Lukaniuk Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 I think that being able to tune megasquirt from my phone would be awesome and super convenient + having the color touchscreen display in the dash would be a +10 on the cool factor. Has anybody got this figured out yet? What would it take to get it setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted November 3, 2008 Administrators Share Posted November 3, 2008 Sorry, as an iPhone user, I just couldn’t resist… :lmao: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X64v Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 My friend and I were using some of the different 0-60 timers and such in the z on my iPod touch and were wondering the exact same thing. Though I don't know anything about iPhone apps or programming, so I'll just have to wait until someone else figures it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 If they can do this http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/ then I'm sure an iphone app can't be too hard. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted November 3, 2008 Administrators Share Posted November 3, 2008 I thought I recently saw something about iPhone and MS somewhere... It may have been in one of the those acceleration/automotive apps in iTunes, or something along the lines of making calculations for mega tune input?... I'll dig around and see if I can find that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted November 3, 2008 Administrators Share Posted November 3, 2008 If they can do this http://www.devtoaster.com/products/rev/ then I'm sure an iphone app can't be too hard. Derek I would think with the iPhones WiFi and Blue tooth, it could communicate, but then you'd need your lap top connected to the MS controller any way. Though during road tuning, the iPhone would be more convenient than the lap top due to its small size. Then it would just be a matter of writing the code. Possibly have control of fuel and ignition maps, and few other key parameters... Hmmm...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Sort of off topic, but I was just thinking yesterday, how it would be sweet to integrate a couple of buttons you could strap to the dash or steering wheel so that you could watch your AFR's and bump the current VE point up/down while driving. I suppose the iPod would be pretty nearly capable of being utilized for this once the app is written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 LCDash allows you to do everything you were looking for Dave =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at-jefft Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Is apple even allowing third party apps now? A gameboy might be a better option. see here FYI: Apple has never been a very open platform for users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 Is apple even allowing third party apps now? where the heck have you been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 As far as needing a laptop in order to use bluetooth thats not true. There is db9 bluetooth adapters that will plug right onto the db9 to connect any bluetooth device to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators BRAAP Posted November 3, 2008 Administrators Share Posted November 3, 2008 Is apple even allowing third party apps now? A gameboy might be a better option. see here FYI: Apple has never been a very open platform for users. where the heck have you been? 3rd party apps have been available for the iPhone legitimately since the 3g was released! http://www.apple.com/webapps/ I personlly have 56 third party apps for my iPhone 3g, and it is not jailbroke! (iPhone is a successful gadget, barely mediocre as a phone.) As far as needing a laptop in order to use bluetooth thats not true. There is db9 bluetooth adapters that will plug right onto the db9 to connect any bluetooth device to it. Cool, didn't think about that. Are any other hand held/PDA's using this for MS currently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted November 3, 2008 Share Posted November 3, 2008 You can hook any laptop with bluetooth up to it. On the V3.0 board they added +5volts to pin 9 on on the db9 for this very reason. If your PDA has bluetooth i dont see why it wouldnt connect to it either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukaniuk Posted November 4, 2008 Author Share Posted November 4, 2008 I have very little experience with the iPhone yet, but the way things sound here is bluetooth might be the easiest way to connect to Megasquirt (probably with something like this - http://www.usbgear.com/computer_cable_details.cfm?sku=USBG-BT-0240&cats=158&catid=158 hardwired into the car so I don't need to worry about batteries). What other options are available for connecting it? I don't think wifi is a very viable option. Is there any way to physically connect it? I think the biggest hurdle for this project might be creating the megatune application. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cramer Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 You can use certain Palm handhelds, mostly the earlier ones with a DB9 serial port, with MS. They don't run MegaTune but there is specific software for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zpizzaman20 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I have a free app called Rev Lite that measures g forces and they say they are adding OBD2 functionality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I would still buy a super cheap PDA... like on on ebay for $14 and use that all the time for tuning!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffer949 Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 hey Proxlamus can you use the pda to actually reload the software onto your MS or is it just a tune thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nismo280zEd Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 hey Proxlamus can you use the pda to actually reload the software onto your MS or is it just a tune thing? just for the tune thing, and you can't modify engine constants, just fuel ign, basic stuff. But the Iphone should be able to run it if you can get a mac based megatune. Just do blue tooth with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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