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My laptop died how do I put my hex net/VCDS-Mobile on to a new computer
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download VCDS on the new computer:
http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds/download/current.php
Once installed, connect the HN, click options , select the port (USB/Wifi) and click test.
http://www.ross-tech.com/vcds/download/current.php
Once installed, connect the HN, click options , select the port (USB/Wifi) and click test.
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Ok thank you
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One other thing I never really got the hex net to work fully. I could log onto the cloud and view logs that were uploaded. But I could not access the other functions with the hex net. Will downloading the program again allow me to start the process over again.
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When I first set the hex net up I tried to do it using a kindle fire. I'm afraid that was not a wise decision. I've inherited my wife's iphone and that works much better. Now that I've started looking at using the hex net again to access tha other functions instead of dragging the laptop out. I was watching the video on setting up the hex net and I don't think that I ever got it set up right. When I try to configure it the list of 8 I think what are up addresses doesn't come up. I don't think I'm on the right page because in the video the only option is the configure button and when I try the update button is there to
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Thank you I'll try that wish me luck I'm about as computer literate as a hammer you will hear from me again
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I have another problem the laptop that I purchased to replace the other laptop and installed the hex net program onto has a problem. The problem is with the mouse pad and the geek squad is telling me to trade it in for a new machine. Is there a procedure to solve this problem or can I just download the program again.
Yes, your license to use VCDS is embedded in your HEX-NET. This means you can download, install, and use VCDS on any computer that you wish.
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The next question is should I delete the vcds program from the laptop before I turn it in to get a new computer? I probably should have planned ahead and asked this question in the first post.
No need to delete VCDS. It doesn't do anything useful without an interface. But you may want to have a look in your Logs and Scans folders and grab whatever you've got there for posterity.
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thank you for your help
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I'm doing the same thing - moving to a new laptop.
Is there any reason why I shouldn't just copy and paste the whole of the Ross-Tech directory (from the root of the Windows C: drive) straight into the new machine - or will that screw up the config if a virgin copy of VCDS has just been installed on the new machine?
Well, Uninstall won't work because you won't have any registry entries telling it what to uninistall. No big deal really.
You also won't have desktop or Start Menu short-cuts. Oh, and if you're using a "legacy" interface, you'd have to install the drivers for it manually. You can certainly do that, but I think it would be better to properly install VCDS on the new machine, then copy & paste the some of the sub-folders; Logs and Scans being the most important, but Debug and Scaling couldn't hurt either.
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Will do - thanks.
BTW... I know the software development world hopes that Linux will just go away and die, but is there a good guide somewhere about getting VCDS running under Linux (Mint, latest version)? I've tried the link in the FAQ (IIRC) from a couple of years ago about getting it working under Wine, but it didn't work for me! Really would like to crack that one as VCDS is literally the only thing that I have to build my laptop top run Windows for (as well as dual-boot to Linux) and it's just a pain...
BTW... I know the software development world hopes that Linux will just go away and die, but is there a good guide somewhere about getting VCDS running under Linux (Mint, latest version)? I've tried the link in the FAQ (IIRC) from a couple of years ago about getting it working under Wine, but it didn't work for me! Really would like to crack that one as VCDS is literally the only thing that I have to build my laptop top run Windows for (as well as dual-boot to Linux) and it's just a pain...
Not that I am aware of.
I think the biggest hangup was the drivers for the FTDI chip in the "legacy" USB interfaces.
Someone who likes to play with Linux might want to try again with the a HEX-V2 or HEX-NET, on USB both enumerate as HID devices, and the HEX-NET can communicate via TCP/IP / WiFi.
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