OBDII Programmers

[andyF150Lightning]

Calling any F-150 Lighting OBDII programmers or experts please

I am in the process of developing a (Raspberry Pi) Pico W application for reading and displaying F-150 Lighting data. Using an ELM327 Bluetooth OBDII adapter, the Pico W sends commands / reads data over Bluetooth, and also acts as a WiFi Access point. Log your phone / tablet onto the SSID and it displays the data in real time as a web page.

From the PIDs lists on this forum I have got most of the data displaying. But some queries for those further ahead:

1. What do the 'HVB Temperature Range' data items refer to? I can see a value for each of the 4 items, but no sure what it is telling me in plain language terms
2. Are there any PIDs giving position e.g. GPS, and altitude?

Any help appreciated...

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[andyF150Lightning]

GPS seems to be as here - yet to see what 'degraded' might imply?

 

[rugedraw]

@kennelh May be able to provide some insight on this.

 

[kennelh]

@kennelh May be able to provide some insight on this.

Sorry, no idea here.

 

[theUNSTABLE]

@andyF150Lightning Did you make any progress on this?

Do you have any vehicle profiles you could share?

I'm about to start doing this, and I've thought about it for a while.
I recently discovered this (https://www.crowdsupply.com/meatpi-electronics/wican-pro#products) and have ordered one.

I'm tired of the cat and mouse game with the FordAPI (fordpass-ha), the App being slow and not having features I want.

I've decided to attempt to make my own app-like experience using Home Assistant.

 

[andyF150Lightning]

@theUNSTABLE Did you make any progress on this?

Yes - but juggling about 14 projects at once

In essence I have working the F150 Lighting > OBDII Port > Bluetooth adapter > (Bluetooth) > Raspberry Pi Pico W (+software) > (WiFi) > Tablet / Phone / PC browser.

Do you have any vehicle profiles you could share?
I am not sure there is anything 'new' I can share - I am using the Module and parameter codes linked on the spreadsheets form this forum. Currently it displays data in real time, and I select what data is obtained and how often.

The GPS linked above works, just it is only given to (I think) 0.01 degrees i.e. about a mile. Fine if you are looking for generic distance to go v Battery, not if you want to find an address on a street!

Whilst I will likely be happy to share the software, it will be Pico W specific - that said they are only ~$5, need 1 USB cable and the software file is easily flashed across from a PC.

Next step is "gauges" rather than just digital data which I have got working generically, but not yet tied into F-150 parameters.

 

[theUNSTABLE]

I'm also talking with @mr.Magoo, all 3 of us seem to be doing / planning to do similar things.
(https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...g-flight-recorder-black-box.15411/post-462364)

Since you're using a Pi, I'm assuming you looked into https://docs.autopi.io/

 

[andyF150Lightning]

@theUNSTABLE

> Since you're using a Pi, I'm assuming you looked into https://docs.autopi.io/
I hadn't seen that. However, the Raspberry Pi 3/4/5 is very different to the Pi Pico - the former run the Linux OS and are mini computers in the own right. The Pic Pico is a microcontroller without even an OS.

 

[mr.Magoo]

GPS seems to be as here - yet to see what 'degraded' might imply?

Degraded as in accurate within a county or two.

I ended up using a mpcie lte/gps adapter since i wanted data as well, for the pico you probably use a normal USB dongle.

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