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= Starting =
 
= Starting =
 
Run the software with <nowiki>java -jar can4eve.jar</nowiki> or <nowiki>can4eve</nowiki> (If you built the software yourself: <nowiki>cd can4eve/obdii/release</nowiki> before this command)
 
Run the software with <nowiki>java -jar can4eve.jar</nowiki> or <nowiki>can4eve</nowiki> (If you built the software yourself: <nowiki>cd can4eve/obdii/release</nowiki> before this command)
The first screen should show one of the Panels:
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The first screen should show one of the Panels shown below.
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= Configuring your OBD connection =
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Select the menu Settings/OBDII
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* Network connection: Select the deviceType Network, set the hostname
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* USB connection: Select the deviceType USB, select the serialDevice via the "..." button near the serialDevice, set the baudRate (only click direct if you are setting the baudrate via a different means e.g. stty)
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* Bluetooth connection: Not directly supported as of 2017-07 - you might want to e.g. use the forward scripts
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* Simulator connection: Select the deviceType simulator
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= Panels =
 
[[File:StartScreen2017-07-07.png|800px]]
 
[[File:StartScreen2017-07-07.png|800px]]
  

Revision as of 19:55, 11 July 2017

Prerequisites

Installation

  1. Download the software for your platform from Downloads


Building can4eve yourself

To build can4eve you might want to run

git clone https://github.com/BITPlan/can4eve
cd can4eve/obdii
./rebuild

after a while you should see

[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
...
[INFO] com.bitplan.can4eve ................................ SUCCESS [  1.510 s]
[INFO] com.bitplan.elm327 ................................. SUCCESS [  3.983 s]
[INFO] com.bitplan.can4eve.can4eve ........................ SUCCESS [  5.918 s]
[INFO] com.bitplan.obdii .................................. SUCCESS [  8.667 s]
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
...

Starting

Run the software with java -jar can4eve.jar or can4eve (If you built the software yourself: cd can4eve/obdii/release before this command) The first screen should show one of the Panels shown below.

Configuring your OBD connection

Select the menu Settings/OBDII

  • Network connection: Select the deviceType Network, set the hostname
  • USB connection: Select the deviceType USB, select the serialDevice via the "..." button near the serialDevice, set the baudRate (only click direct if you are setting the baudrate via a different means e.g. stty)
  • Bluetooth connection: Not directly supported as of 2017-07 - you might want to e.g. use the forward scripts
  • Simulator connection: Select the deviceType simulator

Panels

StartScreen2017-07-07.png

Clocks

Clocks.png

Odometer

Odometer.png

SOC

SOC.png

RPM

RPM.png