Kiwi WiFi + BMW 335i = Fail

Sergio-K · 06-12-2011, 01:52 AM

Just bought a Kiwi Wifi device from PLX Devices and hooked it up on my cars OBD port (BMW 335i E92 2007).
Got DashCommand for iPad2 and connected easily on Kiwi's WiFi network.

The smile wiped out of my face when i saw that NO DATA was pulling out of my cars OBD port except RPM and Coolant temp.
I set up everything in vehicle manager according to 335i specs but when i validated the PIDs i read out from console that almost ALL sensors were unsupported.

I went out and tried it in my wife's car (Range Rover Sport 2007 model) and to my surprise all sensors were sending out data to DashCommand through Kiwi.

I'm thinking that this may be caused due to BMW OBDII compliant port but as far as i know BMW adopted the OBDII protocol ELM after 2001.

Could anyone with knowledge on this matter help me out.

Does it need an alteration on the wiring in OBD port or BMW uses another kind of protocol (not SAE.MAF, SAE.MAP etc etc) for pulling out data from OBD port ???

rollinstone157 · 06-12-2011, 10:29 AM

Hmm...I have an OBDLink bluetooth cable and it's works perfectly on every BMW I've tried it on (e90 LCI, e60 pre-LCI and a late model year M6)
No alteration of the wiring is needed, and the cable recognizes in my e90 with Torque in <10 seconds.
The only thing I can't get it to do is write--but I think it's a read only cable. I might have to pony up (again) for a read/write cable.

lamia2super · 06-12-2011, 10:34 AM

mine works fine

VP Electricity · 06-12-2011, 11:16 AM

"Crazy"="more than I wanted to spend"

Sergio-K · 06-13-2011, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lamia2super

mine works fine

That's strange.
Do you get data from all sensors ?
Can you please share your settings in vehicle manager regarding sensors ?

06-12-2011, 01:52 AM	#1
Sergio-K Enlisted Member 2 Rep 39 Posts Drives: BMW 335i Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Athens iTrader: (0)	Kiwi WiFi + BMW 335i = Fail Just bought a Kiwi Wifi device from PLX Devices and hooked it up on my cars OBD port (BMW 335i E92 2007). Got DashCommand for iPad2 and connected easily on Kiwi's WiFi network. The smile wiped out of my face when i saw that NO DATA was pulling out of my cars OBD port except RPM and Coolant temp. I set up everything in vehicle manager according to 335i specs but when i validated the PIDs i read out from console that almost ALL sensors were unsupported. I went out and tried it in my wife's car (Range Rover Sport 2007 model) and to my surprise all sensors were sending out data to DashCommand through Kiwi. I'm thinking that this may be caused due to BMW OBDII compliant port but as far as i know BMW adopted the OBDII protocol ELM after 2001. Could anyone with knowledge on this matter help me out. Does it need an alteration on the wiring in OBD port or BMW uses another kind of protocol (not SAE.MAF, SAE.MAP etc etc) for pulling out data from OBD port ??? __________________
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06-12-2011, 10:29 AM	#2
rollinstone157 Brotographer 88 Rep 1,741 Posts Drives: F30 335xi Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: US iTrader: (0)	Hmm...I have an OBDLink bluetooth cable and it's works perfectly on every BMW I've tried it on (e90 LCI, e60 pre-LCI and a late model year M6) No alteration of the wiring is needed, and the cable recognizes in my e90 with Torque in <10 seconds. The only thing I can't get it to do is write--but I think it's a read only cable. I might have to pony up (again) for a read/write cable.
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06-12-2011, 10:34 AM	#3
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06-12-2011, 11:16 AM	#4
VP Electricity Brigadier General 289 Rep 3,201 Posts Drives: F34 xDrive Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: portland oregon iTrader: (3)	"Crazy"="more than I wanted to spend"
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