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OBD-Boss · use cases
One box. Eighteen jobs.
From keeping an eye on the family car to running a fleet of trucks, here is what people use OBD-Boss for, and which edition fits.
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Use cases
Pick what matters to you.
Families
Pro
Track your family
See where the family car or bike is, get a note when everyone reaches home, school or office, and share a live trip with anyone for as long as it lasts.
Live location on Pro, trip history on every edition
Arrival and departure alerts for places you choose
Crash alerts to up to 5 family members
Safety
Pro
Women's safety
A trip that can be watched by the people you trust, with an alert if the route changes or the vehicle stops somewhere unexpected, and SOS that works even without the phone.
Live trip sharing with trusted contacts
Route-change and long-stop alerts
Crash and SOS alerts with location, from the box itself
Business
HD
Industrial fleet management
Trucks, buses and site vehicles on one live map with the engine's own data: fuel burned, idling, engine hours and faults, per vehicle and per driver.
Fuel, idling and engine hours from J1939
Service schedules from real engine hours
Driver scorecards and RFID driver ID
Business
HD / Pro
Predictable logistics
Deliveries you can promise: arrival times from live location, route adherence, and breakdowns caught early from the vehicle's own warnings before they strand a load.
Arrival estimates from live position
Route and delivery-window adherence
Early warnings for battery, overheating and faults
Business
HD / Pro
Fraud detection
The vehicle's computer keeps honest books. Fuel that disappears without the engine burning it, odometers that go backwards, trips no one logged and claims that do not match the data all show up.
Fuel theft: tank drops without matching burn
Odometer rollback: ECU distance vs. logged distance
Unauthorised use and fake trip claims
Safety
HD
School & staff buses
Parents and managers see the bus live, panic buttons reach the control room, and over-speeding is flagged the moment it happens.
AIS-140 panic buttons and state feed
Live bus location for parents
Over-speed and harsh-driving alerts
Business
Pro
Two-wheeler delivery fleets
Bikes and scooters on the road all day: location, rider score, tip-over alerts and service reminders before a breakdown costs a shift.
Live location and route history per rider
Tip-over, theft and harsh-riding alerts
Battery and service reminders
Families
OBD-Boss / Pro
New & teen drivers
A coach in the car: a score after every drive, the moments that cost it, and limits for speed and night driving that parents set.
Driver score and weekly coaching
Speed and curfew limits
Trip reports for parents
Business
Pro
Rentals & car sharing
Every hand-over documented: fuel, kilometres, faults and any harsh driving between pick-up and return, with the vehicle findable at all times.
Automatic check-out and return reports
Fuel and kilometre reconciliation
Geofence and after-hours alerts
Owners
Lite
Buying or selling a used car
Plug in before you pay: stored faults, emissions readiness and battery health in a report you can share, so the price reflects the car.
Full fault scan incl. ABS and airbag
Emissions readiness and battery health
Shareable health report
Partners
Any
Usage-based insurance
Good drivers pay less. With your consent, a verified driving score and distance can be shared with insurers for discounts at renewal.
Verified score and distance, shared only with consent
Crash data for faster claims
Renewal reminders
Partners
Any + Garage Pro
Garages & workshops
A pocket scan tool for every bay: every module, guided service routines and a report the customer can keep.
ABS bleed, airbag reset, service and parking-brake resets
Safety interlocks and audit log
Job cards for 3 technicians
WiFi
Any, even Lite
Smart-home arrival
The dongle sees your home WiFi and tells Home Assistant or Google Home that the car is home: open the garage, switch on the porch lights, or send a 'battery low, charge tonight' alert. No GPS needed.
Arrival and departure without GPS
Home Assistant and Google Home routines
Battery and service nudges when you park
WiFi
HD / Pro
Depot auto-offload
Trucks and buses dump their full logs over the depot WiFi overnight, so the detailed record of every trip reaches the fleet system at zero 4G data cost.
Full-resolution logs every night
Zero mobile data for bulk uploads
Firmware updates staged at the depot
WiFi
Pro / HD
Dashcam crash clips
On a crash, the dongle pulls the clip from a WiFi dashcam and uploads it over 4G, so the footage for the insurance claim is safe before anyone touches the camera.
Clip pulled automatically on impact
Uploaded over 4G with time and location
Full clips with the full-speed hotspot add-on
WiFi
Any + Garage Pro
Workshop & third-party apps
Garage Pro technicians connect a laptop or tablet directly, and the dongle can act like an ELM327 WiFi adapter so apps such as Torque and Car Scanner work, on iPhone too.
Direct laptop and tablet link
ELM327-compatible WiFi mode
Works with popular scan apps on iPhone and Android
WiFi
Any
No-app rental handover
Rental and car-share customers scan a QR code and a local web page opens straight from the dongle, showing fuel, kilometres and faults at pick-up and return. No app to install.
QR code opens a page served by the dongle
Fuel, kilometres and faults at a glance
Pick-up and return reports for both sides
WiFi
Lite
Basement parking, found
Underground, the phone loses GPS. A WiFi scan from the dongle still gives a rough position, so Lite can tell you which level and which side of the mall you left the car.
Rough position without GPS
Level and area in malls and offices
Works on Lite, which has no GPS of its own
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