I have not got it working yet.
i took the bike to a shop yesterday to run a full diagnostic of the OBD port to see if there was a fault code or something in the bike was blocking the data flow, either a failed port or something in the bikes “brain”. Everything checked out so it’s not a bike issue.
What I think the issue could be…. And need to test it next.
its possible(?) when they tested the OBD dongle compatibility with BMW models, they did not have the CI BMW control module installed and blue tooth connected.
i think the CI BMW control hub is blocking data flow on the OBD dongle by either:
1) tying up valuable bluetooth “bandwidth” that prevents the OBD dongle from being able to send data over Bluetooth
2) I connected the CI BMW control hub first so it’s sitting in “position 1”, maybe the OBD dongle needs to sit in position 1, get it working THEN connect the CI BMW control hub, see if it kicks the OBD dongle off line
3) the BMW can bus makes all bike data (similar to OBD data) available in the NAV prep connect point, it’s possible that the DMD2 app sees this as an OBD 2 connection and therefore sees the OBD 2 dongle as a redundant OBD path and ignores it. Unfortunately DMD2 doesn’t seem to process bike data from the CI BMW control hub, even though it’s selectable as a source… of at least I couldn’t get it working in that configuration. My Nav VI displayed it it just fine AND I ran a chiggee AIO 5 BMW for a bit (really liked that and I use it on my other BMWs, but I wanted a true NAV platform for the GS not just a phone repeater) and it read the data just fine as well, so I know it can be done, the DMD2 app just doesn’t read it.
Next step….
I’m going to “forget” the pairing to the CI BMW control hub, and connect to the OBD dongle as a single Bluetooth pairing and see what that does. If it works, then I will try and connect to the CI BMW control hub next, maybe connecting in that order solves the issue..
if it works but I can not use my CI BMW control hub and it becomes one or the other, I will use the CI BMW controller as having buttons and whiz wheel function is more important than the OBD data since the TFT on the BMW is so good.
By the way, ADV TIM has been a great help! Thank you for your help and ideas!
I’m kind of reluctant to forget the pairing to the CI BMW control hub, as getting that all connected and switches programmed was a little fiddelsome, but I’ve come this far, might as well take final steps….
Anyone else crack the code yet?
