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Hi folks,<br>
<br>
Sorry to bother the group, but perhaps someone can give me a kind
nudge in the right direction, so I can stop spinning my wheels. I'm
trying to decode the communication between a car's OBD-II port, and
the various telemetry dongles that plug into it. My short term
mission is to create a Raspberry Pi-based simulator for the OBD-II
port, enough to keep a Wi-Fi Hot Spot dongle content that it's
plugged into something active and not go to sleep after 5 minutes
(turning off the Wi-Fi). My Tesla Roadster's OBD-II port doesn't
provide such, making the dongle somewhat less than useful. Long
term goal is to contribute code to the next OVMS project so that
cars like my Roadster can make use of the various OBD-II tracking,
telemetry, and Wi-Fi dongles that are on the market.<br>
<br>
I currently have a Raspberry Pi with a PiCAN-2 board on top, lashed
to either an OBDwiz module or a T-Mobile "SyncUp Drive" Wi-Fi
hotspot. Wireshark running on the Pi captures the initial messages
that the modules transmit (500kbps assumed). I need to find a table
of what these messages translate to, so I can create a small program
to provide suitable answers.<br>
<br>
I am expecting that the initial requests are for basic information,
such as make/model or VIN, and some general status, such as engine
RPM or vehicle speed. All I can find online are tables that talk
about the very low level stuff of the CAN bus itself, or the high
level "check engine" diagnostic codes that apparently occur later on
after these initial interactions have completed. Missing is this
initial "connect" handshake that I assume I need to get through
first.<br>
<br>
I understand that a lot of the CAN messages are vehicle-specific,
but upon initial power-up, the dongles have no clue what they are
plugged into, so the initial messages must be pretty generic, if not
standardized. Both the OBDwiz and SyncUp, in fact, appear to send
several packets in common, yet no such decoding information can be
found that matches what I am seeing. Can someone give me a pointer
to where to look? Or, perhaps am I just not understanding how to
apply (mask) the bits that I am getting for use with the published
PID tables?<br>
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To simplify the capture, I've just looked at the dongle's initial
queries, without hooking it to a live car with all the responses
cluttering things up. (I do have an ICE available for that, if
needed.) Below are the first few packets captured from the T-Mobile
dongle. You can see that the messages are repeated, presumably
waiting for something specific in reply. Where can I find a table
of what it's asking for?<br>
<br>
I suppose I could just drive around the block in the ICE and then
play back what I recorded. That would satisfy my short-term goal.
But eventually I will need to understand the messaging in detail, so
I'd rather start there now if I can.<br>
<br>
Thanks for any pointers you can give me,<br>
<br>
Greg<br>
<br>
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