Linux Release Notes

What’s new

• Major improvements on sensor updates (list, graph, grid, histogram)

Maintenance release 5.1.2 - 5.1.8

• Improvements and fixes
• Updates to dependencies

Download:

• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (or later), or similar
• Other Linux (general tar.gz, x64)

What’s new

• Improvements on the connectivity stack, especially on Bluetooth
• Drop support for Qt 5 and Ubuntu 22.04

Maintenance release 5.0.2

• Improvements and fixes

What’s new

• Major internal improvements on connectivity
• Updates to the OBD functionality

Maintenance releases 4.5.2 - 4.5.4

• Internal improvements
• Updates to dependencies
• Fix connecting to a Bluetooth dongle for the first time

Download:

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (or later), or similar
• Other Linux (general tar.gz, x64)

What’s new

• Major internal improvements

Maintenance releases 4.4.2 - 4.4.4

• Improve software stability
• Fix few minor issues

What’s new

• Improve operating system support
• Improvements and optimizations

Maintenance release 4.3.2

• Improvements, optimizations, and fixes

What’s new

• Add support for Inducement System Reinitialization service routine (Mode 08)
• Minor improvements

Download:

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (or later), or similar
• Other Linux (general tar.gz, x64)

What’s new

• Add an option to sign up and log in with Apple and Google accounts. Read more about this from our blog: Sign up and log in with Apple and Google credentials

Maintenance releases 4.1.2 - 4.1.4

• Fix an issue in the expiration detection of old license keys
• Minor improvements
• Internal improvements

Download:

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (or later), or similar
• Other Linux (general tar.gz, x64)

What’s new

• Add initial support for OBD Auto Doctor account usage

Download:

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (or later), or similar
• Other Linux (general tar.gz, x64)

What’s new

• Improve support for the latest and the oldest supported OS version in general
• Minor fixes and improvements

Maintenance releases 3.9.2 - 3.9.4

• Fix issue with some Linux distros
• Minor fixes and improvements

Download:

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (or later), or similar
• Other Linux (general tar.gz, x64)

What’s new

• Add possibility to export Sensor Grid graphs as image
• Improve support for new operating system versions
• Improve performance
• Drop support for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and other i386 Linux distributions
• Other minor fixes and improvements

Maintenance release 3.8.2

• Fix launch on some setups

Download:

• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), x64
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), x64

What’s new

• Improve support for new operating system versions
• Improve performance by using newer compiler and C++17 versions
• Add better support for smaller screens
• Minor fixes and improvements

Maintenance releases 3.7.2 - 3.7.4

• Minor fixes and improvements

Download:

• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), i386
• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), x64
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), i386
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), x64

What’s new

• Add better support for high DPI displays
• Improve performance by using newer compiler and C++ versions
• Minor fixes and improvements
• Drop support for Portuguese Brazil translation
• Drop support for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Maintenance release 3.6.2

• Minor fixes and improvements

Download:

• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), i386
• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), x64
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), i386
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), x64

What’s new

• Update used compiler versions
• Add action to check for updates
• Minor fixes and improvements
• Drop support for Russian translation

Maintenance release 3.5.2

• Fix random crash on launch

Download:

• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), i386
• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), x64
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), i386
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), x64

What’s new

• Add support for new calculated performance parameters: Engine Power, Torque and Boost Pressure
• Add several new scaling IDs for the Mode $06 from the latest J1979 standard
• Drop support for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Maintenance releases 3.4.2 - 3.4.8

• Minor fixes and improvements
• Improve fuel consumption calculations, use lambda value from the car
• Minor fixes and improvements
• Fixed a crash with the histogram
• Fix rare parsing issue with clone adapter sending invalid data when using SAE J1850 VPW protocol
• Enable the DTC reset button after the first freeze frame is fetched, don’t wait for the rest

Download:

• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), i386
• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), x64
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), i386
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), x64

What’s new

• Add support for multiple Freeze Frames. The software is now able to fetch all available freeze frames from the control unit.
• Add new Diagnostic Trouble Codes based on the latest J2012 standard. Total of 3899 new DTCs added.
• Add user selectable timeout to console queries

Maintenance release 3.3.2

• Add support for LELink and Viecar BLE adapters
• Improve Italian translation
• Fix rare issue with some clone adapters and SAE J1850 multiline messages

Download:

• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), i386
• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), x64
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), i386
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), x64

What’s new

• Add sensor data histogram graph
• Improve performance of sensor data graphs
• Improve interoperability with some clone dongles

Maintenance releases 3.2.2 - 3.2.4

• Improve console operation
• Fix minor issues
• Fix random crash in vehicle profile creation
• Improve communication with some ELM327 dongles

Download:

• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), i386
• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), x64
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), i386
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), x64

What’s new

• Add support for new Bluetooth LE adapters. Now supporting Kiwi 3 dongle.
• Improve user interface icons
• Improve interoperability with different adapters

Maintenance releases 3.1.2 - 3.1.4

• Fixes for Bluetooth LE functionality
• Minor fixes and improvements

Download:

• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), i386
• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), x64
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), i386
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), x64

What’s new

• Redesign user interface
• Add support for OBD mode 8 (On-Board System, Test or Component service)
• Increase the number of simultaneous sensors in the sensor graph to 6
• Improve the automatic scaling of graphs
• Add sensor graph grid as new features
• Add support for readines monitor status for current drive cycle
• Improve functionality with clone adapters reporting version 2.1
• Remove support for some languages

Maintenance releases 3.0.2 - 3.0.8

• Improve internal communication
• Improve user interface text translations by native translators. Thank you guys!
• Fix some minor bugs
• Add support for Engine Serial Number and Exhaust Regulation or Type Approval Number
• Improve interoperability with adapters
• Improve French translation
• Fix issue with DTC and Freeze Frame data export
• Improve parsing of J1850 and ISO 9141-2 data with clone adapters
• Improve functionality for usage without vehicle profile
• Improve software stability
• Fix locale issue with graph data
• Fix fuel trim names in Freeze Frame
• Fix Equivalence Ratio (lambda) and Oxygen Sensor Current decimal counts
• Improve parsing of CAN data with clone adapters
• Improve German translation

Download:

• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), i386
• Ubuntu, Debian (deb package), x64
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), i386
• Linux, others (general tar.gz), x64

This is the end of the release notes. We released the new website structure and the Linux Release Notes was born.