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- Feb 25, 2014
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I really like having a WiFi capable device. I've mostly been using the device through VCDS Desktop so far, but I'm starting to get more into the Mobile functionality. It does seem a little raw right now, but I'm sure that'll change quickly now that the diagnostic protocol foundation approaches completion.
Suggestions:
I saw mention of a beep/tone generator somewhere in the device, for use if the K-Line is stuck. I think that would be really useful as a complement to the LEDs, because in most cars the LEDs will be very hard to see while the device is plugged in, virtually impossible from the driver's seat. It would be nice to get headless audio feedback on events like power-up, vehicle seen/identified, scan started, scan complete, etc.
The two vehicles I own are new enough to know their VIN, but old enough that you don't have the CAN gateway installation list. There's a lot of cars like that. It would be nice if VCDS could interrogate the car for its VIN, and if it's found, use that to automatically pick a chassis type. I think you could go even further and troll around in the CAN gateway MVB 125 + range to see what's present, but that might not be standardized enough.
If we had the above two items, it would then be nice if we could run Auto Scans completely headless. If I'm working in the garage, I'd love to be able to plug the thing in, walk away for a few minutes, and come back to a completed Auto Scan already pushed up to the VCDS cloud website. If it wasn't in range at the time, it could upload it next time it was in range, perhaps back in the house plugged into a wall-wart. No need to wait, no need to endanger or dirty or even find a delicate computing device to trigger the scan. I can understand you might not want to do that every time it's plugged in by default, but it could be made an option, or it could be made trigger-able by the button. Tone feedback as I described above would be helpful too.
Jason
Suggestions:
I saw mention of a beep/tone generator somewhere in the device, for use if the K-Line is stuck. I think that would be really useful as a complement to the LEDs, because in most cars the LEDs will be very hard to see while the device is plugged in, virtually impossible from the driver's seat. It would be nice to get headless audio feedback on events like power-up, vehicle seen/identified, scan started, scan complete, etc.
The two vehicles I own are new enough to know their VIN, but old enough that you don't have the CAN gateway installation list. There's a lot of cars like that. It would be nice if VCDS could interrogate the car for its VIN, and if it's found, use that to automatically pick a chassis type. I think you could go even further and troll around in the CAN gateway MVB 125 + range to see what's present, but that might not be standardized enough.
If we had the above two items, it would then be nice if we could run Auto Scans completely headless. If I'm working in the garage, I'd love to be able to plug the thing in, walk away for a few minutes, and come back to a completed Auto Scan already pushed up to the VCDS cloud website. If it wasn't in range at the time, it could upload it next time it was in range, perhaps back in the house plugged into a wall-wart. No need to wait, no need to endanger or dirty or even find a delicate computing device to trigger the scan. I can understand you might not want to do that every time it's plugged in by default, but it could be made an option, or it could be made trigger-able by the button. Tone feedback as I described above would be helpful too.
Jason