Devices
Pair the hardware you ride with — handlebar remotes, action cameras, an OBD2 dongle, tyre-pressure sensors, the DMD Power Box and more. DMD2 connects to each over Bluetooth, keeps them alive in the background, and surfaces their data on your Home rows, map overlays and the speedo.
- Open It
- The Devices button in Section 1 of the bottom menu
- Add a Device
- Add New Device → pick a type → pair over Bluetooth
- Device Types
- Remotes, OBD2, TPMS, Power Box, action cameras, fuel sim, iPhone
- Per Profile
- Paired devices are saved per rider profile
The Devices Section
Open the Devices section from Section 1 of the bottom menu. Each accessory you've paired shows as a live card — an OBD2 gauge, the fuel gauge, the Power Box switches — with its connection status. A fresh profile starts empty; tap Add New Device to pair your first one.
The Devices section — each paired device shows as a live card (here OBD2, the fuel simulator and the Power Box).
Saved per profile
Your paired devices belong to the active rider profile (look for the cyan dot). Switch profile and DMD2 disconnects the old set and re-attaches this profile's — so your touring bike and your offroad bike can each keep their own accessories.
Auto-reconnect in the background
Once paired, a device reconnects on its own whenever it's in range — and stays connected while DMD2 runs in the background, so recordings, sensor data and remote control keep working on the move.
Arranging the rows
The section stacks its rows in a fixed order out of the box — OBD2, CAN cable, fuel, Power Box, BMW Sync Box, cameras, TPMS, then everything else. Tap the up/down arrows icon in the bottom menu (just left of Add New Device) to set your own order instead: one card per row, with an arrow each way to move it. Changes apply as you make them, so you can watch the list rearrange behind the panel.
Rows for hardware you haven’t paired stay hidden either way — moving one only decides where it lands if you add that device later. Reset to Default Order puts everything back. Like your paired devices, the order is saved per rider profile.
Adding a Device
Add New Device opens a grid of the supported device types. Pick one and DMD2 walks you through pairing — usually a Bluetooth scan that lists nearby units to tap, and for a few (the Power Box, OBD2 dongle) you pair once in your phone's Settings → Bluetooth first, then tap the device here.
The Add New Device grid — pick a type to pair (scroll for Insta360, GoPro, the fuel simulator and the Power Box).
Remotes & Controllers
Drive DMD2 without touching the screen — ideal with gloves on. Reach for the map, navigation, cameras or the roadbook from your handlebars.
DMD Remote Controller
Handlebar buttons
A Bluetooth handlebar remote whose buttons map to DMD2 actions — zoom and pan the map, switch section, control an active navigation, trigger cameras and page the roadbook. The button map is configurable and saved per profile.
Generic Remote Controller
Any keyboard / HID
Not using a DMD remote? Pair any Bluetooth keyboard or HID controller and map its keys to the same actions. Handy for third-party bar remotes that present as a keyboard.
Test Remote Keys
At the bottom of any remote's settings page — below the button map, above Reset to Defaults — is Test Remote Keys. It opens a full-screen falling-blocks game that is driven entirely by your own button assignments, so playing a round proves every button on the bars actually reaches the app.
Every key you have mapped on that remote is listed beside the board. Press it once and it turns green with a tick — the header counts x / y tested and shows ALL KEYS OK when you have exercised the lot.
| Your assignment | In the game |
|---|---|
| Map Pan Left / Right — or joystick left / right | Move the piece sideways |
| Map Pan Down — or joystick down | Soft drop (the piece falls faster while held) |
| Map Pan Up — or joystick up | Fireworks. No effect on play — its only job is to prove the key arrives |
| Map Zoom In | Rotate clockwise |
| Map Zoom Out | Rotate anticlockwise |
| Button 1 (Map Follow Toggle) | Hard drop |
| Button 2 (Back / Locations) | Pause / resume |
- A 360° joystick gets its own row with four direction pills, so a stick that only reports three directions is immediately obvious.
- Press a button that isn't assigned and the game names it on screen (“Unassigned key: …”) — usually the reason a button seems to do nothing. Common D-pad keys still drive the piece, so the game stays playable while you sort the mapping out.
- Long-press-only assignments show as Key check only: they share their physical button with a map function, so there is nothing extra for the game to do with them.
- The music can be switched off with the ♪ button in the header. Tapping the board rotates the piece, so you can play without a remote paired at all.
Keys are only accepted from the remote you opened the test on, so a second remote on the bars can't tick boxes for the one you are checking.
Vehicle Data, TPMS & Power Box
OBD2 Dongle
Bluetooth ELM327
A Bluetooth ELM327 dongle in the vehicle's OBD port streams live engine data — battery voltage, RPM, coolant and intake temperatures and more — onto your Home rows and map overlays. Most dongles pair with PIN 0000 or 1234.
CAN Cable
OBD via CAN
A direct CAN-bus cable that feeds OBD-style vehicle data through the DMD Manage companion — an alternative to a wireless dongle where a wired feed is preferred.
Engine Trouble Codes (check-engine light)
With an OBD2 dongle or CAN Cable set up, a check-engine (MIL) button appears in the Devices bottom bar. It stays white normally and turns red when the vehicle reports stored trouble codes — the count keeps itself current while the Devices section is on screen. Tap it to open the Engine Trouble Codes panel: read the stored and pending DTCs from the ECU (connect the adapter with the ignition on), and clear them once the underlying fault is fixed. Clearing resets the check-engine light and the readiness monitors, just like a workshop scan tool.
Choose what the gauges show
The compact OBD2 / CAN card carries three gauge cells, and each one is tap-to-reassign — tap a cell to open the sensor picker and drop any supported reading (voltage, RPM, coolant, intake temperature, speed…) into that slot. The picker hides unsupported sensors by default; flip Show Unsupported to see every sensor the standard defines, whether or not your vehicle answers for it. The CAN Cable has its own detail view for its wired feed.
DMD TPMS
Tyre pressure
DMD tyre-pressure sensors report each tyre's pressure and temperature live. A low-pressure or fast-deflation reading raises a priority alarm right in the speedo area. Add sensors one at a time; each becomes its own entry.
DMD Power Box
6-channel aux switch
A Bluetooth 6-channel auxiliary switch box — control your auxiliary lights, heated grips and other wiring straight from DMD2. Pair it from your phone's Bluetooth settings first, then tap it here.
Action Cameras
Pair an action camera to start and stop recording from DMD2 — from the Devices screen, a handlebar remote, or a map button. Three families are supported:
DJI
Action, 360 and Pocket models.
Insta360
X4, X3, ONE RS and ONE X2.
GoPro
HERO 9 through 13, and MAX.
Fuel Simulator & iPhone
Fuel Level Simulator
Virtual — no hardware
No fuel sensor? Set your tank's range and this virtual gauge counts down remaining fuel and range from the distance you cover by GPS, and warns you when the tank runs low. Its remaining-range readout can sit on the map and your Home rows.
iPhone — Notification Mirror
Notifications & calls
Pair an iPhone over Bluetooth to mirror its notifications and calls onto the head unit (Apple's ANCS). If you also run the MiniLauncher companion, the phone link is handled there instead.
Continue Reading
Next up — the Roadbook section: rally-style roadbooks, tulips and notes, paired with the map.
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