I read somewhere, not sure how true it was, that vw had introduced a security measure to stop wireless hacking, by needing the bonnet, (hood) to be open to accept coding. One interesting point may be the New 'diagnostic firewall'.

Though there have been some blips with the latest MY19 vans. It can also activate the fuel lift pump (if you run out of derv like i did once!!)(you cant do this with Carista ! - so dont run out of fuel unless you want a call-out)īasically anything you need to do on the van apart from programming some of the secure modules and flashing ECU`s etc. So what can it do? well most things really I object to chucking money at something I don’t need for anything else so I bought an older reconditioned Dell Win7 laptop from eBay for £120 and it’s been absolutely fine Working advice was: I’m like you and Mac only, so when I got VCDS I tried using Windows in both Parallels and Virtual Box and couldn’t get the program to work properly.

I run vcds on a virtual windows 7 pc running on vmware fusion on my MacBook Pro.

It Is possible to run the software on a has done this: I use my Macbook Pro and just run Parallels to run a Windows 10 image with the VCDS software installed within has done this: I have the older discontinued HEX-USB+CAN and have been using it for years, i have the software loaded onto a few different Windows laptops and even a Win10 based Tablet (must have a full size USB port!) I've had the VAGCom setup since about 2010 and to be honest for the money its the closest thing to the dealer tool you can get. The great thing with this setup is that once you buy the GENIUNE Hardware cable the software and all future updates are free. VCDS Or VAG-COM is a fantastic piece of windows based software and hardware created by Ross-Tech over in the states for VAG Group based motors. Ross-Tech VCDS HEX-V2/HEX-NET - Fixing a failed firmware update (see bottom of post) Ross-Tech: VCDS: Downloads: Current Release and Manual

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