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Hi guys. I made the "BiScan app" which many of you use now. A program used to control your car among other things using Torque as a sort of middle man.
Allow me to introduce you to the next generation of android obd2 scan tools. The Terminal (look I spent enough time coming up with BiScan and GMX gimme a break here).
What makes The Terminal so great?
It's gonna be great. I dont normally try to sell things until I can get the app on people's phones, but I'm pretty excited how things are currently moving. The goal is to release alongside Android O but that's not necessarily a requirement. (No you dont need Android O to run the app).
Some other notes
Allow me to introduce you to the next generation of android obd2 scan tools. The Terminal (look I spent enough time coming up with BiScan and GMX gimme a break here).
What makes The Terminal so great?
- Built around Android O. Android O brings some changes to how services are done, and it is crucial that The Terminal follows these changes from the ground up. (Well honestly everything would be fine, but pays to prepare ahead of time).
- It's designed to be free! A major issue that the BiScan app is is no one is really sure if it works until they fork over the money. With the app being free you can see if the features work before you purchase. Even trial them.
- Designed to work OBDLink MXs and LXs, some things wont work with LXs. Traditional ELM devices are being cut for various reasons. Others might be added down the road.
- The app is based around the idea of buying "Feature Packs". Ex. You can buy all the "GM Diesel PIDs" and all the "GM Gas Stuff" separately. Some features will collide a bit, and were still working on some kinks. If you have BiScan you will get GM Diesel PIDs and the assorted control packs for free.
- The ability to program and read from ECUs. This is a very iffy feature. At this time I don't know how far I am going to take it, but it's there. It works. Yes you can flash your ECM from your phone. There are alot of safety systems that go into ensuring reliability, but there is nothing I can do if you walk away from your car, phone in pocket.
- Really fast PID scan rate. How fast? Pretty fast.
It's gonna be great. I dont normally try to sell things until I can get the app on people's phones, but I'm pretty excited how things are currently moving. The goal is to release alongside Android O but that's not necessarily a requirement. (No you dont need Android O to run the app).
Some other notes
- No Android Auto. Sorry. Blame google. You can't really do much with Android Auto other than notifications really.