Easiest/cheapest way to catalog?

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jimmyducati

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I want to do some data logging to help find the hesitation problem my 10 SHO is having, but don't want to spend a fortune investing in a mega load of software/hardware to do it. I am a Mac, so iPhone, iPad, MacBook compatible stuff would be awesome. Any suggestions?
 
I know Dynolicious on the Mac platform is supposed to be a great software for getting an HP/TQ approximation, but as far as actual datalogging, no idea.  The most commonly used & liked (and cheapest) software is Torque/Torque Pro on the Android platform, with an ELM.327 bluetooth dongle for the OBD port.  Easy to log to CSV file for analysis.

Forscan has just come out with their software for the iPad/iPhone (used to be Windows only), needs an OBD WiFi adapter (about $100 - couple of brands available) to work.  I am still testing that with the OBDLink WiFi adapter, no comments on usability/logging yet.  It has options to save as CSV/EMail a CSV file etc, though.
 
I'm in the same boat as you, the only solution I found for us Mac users would be to dual boot your Mac with Windows. You can partition just enough for the OS and leave the rest untouched for your Mac.
 
SHOdded said:
I know Dynolicious on the Mac platform is supposed to be a great software for getting an HP/TQ approximation, but as far as actual datalogging, no idea.  The most commonly used & liked (and cheapest) software is Torque/Torque Pro on the Android platform, with an ELM.327 bluetooth dongle for the OBD port.  Easy to log to CSV file for analysis.

Forscan has just come out with their software for the iPad/iPhone (used to be Windows only), needs an OBD WiFi adapter (about $100 - couple of brands available) to work.  I am still testing that with the OBDLink WiFi adapter, no comments on usability/logging yet.  It has options to save as CSV/EMail a CSV file etc, though.
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Sucks that the OS platform has been so slow to do "productive" tasks like this... I hate the idea of buying an android tablet to do this, but it will probably be cheaper in the long run than having my local dealer take the car and drive it until they can figure out what is wrong with it... so far, they have only wanted to throw parts at it and see what fixes the problem.

Maybe one of my non-mac friends has an android tablet i can borrow for a few days?
 
So, will the torque program be able to help identify what is causing the hesitation issue with my SHO? it seems a bit more user friendly than forsaken, just comparing the two websites at a glance.
 
It can log enough parameters to drive you nuts!  Be sure to log WHAT you were doing alongside the data gathered:  engine hot/cold, flat road (preferable), accessories on/off, etc.  That should help get a better understanding of what might be happening, if anything, with the engine.  Torque Pro (5 bucks) will let you log in tenth of a second intervals, so we can catch transitional events easier.
 
I scored an unused galexy S3 from a family member and will be using the bluetooth connector and the torque pro program. Just so I don't buy the wrong bluetooth adaptor, is there a specific brand or model that works (best) with the torque app, or do all of them just serve the purpose of connecting car to phone? I searched for "ELM.327 Bluetooth dongle" and it came back with quite a few different obdII style adaptors that all claim they "read" information.

This is the first one that comes up in the amazon search:
http://www.amazon.com/Version-Bluetooth-OBD-Multi-Language-12Kinds/dp/B00N2K6M2A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419813046&sr=8-1&keywords=ELM.327#productDetails
 
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