Thanks Cor, I'm confused, how do you read the CanBus with only an Elm327 Bluetooth transmitter? Don't you need an app to translate the data like LeafSpy etc running on an iPhone or Andriod? I don't see anything on the internet for the Spark EV reading battery cell voltages etc. Is there a way to start reading CanBus data with some kind of translator on a PC to try to decipher the raw code? I'm sure it's there as my shop manual shows wires going to every cell - but GM is mum about any useful reader.
Have a renewable energy day, Mark Mark E. Hanson 184 Vista Lane Fincastle, VA 24090 540-473-1248 phone & FAX, 540-816-0812 cell REEVA: community service RE & EV project club Website: www.REEVAdiy.org (See Project Gallery) UL Certified PV Installer My RE&EV Circuits: www.EVDL.org/lib/mh Don't blame me I didn't vote for him. > Hi Chris etc. > you mentioned monitoring individual cell voltages with the Canion app for Android on an iMiev . Will that also work on a Chevy Spark EV 2015? I got EngineLink for my iPhone that sorta works since I downloaded the Chevy Volt library but don't see individual cell voltage. I was told not to plug the Obd2 reader I use on my Prius and Insight into any electric car since each factory EV has its own proprietary can bus firmware. Sorta miss my EV conversion that was easy to work on. The wheeler dealer has been no help on measuring individual cell voltages on the Spark EV I guess they just get a fault code and change the whole pack instead of an individual cell. Doesn't seem very cost effective. I looked in my shop manual and it says all cells are individually monitored but not sure how to get at this data. Guess I need to learn GM Canbus. > Best regards > Mark > Sent from my iPhone -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161208/27d824b5 /attachment.htm> ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2016 12:02:13 -0800 From: Cor van de Water via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@lists.evdl.org> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Fwd: Cell monitoring on Chevy Spark EV Message-ID: <a73bc4b8b3218642a56a2c9eb01b44e002b7a...@exchange.corp.proxim.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I use the same Bluetooth ELM327 between different cars. Actually the Prius has a proprietary bus on the OBD that will give an airbag warning, but you can ignore that because you know it comes from the OBD. Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)