Carloop "Hello World" program

alanm 2016-04-19 23:17:35 UTC #1

In order to successfully test every Carloop we ship, I was looking for a simple program that would let me know that the hardware was properly soldered. @jvanier put together this very elegant and simple "Hello World" app for Carloop that works great as a sanity check and a good place to start playing with Carloop.

What does it do?
Blinks the Photon or Electron's LED if Carloop successfully reads OBD signals on the CAN Bus

Requirements
* Photon firmware version has to be at least 0.4.9 (see this post for more info).
* Electron firmware version at least 0.5.0

Life Pro Tip:
Type SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL); at the top of your .ino file to avoid connecting to WiFi/Cellular and test everything is working as expected.

Carloop "Hello World" source code

github.com

carloop/carloop-library/blob/master/firmware/examples/obd_blink.cpp

/* Blink Carloop LED on OBD activity
 *
 * Blinks the blue LED when OBD CAN messages are received.
 *
 * Copyright 2016 Julien Vanier
 *
 * Distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE.txt for more details.
 */

#include "application.h"
#include "carloop/carloop.h"

void sendObdRequest();
void waitForObdResponse();
void delayUntilNextRequest();

Carloop<CarloopRevision2> carloop;

// ODB CAN message IDs
const auto OBD_REQUEST_ID      = 0x7E0;

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cannibalbus 2018-01-19 16:43:48 UTC #2

Hello Alan,

I have connected today my new carloop photon to the obd2 connector of my vw lupo 2005 and I do not see any blue light blinking, I only see a white light... 0.6.3 Photon firmware version and SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL); typed... What is the problem???

My best regards!!!

cyclin_al1 2018-01-26 03:33:47 UTC #3

@cannibalbus,

The blue LED that Alan Mond referred to is the LED associated with pin D7. This is not the same as the RGB status LED in the centre of the Photon.

What do you mean SYSTEM_MODE(MANUAL); typed?
You do have to build the whole program and then flash it to the Photon for it to work...
Can you let us know exactly how you did this. Also, are you using Particle IDE, Particle Build or the CLI?

cyclin_al1 2018-01-29 05:03:59 UTC #4

@cannibalbus,

A white light is very strange for a Photon, especially for a recent system firmware.
Just to be sure, is 0.6.3 the version you are choosing in the IDE or is this the version confirmed to be on the Photon?
Also just to be sure, the carloop is new to you, but are you also new or experienced using a Particle Photon?

Here are the Particle Photon documents to confirm the color codes of the RGB LED:
https://docs.particle.io/support/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-support/photon/

If you are getting the High-speed flashing white (since I forgot to ask about the pattern of the light), then you might want to leave it running 10 minutes to give it a chance to update the system firmware...

Let's focus on getting your Photon up and running; then we can move on to getting the Carloop going!

cannibalbus 2018-01-29 06:27:27 UTC #5

Hi, the version and IDE is correct... But my carloop can does not respond, no blue led blinking.

And I think that carloop is a very small and undstable... You need a new design like a obdII diagnosis:

But that's another problem!

I have tried everything, also with metasploit and socketcan... and my device show a red light... dont work!!!

cyclin_al1 2018-01-30 05:03:30 UTC #6

@cannibalbus,

You are correct that carloop is very small. It was designed to be very small.
However, I do not agree that carloop is unstable. Rather, carloop is a very powerful tool and needs to be treated as a powerful tool. It is capable of much greater functionality than an OBD-II diagnosis tool. With that greater functionality comes greater complexity and the user must take care to use it appropriately.

As far as I am aware, every carloop problem has been a user problem, or a case where the car uses a protocol other than CANbus and only one case where the carloop itself had an issue; that case was resolved by replacing the power regulator chip on the carloop. There could be something else that I am not aware of; I do not work for Carloop.

I have to make an assumption given the little information you have provided. Issues with white lights and red lights showing on the Photon leads me to assume that you have an issue with the setup of the Photon. Also, when you describe the lights, you MUST provide the color of the light AND the light pattern, in accordance with the link I provided you earlier. For example, for red lights it is critical to count the number of flashes in the pattern. Also, it is important to described exactly what you did to cause the red lights. If describing it is difficult, then maybe posting a video might be another way to communicate.

Please remove the Photon from the Carloop, and then attach the Photon to your computer using a USB cable.
Follow the instructions starting at the top of this page to put your Photon into listening mode and display the system firmware version.
https://docs.particle.io/support/troubleshooting/troubleshooting-tools/photon/#display-system-firmware-version

When you do this, please provide the actions and responses step-by-step so that we can help you out.