[aholmes28191]

thanks for the driver update wakawaka, my current driver was a version behind, and i downloaded the lastest firmware which was also 1 version behind as the new version was 30/11/2018, upon loading the firmware update the process failed and has since stopped communicating with vxmanager, seems to be bricked possibly, as previously stated the usb connection is no good to use, so im at the end of the road with this tool for now until it is repaired.

i have ordered another cable as i want to try something with a cable not wireless to rule that out, it is a "V154 JLR Mongoose SDD Pro For Jaguar and For Land Rover" i know it states mongoose pro is compatible with xentry pass thru so should this one do the job?

 if so as these cables are j2534 pass thru, should they work with other software if the driver is correct for the software? i.e. could i use this with fords IDS, or toyota techstream, GM tech2

the tool support j2534 pass thru so it would/should work with other software that support j2534 fully. however I do not think it will work with ford & mazda IDS as it support VCM hardware only and not pass thru (you could try..). Techstream & GM tech2 I never use before.

However if you want to do Ford/Mazda the tool should work with j2534 in FORSCAN software (free for windows) and can do lots of stuff for Ford/Mazda. Advanced function require license - but register in FORSCAN forum and you can generate license for free too! Here is link show how to use VCX j2534 passthru--->> VCX FORSCAN
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I will definitely have a go at using the mongoose cable with these programs when it arrives, mainly though I would like it to work with xentry and DAS so fingers crossed.

The ford IDS thing confuses me a little, but maybe I'm overthinking this, so I previously worked at a JLR dealer that used mongoose cables for SDD but if the car was a jaguar before say 2005 then the legacy program it used was IDS (which makes sense as ford owned jaguar and land rover around this time), so surely ford IDS would be a similar setup (Maybe a question for the JLR section I suppose) .

I do use the vcx for forscan and it doesn't read DTC but I use a modded ELM327 cable that works a dream.

My main task at the minute is using Xentry passthru, I don't work on enough Mercedes to justify paying for a full SD multiplexer, so I'm trying a few ways to see if I can get around this.

Thanks for the help so far very much appreciated