The logger
Every drive, logged by itself
Coming soonNo subscriptionGPS routeWi-Fi and BluetoothTwo boxes that work together. The connector box sits in the OBD-II port behind its cover and reads the car. The main box, anywhere in the car on a USB car charger, records each drive with its GPS route and sends it home.
Price TBD
Not on sale yet.
It goes on sale once its radio testing and paperwork are done.
What it does
- Records every drive by itself: speed, engine readings, fault codes and the GPS route
- Uploads over your Wi-Fi or your phone's hotspot when you park, and during a long drive when it stops near a network it knows
- Or your phone carries the drives over Bluetooth, by itself after each drive if you turn that on
- The check-engine light and new fault codes by email, in plain words
- Logbook, fuel and costs, every trip on a map, graphs, 3D replays, in the Ridgewake app
- Updates itself over Wi-Fi, or from the app over Bluetooth
Specifications
| Connector box | Plugs into the OBD-II port and stays there. About 55 x 55 mm and 23 mm out of the port, made to lie flat behind the port's cover. It talks to the main box over Bluetooth Low Energy. |
|---|---|
| It only reads | The connector box asks the car only for readings, fault codes and the vehicle's details. Anything else is refused before it reaches the car. |
| Parked | The connector box sleeps after five minutes parked, waking for a moment every few seconds to see whether the car has started. |
| Main box | Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) and Bluetooth, a memory card for the drives, GPS, three lights and a button. About 124 x 126 x 29 mm. |
| Power | The main box runs from a USB car charger, so it is off whenever the charger is. The connector box takes its power from the port. |
| Cars | Cars and light trucks that speak CAN on their OBD-II port: most from 2008 on in North America, and many earlier. Older K-line cars: see the K-line logger. |
| Trucks and boats | J1939 trucks and tractors, and NMEA 2000 boats, through a connector box with their plug: it listens only. |
| Wi-Fi | Up to three networks, 2.4 GHz (most home routers have it). Set up from the app: no setup page to join. |
| The button | A quick press: look for your phone, then upload. Two quick presses: let a new phone in. Hold 10 seconds: forget everything (before you sell it). |
| Label | The claim code: what adds it to your account and unlocks it from your phone. Keep it private. |
| The app | Ridgewake, free for iPhone and Android. The app |
In the box
- The connector box
- The main box
- The claim code label
- A quick-start card
The main box runs from a USB car charger in the car's power socket.
Want a live map?
The Tracking edition adds its own connection to the mobile network: where the vehicle is now, wherever it is, and an alert if it moves with the engine off.