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JohnD · Mar 30, 2005, 04:41 AM

Why doesn't apple show any support in this direction?

When a person becomes involved in diagnosing or tuning cars the only way to go is Wintel..
If support from the OS could be added maybe a lot of those apps could come to mac also.

sideus · Mar 30, 2005, 06:14 AM

Most autoshops are not going to purchase Macs for car diagnosing so there is no incentive to create OS X based software.

nerd · Mar 30, 2005, 10:32 AM

There is some Linux binaries over at SourceForge. If you know programming all you would have to do is put a GUI on top of it and maybe change a couple lines of code.... If you know how to program give it a try, I don't like using my PC for it either.

smeger · Mar 30, 2005, 07:06 PM

Any overviews on what sort of market there is for this stuff, aside from the obvious autoshops? What's it good for?

nerd · Mar 31, 2005, 02:45 PM

There are a lot of people out there with Macs that want to be able to reset check engine lights, etc. without using a PC. The Mini boards over at http://northamericanmotoring.com have quite a few Mac users.

I think this is something that was made it would sell good once the word got out. I'm going to get a Palm based solution because I don't want to drag around my work provided laptop. If there was a Mac solution I would get that instead.

Brad

MaxPower · Mar 31, 2005, 03:50 PM

It would be great to check and reset status codes via a mac. And with the MacMini being used in a bunch of auto installs, I'd think that there would be some market for a conduit to display all that junk onto your desktop. And a software app that is skinnable and priced about the same as some of the panic/unsanity goodness would go like gangbusters.

nerd · Mar 31, 2005, 04:19 PM

Exactly, I was just thinking that. Use that 7" USB touch screen that one of the guys used to install a Mac Mini. I think it was in a VW GTI. Make a cool app that showed sensors in real time and make the interface completely accessible from the touch screen so you don't need a mouse and keyboard. Add data logging to it and your all set.

Hummmm, I need to get back to learning Cocoa. I kick myself in the butt for not finishing the book I started about a year ago. Someday I'll get back to it.

Brad

angelmb · Mar 31, 2005, 04:30 PM

I read about a motorbike team doing this with a GAMEBOY Color, so there is no excuse for them to don�t do it with a Mac.

smeger · Mar 31, 2005, 08:06 PM

Can anyone link to specs?

JohnD · Apr 1, 2005, 02:59 AM

More like a Gauge,

http://www.turboxs.com/Dtec/dtec.shtml

IceEnclosure · Apr 1, 2005, 10:44 AM

There's many aftermarket fuel injection setups for performance cars that can be tuned with a laptop. or a PDA/Pocket PC for that matter. Nothing on the Mac.

I'd love to dial in more fuel pressure, remove/add timing, change fuel curve, adjust rev limiters etc on my Mustang. but I won't be buying a Wintel to get it done, so I won't be doing it.

until there's a Mac software solution.

DO IT!