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Custom Gauge List
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The OBDII standard describes certain parameters which can be accessed via the OBDII. Many of the parameters are left to the manufacturer’s
discretion to support or not. This is why the gauges available through UltraGauge are vehicle dependent. All Manufacturers provide themselves the
ability to access additional vehicle parameters beyond those specified in the OBDII standard as well as those standardized OBDII parameters they
chose not to make available. For example, there is no OBDII parameter for Transmission Temperature; however, manufacturers can access this
parameter. Likewise, there is a standardized parameter for Fuel Level %, but manufacturers commonly did not support it via the OBDII on earlier
vehicles, yet manufacturers can access it.
Fundamentally there are two types of parameters:
1.
Standardized OBDII parameters; roughly 135. Many are not very useful and, of the 135, manufacturers typically provide less than half.
Standardized OBDII parameters are typically related to emissions.
2.
Manufacturer specific parameters (gauges). These are parameters that the manufacturer has inserted for their own purposes. Many are a
duplicate of the Standardized gauges, while others are wholly separate and not included in the standardized OBDII parameters. These
parameters are not focused on emissions and can be any useful parameter the manufacturer has seen fit to insert.
Many manufactures access these parameters through the same interface as the OBDII. Others access the parameters through proprietary, non-
standard pins inserted into the OBDII connector. Only manufacturers which use the same interface as OBDII have parameters that can be accessed
by UltraGauge. Typically Ford, GM, and vehicles with CAN interfaces can be accessed. All vehicles sold in the USA since 2008 are required to
support CAN. This is not necessarily true for vehicles sold into non-USA markets.
Manufacturer parameters typically cannot be accessed on Vehicles with 9141 and KWP2000 protocols/interfaces. In general, foreign vehicles prior
to 2008 will use the 9141 or KWP2000 protocol. Our
can also be used to determine the protocol used by most vehicles.
UltraGauge can be used to access all of the ~135 standardized OBDII parameters, if supported, even on vehicles with 9141 or KWP2000 protocols.
It’s important to understand that while the OBDII defines ~135 parameters, manufacturers only support a fraction of this; the older the vehicle,
typically the fewer parameters supported.
The ability to access manufacturer specific parameters is very similar to the X-gauge feature found in ScanGauge™. All Codes which function in
ScanGauge™ will function in UltraGauge with modifications.
In order to access parameters, beyond the provided pre-programmed parameters, it is necessary to program UltraGauge with codes and it is only
recommended for users which are very comfortable with technology and have the time to devote to it and are willing to work with support if
necessary. Information regarding parameters and their access and interpretation is not made public by manufacturers. This information over time
leaks out or is determined via reverse engineering.
To simplify use, UltraGauge provides several pre-programmed common manufacturer parameters for various vehicles for download via the WWW.
There is no guarantee that all the pre-programmed parameters will work with your year, make and model vehicle. Those that are not supported by
your vehicle will show up with an “*” next to the gauge name. It is best to search vehicle specific forums to understand if such parameters are
accessible in your specific vehicle.
UltraGauge is simply a tool that provides the potential to access these parameters and provides no assurance that such parameters are actually
available or accessible.
The Custom Gauge List screen is used for 2 main purposes:
1.
Download Manufacturer gauges from Ultra-Gauge.com based on the Vehicle’s VIN (Make/Model/Year)
2.
Allow the user to create their own Custom gauges
This page lists both the manufacturer and the user created custom gauges which have previously been loaded/created.
The user created custom gauges will be shown with a “Group” name of “Custom Gauges”.
The Manufacturer gauges will be shown with a “Group” name of “ WWW <Mfg Make> Gauges” (i.e. “WWW Toyota Gauges”).
Custom Gauges can be uploaded to Ultra-Gauge.com to be stored as a backup copy. Once gauges are created (see below), you may upload them by
clicking on the “Upload Custom Gauge Info from WWW” icon at the top of the screen. Once this has been done, any time you click the
“Download Custom Gauge Info from WWW” icon at the top of the screen, UltraGauge will re-download these Custom gauges to your mobile
device (Note: This action will overwrite any changes you may have made to a specific Custom Gauge on your local mobile device).
If you wish to remove the backup copy on Ultra-Gauge.com, press the “Delete Custom Gauge Info from WWW” icon at
the top of the screen.
Once this operation is performed, then next time downloaded, Ultra-Gauge will only bring down Manufacturer Gauges which it “may” know about
for your vehicle (see Manufacturer Gauges below).
