Surreal Development OBD2 Testing


1	Device	Manufacturer	Gretio	BiScan	CAN	CAN-FD	DOIP	GM SWCAN	iOS Support	Interface	Link	Comment
2	OBDLINK MX+	OBD Solutions	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	MFi	BT Classic	OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows	Official Device. Passes all tests. Only device that works with Gretio iOS (MFi requirement)
3	OBDLINK MX Bluetooth	OBD Solutions	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	BT Classic	OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows	Official Device. Passes all tests
4	OBDLINK MX Wifi	OBD Solutions	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	WiFi	TCP	OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows	Official Device. Passes all tests
5	OBDLINK LX	OBD Solutions	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	BT Classic	OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows	Official Device. Passes all tests
6	PLX Kiwi 4,3	PLX	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	BLE	BLE	PLX Devices \| Electronics & Automotive	ELM327 clone. Fails under high load. Somewhat proprietary api
7	BAFX	BAFX	Limited	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	BT Classic	Amazon.com: Bafx Products - For Android Only - Wireless Bluetooth Obd2 Scanner Diagnostic Code Reader & Scan Tool - Scan, Reset & Clear Car Check Engine Light: Automotive	ELM327 clone. Fails under high load
8	FIXD	FIXD	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	BT Classic	Amazon.com: FIXD OBD2 Professional Bluetooth Scan Tool & Code Reader for iPhone and Android: Automotive	ELM327 Clone (or some repackage). Proprietary api.
9	Bluedriver	Bluedriver	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	BT Classic	BlueDriver Scan Tool \| BlueDriver	ELM327 Clone (or some repackage). Proprietary api.
10	vLinker Mc+	VGATE	Limited	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	BLE	Hybrid, No MFi	Vgate vLinker MC+ -ShenZhen CheBoTong Technology Co., Ltd. (vgatemall.com)	Obdlink Clone. Does not support required OBDLINK APIs. Works as an elm327 in Gretio. Advertises 'SWCAN' but was unable to verify
11	OBDLINK CX	OBD Solutions	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	BLE	BLE	OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows	BLE is not supported by Gretio due to performance issues
12	OBDLINK SX	OBD Solutions	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	USB (FTDI)	OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows	Not implemneted in Gretio. Unlikely to add
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14	GLOBAL A: Pin 6,14 11 bit 500kbps CAN, and pin 1 33kbps SWCAN
15	GLOBAL B: Pin 6,14 29 bit 5MBIT CAN-FD (UDS over CAN) and pins 3,11,12,13 100/1000 Mbit Ethernet (DoIP, UDS over TCP/IP)
16	This is raw test data as discovered by Surreal Development LLC. For corrections visit https://surrealdev.com/contact/ and supply adequte documentation
17	Note: Protocol support (CAN, TCP, etc..) is considered as an accessible transport layer. If transport layer is not accessible (i.e. some proprietary system) then it is considered not supported. No exceptions.
18	ELM327 devices work with Gretio with a limited Feature Set.

1

Device

Manufacturer

Gretio

BiScan

CAN

CAN-FD

DOIP

GM SWCAN

iOS Support

Interface

Link

Comment

2

OBDLINK MX+

OBD Solutions

Yes

No

Yes

MFi

BT Classic

OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows

Official Device. Passes all tests. Only device that works with Gretio iOS (MFi requirement)

3

OBDLINK MX Bluetooth

OBD Solutions

Yes

No

Yes

No

BT Classic

OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows

Official Device. Passes all tests

4

OBDLINK MX Wifi

OBD Solutions

No

Yes

No

Yes

WiFi

TCP

OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows

Official Device. Passes all tests

5

OBDLINK LX

OBD Solutions

Yes

No

BT Classic

OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows

Official Device. Passes all tests

6

PLX Kiwi 4,3

PLX

No

Yes

No

Yes

BLE

PLX Devices | Electronics & Automotive

ELM327 clone. Fails under high load. Somewhat proprietary api

7

BAFX

Limited

Yes

No

BT Classic

Amazon.com: Bafx Products - For Android Only - Wireless Bluetooth Obd2 Scanner Diagnostic Code Reader & Scan Tool - Scan, Reset & Clear Car Check Engine Light: Automotive

ELM327 clone. Fails under high load

8

FIXD

No

BT Classic

Amazon.com: FIXD OBD2 Professional Bluetooth Scan Tool & Code Reader for iPhone and Android: Automotive

ELM327 Clone (or some repackage). Proprietary api.

9

Bluedriver

No

BT Classic

BlueDriver Scan Tool | BlueDriver

ELM327 Clone (or some repackage). Proprietary api.

10

vLinker Mc+

VGATE

Limited

Yes

No

BLE

Hybrid, No MFi

Vgate vLinker MC+ -ShenZhen CheBoTong Technology Co., Ltd. (vgatemall.com)

Obdlink Clone. Does not support required OBDLINK APIs. Works as an elm327 in Gretio. Advertises 'SWCAN' but was unable to verify

11

OBDLINK CX

OBD Solutions

No

Yes

No

BLE

OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows

BLE is not supported by Gretio due to performance issues

12

OBDLINK SX

OBD Solutions

No

Yes

No

USB (FTDI)

OBDLink® - Powerful Scan Tools For Android, iOS, & Windows

Not implemneted in Gretio. Unlikely to add

13

14

GLOBAL A: Pin 6,14 11 bit 500kbps CAN, and pin 1 33kbps SWCAN

15

GLOBAL B: Pin 6,14 29 bit 5MBIT CAN-FD (UDS over CAN) and pins 3,11,12,13 100/1000 Mbit Ethernet (DoIP, UDS over TCP/IP)

16

This is raw test data as discovered by Surreal Development LLC. For corrections visit https://surrealdev.com/contact/ and supply adequte documentation

17

Note: Protocol support (CAN, TCP, etc..) is considered as an accessible transport layer. If transport layer is not accessible (i.e. some proprietary system) then it is considered not supported. No exceptions.

18

ELM327 devices work with Gretio with a limited Feature Set.