OBDLink LX

Connecting to an OBDLink LX from Linux

the following was tested on a Raspberry PI

bluetoothctl
agent on
scan on
Discovery started
...
[NEW] Device 00:04:3E:9F:A3:C0 OBDLink LX
pair 00:04:3E:9F:A3:C0
Attempting to pair with 00:04:3E:9F:A3:C0
Pairing successful
[CHG] Device 00:04:3E:9F:A3:C0 Trusted: yes
Changing 00:04:3E:9F:A3:C0 trust succeeded
quit
sudo rfcomm bind rfcomm0 00:04:3E:9F:A3:C0
ls -l /dev/rfcomm0 
python3 source/java/can4eve/scripts/obdtest.py 
>K
>LM327 v1.3a
>KE0
OK

>
ELM327 v1.3a

>
OK

>
ISO 15765-4 (CAN 11/500)

>
OK

>
OK

>
OK

>
python source/java/can4eve/scripts/tcp_serial_redirect.py --debug -P 7000 /dev/rfcomm0 115200
--- TCP/IP to Serial redirect on /dev/rfcomm0  115200,8,N,1 ---
--- type Ctrl-C / BREAK to quit
Waiting for connection on 7000...

At this point your OBDLink LX is available via LAN - you can simply do a telnet host 7000 to the server where you ran the commands. The can4eve software can now use the bluetooth device as if it was a Wifi/LAN device