Installation into the incar multimedia GPS units
Добавлено: 24 дек 2011, 06:16
If control panel has a Bluetooth adapter manager and ELM is found there, you just need to install hobdrive and it'll find your adapter.
On most stereos built in BlueTooth module can not be used for ELM327 data.
Moreover, thе major part of these units has no usb-host builtin. Depending on the modifications the unit has probably no usb port on GPS board. Front side usb connector for connecting flash drives with music does not fit - it is not connected to the WindowsCE of the unit.
You may search for the units with builtin WinCE usb-host port available (these are known to be 'internet-ready') - but they are quite rare.
There you must either connect the USB BT dongle to stack up a standard BT stack (and then you'll see ELM bluetooth adapter in control panel), or use a USB ELM327 adapter (and then connect via the usual usb-serial COM port). For USB ports on the FTDI chipset driver for WinCE can be found here: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
The good news is that major part of them use a typical internal WinCE GPS module which has ability to attach USB Host.
This of course drops your guarantee on a unit.
Most part of the units however could be hardware modified with soldering usb-host connector to support obd2-elm, gprs modem, and any other usb hardware in WinCE. Of course this is only possible if the GPS board has hardware contacts for usbhost connectors.
There are several standard GPS boards used in many audio systems. usbhost contacts is precisely in these boards (the name of the platform you can see with the program ResInfo).
These are known to be compatible boards:
- Nowada n117 and compatible
Software installation and configuration
Hobdrive often should be manually integrated into the WinCE shell (either via separate shortcut to run it, or via autorun feature).
Here are some scripts which could help:
AutoEnterDriver.exe: Tracks and autoenters driver path into "Enter Driver" dialog. Required because some Audios can't persist driver and want it to be entered on each start.
AutoRunHobdrive.exe: Sample on how to start hobdrive and navigation software automatically (use AutoRunHobdrive.reg also)
On most stereos built in BlueTooth module can not be used for ELM327 data.
Moreover, thе major part of these units has no usb-host builtin. Depending on the modifications the unit has probably no usb port on GPS board. Front side usb connector for connecting flash drives with music does not fit - it is not connected to the WindowsCE of the unit.
You may search for the units with builtin WinCE usb-host port available (these are known to be 'internet-ready') - but they are quite rare.
There you must either connect the USB BT dongle to stack up a standard BT stack (and then you'll see ELM bluetooth adapter in control panel), or use a USB ELM327 adapter (and then connect via the usual usb-serial COM port). For USB ports on the FTDI chipset driver for WinCE can be found here: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm
The good news is that major part of them use a typical internal WinCE GPS module which has ability to attach USB Host.
This of course drops your guarantee on a unit.
Most part of the units however could be hardware modified with soldering usb-host connector to support obd2-elm, gprs modem, and any other usb hardware in WinCE. Of course this is only possible if the GPS board has hardware contacts for usbhost connectors.
There are several standard GPS boards used in many audio systems. usbhost contacts is precisely in these boards (the name of the platform you can see with the program ResInfo).
These are known to be compatible boards:
- Nowada n117 and compatible
Software installation and configuration
Hobdrive often should be manually integrated into the WinCE shell (either via separate shortcut to run it, or via autorun feature).
Here are some scripts which could help:
AutoEnterDriver.exe: Tracks and autoenters driver path into "Enter Driver" dialog. Required because some Audios can't persist driver and want it to be entered on each start.
AutoRunHobdrive.exe: Sample on how to start hobdrive and navigation software automatically (use AutoRunHobdrive.reg also)