📱 Car Scanner app - setup and tricks in Car Scanner ELM OBD2 (Car Scanner PRO) for iOS/Android

new: Android Auto, Apple CarPlay (1.111.5)
I show tricks how to use Car Scanner ELM OBD2 app
I have no affiliation with this app, just use it often

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00:00 intro
00:12 ELM327 adapter
00:32 car profile
01:53 language/units
02:50 Demo mode
02:54 Dashboard+Live data+All parameters//
03:40 fuel tank+calibration
04:00 DTC diagnostic error codes
04:26 non-continuous monitors
04:40 acceleration, emissions
04:58 trip data recording
05:40 custom PIDs
05:50 ping

Car Scanner ELM OBD2 after install has all function of Car Scanner PRO for short time (10 connections), so you can test all options. If you didn't see some sensor/function during free trial period, it will not appear in PRO version! Paid PRO version will not add any more sensors than you get under free trial period.

After 10 connections free trial will end and options will be limited. You pay once for lifetime Car Scanner PRO (circa 7 USD), or continue free version (limitations + ads)

I used Torque Pro for many years, but this app seems better in many ways:
- now works on Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
- just select car profile and ready!
- hundreds of preloaded car profiles (extended sensors with custom PIDs)
- separate setups for several cars (My cars)
- basic is free, PRO is cheap (in-app purchase), no subscription fees
- works with generic ELM327 Bluetooth and Wi-Fi adapters (avoid cheapest no-name dongles)
- DTC error codes, emission tests, freeze frames, acceleration test
- displayed sensors are archived    • Analyse and export data 📱 Car Scanner...  
- All Sensors menu records ALL live parameters (optionally)
- shows your trips over Google Maps in Data Recording (with GPS on)
- relational custom pids (new!)    • Kinetic and potential energy (over se...  
- change factory settings in some VW, Toyota, Renault, Hyundai
- VW-coding and long-coding (no extra fee)
- export .csv
- all EV profiles have preloaded Dashboard screens
- fuel consumption (precise only after calibration!)
- you can use Car Scanner and make phone calls via car's Bluetooth at the same time


Car Scanner ELM OBD2 app (Car Scanner PRO full version, in-app purchase)

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/de...
iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/app/car-scanne...
https://www.carscanner.info

Car Scanner is a good alternative to Carly, EOBD Facile, Carista, FIXD, OBD Eleven, Torque PRO, etc.

Settings - Connection profile
Generic profile OBDII/EOBD shows only basic OBD2 sensors! Better find your vehicle (or most similar car/engine on same platform). Try several profiles, each has 50-400 parameters, listed in Settings/Sensors. App has profiles for most car brands (VW, AUDI, TOYOTA, RENAULT, HYUNDAI, KIA, SKODA, OPEL, FORD, VOLVO, etc). You can also create/import custom PIDs and relational PIDs, like in Torque PRO.

Many diesel profiles show DPF soot, but not all profiles - check before buying PRO. Car Scanner cannot force service DPF regeneration (except some VW and Renault engines)

Vehicle profile - recent updates:
https://www.carscanner.info/profile-d...

Which ELM327 adapter?
Android - any Bluetooth (or WiFI)
iPhone iOS - only BT 4.0 BLE (or WiFi)

I use iCar Vgate adapter - can be left in diagnostic port (turns off after 30 minutes).
I recommend iCar Vgate PRO 2S

Bluetooth adapters are better:
- smartphone can connect to ELM327 (for Car Scanner) and to car (for phone calls/music streaming, but music gets lower bitrate)
- Bluetooth doesn't interrupt mobile data LTE/4G on phone

Wi-Fi should be avoided:
- enabling Wi-Fi will stop 4G/LTE on smartphone
- often you need to manually find ELM327 again

How to connect to ELM327:
Android - pair phone with elm327 adapter BEFORE launching Car Scanner. Then in Settings/Adapter ELM327 select elm327 (diagnostic port icon). Do NOT choose your car's Bluetooth - don't select My VW, My Toyota, My Opel !

iOS - pair phone with elm327 adapter directly in Car Scanner

Cheapest noname blue adapters are not reliable, may cause errors: https://www.carscanner.info/choosing-...

ALWAYS remove ELM327 after use from diagnostic port - keeps modules awake and drains 12V battery (or buy adapter with auto-off: Vgate, etc)

DASHBOARD
Connect to car at least once to gather sensors available in your car, then edit in Demo mode:    • 🚘 Car Scanner ELM OBD2 app 📱 Dashboar...  
+download my Dashboards:    • EURO6d diesel car - AdBlue, NOx, DPF ...  

SETTINGS/ADAPTER - enable automations:
- Connect on launch
- Open dashboard on app launch

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