Thread: JDash 0.2.0 released

I got through, so here you go LS... copied from main page at Sourceforge
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IMPORTANT

The release v0.3.1 has a minor bug. If your on a Windows machine, please put JDash at the root of your C: drive. (c:\jdash). On linux, pleasemake sure the directory path doesn't have any spaces in it. Or.. go download the patched version v0.3.2.
Welcome to JDash.sourceforge.net

JDash is an open source project giving people a visual dashboard of their cars sensors.
JDash is still under development, so please be patient,and check back often.
Release Change Log

Look in the Current events
Current Features

• Complete Graphical visual interface to your cars ECU
• Written in 100% Java
• Runs on Linux / Windows and should work on a Mac
• Supports Subaru Select Protocol (SSP) on the Tactrix cable
• 100% Skinnable interface
• Customizable ECU value mappings
• Modify the output of a sensor value with a simple "BeanShell" script. No need to write code.
• Customizable Analog Gauges with High / Low indicators
• Customizable Digital Gauges
• Customizable LED Gauges with High / Low Indicators
• High / Low gauge needles with reset buttons
• Data Logging to a Database
• Data Log Playback
• GPL Open Source
• Very Modular Design allowing easy customization of Skins and ECU Monitors though changing of config files.

Future Features

• Support for ELM OBD-II module (Anybody want to help with this one)
• Event driven sounds
• Automatic Installer
• Data Log extraction to CSV
• ECU Config Files for as many different ECUs as possible
• Skins, skins... and more skins. I'm not an artist, and I'll need help with the skins.

Software Requirements

• Windows or Linux OS
• Sun Java JRE 1.5 and greater (1.4 is not supported)
• Display Check Engine Light Codes
• Reset Check Engine Light
• Reset ECU

Harware Requirements

• Your Car
• PC / Laptop
• [Tactrix http://www.tactrix.com/] SSP interface cable linked to a serial port (or similar)

I just tried out V0.5.0
Its looking very promising.

Looking forward to testing this.

Great work!

OK I played around with this on the weekend, and realtime laggin. I am not sure if I can tweak it.

I have a USB Consult cable from Blazt.biz for my 95 nissan. Anyone know of a good reference to the consult protocol? I am hoping that the creators of ECUTalk or ConSultan could create this plugin pretty easily. Sooner or later I will do it myself if I have to, as this is a necessary function in my intel mac carpc and currently the only option is ConSultan, which has a slightly less impressive interface (and crashes on me frequently). If someone wants to use the cable to write the plugin (presumably someone with knowledge of the Consult protocol) I would be happy to lend it out or buy a new one just for this purpose.

-ikon

Originally Posted by ikon240

I have a USB Consult cable from Blazt.biz for my 95 nissan. Anyone know of a good reference to the consult protocol? I am hoping that the creators of ECUTalk or ConSultan could create this plugin pretty easily. Sooner or later I will do it myself if I have to, as this is a necessary function in my intel mac carpc and currently the only option is ConSultan, which has a slightly less impressive interface (and crashes on me frequently). If someone wants to use the cable to write the plugin (presumably someone with knowledge of the Consult protocol) I would be happy to lend it out or buy a new one just for this purpose.

-ikon

I've been hoping that someone with a bit of Java experience might want to try and write a Nissan comms module for JDash. If your up to the challenge, I can write in a stubbed out module for the Consult protocol. Then it would simply need someone with a Nissan, and familiar with the Protocol to write the guts of the module. Try posting on the JDash main forum if you think you might wanna help out. Or know someone else who would.

I just thought I would post this reference PDF.

Please do stub out a place for the Nissan Consult Comms module.

I will take a stab at it this summer. I am in the middle of moving and switching jobs at the moment, so give me a few weeks and I will get to it.

Also, will I need a usb lib for java to talk with my balzt usb consult cable? Or is there already one included in the project?

-ikon

I know it's been a while, but I have a great excuse. A new baby girl. But, now that I'm getting a little more free time, I finally managed to put a Nissan Consult "Stub" module into JDash. It does pretty much nothing at this time, but I'm hoping a java coder will want to step up and finish it off. Seeing as I don't have a Nissan to test it with.

The code is up on the SVN server at Sourceforge.

sweet, thanks skidd! I will take a crack at it.

-ikon