sticks 0 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 whats the best diagnostic, vag com software with car lead on laptop or an all in one small unit,im a bit parranoid about getting one off ebay as none say that the leads they sell are compatible with vista,can anyone recomend one/??cheers Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Buy the proper ross tech stuff from http://www.gendan.co.uk/ then you'll have a licenced version and no hassles setting it up like ebay stuff Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 Oh I run mine from a lappy with Vista and no probs at all Link to post Share on other sites
sticks 0 Posted October 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 thanks craggsy was looking at that site but i only wanted to spend about £20 - £30 on one coz im a tight arse, so is not worth me getting a cheap lead and downloading the software can get them on the bay for £13 ish ,only thing im worried about is the compatability of the software of the lead with plop vista,cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Karr-Man 0 Posted October 5, 2008 Report Share Posted October 5, 2008 i would have thought it would work fine with vista. if u wanna check whether the software works then download the shareware version of VAGCOM and see:http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/download/i would think that this is what they will send u with the cable anyway. mine came without software (the bloody cd they sent was blank) so i downloaded from the link above and it works fine... thats on xp but i guess if u can run the software then it will work ok... £12 aint much to lose if it doesnt work with vista and u would prolly be able to sell the cable on this site anyway Link to post Share on other sites
sticks 0 Posted October 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 just bought a VAG COM USB KKL 409.1 lead for the bay and downloaded vag com will let you lot know how i go when it arrives , Link to post Share on other sites
sticks 0 Posted October 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 got my lead in the post today but it is fecking me about!!! im gonna smash me laptop up soon.has anyone got previous experiance of setting one of theese cheap ebay leads up with vag com, i installed vagcom and the driver for the lead on a vista pc and an xp pc but still cant get the lead to register comm port on vagcom maybe me or its going back to where it came from 2morro!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thats the reason I got the proper one....plugged it in and vista found the cable and off I went Link to post Share on other sites
Karr-Man 0 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 ok i had this problem 1st as well...IIRC the cable defaults on a port number higher than 4 which is a problem as the software only recognises ports 1-4... im pretty sure that if u go into the device manager and find the cable (i think it comes up as "usb serial port") u can change it so its on a different port Link to post Share on other sites
Karr-Man 0 Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 open device managerscroll down to ports and click the "+" symbol to expand itdouble click on "USB serial port"click the "port settings" tab at the topclick the "advanced" buttonopen the "com port number" drop down box and select "com4" (this this is the port i use and it shouldnt conflict with anything else)open the VAGCOM software and tell it to look on port 4hopefully that should work... fingers crossed Link to post Share on other sites
sticks 0 Posted October 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 cheers chaps but still no joy,on the vag com options screen i test the comm port normally port 3 it gives me a message port ok interface not found i love cars Link to post Share on other sites
Karr-Man 0 Posted October 11, 2008 Report Share Posted October 11, 2008 cheers chaps but still no joy' date='on the vag com options screen i test the comm port normally port 3 it gives me a message port ok interface not found i love cars[/quote']ok so that means that it recognises the cable fine but cant conect to the cars ecu... did u remember to turn the ignition on??? Link to post Share on other sites
sticks 0 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 well im all up and running !!! i needed to run vag com in admin mode all sorted now well the vag com is anyway im now dealing with me fault codes one being idlespeed regulator excess and intermitten abs rear right sensor,oi oi i love cars!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Karr-Man 0 Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 glad u got it working, it may be a bit of hassle to set up the ebay lead but it saves a substantial amount of cash:) Link to post Share on other sites
Jonnyboy82 0 Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 Have you got a link to the one you bought mate? Think its time to invest myself need to turn off my airbag light after replacing a faulty indicator stalk? Link to post Share on other sites
sticks 0 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 yer m8 all makes sense in the end, nearly left the seller bad feedback and came close to smashing up me laptop in the process tho.can i reset my service intervals with it ? Link to post Share on other sites
Karr-Man 0 Posted October 12, 2008 Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 yer m8 all makes sense in the end' date=' nearly left the seller bad feedback and came close to smashing up me laptop in the process tho.can i reset my service intervals with it ?[/quote']u dont need the cable for that, u use the key and the dashboard buttons. theres a guide somewhere in the premium section about it Link to post Share on other sites
sticks 0 Posted October 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2008 yer seen it for the vr but just wanted to know if vagcom does it too as the mrs is on my case about resetting her mk4 golf service lights so thought i could earn some brownie points and show off Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted October 13, 2008 Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 You can on proper copy as I do my mates Passat. Not sure about 409.x version Link to post Share on other sites
sticks 0 Posted October 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2008 sorry jonny boy just see your post m8,type this into ebay search,Item number: 300265398031 Link to post Share on other sites
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