Add-NEO
ADD-NEO is the new
affordable app offering a intuitive UI and futuristic
supercar-like display!
The app is
simplified with two modes (OBD and GPS-only) with tons of
vehicle telemetry data nicely displayed - including rpm,
speed, fuel, coolant temp, adjustable red-line, check engine,
low voltage, low fuel warnings, direction, and trip
odometer...etc. It also offers much-appreciated features like
0-60mph / 0-1/4 mile tester and G-meter. Get it today and
spice up your drive
Performance
Professionally
tuned
for super responsive and extremely low latency displaying
real-time data (RPM, speed, g-meter, GPS direction...etc.)
Carefully
designed layout and graphics with vivid / contrasting color
scheme for easy reading on the road
Simplified
operation – 95% operations are single touch of a button or
swipe left/right/up/down on the screen.
Comprehensive
Vehicle Data Display – all in real-time
RPM (w/
max. RPM mark)
Speed
Max. Speed
GPS Speed
(in GPS only mode)
Throttle
position (w/ max. throttle mark)
Fuel
Coolant
temperature
Voltage
(only shown in orange when too low or too high)
CEL/MIL
(Check Engine / Malfunction) indicator
Current
Time
G-meter
with max. mark on accelerate / brake / left / right directions
Vehicle
driving direction
Gear
indication / Shift Indication
- Specially
for Lotus Elise / Exige (direct
read out from OBD2)
- Other
cars can use simulation mode (with selectable of max. gears
from 5th to 9th)
TPMS (Lotus
Elise / Exige only)
- Warning
indicator (in orange color) in case of low tire pressure
detected – just as your Elise/Exige
OEM dashboard
- Display
detail pressure for 4 tires (touch the TPMS button - when in
warning mode) – more info than your Elise/Exige
dashboard can provide!
Rich Features
Swipe
(left/right) to change for various modes
- Mode1
(Sports) – display ALL vehicle data with sport-car inspiring
graphs (RPM bar, throttle, G-meter, gear-shift indicator)
- 
Obey the traffic rule and
be responsible for all safety measure
- Mode2 (GPS) – No OBD
needed. If you simply launch the ADD-NEO app without any
Bluetooth OBD setup, app will start in this mode.
- Provide
accurate GPS speed, max speed, 2D G-meter, vehicle direction,
trip computer…
- CEL/MIL
warning
- Real-time
map and route display (in mode2 – requires GPS enabled Android
phone and data connection)
- Touch the
center of the G-meter to calibrate it
- If your
android phone/device can’t be securely hold in landscape mode
90 degree facing the car direction (either tilted a bit or
slightly facing left/right) – you can calibrate it and app
will try to compensate the non-ideal position.
- Toggle enable /
disable speed alert
- Toggle
change for MPH and Km/H units
- Toggle
change for Fahrenheit vs Celsius for water temperature display
- Toggle
Screen save / always-on
- It’s suggest to use plug in power and set to
always on (red color) – if you rely on the app to provide you
info such as speed, fuel, temp…
- Single
touch RESET max. G, max speed, max RPM
- GPS
signal accuracy indication (Green / Orange / Red)
-
Safe-guard SETUP dialog with simplified configuration
- Auto-save
your configuration / selections so no need to configure it
next time
- In app
screen capture to save your max. speed, max RPM, best 0-60,
0-1/4 mile, max G, trip odometer...etc.
How-To (Simple user guide)
1.
Initial Setup (First
time use)
a.
Do NOT start the app yet
b. Connecting the Bluetooth OBD2 dongle
i. 
OBD2 dongle must be
Bluetooth type; the WiFi (wireless)
OBD is NOT supported
ii. Insert the Bluetooth OBD2 dongle into the car’s OBD2 socket and turn it on (if it has a power button/switch)
iii. Go to your android phone/device “Setting” and select Connection/Bluetooth
iv. Scan the nearby Bluetooth device and your phone/device shall see the new OBD2 listed (usually with name contains OBD)
v. 
Select to pair it and it
SHOULD ask you to enter the passcode – enter 1234 or 1111 (or
reference your OBD2 instruction manual)
- Make sure your phone /device confirm it “successfully” paired
-
If you are NOT asked to
enter passcode – it’s likely the pairing is NOT truly successful
(depends on models) as data transmission protocol usually needs
secured connection. Please reference your phone/device and OBD2
dongle user manual to resolve it.
c.
Start up your car – make
sure you can safely park the car with engine running (refer your
car operation manual)
d. Launch the ADD-NEO app first time
i. The first time you run
the app – it will request your permission of using GPS. You must
grant the GPS access to use the app.
ii. App will exit
automatically – if the GPS access is not granted. (GPS is a
minimum requirement for this app)
e. Once you grant the GPS access for the ADD-NEO, you can click the ADD-NEO app and launch it again. It shall go thru the start up process.
i. It may take a bit longer
to search/establish the connection to the Bluetooth OBD2 dongle.
