Car OBDII WLAN protocol - iphone

Question

I am currently searching for the specification of the WLAN protocoll to get OBDII data. There are some ELM327 similar adapter on the market which enables iPhone to connect to a OBDII interface with WLAN. This because Bluetooth serial port is scrambled because of the accessories interface. Other programs like Torque for android can also use this communication protocol. However I did not find the specs for creating a network client.
Any help is welcomed,
Thanks

Answer 1

Ok, after some more research, I found two sources:
Michael Gile has an open source library for iOS devices, meant for communicating with OBDII WiFi as well as Bluetooth devices.
PLX devices (creators of the KiWi) have a description how to communicate with the KiWi. The description is too large to include here, but it boils down to:
Connect using WiFi (sockets)
Wait until the device returns >
Issue command and await response
Requesting information can be done by sending a command in this format (ASCII characters):
MM PP\r
where MM is the test mode, PP is the PID, and \r is a carriage return (hex: 0x0d). All whitespace characters are ignored by the Kiwi. *Test modes 03 and 04 do not require a PID value.
The 'test modes' that are spoken of, are the ten diagnostic modes as defined in the SAE J1979 standard:
Test mode Description
01 Show current data
02 Show freeze frame data
03 Show diagnostic trouble codes
04 Clear trouble codes and stored values
05 Test results, oxygen sensors
06 Test results, non-continuously monitored
07 Show 'pending' trouble codes
08 Special control mode
09 Request vehicle information
0A Request permanent trouble codes
The PID values are the codes for the sensors in the car. A (non-exhaustive)list of possible PID values is on Wikipedia.

Answer 2

here what i do in C and socket:
int sockfd = 0, n = 0;
char recvBuff[1024];
struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
char *ip = "192.168.0.10";
char str [128];
int i;
memset(recvBuff, '0',sizeof(recvBuff));
if((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
{
printf("\n Error : Could not create socket \n");
return 1;
}
memset(&serv_addr, '0', sizeof(serv_addr));
serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(35000);
if(inet_pton(AF_INET, ip, &serv_addr.sin_addr)<=0)
{
printf("\n inet_pton error occured\n");
return 1;
}
if( connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0)
{
printf("\n Error : Connect Failed \n");
return 1;
}
printf ("reading...\n");
strcpy (str,"AT Z\x0d");
sleep(2);
write (sockfd, str, strlen (str));
while ( (n = read(sockfd, recvBuff, sizeof(recvBuff)-1)) > 0)
{
recvBuff[n] = 0;
printf ("received: ");
if(fputs(recvBuff, stdout) == EOF)
{
printf("\n Error : Fputs error\n");
}
printf ("\r\ntype: ");
fgets (str, sizeof (str), stdin);
i = strlen (str);
if (str [i-1] == 0x0a)
str [i-1] = 0;
strcat (str, "\x0d");
write (sockfd, str, strlen (str));
printf ("\r\n");
}
type 1 or 2 enter, you should see the prompt: ELM327
then after that, type whatever you want, for ex.: AT RV (will show voltage)
then use this pdf for all code:
https://www.obd-2.de/carcode/dl/ELM327DS.pdf

Answer 3

Have a look at ELM327 datasheet
Wifi dongles transparently bind the ELM327 RS232 port to a TCP server.
There's not really a WIFI protocol. You can use the ELM327 protocol via a raw TCP connection instead.
You can sent AT commands and OBD2 commands known as PID's with the telnet command:
telnet 192.168.0.1 35000
On succesful connection you can try to send:
AT Z
and the server should respond with "ELM327" and a version number.