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Originally Posted by MX20
When you find that forum please PM me the link 
And about that sniffer:
1. Are you ready to risk them finding it?
2. Since you do not know _what_ they did you'll end up with a lot of data but nothing to compare/crossreference against.
IMHO you'd need to active sniff in order to gain any useful knowledge. i.e. access to the true tester, someone who really knows how to operate it and the car itself, time and guts (or someone else's car  ).
P.S. Sorry for OT. |
yes that is why you have buddies who have access to the machine. you sniff the obd-port with basically an o-scope.
then you have him do sequences like login
change codes
update firmware
etc.
This is how VAG-COM cloned the VAG-1552. Probably at some podunk dealer who had a smart kid that would take few grand to go through the machine.
If dinan can obd-2 flash i bet they know how to do the rest.
And thanks to the world of warez vag-com has been keygen'd for so long its not funny. $8 lol.
Then again GM cable owners can just go in and edit their maps and delete codes (emissions) and other things using their $400 cable.
it's supply and demand. in the VW world people are colluding (sp?) to keep this technology from the owners. In the GM world fierce competition has forced this to the public at cheap rates.
In the BMW world dinan and others monopolize and do not offer such tools.
I am a techy geeky girl. Computer Engineer. This stuff is easy. protocols are meant to be cracked. I will pm you when i find the real enthusiasts. They are probably in south america (english) or germany.