Hi Paul,
I'll reply in your thread currently so we can do Q&A as necessary. Once we have a definitive setup procedure you/I can make a new 'correct' thread/post that can be stickied if necessary.
What you'll need
* Android device
* Torque Pro for Android
* Possibly a couple of plugins for Torque Pro (see below)
* A couple of files- a dashboard setup and a PID list to be added
* An OBD-II Bluetooth 'dongle' that works
* Your OBD-II compatible Forester diesel
Procedure
1. Pay for and install Torque Pro on your Android device.
2. There’s one or two plugins for Torque Pro you may need so download and install them. In particular you need Torque Scan.
The list of options around the startup screen on Torque I have is: Realtime Information, Help, Adapter Status, Graphing, Test Results, Torque Scan, Map View and Fault Codes. If any are missing, (e.g. Torque Scan), download and install them (they should be free)
3. Install a file management utility program (similar to File Explorer on Windows) for your Android device such as Ghost Commander or Total Commander.
4. Download the two config files attached to this post to your Android device. They’ll probably end up in your Downloads folder.
Layout_for_RSR_555.dash is the setup file for the dashboard
Diesel_Forester_PIDs.csvis the config file with the parameters required in it.
As I can only upload them as ZIP files, you will need to ‘unzip’ them after you download them.
5. Using the file explorer on your Android device
..a. Locate the 2 files listed above in your download directory
..b. Unzip the two files using the file utility (probably press and hold the file and then select from the options)
..c. Locate the Torque Pro directory for dashboards: it will be something like /storage/.torque/dashboards . The File explorer utility screen should have two sides so if you have the downloads on one side, locate the .torque subdirectory on the other. You may have to turn on an option like ‘show hidden files and directories’ to see the “.torque’ subdirectory. Search for it if necessary. For example, mine is /storage/emulated/0/.torque/dashboards
..d. Copy Layout_for_RSR_555.dash from the downloads directory to the .../.torque/dashboards subdirectory.
..e. Copy Diesel_Forester_PIDs.csv from the downloads directory to the .../.torque/extendedPIDs subdirectory (locate like above).
6. Start Torque Pro.
7. Import the extended PIDs into Torque Pro:
..a. Open Torque Pro (if not already) and click the Settings icon (likely little gear wheel in bottom left corner)
..b. Select Manage extra PIDs/Sensors
..c. Click the menu icon (likely top-right corner) and select “Add predefined Set”
..d. You should be able to select “Diesel_Forester_PIDs” which is the file you wish to import
8. Load the dashboard:
..a. Go back to the Torque Pro main menu and select “Realtime Information”
..b. Click the menu icon and select layouot settings
..c. Select import layout
..d. The Layout_for_RSR_555.dash dash should be available so select it.
9. Save the vehicle profile:
..a. Go back to the Torque Pro main menu
..b. Click the settings icon
..c. Click vehicle profile
..d. Click create new profile…
..e. Give the profile a name, select options as required and click “Save”
10. Exit Torque Pro
11. Park the vehicle safely, insert your OBD-II scanner into the car’s port and start the car.
12. Start Torque Pro and let it connect to the scanner and the car.
13. Check the realtime information. Hopefully you don’t have to load up the dash again, but if required do so as above.
..a. Note there are two output pages for the realtime data, you can scroll up and down between them by swiping.
..b. The other one has OBD Speed, GPS speed and Spd diff. for comparison. If you have the android device’s GPS activated, this will tell you your real (GPS) speed vs the car’s (OBD) registered speed vs the speedo readout. Dependent on tyre size (or other drivetrain changes) usually the OBD is within 1-2% of the GPS (it has to be or the odo would be incorrect) but the speedo will overread by 5-10% (legal and so you don’t get busted speeding).
Hope this helps,