METROMAN Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 I purchased the Obdlink MX+ dongle, downloaded Forscan lite from the Apple app store, and installed it on my Iphone SE today. Tried to set it up, but keep getting an error message that says "No adapter found. Please check connection and try again", every time I press "connect" in the app. I can see in my bluetooth settings in the phone that Ford C-Max "is connected. Is that just referring to the phone being connected to the car's system, and not the diagnostic dongle? (That's my guess) If it was properly connected, what should I be seeing in bluetooth settings, Obdlink MX+ connected? I know that the OBD2 port is working because I plugged in my Autel MK808BT scanner's dongle into it, and the scanner works fine. Anybody else seen this issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestead Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 yes, you have to connect to the obd device too. probably a trigger of some kind on the obd device to tell it to link to bluetooth. then you would have to pair to it on your phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METROMAN Posted June 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 There is a button on the device that you press to pair it to the phone. I've done that, but it never connects. Bluetooth is turned on, I've done a hard reset on the device, rebooted the phone, nothing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METROMAN Posted June 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) So I went back to the app store and downloaded OBD Link. Got the device to pair with my phone, and was able to download the enhanced pack and was able to use the program. Didn't see anything showing the state of charge for battery, just fuel consumption, water temp, rpm, etc. Exited that app, tried to use the Forscan lite again, and got the error message again. No adapter found. I was able to see the device as OBDLink MX+ connected in my bluetooth list. WTH? Is there another Forscan app I should be using? Just went back to the App store. Saw there's another Forscan viewer app for Ford, but it also says the Lite version has more functions available. Edited June 11, 2021 by METROMAN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METROMAN Posted June 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 Here's a copy of the info I posted on the ForScan help site. Too early for any relies there yet. Anybody using ForScan that would like to advise me as to what I should be seeing, how it works, ect, feel free to jump in here. Thanks New purchase and trying to use this for the first time. Using OBDLink MX+ 2.0 STN 2255 v5.6.11 ELM327 v 1.4b Installed Forscan Lite from the App store, v1.511, kernal v 2.3.41, on my IPhone SE running IOS 14.6 I can see the adapter in the bluetooth section of my phone. It says connected. I have made sure that the phone is not BT connected to any other device. I also see that the rapid flashing of the blue light on the OBD connector becomes a solid light as soon as it pairs with my phone. When I press the connect button in the app, I get the error message, "No adapter found. Please check connection and try again". Sometimes when trying to connect, the progress dial spins clockwise. hits the stop, bounces back to the 4 o'clock position, then goes back to the bottom stop. It will just continue that for 5 minutes or longer. Now for the crazy part. When I click on the vehicle icon, I can see a lot of info there. Clicking on the errors icon, reveals a long list of items that seem to have "passed", a few yellow triangles, and a red X that says adapter not found. None of the other icons reveal anything when clicking on them. If the adapter "is not found", how in the heck is all that other info being transferred to my phone? Was my download of the program corrupted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homestead Posted June 13, 2021 Report Share Posted June 13, 2021 I have no experience with Forscan but here is the support page which may be helpful in getting started. https://www.obdlink.com/support/mxp/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METROMAN Posted June 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 6 hours ago, homestead said: I have no experience with Forscan but here is the support page which may be helpful in getting started. https://www.obdlink.com/support/mxp/ Thanks for the reply. That's actually where I started my journey. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyee Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 Old post but Bluetooth might not work with iPhone, might need MX wifi. https://www.forscan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5227 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METROMAN Posted June 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2021 Thanks for the reply. That is for the older MX adapter. I purchased the newer model MX + one. It works on my car and IPhone with other software, just not working right with ForScan. ;( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
METROMAN Posted June 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 On 6/13/2021 at 9:13 PM, dyee said: Old post but Bluetooth might not work with iPhone, might need MX wifi. https://www.forscan.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5227 Update Reinstalled it and got it working. ? jzchen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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