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he android side is pretty much ready for testing, but the holdup has been on the server side. The server does the log transformations and gives easier file access. So I am currently building out a new server and getting the very stripped down site up and running.

The server side is a bit of scope creep, but there are many reasons.

This first Android Logger app logs to an FRD format file so it can support all firmwares current and future, even though it does not load TunerStudio Projects.
The trouble with FRD format is that it can not be understood by MegaLogViewer or pretty much anything else that doesn't read ini files with the settings. So what this means is that before you can load the logs into MegaLogViewer they need to be transformed into the regular msl file.

There are ways to do this:
- TunerStudio will transform the FRD files, similar to how it does the MS3 SD logs. Basic FRD format 1.0 translation has been in TunerStudio for years now.
- Server side transformation.

So this Android Logger will let you do either, you can copy the frd files off the device and let TS transform them, or let it automatically upload frd's, then when you log in you can download them to your PC as a standard msl. There are several reasons I want to support the server model also:
- Simplicity. While many people know there phone well and have plenty of utility apps to move the frd's to their PC's, there are plenty of others that would have to figure out how to get the files over and translate them into something viewable.
- Enhancements - The FRD format is quickly changing... Some of the first enhancements are to be able to log GPS and accelerometer data as most phones these days support that. The FRD 1.0 format doesn't. Several other enhancements as simple as Comments in MARK's to say what sort of MARK it was, there is no support for that in FRD 1.0. So that means every time I add a feature to the FRD format, you would have to upgrade TS to the latest beta or alpha to log the new feature. Server side abstracts you from that. I can just add the new feature to the server, then it will be in TS at a later time. If you are using TS transformations only, I will leave the new features as optional preferences so TS can still transform.
- Other upcoming features that I have been looking to get done for the longest time. This new site will really help integrate TS with the Android Apps or even running TS on multiple computers.

So what all would one need to do in order to use this? I have a Motorola Droid.

A serial to bluetooth adaptor for your MS.

Another thing that would be good to know, what version of Android OS are the majority of people running.
I have been assuming most are on 2.1 or higher, but it would be good to know if there are still many older OS's out there.

I have 2.2.2 but am upgrading to a droid3 in december

im on 2.2.2 on an original moto droid. also looking to upgrade in December

2.1 and higher

best regards

i have samsung galaxy S running android 2.3

Droid X2 with the 2.3.4. Really anxious to get to use this app.

James

Is there a possibility this will be up and running by the 13th of November? Just curious. That is the last autox of the day and would be awesome to get a log of how she does on the track.

James

Yes, my target date is well ahead of that.

Sweet! That is great news! I guess it's time to start shopping for the bluetooth adpater. Also, I assume this will work on all versions of MS? Any suggestions on what adapter to use?

James

Yes all version of MS.

I've been doing a good deal of testing on different BT adapters. They do vary in characteristics.... The IOGear GBS 301 seems to not want to connect with some of my android test units, but throughput is Ok on both 9600 and 15200 if it works. The firefly runs good throughput, but has a very slow connect time on some of my Android test units. I have several other name units that all seems to work well. One of these really seemed to stand out as very fast to connect and has the best 115200 throughput I've tested so far. I don't know of a place to buy them one off, so I have ordered a bulk order of them to pass on especially to MS2 users.

For MS1 it still has good connection characteristics, but at 9600 throughput is running about 30% slower than the firefly which tested fastest so far. There are plenty of MS1 solutions, I am still looking for the best at 9600 to recommend.

That is awesome. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this thread. Thanks so much for your hard work.

James

so we would have to be adding a blue-tooth adapter to the megasquirt for this to work? is that something we would have to be finding ourselves or will you be offering a kit for the megasquirt.

It's going to be an adapter that you plug into your serial port. He is still testing the different types to see what will work best with what models.

James

I forgot to notify this thread, that The Android Shadow Logger MS has been released for beta testing. I have a posted in the "Palm/Phone Based Software" forum, or you can get more here:
http://tunerstudio.com/index.php/shadowloggerms

Downloaded the program. Now I just need to get the Bluetooth dongle. I know this has probably already been brought to your attention, but there is a typo in the menu. Accerometer instead of accelerometer. No biggie though. Just wanted to give a heads up.

James

I know this has probably already been brought to your attention, but there is a typo in the menu.

Actually, no... I didn't know that yet.. Thanks for the heads up.

I do have pre-configured BT Adapters to help save some of the headache of finding one that works.
http://www.efianalytics.com/products/cl ... tooth.html