# RealDash Noob **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/realdash-noob/1498 "2023-01-04T17:06:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YorkshireDave](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/f05b48/32.png) [@YorkshireDave](https://forum.realdash.net/u/YorkshireDave)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/realdash-noob/1498/1 "2023-01-04T17:06:27Z")
RealDash & all things ODB virgin here. I bought myself a MeatPi for my XC90 and am looking to use it to display engine insights onto a Legend (Chinese) Android headend using RealDash as it seems by far the best software. Thus far it’s been a disaster. I have failed miserably to get the MeatPi to communicate with RealDash despite following all I can find on how to do so!!! Can someone please point me in the direction of an complete and utter idiots guide? On a different note, once working I was thinking I’d leave the MeatPi perm connected which I assume means I have to add another OBD port. Will it work and which cables must I replicate in that duplicate port for it to work? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/user_avatar/forum.realdash.net/realdashdev/32/6_2.png) [@realdashdev](https://forum.realdash.net/u/realdashdev)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/realdash-noob/1498/2 "2023-01-05T08:06:04Z")
Hard to help with so little information of what went wrong. You could also contact MeatPi developer for setup help, I know they do like to help out. As for second OBD2 port, I don’t know for what would you need it? For using Analyzers and error code readers you could just simply unplug your instruments while reading the port. ---
**Author:** ![YorkshireDave](https://forum.realdash.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/f05b48/32.png) [@YorkshireDave](https://forum.realdash.net/u/YorkshireDave)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://forum.realdash.net/t/realdash-noob/1498/3 "2023-01-07T20:19:12Z")
You’re right it’s daft there is so little info. I’ll do it all again this week, take detailed notes this time & come back 😉