vauxhall zifira B (57 plate) - torque app or ecu please help

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Sat 2 Jul 2016 13:42
vauxhall zifira B (57 plate) - torque app or ecu please help - mancshell

Hi There

Im Just wondering if anyone could help, i just purchased a zifira b (on a 57 plate) over a week ago off a private seller, which seemed in good nick,
anyway after a couple of days driving the car i noticed the dreaded engine light appear on the dashboard of the car, and i noticed that the ashtray was missing from under the handbrake which sent red flags flying,
so instead getting someone to check in the garage i decided to give it a go at getting a bluetooth obdll connector and plugged it into the connector in the car and i downloaded the torque app from google playstore but i kept on having problems establishing a connection wirelessly or by blue tooth so i went onto amazon and got a op-com usb diagnostics scanner and i made sure i had the micro adapter so i could plug it into my galaxy s5 neo smartphone, it automatically started torque as soon as i connected it but i keep getting the same error message all the time, which is really frustrating because i have triad messing with the settings etc, i am a pretty tech person most of the time,
((No Response From The OBD Adapter,Did You Select The Right Baud Rate))
Could anyone please tell me where i am going wrong or if theres another problem somewhere,??

i purchased the Stoga OP-COM Diagnostic Interface Code Reader Scanner
from amazon it said on the site that it is able to be used with a smartphone but on the instruction cd it only give you instructions to use from a pc, i have purchased a bluetooth and wifi obdll as well and they both have a pproblem connecting to the ecu too,


i would be very grateful for any answers : )

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Sat 2 Jul 2016 15:41
vauxhall zifira B (57 plate) - torque app or ecu please help - Cyd

On the playstore page for Torque, Mike Hawkins has gone to a lot of trouble detailing that some adaptors won't work with the app. Have a good read. Personally i have no trouble and use a bluetooth adaptor (no idea what make, but some on eBay specifically advertise they are compatible with Torque).

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Sat 2 Jul 2016 19:20
vauxhall zifira B (57 plate) - torque app or ecu please help - macaphee

Op-com only works with windows computers, connected by USB.

For the Torque app, make sure you have paired your phone to the bluetooth OBD before opening the app.

FYI: Torque can only show ECU faults codes, but the the OP-COM can connect to all modules such ABS, ECU, CIM etc..

Edited by macaphee on 02/07/2016 at 19:21

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