Thanks for the heads up. I have a mac - and it looks very difficult to get a mac to sync properly with TIS - Sheesh; Hoping it's not going to be that difficult, as I'm not a whiz with this computer.
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On my '12 460 the biggest difference I found between a 1.4 and 2.x with K-Line support is that I could get live data with the 2.x cable. Live data on 1.4 cable didn't work on my attempts...TS would error out.
gregnash
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Mac's have caused some issues but the easiest way around that is to create a virtual box install to run a virtual environment and then install the linked virtual environment on that. This will give you a virtual windows box with the TIS software already installed on it (talking of the one linked in the first page).
So it seems like obdinnovations has several options, would this one work with techstream?
ELM327 USB OBD2 Diagnostic Scanner with Prolific PL2303 Chip V1.5
ELM327 USB OBD2 Diagnostic Scanner with Prolific PL2303 Chip V1.5
www.obdinnovations.com
Were you able to the TPMS(Utility) function to work? I tried 3 different versions of techstream but the TPMS(Utility) option was either grayed out or was not there
The 12.x version of TS has allowed me to program sensors on my '12 460.
@Joricano Where you installing and running the new version on the VM that is running windows 95 or just installing and running it directly on windows 10-64bit? I am stuck with the older version 12.x. and was wondering if updating would make a difference. Probably not.
BTW I am able to access everything with TS 12.x. but u know shiny new 15.x compels me to give it a look..lol
gregnash
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No...So it seems like obdinnovations has several options, would this one work with techstream?
ELM327 USB OBD2 Diagnostic Scanner with Prolific PL2303 Chip V1.5
ELM327 USB OBD2 Diagnostic Scanner with Prolific PL2303 Chip V1.5
You need to look for the Toyota/Lexus/Scion specific ones.
THIS is the page you want.
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So it seems like obdinnovations has several options, would this one work with techstream?
ELM327 USB OBD2 Diagnostic Scanner with Prolific PL2303 Chip V1.5
ELM327 USB OBD2 Diagnostic Scanner with Prolific PL2303 Chip V1.5
See my post below regarding OBDInnovations. Several others haven't gotten any response either.
I ran it on two laptops. One was Windows XP the other was Windows 7. Both 32 bit. But the problem was that the TPMS option was not there
I'll try that version when i get back from this work trip
So here’s my question, I got tech stream to load on my computer, using VB, it’s the one from the OP. Now if I order a cable with software, will just the cable work? Because the lap top I have doesn’t have a CD disc in it. I have version 12.2 loaded from the OP it looks. Thanks!
gregnash
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Yup... Cable is not tied to software other than it is a TOYOTA specific cable (so will only read Toyota/Lexus).
This is great news. Ordered a cable and should be here tomorrow. Pretty excited to try this out. Thanks for the info!
i couldn't get it to work. I got Techstream loaded in Virtual Machine but it did not recognize the cable i bought from Amazon. My first try was a work laptop so there was loads of security stuff in it and it wouldn't let me load the Xhorse driver.
I ended up using an old laptop which i got everything working(communicating with vehicle) but the TPMS Utility function was grayed out or removed. But i think that was a version issue.
I just wanted to let you know from my experience. Reason being is i thought once techstream was loaded and working in Virtual Machine it was gravy from there. But that was not the case for me. I also ended up using an old desktop to extract the Cable driver from the CD. Now i have the driver in a USB drive.
gregnash
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Yeah not always the case. Sometimes it takes a bit of fenagling to get things working.
I had to mess with mine a bit to get the Xhorse drivers to recognize the cable but I think that was more due to installing on a Win10 64-bit machine.
gregnash
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I have seen a few... if you check a few pages back from here there was one guy within the last couple months that had success.
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The TPMS function apparently only consistently works with the cables that have firmware higher than 1.4.x IIRC
For those NOT having success, I’ve found that I have to get tech stream fully up and running to main Home Screen prior to plugging the cable usb into into the laptop. Anytime I did not do it exactly this way it did not work. I’m using version 12 with win Xp 32 bit. And plug the cable usb into the exact same port every time.
