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Hi,
I purchased Carnot device from Amazon. More info on https://www.carnot.co.in/
I will not write on how to use the app as the product website covers it all. This will be just a quick review with pictures.
Highlights on the device in short
1) GPS tracker
2) Car health Monitor
3) SOS Call in case of accident
4) Towing Alert
5) 24X7 Roadside Assistance
6) Fuel efficiency calculator
Review:
The device when i bought was priced at 5999. Bought it from Amazon and the buying experience was good. The installation of the device takes about 10 mins. Few seconds to plug in the device to the OBD port and the rest on downloading and configuring the app mines was ios version, available for Android as well.
This is the startup screen when you open the app. It shows you the parked position of your car on the app.
As soon as you start the car, the app goes into trip mode, which means that it will record your trip, the route you drove on with kilometers covered and fuel efficiency
The app also displays 3-4 parameters from your car which is Battery health, Coolant and Engine oil status(confusing as i don't think the engine oil quality is read by any sensor within the engine or please fill me in if there is any)
The app can also(remotely) scan for any errors in the vehicle(basically the P codes from OBD) this feature i liked the most as the device is also equipped with a SIM card with data pack(don't know which service provider carnot uses) and the phone can communicate over the data channel to the device in the car.
There is an option to connect the device with your phone over bluetooth but as my phone is already connect to the bluetooth of my car i have not chosen this option. Although bluetooth sync is faster than data link.
Geofence and Ignition Alerts:
You can set a geofence alert on your phone through the app. It works by plotting an area on the map which is your frequented location. For e.g. I have set geofence for my home and office. So whenever i exit/enter my home or office the app pops up a notification that the car has enter/exited your geofence location. This is a very good security feature, consider a situation when you are at home and in case of theft/break in if your car is put on ignition mode or started you will get notified with a ignition alert along with the geofence alert if thief some how exits your geofence area with the car.
Tow alert: It sends you a tow alert when the engine is off but the car is moving. You can track on the map where your vehicle has been towed. All this depends upon certain factors, the device must be in its cellphone reception area, the car must have a clear satellite reception for gps reporting.
Speeding alert You can set custom speed alert. I have set to 120kph, if i cross this it will pop up an alert.
Driving Scores The app continuosly gathers data from the device and on your recent trip it will give out a driving score. As you can see above in of the screenshots, you will see i got a driving score of 72 on a short 1.3 km trip. This can feature can act as a catalyst to change your thinking towards safe driving. I liked this.
The team carnot is planning for a major upgrade to display more information from the car as at present only 3 vital parameters are displayed. The updates are expected to be released by year end.
Overall i have mixed feeling about the device. I was more interested to have more information related to car from the device which i think they are working on. But then, I also have a piece of mind as the car is now more secure as this adds 2nd level of security and moreover if odds are against you and a theft occurs, you can still track your car on the map. The tracking feature also comes in handy if you lend your car to someone and you want to check are headed to the same place they were talking about![[evil]](https://www.theautomotiveindia.com/forums/images/smilies/Evil.gif "Evil [evil]")
I purchased Carnot device from Amazon. More info on https://www.carnot.co.in/
I will not write on how to use the app as the product website covers it all. This will be just a quick review with pictures.
Highlights on the device in short
1) GPS tracker
2) Car health Monitor
3) SOS Call in case of accident
4) Towing Alert
5) 24X7 Roadside Assistance
6) Fuel efficiency calculator
Review:
The device when i bought was priced at 5999. Bought it from Amazon and the buying experience was good. The installation of the device takes about 10 mins. Few seconds to plug in the device to the OBD port and the rest on downloading and configuring the app mines was ios version, available for Android as well.
This is the startup screen when you open the app. It shows you the parked position of your car on the app.
As soon as you start the car, the app goes into trip mode, which means that it will record your trip, the route you drove on with kilometers covered and fuel efficiency
The app also displays 3-4 parameters from your car which is Battery health, Coolant and Engine oil status(confusing as i don't think the engine oil quality is read by any sensor within the engine or please fill me in if there is any)
The app can also(remotely) scan for any errors in the vehicle(basically the P codes from OBD) this feature i liked the most as the device is also equipped with a SIM card with data pack(don't know which service provider carnot uses) and the phone can communicate over the data channel to the device in the car.
There is an option to connect the device with your phone over bluetooth but as my phone is already connect to the bluetooth of my car i have not chosen this option. Although bluetooth sync is faster than data link.
Geofence and Ignition Alerts:
You can set a geofence alert on your phone through the app. It works by plotting an area on the map which is your frequented location. For e.g. I have set geofence for my home and office. So whenever i exit/enter my home or office the app pops up a notification that the car has enter/exited your geofence location. This is a very good security feature, consider a situation when you are at home and in case of theft/break in if your car is put on ignition mode or started you will get notified with a ignition alert along with the geofence alert if thief some how exits your geofence area with the car.
Tow alert: It sends you a tow alert when the engine is off but the car is moving. You can track on the map where your vehicle has been towed. All this depends upon certain factors, the device must be in its cellphone reception area, the car must have a clear satellite reception for gps reporting.
Speeding alert You can set custom speed alert. I have set to 120kph, if i cross this it will pop up an alert.
Driving Scores The app continuosly gathers data from the device and on your recent trip it will give out a driving score. As you can see above in of the screenshots, you will see i got a driving score of 72 on a short 1.3 km trip. This can feature can act as a catalyst to change your thinking towards safe driving. I liked this.
The team carnot is planning for a major upgrade to display more information from the car as at present only 3 vital parameters are displayed. The updates are expected to be released by year end.
Overall i have mixed feeling about the device. I was more interested to have more information related to car from the device which i think they are working on. But then, I also have a piece of mind as the car is now more secure as this adds 2nd level of security and moreover if odds are against you and a theft occurs, you can still track your car on the map. The tracking feature also comes in handy if you lend your car to someone and you want to check are headed to the same place they were talking about
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