[joweed]

Finally got Gauges working using apple carplay, car bridge and dash command. All Gauges are fully functional, easy to launch and can be customised.

[ookoshi]

I wonder if this is also doable on Android. No temp gauges is definitely an annoyance, although minor.

[Shovelman]

So what are these telling you?

Does water temp stay pretty solid, how long to warm up?

Same for oil temp?

I'm especially interested in boost pressure. What is the lowest and highest in normal driving? How about cruising on the expressway?

[TheSniper]

Originally Posted by Shovelman

So what are these telling you?

Does water temp stay pretty solid, how long to warm up?

Same for oil temp?

I'm especially interested in boost pressure. What is the lowest and highest in normal driving? How about cruising on the expressway?

I'm interested too.

[joweed]

Originally Posted by Shovelman

So what are these telling you?

Does water temp stay pretty solid, how long to warm up?

Same for oil temp?

I'm especially interested in boost pressure. What is the lowest and highest in normal driving? How about cruising on the expressway?

The water temp and oil temp is about 90-110 degrees depending on your driving, I used the secret menu oil and coolant temp to compare with the gauge it seems be to pretty accurate. Water and oil seems to get warm in about 5-10 mins. Boost gauge is not best due to latency from Bluetooth dongle. All the other temps seem to work fine. You can also make your own custom gauges that suit your needs through editor they provide you. I mainly use it for water and oil temp due to m235i not having on easily accessible. I currently have oil, coolant , intake , EGT, air fuel ration, throttle position and boost

[joweed]

Originally Posted by ookoshi

I wonder if this is also doable on Android. No temp gauges is definitely an annoyance, although minor.

You might be able to by rooting your android phone and using torque pro, I had to jailbreak to get access dash command on CarPlay.

[ckosiek]

Sounds worthy of a short DIY, pretty cool but I don't think I could figure out how to get it to work....

[joweed]

Originally Posted by ckosiek

Sounds worthy of a short DIY, pretty cool but I don't think I could figure out how to get it to work....

Fairly easy to do once you have a jailbroken phone. You will need a car with CarPlay, then download dash command, I've made a custom dash already on there you can download, I am using a vepeak Bluetooth dongle to get the obd data. If you need any help let me know

[MarcoZandrini]

I think it'd be great if you'd post the procedure.

[joweed]

Originally Posted by MarcoZandrini

I t56hink it'd be great if you'd post the procedure.

Things you need: CarPlay MMi box or factory apple car play, jailbroken phone with the car bridge tweak, Dash Cmd App from App Store, obd2 Bluetooth dongle.
First you need to bridge dash cmd to apple CarPlay using car bridge, after that you need to download my custom dash board on Dash cmd named m235i n55 update 2, set dash board to launch on app start up. This is will make the app launch into dashboard as soon you click it and connect to your obd2 dongle automatically. In setting turn on persistent pid and add the pid in the picture. You can also make your own custom dash through there editor. Once's your setup your dash you can launch the app through your CarPlay.
Here is a video of it working
https://youtube.com/shorts/uln3vbn2vpM?feature=share

[ggggbmw]

I'm still annoyed that there isn't a display like this as a standard screen in iDrive. It would be 100 times more useful than the dorky horsepower/torque display.

[ckosiek]

Thanks for posting!
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[MarcoZandrini]

Thanks!

[Jamesjedi]

Do you have to set it up each time you drive? Or can I have a default screen. Would really like to have an engine temp.

[joweed]

Originally Posted by Jamesjedi

Do you have to set it up each time you drive? Or can I have a default screen. Would really like to have an engine temp.

All I have to do launch the app using CarPlay, everything works automatically.
Video of the app launching.
https://youtube.com/shorts/uln3vbn2vpM?feature=share

[XutvJet]

A far cheaper solution for those that aren't as electronics savvy is buy the Torque app and an ODB II dongle. Leave the dongle plugged in, turn on the Torque app, and monitor the parameters you want via your phone.

I have mine set to monitor boost/vacuum, cat temp, IAT, and oil temp. I mainly wanted a data monitor to figure out how quickly oil came up to temp in varying conditions, monitor for boost leaks when messing with intake tract parts, and watch cat temps under boost. I rarely see the need to monitor anything now.