Infotainment performance meters

[DrG_GTi]

Evening, any ideas how this is configured? Found it on one of the Facebook euro GTI groups, the guy is being a bit slow on the response, but has said previously it was done with obd coding.... my initial thoughts were some sort of obd plug/box and some harness to connect to the infotainment, but it would be cool if it's just solid coding alone.  Thoughts?
Video of it in action https://imgur.com/gallery/8oPC7cx

[ajmoir36]

Oddly it looks more like a phone app, maybe an odb dongle that talks to the phone and then displays info using carplay/android auto


Edit: quick search of the Apple Store there are a lot of ODB apps one even has VAG in its name, maybe you can provide your own graphics and tailor it.

[ajmoir36]

Also found this https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/performance-monitor-for-vag-cars-work-in-progress.352555/

[Adam T7]

I know the hardware / midware / software is very different and it’s probably not the same dial info, but has the Mk 8 not got the same standard feature of the 7.5 in displaying Turbo Boost / Oil Temp / Water Temp / Kw / g force in the infotainment screen?

[DrG_GTi]

Also found this https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/performance-monitor-for-vag-cars-work-in-progress.352555/

Great find mate, I'll have a play with this and report back

[JoeGTI]

I know the hardware / midware / software is very different and it’s probably not the same dial info, but has the Mk 8 not got the same standard feature of the 7.5 in displaying Turbo Boost / Oil Temp / Water Temp / Kw / g force in the infotainment screen?

No, not in the main infotainment screen, however you can get those dials to show in the main cluster.

[Adam T7]

Makes sense then👍

[DrG_GTi]

Got it working in my '21 Clubsport. Having a play still but most data points work. Only caveat here is you'll need a torque obd2 dongle, and the torque pro app - as it seems that VW are either not exposing internal Exlap data, or at least not the same port as the mk7 platform to be able to do this without a obd2 tool plugged in.
Few other things to point out, the fella that developed the app doesn't support it anymore, AND Google stopped supporting custom Android Auto apps so you'll need the below work around.
But with that said pretty cool.

It is Android only.

• Info on the app itself: Performance Monitor (android auto app) https://www.golfmk7.com/forums/index.php?threads/performance-monitor-for-vag-cars-work-in-progress.352555/
• This is all you need to install the app: AAAD (this allows the custom android auto app to be installed and run correctly) https://github.com/shmykelsa/AAAD/releases
• This is the obd2 dongle I use, had it years since I had a mk5:
  Torque Pro Android OBD Bluetooth Fault Scanner/Diagnostic Code, Reader https://amzn.eu/d/hJoL0rZ

My pics:

Short vid here, Mk8 performance monitor working https://imgur.com/gallery/qD8sRMR

[fredgroves]

Why would you want it on the mib? why not just toggle the AID instead?

Especially given all of the difficulties with android auto and not supported apps....

The Mk7.5 used to have a mib screen like this and other than "oooh look at that" for 5 seconds... what was it useful for?

[DrG_GTi]

It was an experiment to see if we could get it to work. We can. Useful? Maybe to some, it's got a lot more available data points than the AID has, loads more in fact.
I've documented the circumnavigation of the AA issues so that folks can use this if they want to, you obviously don't which is fair enough.