[ronanz]

Originally Posted by aps

Just thought I'd update with an answer to my question - I asked BM3 on the FB group and they confirmed that everything can be done via the OBD agent. Computer is not necessary. Sweet!

WIFI agent paired with the bm3 app IS the computer

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[JaredG_F30]

With the release of updated maps for the N55 I decided to pop the under panel off to update my SD card firmware with the new iOS Bluetooth hotspot link fix and flash the new 7.0 stage 2 93 octane map. Hopefully the rain holds off and I can take it for a spin on my lunch break, maybe get a log or two.

[Insane435]

Originally Posted by JaredG_F30

With the release of updated maps for the N55 I decided to pop the under panel off to update my SD card firmware with the new iOS Bluetooth hotspot link fix and flash the new 7.0 stage 2 93 octane map. Hopefully the rain holds off and I can take it for a spin on my lunch break, maybe get a log or two.

I'm about to do the same this weekend. Let us know how 7.0 is.
I'm still on v6.0.

[edub370]

following for the V7.0 impressions

[JaredG_F30]

My review is here...

https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=30

Originally Posted by Insane435

I'm about to do the same this weekend. Let us know how 7.0 is.
I'm still on v6.0.

[lemonchicken]

Originally Posted by JaredG_F30

So I decided, with the latest release of the bm3 app for iOS, that I want the convenience of having an onboard, single board cID bootmod3 and password bootmod3. I should be able to connect my phone and OBD agent to this network and be able to flash without setting up the hotspot through my phone. I'll report back on if this works or not.

Thanks so much. This worked perfectly. So much nicer than bringing the laptop out to the car. Running stage 2 91 on my N20 and reflashed with this to turn off the burbles. Only thing for me to consider would be flashing to e30 at this point but worried about the availability of corn in CA.

[thejeremyman9]

Originally Posted by lemonchicken

Thanks so much. This worked perfectly. So much nicer than bringing the laptop out to the car. Running stage 2 91 on my N20 and reflashed with this to turn off the burbles. Only thing for me to consider would be flashing to e30 at this point but worried about the availability of corn in CA.

E85 is all over the place in SoCal. check out the pearson fuels app and there is a general flex fuel finder website that lists all E85 stations. I am in OC.

[ZM2]

Anyone using Rpi4 for this, yet?

My agent & phone (iPhone 11) slow down quick a bit sometimes when I’m logging lots of pulls or am on track.

[propete10]

Originally Posted by ZM2

Anyone using Rpi4 for this, yet?

My agent & phone (iPhone 11) slow down quick a bit sometimes when I’m logging lots of pulls or am on track.

I've just completed doing this using a Rpi3+ so if any of you are unsure whether to use an Rpi3 or an Rpi3+ (as per the original post), please be advised that the Rpi3+ is fine and also works perfectly with this method!

[ZM2]

Originally Posted by propete10

I've just completed doing this using a Rpi3+ so if any of you are unsure whether to use an Rpi3 or an Rpi3+ (as per the original post), please be advised that the Rpi3+ is fine and also works perfectly with this method!

Are you guys seeing any logging performance gains with Rpi3+? Less delays and hang ups?

[GhoodLife]

wow open source and sick DIY.

[symple84]

I ended up download the image directly from PTF webpage and it works now without the need for an image.

Originally Posted by msmiljanic

I got it to work using meltboxes image on a 3b+ on latest app. All I had to do was flash the image and go into pi config to make it auto login to the bm3 user. I then hooked it up to the app and It asked to download the latest agent. Worked perfectly.

The diesel guy's image unfortunately did not work for me.

I also have a 3b+ but I cannot get my iPhone to connect via Wi-Fi nor through the USB hotspot. I already changed the log in to auto and tried renaming my phone to bootmod3 with password as bootmod3.

Any other ideas? I am annoyed, it cant be this hard

[quick_335i]

can anyone else confirm if this work with he RPi 3b+ or better to stay with the RPi 3b?

[Gen13 F36]

Does anyone know RPi 4 B will work?...I got my hand on one for free so I want to know if it will work.

[JaredG_F30]

Try it out and let us know. Might as well for free right?

Originally Posted by Gen13 F36

Does anyone know RPi 4 B will work?...I got my hand on one for free so I want to know if it will work.

[luke79]

Let us know if you brick your car

[thestimp]

I may try with the RasberryPi4 soon, I have to use one for another project I can do a test run when I get it.

[JaredG_F30]

They must have updated the image code to work with 3b+ since the original release. That's good news.

Originally Posted by propete10

I've just completed doing this using a Rpi3+ so if any of you are unsure whether to use an Rpi3 or an Rpi3+ (as per the original post), please be advised that the Rpi3+ is fine and also works perfectly with this method!

[DMM2]

Originally Posted by jmciver

After a little Googling I was able to figure this out. There is a ton of info on the net about how to use the Raspberry Pi...

