Soon you will have a PC with all Autologic Assist plus brands installed.
What is the best choice of connector? From Autologics perspective it is the Drew Technologies Cardaq + 2.
Drew Technologies is the best choice for Volvo and JLR brands. It is actually better than the Volvo DiCe or the Jaguar Land Rover MDI.
For VW and Audi, the J2534 works fine, the original and wireless VAS 5054A head works better.
VAS 5054A by Softing has real processing going on, in the head! The Cardaq does not do this in the same way.
This is like the old “buffer” in a PC, or a reservoir in a city water supply.
That maybe is not as important on VW cars as it is for Audi’s.
BMW’s recommended connector is the ICOM, another real processing head.
These processors accumulate the data in the head and the diagnostic software commands functions occur in the device.
In this way, minor Internet disruptions are allowed for and will not require a restart of your programming session.
People have heard the 4-5 year old stories about 30 + hour programming sessions on BMW’s, those stories where probably true, definitely involved a J2534 connection.
That was a long time ago. Internet speeds have greatly improved. ISTA has been reconfigured without the slow Apache and older components. The newer ISTA for programming is much faster! Jay Mathes from All Imported Auto reports doing 15 modules in 10 minutes! The wireless ICOM A2 is sturdy and the only satisfying choice for BMW professionals. BMW ISPI next was supposed to allow removal of modules from test plan, we think it will soon!
Autologics EU Tech support is the best in the world, so use them to help you go from fault to fix, fast, if your mechanics need help.
Use us to do the PC installs and OEM software support economically!
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