I’ve been facing an issue with Real Dash not being able to connect to my Scanner Elm327 OBD2 Bluetooth V1.5 Dual Board Pic 8f25k80. Strangely, the scanner connects successfully with other apps like Torque Pro, but when I try to connect it to Real Dash, it just keeps attempting to connect even when I use the correct protocol or leave it on automatic.
Has anyone else encountered a similar problem? If so, could you please share your experience and any potential solutions you found? I’d greatly appreciate any help or advice to resolve this connection problem.
Yes, this does happen to other people too with RealDash. Sometimes it starts working by updating to premium OBD2 adapter, sometimes don’t.
Torque is an excellent OBD2 app. They definitely know something about OBD2 connections that we do not. But to be fair, they have multiple years head start to us and have luxury to concentrate on OBD2 only, vs. dozens of connection types RealDash offers.
Hi I have similar problem above, but it works perfectly (ELM327) on my android phone not on my android head unit. Any advice can help for this issue? While when I tried Torque Pro worked both phone & headunit
I can see from the log that your OBD2 adapter is detected as BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) adapter, then the ‘connectGatt’ function call just fails immediately.
Hi
Were you able to sort out your connection issue…I drive a Toyota Allion 260 and I have the same issue for over 6 months .I mean Torque clearly works but Real Dash provides better aesthetics…
Thanks
Guys, if your RD works with the phone, but does not work with the Head Unit, then I can tell you absolutely for sure that the problem is in the implementation of BT on your HU. There is a possibility that it only works as a BLE-device, then your ELM will be visible, but WILL NOT work.
Pick at your HU, not RealDash.
They are not picking on RealDash, they are asking why they cannot receive data. Unfortunately these kind of issues are almost impossible to troubleshoot remotely. Also, there are still many vehicles that do not send any info unless you set some custom headers on. Torque seems to be able to handle those cases better, but they have an advantage of concentrating on OBD2 only (and have couple of years head start).
Hi. Thanks for your response. yes it does connect to by phone and receive data. however Real Dash does identify the OBD2 scanner via bluetooth and it can be added as a new connection but subsequently simply says “connecting and never ever connects”.Its annoying. By the way my HU runs on Android 10…could that be the problem.
Thanks again for the response and looking forward for a solution.
Friendly reminder that most OBD2 devices can only be connect to one device at a time so make sure your other devices aren’t accidentally connected to it. You should also try turning off Bluetooth on your phone before turning on your vehicle.
This usually means that your adapter is unable to set the protocol automatically. You can try OBD2 monitor to issue commands to your vehicle, like 0100 to see the supported pids.
Appreciate your help ! It worked…I should have reached out earlier…it was a frustrating for months as I really liked the interface and functionalities but was in 2 minds to purchase the full version however now I will.
Thanks once again.