of the driver's seat and must not require any tools to be revealed. Most are located under the steering column. If your OBD II port is not there, look under the dash and behind ashtrays.

OBD II Protocols

Auto manufacturers had some leeway in the communications protocol they used to transmit parameters or PIDs, which are required by law to be uniform, to scanners. There are currently five different OBD II communications protocols in use: KWP, PWM, VPW, ISO 9141, and CAN.

What Communications Protocol does my vehicle use?

As a rule of thumb, GM cars and light trucks use SAE J1850 VPW (Variable Pulse Width Modulation). Chrysler products and all European and most Asian imports use ISO 9141 circuitry. Fords use SAE J1850 PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) communication patterns.

There are some variations among captive imports such as the Cadillac Catera, a German Opel derivative, which uses the European ISO 9141 protocol.

On 1996 and later vehicles, you can tell which protocol is used by examining the OBD II connector:

J1850 VPW - The connector should have locations 2, 4, 5, and 16 populated, but not 10 populated.
ISO 9141-2 - The connector should have locations 4, 5, 7, 15, and 16 populated.
J1850 PWM - The connector should have locations 2, 4, 5, 10, and 16 populated.
CAN Bus - The connector should have locations 4, 5, 6, 14, and 16 populated.
ISO 14230 KWP - The connector should have locations 4, 5, 7, 15, 16 populated.

If your vehicle has this style connector, but does not have these pins populated, you probably have a pre-OBDII vehicle. To add some confusion, even having the connector with the contacts shown above is not a guarantee of OBD II compliance. This style connector has been seen on some pre-1996 vehicles which were not OBD II compliant. Most vehicle manufacturers have switched over to CAN bus protocols since 2006.

DashCommand for Android Phones

*Compatible with PLX Logger 3.0

(Now Available on the Google Play Store)

WANT GAUGES? This is the app for that. DashCommand is the ultimate OBD-II supplementary vehicle instrumentation application available for the iPhone and iPod touch. The built in dashboards can display a total of 27 gauges pulling data directly from your ride's engine control module. Also use DashCommand as scan tool to read and clear the trouble codes that caused the "check engine light" to turn on, a trip computer, or a race day companion.

• SEMA Show 2009 1st runner-up for best mobile electronics product.
• Winner of 9 Global Media Awards at SEMA Show 2009.

Additional Features:

• Professional skidpad showing lateral and accel/braking Gs with min/max indicators
• Race track visually maps out your location, acceleration and braking as you drive laps around the track allows you to visually analyze different race track laps to see how acceleration and braking changed from lap to lap thus helping you to improve your lap times on your next outing.
• Inclinometer shows rolling angle and vehicle pitch for off-roading.
• Full support for OBD-II diagnostics, find out why your check-engine light is on and clear diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs)
• Data logging, record and playback log files showing OBD-II data and skidpad/race track data simultaneously

See what your car is doing!! Torque is a vehicle / car performance / diagnostics tool that connects to your OBD2 engine management / ECU Torque can use the GPS to provide tracker logs with engine logging so you can see what you were doing at any point in time Torque can also show and reset a DTC / fault code like a scantool.

Torque also has:

• Dyno / Dynomometer and Horsepower/HP
• 0-60 timings - see how fast your car is (or truck :))
• Massive fault code database for allowing lookup of fault codes from many different manufacturers
• Send logging information to web or email CSV/KML for analysis via excel / openoffice
• Heads up display / HUD
• GPS Speedo/Tracking - see what you were doing and your engine, at a point in time
• Turbo boost feature for vehicles that support MAP sensors
• Alarms (for example if your coolant temperature goes over 120C!)

DragFX

Have you ever wanted to own a muscle car but found it too expensive? Or maybe you would like to have that loud muscle car sound in your Eco friendly car? Now you can! Drag FX is the application for you. Drag Fx works in coordination with the Kiwi 2 Wifi dongle sending information to your Iphone Ipad or Ipod thus creating a muscle car engine sound. This sound will match the RPM in real time.

App works with ELM Bluetooth device connecting to car's OBDII Port.

Diagnostic features include:

• Collect,view & export up to 4 OBD2 PIDs
• Read & clear present/pending DTC
• Detect supported PIDs
• Take & export OBD PIDs snapshot of your car
• Speak out PID value
• Vary rate of data
• Create,show & export custom data stream

ScanXL™ Professional

ScanXL™ is our professional line of diagnostic scan tools. Built on top of our advanced scan tool technology, ScanXL™ delivers the full range of generic diagnostics for any OBD-II compliant vehicle sold worldwide, along with providing manufacturer-enhanced diagnostics for many vehicle types. It gives you access not only to the powertrain systems, but also ABS, airbag, and other proprietary systems that would otherwise require expensive dealer tools to work with. It allows viewing, charting, logging and playback of diagnostic data in real time via the vehicle's OBD-II diagnostic data port. It also allows viewing of vehicle Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC's), Freeze Frame data, and other vehicle information.