You use the Secure Shell (SSH) communications protocol to communicate with the Pi (no need to hook up the Pi to a monitor or connect a keyboard or mouse to it). PTF actually shows you how to change the SSID and password using SSH in thier OBD Agent documentation (link is in your original post) using a program called Putty (for Windows) which I tried. There are other programs that do this, inlcuding one called Terminus (for Mac) which I also installed. Both of those programs are free. For Mac users, you can also use the included Terminal app program as well (although the other apps have an easier to use GUI in my opinion). The process is pretty simple:

1. Plug in your agent to the USB port on your computer for power
2. Plug in an ethernet cable from your agent to your computer (if your computer does not have an ethernet port, you may need a USB to ethernet adapter)
3. Use your SSH program of choice to access the Pi. You will need the username, password, and IP address for the agent, which are in the OBD agent documentation provided by PTF.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to update your SSID and password to what you want

All you are doing is updating a text file on the SD card with your new WiFi configuration info using terminal commands instead of a traditional text editor program (in Windows or Mac). You need to be careful when using terminal commands, making sure to type the command lines exactly as written (including spaces). Not difficult, but necessary nonetheless.

I used the same process to update another file to turn of WiFi and Bluetoth on the Pi. The link below provides a bit more info (and you can Google for more). If you want, you can add multiple WiFi SSIDs and passwords, with connection priority so that the Pi can automatically connect to either your phone or your home network, depending on where you are.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/document...ireless-cli.md

First of all, a huge thanks to JaredG_F30 for taking the time to post those instructions! I've got my BM3 Agent built and working. The only thing I haven't been able to do is edit the SSID and password. I've tried via Putty on a Windows 10 machine, and using my Mac, I just tried to ping the IP address provided by PTF. In both cases, my computers can't see/connect with the RPi Agent. I followed the instructions provided by PTF, and I disabled my firewall, but I still can't seem to connect. Any help or insights would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

* Solved - I reached out to PTF and Dzenan let me know that the most recent firmware no longer uses the IP address, but rather: bootmod3.local
Password is the same.

Just thought I'd pass that info on in case anyone else is trying to change the WiFi Agent SSID and password.

Cheers!

[codelinx]

In case anyone needs info on getting the agent running or some customization you can visit the post i made here Bootmod3 Wifi Agent DIY Alternate Method post #121

[zerodb]

Is this still a viable option?

I put the current image on my Rpi3B, confirmed that it would connect to my iPhone (tethering icon came up), connected to the Enet cable and it showed activity, and Bootmod3 on my iPhone still doesn't see the agent.

When I SFTP into the device I can see ".coding" files with my VIN in the filename so it's clearly had a conversation with my car already... I created a bootmod3/bootmod3 SSID on my home network for testing purposes and it connects and gets an IP address without trouble, also seems to connect to my iPhone right away when that's not available.

I do see two error logs in the file system also, one called hs_err_pid442.log and the other *445.log (but the second one is empty). The first one references a fatal error in Java Runtime Environment: SIGBUS(0x7) etc. and I don't know if that would do any good in identifying the issue. When I boot the RPi with a monitor and keyboard connected it doesn't show any obvious faults, but in this case I'm also not connected to the car.

Followup -

I'm seeing that if I open up BM3 on my laptop, it says "OBD Disconnected" (in the first instant the page loads it says "OBD Agent Not Detected" and then switches to "OBD Disconnected" as I'd expect with the agent connected to the network but not to the OBD interface)
while my iPhone just says "OBD Agent Not Detected" the whole time. Maybe this isn't a problem with the agent but instead with my iPhone or the app.

[mahyarv14]

Originally Posted by zerodb

Is this still a viable option?

I put the current image on my Rpi3B, confirmed that it would connect to my iPhone (tethering icon came up), connected to the Enet cable and it showed activity, and Bootmod3 on my iPhone still doesn't see the agent.

When I SFTP into the device I can see ".coding" files with my VIN in the filename so it's clearly had a conversation with my car already... I created a bootmod3/bootmod3 SSID on my home network for testing purposes and it connects and gets an IP address without trouble, also seems to connect to my iPhone right away when that's not available.

I do see two error logs in the file system also, one called hs_err_pid442.log and the other *445.log (but the second one is empty). The first one references a fatal error in Java Runtime Environment: SIGBUS(0x7) etc. and I don't know if that would do any good in identifying the issue. When I boot the RPi with a monitor and keyboard connected it doesn't show any obvious faults, but in this case I'm also not connected to the car.

Followup -

I'm seeing that if I open up BM3 on my laptop, it says "OBD Disconnected" (in the first instant the page loads it says "OBD Agent Not Detected" and then switches to "OBD Disconnected" as I'd expect with the agent connected to the network but not to the OBD interface)
while my iPhone just says "OBD Agent Not Detected" the whole time. Maybe this isn't a problem with the agent but instead with my iPhone or the app.

Were you able to figure this out? I'm seeing the same issue.