TorqueScan (Torque OBD Plugin)

Ian Hawkins

About this app

This is a plugin for the Torque pro OBD2 application that shows all the data that Torque has access to as well as some other features that some may find useful for OBD debugging.

* Quick and easy display of available ECU sensors

* OBD PID scanner to quickly map and locate extended PIDs

* Simple Telnet server that allows direct connection to the adapter to allow far easier debugging (aimed at developers)
The main application - Torque - allows you to connect your android device to your cars engine management, and read various sensors, even retrieve fault codes (DTC) and clear them once fixed. It can post to Twitter, log data, supports themes, and so much more!

If you are interested in developing your own plugin then you can find an example app here(which uses AIDL): http://ian-hawkins.com/torquescan.zip

Join the Torque forums (click the developer link below) for more information or to ask questions!

Note: This plugin needs the full version of Torque

Ratings and reviews

Scan is working on Eonon g2185, using cheap Amazon bluetooth obd2. I didn't have time to let it complete but had found 120+ pid's in a matter of a few minutes. I'll give it another run on a longer trip with more time. So far, great app. Thank you. To nay sayers, give it time. If it crashes, clear your cache for the OS, not the app. It's likely a low RAM memory issue or weak processors in your phones/tablets/HU's. Some obd2 adapter's are junk.

Hands down the most useless thing I've ever downloaded (even more useless than the airhorn app!) My poor car idled for 3.5 hours while this app sent literally every possible PID to the ECU and checked for a response. When it was done, I tried to share the results via google drive. Upload failed. Alternatively I tried to email the results to myself. Emails default to the developer and guess what? "Unable to attach file" error! YOU CAN NOT SAVE THE RESULTS! I hope you can read and remember raw HEX data because you surely will not be able to save your results! Also if you tap your phone screen while it is scanning, it will cancel the scan. Pros: I used this app before you did, so now you don't have to waste your time. Cons: No uninstall option. No possible way to locally save your results. No possible way to share your results on the internet. Takes over 3 hours to probe every possible extended PID, but this will depend on your device and OBD adapter capabilties, too. Absolutely no readily identifiable use for this app. Touching your phone will cancel and re-start your 3+ hour wait time. Doesn't offer a "0" stars rating option.

Hoping to find a way to display my direct tpms sensor data on my 124 Spider. I saw a really negative review in which the person said they couldn't uninstall TorqueScan. I figure if they don't know how to remove an app from their phone, then the rest of their technical assessment of the app is likely driven by personal ignorance and lack of capability. I'd also suggest it's better to use with a tablet than a phone, but that's just to gain the comfort of more screen real estate to work with.

What's new

Remember you need Torque Pro to use this plugin!

* Add status display to scanning on small screens
* Fix small issue in pid explorer
* Fixed some text positioning issues in the PID scanner
* Improved the PID explorer a little more
* Some more bugfixes for the OBD terminal and added a 'clear' button

If there is anything you would like to see in this plugin then please ask in the torque forums at: https://torque-bhp.com/forums/