Torque in a Prius (2004)

[P-hack]

Just wanted to chime in that I have been experimenting with the $5 version of torque in the prius, it is completely awesome, and crazy cheap if you have a bluetooth android (gps would be a plus also):

Equipment (2004 prius)

2nd hand Sidkekick 4g

$12 OBD adapter Newest V1 5 ELM327 Torque Android Win7 OBD2 OBDII Bluetooth Diagnostic Scanner | eBay

$5 torque from the play store

Install the free pids for your car, i.e. Gen2 Prius: Custom PIDs for Torque (Android App) with formulas | PriusChat

So trying to understand what the prius is doing is a lot easier now, I might even be able to have a soft button on my android for a kill switch 8-o

Currently I have 6 gauges on the main screen,
1. mpg graph
2. ICE load (mostly a "the engine is running" indicator, and I try to keep it in the 60-70 range when it is running)
3. HV battery hp (goes negative when charging)
4. brake friction pad hp (so I can tell when I have exceeded regen and am just making heat).
5. MG1 hp
6. MG2 hp

It is pretty awesome and so affordable and so easy. I don't know how accurate it all is, but I'm geeked to have some good insight into where the power is going.

[ericbecky]

Are you able to see the high voltage hybrid battery module voltage data with it?

Not just overall voltage of the pack, I mean the actual modules.
There are 14 "blocks".

See this post on Priuschat and the one after it
http://priuschat.com/threads/gen2-pr...4#post-1372394

[P-hack]

Apparently so, per http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13631276531762

14 blocks, 0-18 volts, internal resistance per block as well, though I don't know about logging from torque, but the elm protocol is simple enough to hack something together on a bluetooth laptop for battery health monitoring or so.

[ericbecky]

Well, for starters it may be interesting to simply read.

For logging, perhaps I'd get a a usb version as well.
Have you seen any other good ones on ebay that are as cheap as the bluetooth one you chose?

[P-hack]

I am just using the one adapter, I have considered using an fdti usb cable to the elm chip therein, but have enough bluetooth computers/devices that I probably won't mess with it. I have talked to the adapter via some terminal program on ubuntu.

[P-hack]

there is a lot built into torque for logging, uploading, graphing too I am finding now...

[ericbecky]

My laptop does not have bluetooth, though.
And I don't think my tablet, which has bluetooth, would be powerful enough for logging data. I'll have to research it a bit more.

[P-hack]

bluetooth adapters are literally less than a dollar, fyi
USB 2 0 Mini Smart Bluetooth Wireless Dongle Adapter for PDA Mobile Phone PC | eBay

[ericbecky]

Good to know. Thanks.

[P-hack]

I sent the developer a message hoping for a clue on how to shut off the engine via obd/soft button, that might be a long shot, but I did find some useful "indicator lights" where I can see when something else requested the engine off (or idle, or warmup, or off lockout?).