ScanXL™ supports 1996* and newer vehicles whether it be US, Asian, or European.

Supported OBD-II protocols: SAE-J1850 (PWM and VPW), ISO-9141, ISO-14230 (KWP2000), and ISO-15765 (CAN).

Visit our user forum for discussion and information about ScanXL™, product features, and new releases.

*1996 is the year the OBD-II system was standardized for passenger vehicles sold in the United States. In Europe, this was standardized in 2001 for gasoline vehicles and 2004 for diesel passenger cars. Please verify that your vehicle is OBD compliant before purchasing.

Would you like to diagnose your BMW?

J2534 Overview

Legislation has mandated that vehicle manufacturers meet J2534 standards for all emissions related systems on all new vehicles starting with model year 2004. This standard enables independent service repair operators to program or reprogram (reflash) emissions related ECUs on a wide variety of vehicle manufacturers with a single hardware interface. Our ScanXL™ Professional diagnostic software supports all J2534 compliant pass-thru OBD-II interfaces. If you plan to buy or already use a J2534 interface in your service or repair facility to update vehicle software calibrations, our ScanXL™ product will be the perfect addition to your tool set. With no additional hardware costs, ScanXL™ Professional will give you access to dealer-level diagnostic capabilities for thousands less!

Manufacturer Enhanced Diagnostics

If you are the owner of an independent service or repair facility then you know that good tools can mean the difference between being able to find and fix the problem, or having to send the customer elsewhere. With generic only OBD-II scan tools you often cannot service some vehicle systems like ABS, airbag, or other proprietary systems. Using our ScanXL™ diagnostic scan tool, you now have access to dealer-level diagnostic capabilities for not only the powertrain systems, but also ABS, airbag, and other proprietary systems that would otherwise require expensive dealer tools to work with*.

We currently support the following vehicle types:

Ford, Lincoln, Mercury (1996-2009)

GM (1996-2009)

Mazda (1996-2009)

Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Jeep, Eagle Coming Soon!

Toyota, Lexus, Scion Coming Soon!

*Requires purchase of an enhanced diagnostics add-on package.

ScanXL™ Features

Vehicle Manager

Using the ScanXL™ Vehicle Manager you can keep track of multiple vehicles and owners simultaneously. All vehicle specific information is stored in the Vehicle Manager. Automatically keeps track of VIN (if available) and date and time of last diagnostic session. When adding new vehicles, supports easy vehicle lookup through the built-in vehicle database.

Virtual Dashboards

With our patent-pending DashXL™ technology you get high quality dashboards on any screen size. Highly configurable realistic looking gauges. Gauges can be moved, resized, and laid out to resemble your own dashboard. Virtual dashboard layouts can be loaded and saved from pre-existing templates or your own custom creations. Gauges can be configured to report the minimum, maximum, and average values of the parameter being monitored. Highly configurable graphs allow simultaneous graphing of up to 8 parameters per graph. Tables can be placed on virtual dashboards and customized to report any parameters you want. Maps can be placed on virtual dashboards and customized to display a full 3D view of any desired parameters. You can set up an unlimited number of gauges, graphs, tables, and maps on your virtual dashboard.

Drag Strip and Dyno

The drag strip displays a countdown and timing light and measures your launch and reaction time. At the end of your run, you get a timeslip with the stats from the run. Measures reaction time, 60' time, 330' time, 0-60 MPH, 1/8 mile ET, 1/8 mile speed, 1000' time, 1/4 mile ET, 1/4 mile speed. If you use aftermarket performance parts, the new digital dyno feature will let you test horsepower and torque to measure their impact on your vehicle's performance-- just try out the dyno and see if those parts were worth the money! Supports both English and Metric units of measurement.

Data Logging

Currently supports over 220 generic OBD-II parameters, including O2 sensors. You can record and playback log files in real time (1ms logging accuracy). You can save and load your log files for offline analysis. Playback speed can be adjusted to play faster or slower than real time. There are no restrictions on how much data you can log, it is only limited by how fast your OBD-II interface cable can send the data and by how much memory you have in your computer. English and Metric (SI) unit measurement systems supported. Customizable log file data export to .CSV file for easy viewing in other programs like Excel. Export with real-time stamps for easy correlation with external data logs. PIDs can be assigned priorities to speed up the data capture rate. Full support for data log file bookmarks - if you notice the engine misfiring or some other problem, using the log file bookmarks you can just reach over and press F6 to add a bookmark into the logged data that is being recorded. Then you can come back at any time and see exactly where the bookmark is and view the surrounding frames of data to analyze the problem.

