nedforceone wrote:Sweet, so you can install forscan with the f-super, forscan seems a better program. N
Alright Ned.
The situation is:
The original F-Super will only read a limited number of communication protocols....the F-Super 2 reads a wider range but it doesn't work with Elm compatible software that's why the vast majority use Fordscan or Formidable....it works on a Mk6 & is shite useless on a Mk7 because it doesn't support the protocals the Mk7 uses.
What is currently being sold as F-Super/Super 2 (the one with the orange label that looks similar to the original F-Super) is different....it supports a greater number of communication protocals & some of them work with Elm compatible software.
The fact is....the majority of us are not the slightest bit interested in what communication protocols the vehicle manufactures uses, all we care about is that we can access what we want when we want without having our pants pulled down for £90/hr diagnostic fees.
The next part is one that is "Baking Peoples Noodles", the stuff we are buying from our favourite auction site is Clone/Fake/Spurious/Knock-off/Not the Real Deal....they are not genuine Elm Electronics Chips, they are a clone with a badge on the outside professing to be Elm kit....if the fake firmware they use use reports them to be be Elm/Elm compatible they will work with Elm compatible software....some of the clone of a clone works & is worth what you pay for it, but all this talk about you need to buy an Elm is poppy cock if you refuse to pay the cost of genuine Elm kit.
So....as I said further up the page, you can have a bit less grief if you just buy one that someone else has tested, the fact that it works with FORScan & Formidable kind of points to the fact that you know it's all fake before you hit the Buy it Now Button.