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Re: Confusion  1 Saabers Like This Post!
Posted by Justin VanAbrahams [Email]  (#32) [Profile/Gallery]
(more from Justin VanAbrahams) on Tue, 5 Feb 2019 08:40:59
In Reply to: Re: Confusion, bobc   [Profile/Gallery]
, Mon, 4 Feb 2019 22:03:20
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The package you get from China includes:
1. The actual Tech 2 scanner - which is essentially just a display and a hardware interface
2. One PCMCIA card. These are 32mb linear flash cards, which are different than standard ATA flash cards. Think of them more like a CD than a flash drive in that they are written at once from start to finish. Each card contains the software needed to use the Tech 2 against a specific type of car. The cards available from China are GM (1991-2013), OPEL (1997-2010), SUZUKI, SAAB (1998-2010), and HOLDEN (1997-2012). Keep in mind "Suzuki" and "Isuzu" are not general Suzukis and Isuzus - they are the limited number of rebadged GMs sold as Suzukis and Isuzus. Commonly people want to use the Tech 2 with older Saabs, and that means finding an older version of the software - v44.000 covers all 1999 and earlier Saabs. Sometimes you can buy older cards on ebay - you can also find v44.000 out on the internet. To write a PCMCIA card you need either a laptop with a PCMCIA slot and software capable of writing linear flash, or you need tech2cardwriter, a Russian program that writes to a PCMCIA card installed inside a Tech 2. Bear in mind v44.000 is 16mb, so you cannot write it directly to a 32mb card. You have some options, but a 16mb image written to a 32mb card will not work. I'D RECOMMEND ordering your Tech 2 with three or four cards - get a couple GM cards and a couple Saab cards. Quality is crap, having spares is good, and an extra one you can overwrite with v44.000 is convenient.
3. DLC cable - the cable that goes between the Tech 2 and the outside world.
4. A selection of DLC to car adapters. A commonly one used is the SAE J1962 (OBDII) connector. There are also adapters for older GM cars, older Saabs, etc.
5. A pretty long serial cable with RJ45s on either end. Looks like a phone cable, or an ethernet cable. It's a serial cable. You need this to connect the Tech 2 to your computer's serial port for gaining security access, writing cards, updating software, etc.
6. An RJ45 to DB9 adapter. Use with the above cable to connect to a standard computer serial port.
7. A RJ45 loopback plug. Use this to run serial port diagnostics (self tests) on the Tech 2
8. A pair of power sources for the Tech 2 to use when it's not powered via the DLC cable. For common use - connected to an OBDII port - the Tech 2 gets power via the DLC cable. Some other diagnostic connectors do not supply 12v, or When plugged into the computer the Tech 2 will need an external power supply. Included are AC and DC power sources. BE AWARE that the Tech 2 will prioritize power from the DLC connector over power from the external jack. What this means to you is that if the Tech 2 is powered via the OBDII port and the car battery dies, so will the Tech 2 EVEN IF YOU HAVE IT PLUGGED INTO THE WALL. Chinese Tech 2s are notorious for having poor internal power supplies, and certain Tech 2 operations require starting the car. Frequently when doing so the Tech 2 will lose power. If this happens during certain operations, it could be catastrophic. I'd strongly recommend pulling your OBDII fuse so that power is not supplied via the diagnostic connector, and instead plug the Tech 2 into the wall. I used a small buck-boost DC-DC power supply to send regulated 12v to the Tech 2 via the battery or cigaretter lighter, so that even if car battery voltage drops to 9 or 10v (like when starting) the Tech 2 stays alive. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. :)
9. CANdi module - the CANdi sits between the DLC cable and a newer CAN-compliant car. Tech 2 doesn't speak CAN (it works over K-line) and CANdi is a "converter" that lets old Tech 2 talk to newer cars that use CAN.
10. A CD containing a hacked copy of TIS2000. It's old, poorly hacked, and doesn't work right. Throw it away. TIS software (TIS2000 or GlobalTIS) work hand-in-hand with Tech 2. The TISs were ways for GM to communicate with shops, providing new software, news, strategies, etc. That all is obviously worthless now. But, you still need a TIS to grant security access to newer cars. Security access is needed for programming - adding or removing modules, programming keys, and some other things that will make you scratch your head WHY. You don't need TIS for the older cars, and you don't need TIS for diagnostics. But for "doing stuff" on the newer cars, gonna need it. You can find good hacked copies of TISs that are permanently authorized to grant access on the internet, or you can pay for TIS2Web on a temporary basis from Orio/GM/etc. TIS2000 is the older, simpler version that runs on most 32-bit machines (although newer OSs require some work). GlobalTIS is the newer web app, which runs from its own locally installed web server. It requires old Internet Explorer and old Java, and ironically is more problematic to get working on newer machines.
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