ECU Diagnostic Software Re-Write

ECU Diagnostic Software Re-Write

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Colin RedGriff

2,526 posts

256 months

Saturday 17th August 2013
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kevin63 said:
All this is making me feel like buying an Andriod phone or Tablet just for this.
Keep up the good work Aide.
Never mind buying an Android phone I might have to buy a Cerbera to play with this ideanerdnutsbiglaugh

ARGTA

4 posts

140 months

Saturday 17th August 2013
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Great work!! Wow!!

aide

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2,276 posts

163 months

Saturday 17th August 2013
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Hi,

Just have a couple of small jobs to do on the car this weekend and then have the next two weeks free to get a release out there on the play store.

(My wife is taking the kids on holidays for a fortnight so every evening is free. So V1.0 by the end of the month)

Best wishes!
Aide

C3BER

4,714 posts

222 months

Saturday 17th August 2013
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Galaxy 4 coming up smile

Mattt

16,661 posts

217 months

Monday 2nd September 2013
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Just seen this thread, looks very interesting and looking forward to updates.

One piece of advice on the name is to avoid any reference to other brands such as TVR or MBE as it may cause you issues.

Mattt

16,661 posts

217 months

Friday 20th September 2013
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Any news Aide? smile

aide

Original Poster:

2,276 posts

163 months

Friday 20th September 2013
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Hi Mattt

A bit of progress, yes - the backend has been working for a while.

I've been working on the GUI lately.

But I got side-tracked. The few small jobs that started with a decat turned into a full rebuild of the driveline - Gearbox, prop rebalancing, diff refurb, exhaust paint, transmission tunnel heat shield etc.. and I'm collecting the car this evening after having had all the ignition components replaced + a service.

It works well as it is. But I really want to release it with a nice polished front end.

If only I could point the remote at the kids and press the pause button!

jammy_basturd

29,776 posts

211 months

Friday 20th September 2013
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aide said:
It works well as it is. But I really want to release it with a nice polished front end.
Of course I'm not trying to teach anyone to suck eggs, so forgive me if you're a user interface designer of many decades, but in my experience it's rarely a good idea to polish the UI before releasing it into the wild. You're sure to find that there are some parts of the UI that will have to redone once you start getting real world user feedback and that part of that polishing exercise will have been fruitless.

Maybe have a small beta group of users to try the app on several devices and versions of android?

aide

Original Poster:

2,276 posts

163 months

Friday 20th September 2013
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jammy_basturd said:
Of course I'm not trying to teach anyone to suck eggs, so forgive me if you're a user interface designer of many decades, but in my experience it's rarely a good idea to polish the UI before releasing it into the wild. You're sure to find that there are some parts of the UI that will have to redone once you start getting real world user feedback and that part of that polishing exercise will have been fruitless.

Maybe have a small beta group of users to try the app on several devices and versions of android?
I agree, but the original text based front end screenshots I posted were never going to be released in the final app as they were really only proof of concept stop gap bits that paid lip service to the need for a GUI. I have an ok front end done and it’s pretty ok, but I decided to rewrite it, hence the delay.

pmaster

4 posts

206 months

Friday 11th October 2013
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Aide, if you are looking for any beta testers, I have mbe 941 in 4.2 Cerb wired up to a surface tablet. Currently running easimaps and the standard diag program and also use andriod apps on it via bluestacks. Let me know if I can help.

Mattt

16,661 posts

217 months

Friday 11th October 2013
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What hardware do we need then to get ready for release? Bluetooth RS232 or USB only?

aide

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2,276 posts

163 months

Friday 11th October 2013
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pmaster said:
Aide, if you are looking for any beta testers, I have mbe 941 in 4.2 Cerb wired up to a surface tablet. Currently running easimaps and the standard diag program and also use andriod apps on it via bluestacks. Let me know if I can help.
Thanks pmaster, I actually have, among others, a 941 to test with.

Mattt said:
What hardware do we need then to get ready for release? Bluetooth RS232 or USB only?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3.
I connect via USB to my ECU with one of these adaptors

AshleyJMartin

47 posts

154 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Hey Aide, any updates?

I'd like to take some logs before and after my 12k service Feb - do you think it will be ready in time?

aide

Original Poster:

2,276 posts

163 months

Thursday 21st November 2013
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Yes making progress.
One word.. Children!
My 27 month and 8 month old daughters are great.
But they require more attention than I ever imagined!
All good though :-)
Please bear with me...
Best wishes
Aide

Supateg

724 posts

141 months

Thursday 21st November 2013
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aide said:
My 27 month and 8 month old daughters are great.
But they require more attention than I ever imagined!
Aide
This is the easy time!
3 plus you wondered what time is! laugh
Hang in there

scotty_d

6,795 posts

193 months

Saturday 15th February 2014
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Hi

Just wondering if you have had a chance to play around with it any further?

Vee8ight

734 posts

138 months

Tuesday 25th February 2014
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Hi Aide. Any updates on this as I've just bought my first Android tablet just for your app!

Engineer1949

1,423 posts

143 months

Saturday 1st March 2014
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Would certainly like to know how this is going any update very much appreciated.


John

Vee8ight

734 posts

138 months

Monday 23rd June 2014
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Bump

ukkid35

6,138 posts

172 months

Monday 23rd June 2014
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Aide is not on PH at the moment, but he is still likely to turn up at the monthly Ace Cafe meets on occasion.