[GUIDE] How to use VCDS on a MacBook or Android Phone. (Work-In-Progress)

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VCDS on a MacBook or Android Phone:

DISCLAIMER: THIS GUIDE REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE A WINDOWS COMPUTER SOMEWHERE ON YOUR LOCAL NETWORK. YOU MAY ALSO NEED A USB A TO USB C CONVERTER DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CLIENT DEVICE YOU USE. IT ALSO REQUIRES A MACBOOK, WINDOWS LAPTOP, OR ANDROID PHONE AS THE CLIENT DEVICE TO USE IN THE CAR. YOU NEED WIFI THAT REACHES YOUR CAR, AND ATLEAST 10MBPS+ NETWORK. WITHOUT THESE REQUIREMENTS BEING MET YOU CANNOT USE VCDS WITH YOUR HEX-V2 ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN A WINDOWS LAPTOP IN YOUR CAR. IF YOU ARE USING AN ANDROID PHONE YOU NEED TO HAVE WINDOWS 10/11 PRO!!!! CHECK **.

Pre-Requisites:
Ross-Tech HEX-V2 with USB-C adapter (if needed)

Windows Computer somewhere on your local network with semi-decent specs with VCDS installed*.

A windows laptop, MacBook, or android phone as a client device.


Basic Technical knowledge

Guide for Laptop/MacBook as Client:
 Go to Parsec.app and create an account, download it on your Windows PC. Install it on your client device as well. Install “Virtual Here” client on your Windows PC and install “Virtual Here” server on your client. Next sign into parsec on both your client, and host (host is your windows PC with VCDS). Use your client laptop to connect to your windows PC with parsec. Once you have connected with parsec open the virtual here client on your Windows PC and open the server on your client laptop. Plug in your Hex-V2 to your client laptop FIRST and then your car. Once it is plugged it on your Windows PC (which your connected to via Parsec as Remote Desktop) click on the “Ross-Tech Hex V2” in the client gui on your PC with VCDS. Next start your car and setup VCDS like usual. Now try doing an auto scan, as long as the latency that VCDS is showing is less than 50ms (50ms>) it will work well, anything over 75 will be laggy and over 100 I would not recommend due to packet loss.
Congrats you are using VCDS on your MacBook (or laptop but there is really no point to doing this on a windows laptop)

Guide for Android Phone:
Open Settings on your windows PC (with VCDS installed) and search for “remote desktop” and click on “Remote Desktop Settings” and turn it to “On.” Go into “Network & internet” and select your current interface, either ethernet or Wi-Fi. Click on your current network name and note down your “IPv4 address:” also note down your Microsoft account e-mail & password.
On your android phone download the Remote Desktop app from Microsoft in the google play store. Once it is downloaded open it and add a new host, in the configuration the IP address or host name the IPv4 address you noted down earlier, save the host once you add the IP and then click on it, it will ask you for a login, your login username is your Microsoft account email and your password is your Microsoft account password. Once you are connected download and install the virtual here client and open it. On your phone once again open the google play store and install “VirtualHereServer.” Open it, agree to the license and allow it to read your USB devices if prompted. Now plug your HEX-V2 into your phone, most modern android have USB-C so you may need a USB-C adapter for your VCDS Hex-V2. Plug the HEX-V2 into your phone before into the car, and then turn the car on. On your client Gui on your PC (which you should be using via RDP) you should see “Ross-Tech Hex-V2” click on this and it should forward it to your PC. Now you can setup the cable in VCDS like usual and use VCDS like usual using your android phone. Now try doing an auto scan, as long as the latency that VCDS is showing is less than 50ms (50ms>) it will work well, anything over 75 will be laggy and over 100 I would not recommend due to packet loss.
Congrats you are using VCDS on your android phone!!!!!


*<— semi decent specs would be something modern like a 4th generation intel cpu or above and 8gb of ram. Ross-Tech’s recommended specs work perfectly! I use my gaming PC for VCDS :)
**<— If you have Windows 10/11 home you can use a this program to enable RDP for your home edition of Windows. (Thanks to @lemoncurd for letting me know of this)
iPhone & iPad Users: I am currently working on getting VCDS to work with iPhones & iPad's, it has not been finalized and is still under research, I will post a separate guide for that when it is ready. I am also working on getting VCDS to work outside of your local network, over cellular data while your PC is at home, this is also under development and will take a lot longer. When it is complete I will update this post.

My Contact Info: <— Discord tealv2 —> My Ross-Tech forums page: https://forums.ross-tech.com/index.php?members/49570/

DO NOT ASK ME FOR SUPPORT IN THIS THREAD. MESSAGE ME ON DISCORD FOR SUPPORT. THIS THREAD IS NOT FOR SUPPORT. IT IS A GUIDE.
 
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