Hello, it's finally here after 6 months.

[Dani]

Thats an awesome stuff! What about the Garmin VIRB Ultra 30? Do you think that is also compatible with the OBD Dongle?

[Ex Londoner]

Nice work Ryan, I'm very confident the TransForged Mirrors will finish your car.  Not to detract to much  but I have a new sexy diffuser upcoming

Edited September 28, 2016 by Ex Londoner

[The Pits]

Superb, just what I've been looking for. I've used GoPro extensively until now but this Garmin system looks way ahead for motorsports applications. I think I'll get one instead of the new GoPro 5.

[Bravo73]

This might help you: http://ikennd.ac/blog/2015/08/garmin-virb-xe-review/

[Xisthos]

@Dani It should work with it yes. 

@The Pits As Dani mentioned, you might want to look into the new Ultra 30, which just came out. It comes with voice activation so you can start/stop recording quite easily, and a much bigger feature is the optical stabilisation. It's much smaller now too, practically the same size as a GoPro!

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/into-sports/action-cameras/virb-ultra-30/prod522869.html

[The Pits]

Yes that's the one. Having had 2 GoPros stolen from the roadside I need to find replacements fairly regularly!

[MartynB]

On 9/28/2016 at 04:42, Dani said:

Thats an awesome stuff! What about the Garmin VIRB Ultra 30? Do you think that is also compatible with the OBD Dongle?

The Ultra 30 is compatible with ELM327 Bluetooth OBD dongles

http://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/virbultra30/EN-US/GUID-F8B00E48-E44D-4975-A3A4-D9BFE33099D7.html

10 hours ago, Xisthos said:

@Dani It should work with it yes. 

@The Pits As Dani mentioned, you might want to look into the new Ultra 30, which just came out. It comes with voice activation so you can start/stop recording quite easily, and a much bigger feature is the optical stabilisation.

Remember the stabilisation in the VIRB and also the GoPro 5 is digital, i.e. crop and shift, not optical/mechanical. That's not a necessarily a bad thing. Optical systems tend to suck hard mounted to cars, as the vibrations tend to make the moving optical elements (lenses or image sensors) vibrate and even resonate!

Both cams look very good for car use. It's nice to see that Garmin have upped their image quality. The Ultra 30 has the overlay goodness and the GoPro has the little one button remote and a much improved form factor now that it doesn't need the case. I'm tempted to get both

[550superfast]

Xisthos - what data can be shown from the lotus ecu via the dongle?

 

[Xisthos]

@550superfast Here's a listing from their website. Note that under Automotive data, are the other things you see in the posts above such as throttle and brake input, speed, coolant temp, etc. 

 

Your device can record these types of data.

• Speed

• Pace

• Altitude

• G-force

• Orientation

• Hang time

• Distance

• Grade

• Pitch

• Roll

• Bearing (when moving)

• GPS location (coordinates)

• Track shape and position

• Lap times

• Lap count

• Heart rate (when connected to a compatible heart rate monitor)

• Cadence (when connected to a compatible bicycle cadence sensor)

• Power output in watts (when connected to a compatible power meter)

• Temperature (when connected to a compatible temperature sensor)

• Automotive data (when connected to a compatible OBD-II device)

[550superfast]

Sorry, I meant what data from the ecu can be shown. 

[C8RKH]

A related question. I believe themileometerW is electronic. Is the total mikeage figure connected to the ECU so if you change the instrument cluster you can "recover" the mileage?

Hope that makes sense.

[Xisthos]

@550superfast I haven't explored everything yet. I'll let you know when I do! The same OBD dongle should be able to connect to a host of other phone apps where you can view these kinds of info though. 

[MartynB]

Don't rely on this info, but I would be surprised if it's much different to what the AiM gear collects from these ECUs, see here:

http://www.aim-sportline.com/download/ecu/stock/lotus/Lotus_EvoraV6+ExigeV6_103_eng.pdf

[550superfast]

Can anyone recommend an ELM327 Bluetooth OBD dongle to work with the Garmin VIRB Ultra 30 - thanks. Seems to be loads on amazon, assume I would need bluetooth not wi-fi one?