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On the "How It Works" page, there's mention of installing a "Carlypso device" on the vehicle: http://www.carlypso.com/how-it-works/ http://www.carlypso.com/how

by jcr 12y ago

On the "How It Works" page, there's mention of installing a "Carlypso device" on the vehicle: http://www.carlypso.com/how-it-works/ http://www.carlypso.com/how-it-works/ > "2.We'll send an inspection mechanic, who also attaches our Carlypso device" I also quickly searched the FAQ for "device": http://www.carlypso.com/faqs/ http://www.carlypso.com/faqs/ I must have overlooked it but are there any details on what a "Carlypso device" actually is?

bri3d 12y ago
According to the TechCrunch article here: http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/18/carlypso-could-change-everything-about-how-we-buy-and-sell-used-cars/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/18/carlypso-could-change-every... the device is used to track potential buyers while they're on test drives. So it's at least got a GPS and some kind of data functionality. It would be smart if it included OBD-II functionality to see if the test-drive customers are beating on the car, but I don't see any reference to that kind of feature. If you watch the video, there's also a license-plate lockbox for the key so that you never have to deal with a buyer personally.
- toomuchtodo 12y ago
  "It would be smart if it included OBD-II functionality to see if the test-drive customers are beating on the car, but I don't see any reference to that kind of feature." The only metric you'd want from the OBD port is the tach; you can get speed from GPS, acceleration from your own accelerometer sensor ("flooring it", stopping hard), etc.
- gambiting 12y ago
  $50 GPS jammer from China coupled with another $50 GSM/3G jammer also from China = you drive away free, with no tracking devices working. I would be very worried to use this service.
cygni 12y ago
AFAIK the device is just a GPS transponder. On my Civic it was plugged into the same port that's used to test emissions.
- bri3d 12y ago
  It sounds like it could include OBD functionality, then - or it might just be grabbing 12V from there.

by jcr 12y ago

bri3d 12y ago

According to the TechCrunch article here: http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/18/carlypso-could-change-everything-about-how-we-buy-and-sell-used-cars/ http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/18/carlypso-could-change-every... the device is used to track potential buyers while they're on test drives. So it's at least got a GPS and some kind of data functionality. It would be smart if it included OBD-II functionality to see if the test-drive customers are beating on the car, but I don't see any reference to that kind of feature. If you watch the video, there's also a license-plate lockbox for the key so that you never have to deal with a buyer personally.

toomuchtodo 12y ago
"It would be smart if it included OBD-II functionality to see if the test-drive customers are beating on the car, but I don't see any reference to that kind of feature." The only metric you'd want from the OBD port is the tach; you can get speed from GPS, acceleration from your own accelerometer sensor ("flooring it", stopping hard), etc.
gambiting 12y ago
$50 GPS jammer from China coupled with another $50 GSM/3G jammer also from China = you drive away free, with no tracking devices working. I would be very worried to use this service.

cygni 12y ago

AFAIK the device is just a GPS transponder. On my Civic it was plugged into the same port that's used to test emissions.

bri3d 12y ago
It sounds like it could include OBD functionality, then - or it might just be grabbing 12V from there.