Windows 2000 & XP
For Windows Vista & Windows 7 Click: Here
Alright let me be clear first, if you want to bash the use of this cable do it else where. This is a short how to on getting these things to work. I'm 100% agaisnt stealing software so if you use a full version of Vag-Com and you didn't pay....you are a very bad person!
I'm simply going to show you how to use the free, legal, demo version. That's it. This is for Windows 2000/XP. I'll make one for Vista later.
Lets get started:
Did you buy an eBay 'Vag-Com' Cable and find out it comes with zero information or drivers? Does it look like this?
If so than I 'think' I can help you. First you need the correct drivers. So don't plug it into your PC/Laptop just yet. Click the link I provided, save it to somewhere you can remember:
Driver Download 900k
You'll need to 'unzip' the files to a location then plug in your cable. Once you plug it in a dialog box will come up asking you what you'd like to do. You need to tell it where you 'unzipped' the files. Simply put in the location.
Once your drivers are installed correctly next we can move onto making sure that the cable is on a COM port that Vag-Com can understand.
So now click Start-->Control Panel--->System(In the control panel you might have to click 'classic view')
Once the system properties has loaded you need to click the 'Hardware' Tab. Once there you need to click the device manager button.
Once in there find in the list 'Ports' hit the '+' beside it.
Your cable should be listed there. Depending on what COM port is free of course. Now if it says COM 1 or COM 2 or COM 3 or COM 4 you can skip down to the testing with Vag-Com itself. If it says something like COM 18 then you need to read on!
Double click on the 'USB Serial...' That will bring up another window. Once that loads up click the tab 'Port Settings'. Then once there you need to click the advanced button.
Now you see the settings for the cable/drivers. There is a drop down list in the top middle of this window. You need to check and see if you can change a the port to either 1, 2, 3 or 4. These are the only ones that Vag-Com can understand.
If 1-4 all say 'In Use' then you need to disable somethings in the PC's BIOS. I won't explain how to do this now but I will in a update. So back on topic choose 1-4 and then hit ok until both windows are closed, then 'X' out of the rest. You might have to restart your PC after this. If so do it now or else you won't be able to test.
Once you are re
Started and all set to test load up Vag-Com. Hit the options button to the right. And then choose the exact COM port you set the cable to...and hit test.
Tada! You can now use the Vag-Com Demo! You are very limited but it's good to check codes.
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As I said before, please don't turn this into a cheap knock off cable bash. The cable I own is nothing more than a standard OBDII cable that came with nothing else. No CD, no drivers, no directions. So keep this thread clear for honest questions and comments.
This is only my first version of this how-to. I will update as I see fit and find changes that need to be updated.
PS The demo for Vag-Com is downloadable directly from Ross-Tech's Website:
http://www.ross-tech.com/
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