Then delete it.wolfsburg_de said:Double Post
Because Ross-Tech doesn't know what the heck what chip the 10 year old chinese worker tossed on to the thing.eddie_1 said:I just dont understand why the $99 VAGCOM cannot work properly with any of the USB cables out there or even a path is not recommended on how to get it to work with a given solution. How hard is it to support a couple of different drivers and update the older software? When you sell the $99 version it is implied that there is some kind of solution out there, but it is sort of $99 can of worms with cables working/not working, modules responding/not responding etc. In a way I wish this option wasn't even offered, since it is a can of worms. Is the goal for folks to strike out on this route and come back to Ross-Tech? What is the cost to upgrade to the Ross-Tech cable then? Sorry, a bit frustrated lately with the cables acting up.
99.9% (Lets say I haven't seen one that wasn't) of the clone are the SERIAL adapter with an FTDI232 or other USB<->Serial adapter. So to get it to work, you have to install those windows drivers, THEN the device shows up as a Serial device. You connect to it in VAG-COM as a serial device.
They do put a bold disclaimer that there is no guarantee it will work with your USB<-> Serial adapter. But instead of getting a serial version and a USB adapter, the Chinese have so intelligently put them all in one. Now if you're too dumb to do an lsusb or figure out how to dump the USB Vendor and Product ID and then use google to find out what specific Serial/USB adapter they use, how is that the fault of Ross-Tech?
The Ross 'USB' cable is a real deal USB device.
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VW Sells you a car. The radio in the car works. You decide to upgrade the radio. You yourself know that there are no guarantees of the radio working. It may or may not.
Say you buy a car second hand. The PO has already upgraded the radio, but it doesn't work. Is that VW's fault?