Prerequisites

Installation

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 and port
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

Clocks

Odometer

SOC

RPM

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