AHC woes (1 Viewer)

[AtinLango]

As the dust has settled, i want to embark on purchasing Techstream or any alternative diagnostic devide. This will be handy moving forward.

Can someone share recommendations, including specs and approx costs?

 

[Escape Artist]

As the dust has settled, i want to embark on purchasing Techstream or any alternative diagnostic devide. This will be handy moving forward.

Can someone share recommendations, including specs and approx costs?

How-To: TechStream In 5 Minutes

Getting Techstream up and running can be a bit of a pain. Hopefully this helps someone get started quickly. Step 1: Purchase an OBD-II / Mini-VCI interface. - I have sold out of my cables and supply chains are back in order, so no reason to purchase more. Anything like this will work: Mini-VCI...

forum.ih8mud.com

This has everything you need to know.

 

[AtinLango]

How-To: TechStream In 5 Minutes

Getting Techstream up and running can be a bit of a pain. Hopefully this helps someone get started quickly. Step 1: Purchase an OBD-II / Mini-VCI interface. - I have sold out of my cables and supply chains are back in order, so no reason to purchase more. Anything like this will work: Mini-VCI...

forum.ih8mud.com

This has everything you need to know.

Many thanks. I will be checking.

 

[AtinLango]

Many thanks. I will be checking.

So are you saying that the only thing I need to purchase is the Mini-VCI cable?

And after the purchase, I just download Techstream and use on my Windows laptop?

 

[BullElk]

So are you saying that the only thing I need to purchase is the Mini-VCI cable?

And after the purchase, I just download Techstream and use on my Windows laptop?

It wasn’t that easy for me at all…. And others I’ve seen. With the recommendation from another experienced and helpful MUD contributor, I bought the OBD code reader pictured and the OBD Fusion app. With a coat of $14 on the app I can read lots of AHC diagnostics. And light years easier than techstream.

 

[suprarx7nut]

So are you saying that the only thing I need to purchase is the Mini-VCI cable?

And after the purchase, I just download Techstream and use on my Windows laptop?

In most cases, yes. All you need is the cable and the pre-packaged software in that thread. Should work on any windows laptop with any recent version of windows.

It wasn’t that easy for me at all…. And others I’ve seen. With the recommendation from another experienced and helpful MUD contributor, I bought the OBD code reader pictured and the OBD Fusion app. With a coat of $14 on the app I can read lots of AHC diagnostics. And light years easier than techstream.

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Techstream is a fickle thing on some machines. I'm not sure why. I've installed it on 3 laptops. Each time was very fast and smooth. Literally 5 minutes each time, maybe less. Getting the Virtual Box to see the USB cable can be intermittent, but for me that's just been a matter of plugging it in and unplugging over and over, slowly, until it gives you that double *bing* sound.

 

[AtinLango]

In most cases, yes. All you need is the cable and the pre-packaged software in that thread. Should work on any windows laptop with any recent version of windows.



Techstream is a fickle thing on some machines. I'm not sure why. I've installed it on 3 laptops. Each time was very fast and smooth. Literally 5 minutes each time, maybe less. Getting the Virtual Box to see the USB cable can be intermittent, but for me that's just been a matter of plugging it in and unplugging over and over, slowly, until it gives you that double *bing* sound.

I cant wait to try out my own Techstream.

Question: can Techstream also work on non-Toyota cars?

 

[BullElk]

In most cases, yes. All you need is the cable and the pre-packaged software in that thread. Should work on any windows laptop with any recent version of windows.



Techstream is a fickle thing on some machines. I'm not sure why. I've installed it on 3 laptops. Each time was very fast and smooth. Literally 5 minutes each time, maybe less. Getting the Virtual Box to see the USB cable can be intermittent, but for me that's just been a matter of plugging it in and unplugging over and over, slowly, until it gives you that double *bing* sound.

As mentioned before, I couldn’t ever get passed the requirement for some dealer password info.

 

[uHu]

So are you saying that the only thing I need to purchase is the Mini-VCI cable?

And after the purchase, I just download Techstream and use on my Windows laptop?

I've gone the way of using an outdated laptop with windows XP, or 7, and an old version of TechStream. There is no need for a 2020 version of TEchStream (or laptop) for a 200x version cruiser. Also, it's good to have a "worthless" laptop that can float around in the garage, not used for anything else. Old laptops can be found for free.
But yes, TechStream installs easily on win xp, 7 and 10, at least. It came for free with the miniVCI cables I've ordered.

 

[suprarx7nut]

As mentioned before, I couldn’t ever get passed the requirement for some dealer password info.

Was that with the exact software from the links in post #1 of the Techstream in 5 minutes thread?

 

[BullElk]

Was that with the exact software from the links in post #1 of the Techstream in 5 minutes thread?

I really don’t know. I was looking for the disc recently and can’t find it.

 

[suprarx7nut]

I really don’t know. I was looking for the disc recently and can’t find it.

Disc? No, no. Lol.

There are a series of links in the very first post of that thread that have prepackaged and 100% ready to use downloads. All the dealer codes are already loaded and the expiration date is set way in advance.

You can throw away whatever disc you've got.

 

[BullElk]

Disc? No, no. Lol.

There are a series of links in the very first post of that thread that have prepackaged and 100% ready to use downloads. All the dealer codes are already loaded and the expiration date is set way in advance.

You can throw away whatever disc you've got.

Well jiminy crickets.

 

[Wilsil]

It took you long enough