Alphaobd Mileage Correction Notes

[1500ram12]

Since there is a lot of "issue" with alphaobd and mileage/Hour's correction I thought if we can compare what version worked with what year truck and what year cluster maybe we can find a pattern.

Version 2.1.7.3
2018 2500 Tradesman 6.4L
2017 7" sport Cluster
Scantool Obdlink MX +
2017 kindle fire 7
Samsung galaxy note 5
Hour's worked first try
Only issue couldn't set exact mileage. Was off .3 miles


2018 Ram 2500 6.4L Hemi Tradesman

 

[1500ram12]

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2018 Ram 2500 6.4L Hemi Tradesman

 

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2018 Ram 2500 6.4L Hemi Tradesman

 

[chri5k]

Truck: 2016 2500 6.7 Cummins
Trim: SLT
Original Radio: 2016 RA2 - 5"
Current radio: 2018 UAQ
Cluster: 2016 3500 6.7 Cummins
Dongle: Scantool MX
Phone: Galaxy S7
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.3
Milaeage: Worked first time. Off by 0.3
Hours: Worked first time. Dead on.
Nav in Cluster: Working with graphics present.

 

[Jimmy07]

Android ver. 2.1.7.7
MX Bluetooth
Truck: 2017 ram 2500 tradesman 6.4
2015 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster
2017 (currently) limited cluster
Truck: 2015 ram 2500 tradesman CTD
Original 3.5” cluster
2016 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster (from above)
All of the above worked the first try for mileage and hours. The whole mileage number is always correct, with the tenths varying between .3-.8 off.

 

[chri5k]

Android ver. 2.1.7.7
MX Bluetooth
Truck: 2017 ram 2500 tradesman 6.4
2015 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster
2017 (currently) limited cluster
Truck: 2015 ram 2500 tradesman CTD
Original 3.5” cluster
2016 regular 7” cluster
2016 longhorn cluster (from above)
All of the above worked the first try for mileage and hours. The whole mileage number is always correct, with the tenths varying between .3-.8 off.

Man you are like the 7" diesel clustermeister. I had a really hard time finding one diesel cluster. I guess you had the market cornered on them. ;-)

 

[Jimmy07]

Man you are like the 7" diesel clustermeister. I had a really hard time finding one diesel cluster. I guess you had the market cornered on them. ;-)

The only one that was actually a diesel cluster was the longhorn. I ran it in my gasser first, then sold it to a coworker who has the 6.7 CTD.
I tend to get bored after looking at the same thing for a while. They’re easy to find and get your money back on the old one.

 

[SeaRefractor]

Truck: 2016 1500 5.7 V8 Hemi
Trim: Tradesman
Original Radio: 2016 RA1
Current radio: 2016 RA1
Cluster: 2016 1500 Laramie 5.7 V8 Hemi
Dongle: Obdlink MX +
Phone: OnePlus 7 Pro
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.7
Milaeage: Worked first time. On targe
Hours: Gave error. Set correct.

Worked great! Did get a failure on setting engine total hours and idle hours, but restarting the truck the hours show correctly.

 

[Mordechai]

Truck: 2016 1500 5.7
Trim: SLT
Original Radio: 2016 RA2
Current radio: 2016 RA2
Cluster: 2017(maybe 2018 truck date is 12-17) 1500 Big Horn 5.7
Dongle: Generic ELM327
Phone: OnePlus 6t
AlphaOBD: 2.1.7.7
Mileage: No error, completed successfully, did not change mileage.
Hours: No error, completed successfully, did not change hours.

Will try again tomorrow with a OBDlink MX. Can't seem to get it to work with cheap OBD reader. Have not had problems with alfa until now.

 

[Mordechai]

Tried this again today with OBDlink MX. While it is 6x the price of the scanner i had, you get what you pay for. Worked great! Here are some notes:

I pulled the build sheet for the donor truck, it was actually a 2018 3.6 Big Horn/SLT. P/N 68340663AB.
Both the Mileage, and hours gave me a "procedure failed" message, but took right away(After the flash cycle). Hours appear spot on, and mileage is almost perfect.

Cluster had: 21060.3, I wrote 92,135.6. Odometer now displays 92,135.3

OnPlus 6t is on the latest version of Android 10(10.0.31), Kept the same alfaOBD version.