[fpc-pascal] Vehicle management

[Paul Breneman]

On 05/07/2017 11:11 PM, noreply at z505.com wrote:
> On 2017-05-07 13:33, Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
>> Has anybody used FPC to talk to a vehicle via the OBD connector?
>>
>> Can anybody give me a quick summary of the position of FPC on Android
>> etc.? (Graeme, that includes FPCgui if it's relevant).
>>
>> We've been caught short by a vehicle problem that appears to be only
>> fixable by a VB.NET program. However it's GPLed and we're trying to
>> lean on the (reluctant) author for the source, it would be a natural
>> to transcribe to e.g. a tablet or possibly a bratphone.
>>
>
> I was looking in to this idea too. The only sources I found was some
> plain C or some kind of C code on sourceforge, which could (painfully)
> be converted or at least derived from to get ideas for FPC.
>
> The downside is that this did not work on a windows Tablet, it has some
> GUI issues that doesn't work right on a tablet, but works fine on a
> desktop pc.
>
> Can't remember the name of the software and don't remember what
> platforms it ran on.. maybe could find it by going to
> https://www.google.ca/search?q=obd+sourceforge
>
> But there is also github... But as for FPC code or lazarus code? I have
> no idea. Would be interesting to know.

www.ctrlterm.com (fpGUI) works *very* well on a Windows 8.1 tablet with 
no extra worked needed for the touch screen!