N00b here, finally have connectivity established over wifi to the Apexi PFC (RX-7 FD S6) ECU via Wite Devices interface, but neither Wite nor Apexi/PFC are listed in RealDash Sources. What connection type should I be adding to RD?
I’m not familiar with this ECU, but if it has CAN output it can be connected to RealDash.
Please check if ECU has CAN output and if its CAN frame descriptions are available from the manufacturer. If you find this info, I can help to make the connection XML file for it.
Unfortunately the Wite developer has become non-responsive a while back.
However, you say “the connection XML” - these are listed as RealDash config files, but Ive no idea what to do with them. (Im a techie so not a complete moron, but this is simply my first step into aftermarket ECUs and custom digital dashboards.)
Starting with an Android phone for hosting RD.
I could be wrong, but I think you upload them thru the garage in the connections settings. I only use OBD2 but they emailed me an xml file to get check CEL codes to work (we’re currently trying to improve on that). If you do upload it just make sure you remember your settings prior incase of any issues.
The RealDash CAN protocol allows RealDash to connect to ‘any’ CAN device. In order to read data from CAN bus, RealDash needs to know how data is arranged in CAN frames that are sent/received on the bus. Basically every vehicle/ECU has their own way of embedding vehicle sensor information into CAN frames.
So RealDash needs some way of interpreting the data in CAN frames, for example to read vehicle RPM, coolant temperature etc. This is done via a XML file that describes all known CAN frames and their contents in a way that RealDash can show the data in dashboard.
You can see the documentation of RealDash CAN XML file here:
RealDash-extras/RealDash-CAN at master · janimm/RealDash-extras · GitHub