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Edited to add VCDS interface used.

Just [Re]run the Optical Bus Scan against my recently acquired A8 D4 2016 with my Hex+CAN USB interface. As before, it almost finishes [green bar almost at the end] when I get the Windows 'box' saying:

"Please Upgrade to a current Ross Tech Interface - Only Current Generation interfaces support this feature"

--> A screenshot is available but not attached as I'm apparently not allowed to post attachments according to my 'posting permissions'.

I then get the 'optical devices' screen with the electrical and optical fields marked with "???" :confused:
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Wednesday,10,October,2018,11:49:09:53697
VCDS -- Windows Based VAG/VAS Emulator Running on Windows 10 x86
VCDS Version: 18.9.0.2
Data version: 20180927 DS296.0
www.Ross-Tech.com


VIN: WAUZZZ4H4GN002801   License Plate: H
Mileage: 47298km-29389mi   Repair Order: 


Control Module Part Number: 4H0 907 468 AG
  Component and/or Version: J533--Gateway H14 0083

Optical Bus Diagnostic : Standard

Controller          	Electrical          	Optical             
Only current generation interfaces support this feature.	???                 	???                 
CAN Gateway         	???                 	???                 
Instruments         	???                 	???                 
TV Tuner            	???                 	???                 
Radio               	???                 	???                 
Sound System        	???                 	???                 

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Julian Hicks
 
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Hi Julian,

For pictures use an external hosting site, such as https://imgur.com/upload, then add the image link between
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Congratulations on the new car!
 
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Hi Julian,

In this instance that's an entirely new feature that made it to Beta less than a month ago. It requires a current interface such as the HEX-V2 -or- HEX-NET.

Don't get me wrong, Optical Bus Diag has been in VCDS for years but it only worked on traditional CAN protocol 19-CAN Gateway systems until recently. It was never fully functional on UDS protocol 19-CAN GW modules until the last Beta.
 
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Ah; so you're saying that the HEX+CAN interface never supported the newer type Gateway's? Didn't realise that. :(

But why does it work so far - the green bar is about 95% done - and then fail in that manner?

Julian
 
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Ah; so you're saying that the HEX+CAN interface never supported the newer type Gateway's? Didn't realise that. :(
It's not that the HEX+CAN didn't support those newer Gateways, it's that VCDS didn't support the Optical Bus Diagnostics function on those newer Gateways.

But why does it work so far - the green bar is about 95% done - and then fail in that manner?
I would imagine there's something going on at that point that the HEX+CAN can't handle.

-Uwe-
 
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