Trouble Codes

Read stored and pending Diagnostic Trouble Codes. Clear the Check Engine or Service Engine Soon indicator light. Read and clear stored Freeze Frame data. Supports thousands of vehicle trouble code definitions.

Test Results

Read the status of Continuously and Non-Continuously Monitored Tests.

Miscellaneous

Full support for printing and print preview. All of the different views, including the virtual dashboards, support printing/print preview. For those who possess a knowledge of the OBD-II protocol, ScanXL™ provides an OBD-II Terminal where you can send custom commands to the vehicle. For the power users out there, ScanXL™ has built-in Javascripting support to do custom calculations on OBD-II parameters and data. Configurable alerts system - the alerts system allows you to configure the software to monitor any parameter(s) you like. When the specified conditions are met, the software will automatically play a sound (to warn you if you are driving) or insert a bookmark for you into the logged data that is being recorded.

OBDAutoDoctor - Car OBD Tool

(Now Available on the Google Play Store)

OBDAutoDoctor is the premier Android OBD app for auto enthusiasts. With this easy-to-use OBD-II diagnostic application, you can communicate with your car's On Board Diagnostic (OBD) system and turn your mobile or tablet into a highly capable automotive scanner tool. Whether you want to read and monitor vehicle data in real-time or reset "check engine" light, this is the only OBDII software you need.

• Read monitor statuses to make sure your car is ready for Smog Check
• Read DTCs, Freeze Frame and clear the MIL
• Send OBD diagnostic information using e-mail
• View OBD-II parameter and sensor data in real-time
• Numerical and graphical presentation of the OBD data
• Fuel economy for gas and diesel engines
• Read Vehicle Identification Number, Calibration Identifications and Calibration Verification Numbers of ECU
• Support for both imperial and metric units
• DTC database with over 14000 trouble codes including manufacturer specific codes
• And much more

Check the app website for more information and differences between the Lite and the Pro versions. The free Lite version can be upgraded to the Pro using Google Play In-App Billing. It's a convenient way to upgrade the app to have all the features unleashed.

OBD Auto Doctor will get new features and a lot of updates in the future. Upgrade to the Pro version now and get all the future updates for free automatically. Under no circumstances will the developer of this application be held responsible for incidents resulting from the use and/or interpretation of the data in the application.

OBD Droidscan Pro

(Now Available on the Google Play Store)

This all-in-one Vehicle Diagnostic and Performance Scanner lets you view real-time data and Check Engine Light trouble codes from almost any OBD-II (1996 ) vehicle. You can view vehicle data and record vehicle data for future viewing. Re-load saved scans and even export saved scans to Excel spreadsheet. With one simple command you can read the vehicle trouble codes (Check Engine Light) and save them for future viewing or use the email feature to send them to someone. It will also let you clear your trouble codes and turn off your check engine light with one simple command. *Super quick refresh rate allows for optimal real-time scanning. This app will allow you to read the following from your car's on board computer:

*Or simply enter your own CUSTOM PID's. This is great if you have a list of your vehicle's specific PID's. You can enter your own PID's and specify the math you would like to perform and the desired units you would like the pid to display.
Record live OBD-II Data in real time and save it for future viewing.
Export your saved scans to Excel.

• Scan live fuel economy in imperical or metric.
• Set fuel economy calculations to use MAF or MAP mode.
• Read PSI/Boost (For turbo/supercharged cars)
• Customize the layout of obd parameters on the screen.
• Show readings in imperical or metric.
• Advanced ELM327 Adapter Reset/Information Readout.
• Show current trouble codes.
• Save current trouble codes.
• Email current trouble codes.
• Turn off (Reset) Check Engine Light.

This app also gives you tips and suggestions to help you through processes.
*Developed by professional OBD-II tuners with 15 years field experience in OBD-II Automotive vehicle flashing and diagnostic scanning. This app is great for tuners wishing to view/record all the important parameters in a nicely laid out easy to read screen. *Works on all vehicles that have an OBD-II interface (Most vehicles made on or after 1996)

*Tablets* - This app is optimized and will work on all screen sizes, including tablets!
*Support* - Feel free to contact us at any time with questions, issues, suggestions, etc: info@obdandroid.com.
* Bluetooth Connection* - Note, any experience of not being able to connect to your vehicle may mean another bluetooth enabled app is holding the connection to your Kiwi Bluetooth. Make sure any other bluetooth apps are not connected to the Kiwi Bluetooth.
*Pandora* - If you have Pandora on your phone and are unable to connect to your Kiwi Bluetooth, try disabling Pandora and reconnect.
*Features* - If you don't see something in the app that you would like to see, shoot us an email request. We are currently working on the next version and want to know what you want that we are not yet giving you!