I have no plans to begin supporting people with this process either, but if something needs clarifying, I will gladly take comments to improve the guide for others. I'm not an expert, so if you have specific software questions, you should contact the company or person that created it via their preferred support contact means. Other than that you should be good to go. If you have issues with whatever program you're using outside of VCDS, one option to try, assuming you're using the proper port, is to uncheck the option in VCDS to boot in intelligent mode. You may need to go into options, test and setup the interface again, but that should be the extent of what you'd have to do in VCDS. This also shouldn't have any effect on the usage of VCDS, as it should work as normal. I realize that the driver is already installed, but we need to 'update' it again.įrom here, you are done and ready to use your Ross-Tech cable for whatever you wish, whether it is VCDS or something else. Right click and select Update Driver Software. Once the cable is plugged in, expand the USB controllers section and find your cable. You'll need to plug your Ross-Tech cable in for the rest, but you don't have to be at your car to do this, so you can do so pretty much anywhere if you want. Open up Device Manager, either by itself or through the computer management console. After you get the drivers downloaded, unzip the files and remember where you put them. Pay special attention to the first bullet subsection. While it is very tempting to skip to the very end and download away, be sure to read the text on the page so that you at least know what you're getting into. This is being displayed on Windows 10, but the process should be similar, if not identical, on Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8.x.įirst, download the drivers from Ross-Tech. This is going to require that you are at least somewhat familiar with navigating around Windows. I have been able to use the genuine Ross-Tech cable in any place that a generic FTDI OBD-II cable would otherwise be needed after installing the drivers and setting them up properly. This can save you the cost and headache of having to buy and use a second cable. A lot of enthusiasts have genuine Ross-Tech cables, and this can be used to make them even more useful than they already are with VCDS, as 3rd party applications can provide more than VCDS has to offer.

Ross-Tech briefly reviews this below, but requires a lot of knowledge on manual driver installation in Windows. The information below is not well detailed anywhere that I have been able to find.

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