Please be patient.
ii. If ADD-NEO successfully establish the OBD2 connection and run thru initial compatibility check, you will be prompted with two dialogs – read it and click OK to confirm your acknowledge the message. ADD-NEO will be working after that.
f.
If you see a dialog
saying Connecting to OBD failed… – try the following
i. Make sure your Bluetooth OBD2 dongle is properly plugged in and turned on (usually has LED blinking)
ii. Go to your phone/device Setting / Connection / Bluetooth and make sure the OBD2 dongle is properly paired (reference #1.b)
iii. Exit the app (touch the OFF) and restart the ADD-NEO app
iv. It could still show
Connecting to OBD failed... if your phone has lots of other
Bluetooth devices paired (e.g.
earphone). After ADD-NEO run thru the dialogs (you click OK), it
shall automatically operate at the GPS mode. Touch the “SETUP”
to invoke the setting dialog
v. In the setup dialog, the most left side shall list the Bluetooth devices your phone/device paired. Look through it and touch the OBD dongle you paired (usually has OBD as part of the name)
vi. Setup dialog will exit automatically and re-try the OBD2 connection procedure. It will take a while, please wait for it patiently.
vii. If there is NO dialog pops up stating Connecting OBD failed…– your OBD2 dongle is now connected. You can try to swipe left/right and enjoy other modes
viii. 
In some older /
less-performance devices, after selecting the right OBD from
setup dialog box, the ADD-NEO may not be able to establish the
connection. Please EXIT the app and re-launch the ADD-NEO.
2. Commonly used operations
a. Swipe to left / right for change modes
b. In Mode1 (Sports), Mode2 (GPS) – there is a menu bar in the bottom
i. RESET – to reset current max. speed, max. RPM, max. throttle, max G (in all directions), distance, and trip data… à app will ask you to confirm before executing the reset
ii. ALERT – to toggle enabling / disabling the speed alert.
- There will be an orange bar crossing the ALERT indicating it is disabled (no beeping when you over the speed limit you setup)
iii. SETUP – to invoke the setup dialog box with following configurable settings (only available in Mode1 and Mode5)
1. OBD – touch to select the OBD dongle from a list of paired Bluetooth device
2. Alert – scroll and touch to select the speed limit for Speed Alert
3. Redline RPM
a. You can scroll and touch the redline matching your car
b. OR touch the edit box and enter the exact RPM (e.g. 8258)
4. Anim. – touch On to show app start-up animation or Off to turn off animation
5. Gear.Sim – gear simulation
a. If your car is a Lotus Elise/Exige S2 model, ADD-NEO will retrieve the gear information from ECU directly so this gear simulation is NOT applicable
b. Otherwise, you can choose to touch Off (not displaying gear position) or touch 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 to match your car’s highest gear and ADD-NEO will simulate and display the gear position (may not 100% accurate / match your car)
iv. OFF – to exit the app - app will ask you to confirm before exiting
v. ? – to show a simple user guide, copyright, and contacting email information
d. Tough the button (text in a rectangle) to toggle, enable/disable / check corresponding functions
i. MPH (km/h) – toggle unit change for speed, distance, and fuel consumption
ii. Temp-F / Temp-C – toggle Fahrenheit vs Celsius for water temperature
iii. SCRN – toggle screen always-on vs power save mode
iv. TPMS – to get detail tire pressure (Lotus Elise / Exige only)
e. 0-60mph (or 0-100km/h) and 0-¼ mile (or 0-400m) test
i. 
Please obey all traffic
rules. You are fully responsible for this operation.
1. Stop your car and stand still
2. Touch the “Test” button – the button will flash GO! indicating the test is in the ready mode
3. Do the best you can to accelerate to 60mph (or 100km/h – depends on the unit you selected)
4. Once you reach 60mph (or 100km/h) – the app will beep as notifying you the test is completed.
5.
Continue accelerate the
best you can till ¼ mile
(400m)distance is reached - app will beep again as a
notification.
6. If you change your mind after touch the Test button (when GO! Is flashing), touch on the “GO!” will get it back to stand by mode and Test button shows up again.
f. G-meter calibration
i. 
It’s best you place the
phone/device in landscape mode upright and facing driver / car
driving direction perpendicularly. This position will yield the
most accurate G-force dictation.
ii. In some cases, your phone/device may be tilted a bit or not facing driver/car driving direction perpendicularly - touch the center of the G-meter to calibrate the g-force sensing algorithm
iii. Please obey all traffic
rules. You are fully responsible for this operation.
iv. Once you touch the center of the G-meter, an orange rectangle shows up (indicating G-meter is in the “calibration” mode) and message stating “Calibrating G-meter – accelerate and drive straight”
v. Accelerate a bit hard and drive your car STRAIGHT. The calibration procedure will complete shortly and app will update itself to compensate the non-ideal placement of your phone/device
vi. After you exit the app, these calibration data shall be saved…so you do not need to calibrate every time if you don’t change the placement of your phone/device.