What software for my new vag cable link inside

[nickeym1]

Hi fellas got my vagcom cable in the post today and i downloaded vagcom 409.1 and also vcds lite and the cable just doesnt seem to work with any of them. I installed them both plugged cable in to car and laptop and nothin happens tried starting both programmes and nothin with 409.1 and vcds lite starts and asks which com port or somethin but i tried com 1 2 3 and 4 and none of them work.

Can anyone tell me where im going wrong

[nickeym1]

sorry heres the link for the cable i bought http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=320654068912

[Issac Hunt]

Can anyone tell me where im going wrong

Buying a non-genuine Ebay rip-off version ?

You'll need to contact the seller for 'support' if they offer any. Its not a proper genuine cable so you'll get no assistance from Ross-tech.

I imagine the problem is with the drivers for the USB cable, as the cable is a ripoff/copy of an old version. I imagine you need a serial/USB driver for your laptop.

[nickeym1]

Buying a non-genuine Ebay rip-off version ?

You'll need to contact the seller for 'support' if they offer any. Its not a proper genuine cable so you'll get no assistance from Ross-tech.

I imagine the problem is with the drivers for the USB cable, as the cable is a ripoff/copy of an old version. I imagine you need a serial/USB driver for your laptop.

Believe me i tried getting a genuine cable from ganden but they would not ship to ireland so i had to resort to ebay.There was very little difference in the price anyway.

I plugged the cable into the laptop and windows installed something automatically i think it was driver but not sure. Also a driver disc came with the cable but its one of them small discs and i have a slot loading drive in my laptop so i cant use the disc

[Hex69]

Believe me i tried getting a genuine cable from ganden but they would not ship to ireland so i had to resort to ebay.There was very little difference in the price anyway.

I plugged the cable into the laptop and windows installed something automatically i think it was driver but not sure. Also a driver disc came with the cable but its one of them small discs and i have a slot loading drive in my laptop so i cant use the disc

There's your problem then, try either burning the small disc to a full size one on another PC, or to a USB flash drive and then installing the drivers from there.

Oh, and btw, once you've installed the drivers, don't forget to turn the ignition on once connected.

HTH.

[nickeym1]

There's your problem then, try either burning the small disc to a full size one on another PC, or to a USB flash drive and then installing the drivers from there.

Oh, and btw, once you've installed the drivers, don't forget to turn the ignition on once connected.

HTH.

Oh right i thought whatever windows installed auto when i plugged in was the drivers and it would work ok but i will try get the small disc on to usb and try again cheers mate

[nickeym1]

There's your problem then, try either burning the small disc to a full size one on another PC, or to a USB flash drive and then installing the drivers from there.

Oh, and btw, once you've installed the drivers, don't forget to turn the ignition on once connected.

HTH.

Right mate i got vcds working but cant get vagcom 409.1 to work i have a fully working version. But when i click on it the timer just comes up for about 5 seconds and then nothing what am i doing wrong. I tried to contact the seller but guess what no response. Does the cable need to be hooked up to the car for the 409.1 to come on or should it come on the same as vcds without connecting it to car. Or actually are vcds and vag com the same

[Hex69]

Right mate i got vcds working but cant get vagcom 409.1 to work i have a fully working version. But when i click on it the timer just comes up for about 5 seconds and then nothing what am i doing wrong. I tried to contact the seller but guess what no response. Does the cable need to be hooked up to the car for the 409.1 to come on or should it come on the same as vcds without connecting it to car. Or actually are vcds and vag com the same

VCDS Lite is the new version of VAGCOM.

I'd get it hooked up to the car to see what's coming up 1st.

[Sam]

VCDS lite replaced 409.1 which is no longer supported.

(I type slow, Hex beat me to it)

[nickeym1]

now i got vcds on and working so i thought and every scan i do it says cannot find controller or something like that