Cummins engine monitoring system

[MasterBlaster]

Originally Posted by Sunset beast

Well after some time look a couple different engine monitors like Scan gauge I wanted something that monitors the engine and what benefits might there be well I went with the Bluefire for motorhomes and after some time playing with different dashboard setting because there’s so many things to monitor this is the results. [ATTACH]229960 I can change this anytime with another dashboard, I should have screenshot while the engine was running but you can get the idea, this Bluefire just plus into the J1939 port and the app available on iTunes or what ever else you get apps at allow you to view real time anything the ECM is doing, as you can see in the picture mgp, fuel usage trip distance and how much fuel use during the trip. [ATTACH]229962 and I’ve already removed it when I went to Freightliner for service in case they need to connect their computer up I showed the technician and he was impressed with everything you can see. Note this is not a modification programmer.

David,

Ordered this last night, it looks like you have most all gauges on yours. Will it show the Air tank pressures?

Dennis

[farby]

Originally Posted by MovnOn

David and Tracey—

We are very interested in the BlueFire— it looks so much better than the Scangauge D (which we just installed). While driving, the Scangauge is difficult to see—

Hope you have more comments on this as you use it.

Thanks

Thanks Jim, I'm operating the Bluefire on an older iPad min I has sitting around it will run on an iPhone or any android devise. I just received the dashboard mount and hope to have it mounted this weekend. The Scan Gauge it a great tool just didn't do it for me. You can upload the app and see what it can do for you, I mean this thing will show you the cooling fan speed and your braking pressure if you want to monitor that.

[farby]

Originally Posted by MasterBlaster

David,

Ordered this last night, it looks like you have most all gauges on yours. Will it show the Air tank pressures?

Dennis

Hi Dennis, I would thing so, I 'm not near my rig but if there's already a gauge for I would think you can add that to the dashboard to monitor. I'll see you in 2 weeks.

[MovnOn]

David, please post a picture when you get it mounted. I am ordering one today—

[Sunset beast]

Here’s a picture of my Bluefire mounted, I didn’t want it on the dash so I choose to use the driver side since my monitor is only 8” and I just need to glance up to see it and I’m not a tall man where the will interfere with my drives view. I used a the iBolt iPad mount very strong. I’ll see how everything works out when I leave Thursday eve to head to Louisiana [emoji1]

[MasterBlaster]

Amazon delivered today along with dash mount for tablet. Can't wait to install and set it up. Like David said, will see how it does on trip to Louisiana next week.

[MoJoe1003]

Originally Posted by MasterBlaster

Amazon delivered today along with dash mount for tablet. Can't wait to install and set it up. Like David said, will see how it does on trip to Louisiana next week.

Post a picture of your dash mount for the iPad please.

[MasterBlaster]

Originally Posted by MoJoe1003

Post a picture of your dash mount for the iPad please.

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[GoneSouth10]

Haha - I need to block you guys from my forum feed!!!
Read this thread last week and my Bluefire is now on it's way - should be here on Friday or next Monday!

[MoJoe1003]

Originally Posted by MasterBlaster

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Sweeeet! Now you need to charge to build that dash platform for Forum M2 members!

[GoneSouth10]

Originally Posted by MoJoe1003

Sweeeet! Now you need to charge to build that dash platform for Forum M2 members!

Or just share it for free . . .

(Which I think you can do through the Bluefire app . . . just sayin' . . . and did I mention: )

[Sunset beast]

Looks good Dennis, I like the dashboard shelf I’ve been pondering something like that because these dashboard aren’t handy for mounting gadgets.

[MasterBlaster]

Originally Posted by Sunset beast

Looks good Dennis, I like the dashboard shelf I’ve been pondering something like that because these dashboard aren’t handy for mounting gadgets.

That was one of the first things I done, can’t stand not having room for neat stuff[emoji41]

[MasterBlaster]

Originally Posted by MoJoe1003

Sweeeet! Now you need to charge to build that dash platform for Forum M2 members!

Thanks, wife found the wood on a trip in Virginia and I looked at it and said hey I can make a dash mount platform with that. Rest is history.

[Sunset beast]

Well after the trip to Louisiana for the 2020 gathering I wanted to share my Bluefire view when I pulled into my driveway after a 2,302 mile round trip used 242.8 gallons of fuel and getting an average of 9.5 miles per gallon, I was getting 9.8-9.7 until I hit the WV mountain on 77/79. It was also nice to see while driving I have 100% throttle when pedal to the floor and interesting on the turbo boost psi, I’ll need to do some research on this as my max was around 32 psi which is a lot of pressure into a cylinder.

[MoJoe1003]

Originally Posted by Sunset beast

Well after the trip to Louisiana for the 2020 gathering I wanted to share my Bluefire view when I pulled into my driveway after a 2,302 mile round trip used 242.8 gallons of fuel and getting an average of 9.5 miles per gallon, I was getting 9.8-9.7 until I hit the WV mountain on 77/79. It was also nice to see while driving I have 100% throttle when pedal to the floor and interesting on the turbo boost psi, I’ll need to do some research on this as my max was around 32 psi which is a lot of pressure into a cylinder.

9.5 mpg is impressive. Wish I could get close to that. Typically around 7.8 - 8.0 @ 65 mph.

[MasterBlaster]

Thanks for the update.

[MovnOn]

We installed the BlueFire; making a dash with everything available on it. We want to actually take a trip using it and see what we really don’t need.

Tested it in an idling rig this morning (first time) and data did not fill all of the gauges.

Is there anywhere I can go to find what information is available on the Freightliner?

BTW, this really looks very useful; once we learn more about what we are seeing! (Our other rigs had Silverleaf.)

Thanks, Gerry

[Sunset beast]

Originally Posted by MovnOn

We installed the BlueFire; making a dash with everything available on it. We want to actually take a trip using it and see what we really don’t need.



Tested it in an idling rig this morning (first time) and data did not fill all of the gauges.



Is there anywhere I can go to find what information is available on the Freightliner?



BTW, this really looks very useful; once we learn more about what we are seeing! (Our other rigs had Silverleaf.)



Thanks, Gerry

You can got to the Bluefire forum for motorhomes https://bluefire-llc.com/forum/categ...for-Motorhomes

[MovnOn]

I put in a question for BlueFire concerning the data the app will handle. Mark (BlueFire) answered promptly. He said:

“The Drive and Repair pages will show you all the data that the App collects. If the data shows ‘NA’ then that data is not being transmitted by the ECMs.

If you’re using J1939, try just J1708 and see what data that might be on that bus that’s not on the J1939 bus.‘

Just an FYI for those who are interested.

Gerry