Deep OBD

Ulrich Holeschak

About this app

This open source app uses ECU files for OBD communication.
Theoretically all operations that are possible with ISTA-D, INPA or Tool32, could be also executed with this application.
At the moment only vehicles from BMW and VAG are supported.
With a configuration generator simply select the diagnostics jobs to execute and create your own configuration files.
For complex tasks the configurations files could be created manually.
The app requires 2.5 GB of free external storage.
The application supports the following OBD II adapters:
- Standard FTDI based USB "INPA compatible" D-CAN/K-Line adapters (all protocols)
- ELM327 based Bluetooth and WiFi adapters. Recommended ELM327 versions are 1.4b, 1.5 and origin 2.1, which are based on PIC18F2480 processor (no MCP2515 chip) (D-CAN protocol only)
- Custom Bluetooth D-CAN/K-Line adapter (BMW-FAST protocol over D-CAN and K-Line)
- A replacement firmware for the ELM327 Bluetooth adapter is existing, that is faster, more stable and that also supports K-Line (required for VAG vehicles, supports protocols KWP2000, KWP1281, TP2.0)
- Deep OBD ENET WIFI adapter (for BMW F-models)

Ratings and reviews

If you are a data geek, this app is for you! Lots more BMW specific data available such as high voltage battery voltage and current, cell temperatures, and even motor torque on my i3. Works great with my Veepeak wifi OBD adapter. (I have found the wifi version to be more reliable than the bluetooth one on several different vehicles, plus you can still use your bluetooth connection for other things like taking or making a call while still connected to the adapter.)

Powerful but fiddly to set up. But free! It took me 3 attempts to find a Bluetooth scanner that would work with this unit. Got the free translation API working. Found loads of ECU's for my BMW E63 635d but the DDE was missing 😕 This is the most important unit (main engine control). Is there any way to add this manually? Or will it not work? UPDATE: It was the adapter, now it works perfectly.

Took me a while to understand the app but once I did, wow. The potential and what you can do with it, all 👏 to the developer, this definitely deserves more than 5 stars!

What's new

- Improved BMW car and motorbike detection.
- Improved network proxy handling.
- Fixed minor problems