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Dave Brondsema — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:44:03 -0000

http://priuschat.com/forums/priuschat-obdii-phone-apps/86933-announcing-priuschat-obdii-phone-app-project-5.html#post1223928

A lot of Prius drivers want prius specific gauges such like what you can pull out of Scangauge using Xgauge features.

Scangauge is nice, but I would rather see an Iphone/Ipod touchscreen app that would let you see more than 4 gauges at a time....and a better user interface for switching between gauges...the Scangauge is a bit of a PITA if you want to view more than 4 gauges....and a PITA to configure it each time you want to add a new gauge.

Canview provides great data, but it is expensive, hard to install, and "the UI is so 80's DOS". A touchscreen iPod/iPhone/iPad would be much more pleasant to use. (I'm an Apple guy but Android would be similar)

The GoPoint? interface has the most potential, but it currently does not speak CAN, required for Xgauge type functionality. I do like the fact that GoPoint? is a hard wire connection to your ipod/phone...you don't need to have a wifi or bluetooth connection and it charges your phone at the same time. (the kiwi/plx device requires you to have a separate connection to your phone for charging it)

Ideally when this product gets developed it has open libraries where people can add their own gauges based on the year/model of their car and data they care about (i.e. PHEV drivers). Hopefully one can easily share/download gauge sets that others have designed (instead of entering CAN hex codes) and have customizable/downloadable "skins" (for custom look and feel) and the ability to upload and share certain data points (if the user wants to share their cars technical information)

There could be a maintenance log where you could enter service procedure date/mileage etc. and it could remind you when you need a certain service performed (i.e. change your transaxle fluid).

There could be efficiency games that teach you how to drive using less fuel. And with an iPhone GPS tracking that could show you fuel used over the same trip over time. (for example, you drive the same route to work, the application could tell you if you used less fuel or more fuel today than over your historical average). You could enter your fuel cost per gallon and have a "taxi meter" ticking away in dollars how much you are spending on a particular trip. Perhaps if people saw how much in dollars they spend driving their car they would learn to drive less, or combine errands to save fuel.

For the super geeks, one could use an Ipad and have a huge screen full of all kinds of gauges simultaneously. Many PHEV users would love to have more data available as they drive...of course you wouldn't want it to distract you too much so you could use audible sounds for certain alerts.

And for troubleshooting, to be able to read all the codes and subcodes that Techstream reads would be wonderful, but somewhat hard to implement I'm sure.

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