[rcppharmd]

I'm a little confused by OBDeleven. Do you need to pay for the app -- either subscription or one-time purchase -- to get all of the diagnostic and sensor-reading capabilities, or is the paid subscription only for programming goodies?

The paid version is only for programming. You can read diagnostics without paying. But if all you are looking for is diagnostics you can do that with a $30 dongle from Amazon

 

[SunWizard]

The paid version is only for programming. You can read diagnostics without paying. But if all you are looking for is diagnostics you can do that with a $30 dongle from Amazon

I agree and car scanner is a better app for real time monitoring. OBDeleven does a much deeper scan for all the history of errors which don't light up your dash icons (which you would be surprised how many - I have about 100 at 8000 miles.) So its worth having both.

 

[splee999]

Hi, I'm interested to add an obd device for battery monitoring. I'm wondering if this is good? OBDeleven Starter, Pro, Ultimate Edition Next Generation Professional OBD2 Bluetooth Diagnostic Scan Tool for Android and iOS (Android, Old Gen), Code Readers & Scan Tools - Amazon Canada

 

[SunWizard]

Hi, I'm interested to add an obd device for battery monitoring. I'm wondering if this is good? OBDeleven Starter, Pro, Ultimate Edition Next Generation Professional OBD2 Bluetooth Diagnostic Scan Tool for Android and iOS (Android, Old Gen), Code Readers & Scan Tools - Amazon Canada

Not good for monitoring, the obdeleven is best for one time checks or custom mod coding. Car scanner is far better and easier and cheaper, but it depends on what you want to watch.

Car Scanner ELM OBD2 – The best car OBD2 diagnostic solution for iOS and Android in your pocket!

www.carscanner.info

 

[splee999]

I just want to monitor the degradation of the battery, although I just got the car for 3 month. So it's like just every now and then plug in and check the battery. If it can show the charging state (like how much Amps the car receives during charging), it would be the best.

 

[ddx]

I just want to monitor the degradation of the battery, although I just got the car for 3 month. So it's like just every now and then plug in and check the battery. If it can show the charging state (like how much Amps the car receives during charging), it would be the best.

I use aforementioned Car Scanner app (Android) and OBDLink LX from amazon. I would start monitoring as early as possible. My ID.4 was a demo model so I missed out on some early months but it is a great insight on the battery.

I made my dashboard on the app as such only the things I care about. I'm not recording my charging sessions, but I can see my charge rate by looking at my top left corner of my dashboard when they show minus numbers they tell me the charge rate:

The way I do it I just do a screenshot of the dashboard and then plot the number like that. The app (on Android at least) saves more complete data in the phone but I found looking up screenshots much easier to do. I do it just whenever I remember to capture those moments in time and make charts like these:

It is not recommended by many of us but I left my OBDLink dongle plugged in my ID.4 at all times and all I do whenever I remember is fire up the app on my phone and hit screenshot button.