ABRP with ODB dongle on Cyberster

[JWD]

Has anyone managed to setup ABRP with an ODB dongle on Cyberster with the car actually described as Cyberster?
I can only make it work by using an MG4 ABRP “profile” selected - with a Cyberster profile the ODBlink setup option just doesn’t appear in the App.
Not a huge deal given the MG4 LR battery similarity to the Cyberster with our 2WD model.

 

[CybersterWatcher]

Mine is set up as a MG4 Long Range and works fine.

 

[leomindel]

I am also using MG4 long range as the cyberster setting was not reading the battery

 

[JWD]

I am also using MG4 long range as the cyberster setting was not reading the battery

I couldn’t even get the OBD setup dialogue to appear using “Cyberster”! I have reported it as a bug with ABRP now.

 

[Shelmec]

Any UK recommendations for which ODB dongle to get please?

 

[JWD]

As suggested on the ABRP support pages I use The Vgate vLinker MC+ and it has worked well except for occasionally setting off the alarm

 

[skyynet]

I can also recommend the vLinker MC+ dongle. Works fine here with MG4 Long Range config.
I also sent a request to ABRP, to include OBD2 for the Cyberster. Now you can already select the Trophy or GT model but will run into an error while setup. I already informed them about missing PID for SoC. Hope, they'll fix it. Until then, the MG4 Long Range config works the same. It's just cosmetic, to actually have a Cyberster confugured.

 

[skyynet]

Since ABRP v7 is out, I tried again to use the MG Cyberster preset with OBD2 connection. Unfortunately, this still doesn't work. Please upvote my bugreport, to get some attention to it. Currently, only 7 users voted for it, so there's not much attention for it.

 

[JWD]

I wondered about that so thanks for testing. I guess I’ll carry on with my MG4 picture and definition! I’ll do as requested too. I have to say that on a long continental trip last year ABRP with the ODB dongle estimated arrival SOC pretty well using the MG4 definition.

 

[inksane]

Since ABRP v7 is out, I tried again to use the MG Cyberster preset with OBD2 connection. Unfortunately, this still doesn't work. Please upvote my bugreport, to get some attention to it. Currently, only 7 users voted for it, so there's not much attention for it.

Voted, hopefully they can dedicate some time to it.

I ordered the same vLinker MC+ before knowing the issue, otherwise I would have bought a different but good one.

Currently I have a cheap 10euro Aliexpress reader that can't even access to almost any ECU of the car, and ABRP doesn't even see. I can use it with other OBD2 scanner apps, but most data it's missing as expected.

I'll try with the vLinker MC+ once it arrives, but I don't expect to get any different result than you guys. I'm on the latest iOS.

 

[JWD]

I don’t think the dongle is the problem / it is ABRP not having Cyberster correctly setup in their software. My vLinker MC+ works fine as long as I say the car is MG4.

 

[skyynet]

Correct, it's more or less a cosmetic issue to see the MG4 in ABRP instead of the Cyberster. The MG4 profile works. Since the consumption of electricity might be a bit different in both cars, the prediction might be a bit wrong. Since the SoC is considered on the road, this doesn't matter much. Anyway, for a subscription of €50 p.a. I expect an app that works correctly for my car.

 

[JWD]

I just pay for the 1 or 2 months in the year when I’m planning a longer trip across Europe - otherwise I don’t really need it for the charging stop planning etc and just use Waze or Google for navigation.
I agree though that for a paid piece of software correct functioning should be expected.

 

[skyynet]

Sounds reasonable. I subscribed for a year but also only use it while on longer trips. I'll terminate my subscription after the first year and will also only subscribe monthly, when I plan to go on a trip.