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Originally Posted by AW128i
Do dealers hook the cars up to power supplies when they perform coding; e.g., in the case of a dealer-installed retrofit or similar? As for power supplies, can anyone direct me to an example of one? Finally, can the car be running when you do some of the coding?
Man, things are so much more simple with VWs and Audis and VAG-COM. Never ran into any low voltage trouble making tons of coding changes at one time. Not to mention, the VAG-COM interface is lightyears ahead of anything available for BMW (other than the factory tool). But I digress...
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Yes, they do. When coding an alarm, the software has to be updated to whatever their current version is while coding the alarm. They may be able to do just the alarm, though. Either way, it's 2-4 modules that have to be coded, update the VO and a few other things. I think mine took about an hour to do after I updated the other modules.
Software updates can last 6+ hours, especially if you have nav.
This is the one that I ordered. Can't comment on it till I actually receive it though:
http://www.amazon.com/Pyramid-PS36KX...6505526&sr=1-1
I got it refurbed on ebay for less with warranty.