Originally Posted by
HydroJim
Ironically, I'm in Tucson, Arizona for the next 2 months but unfortunately I don't have my cable with me. Plus, it's still a bit of a drive from LA.
So I will be the first to admit that getting everything to work took me about 10 frustrating hours in total. First, you're dealing with some ****ty VCI cable from China with sketchy software. Then you're dealing with ETACS decoder made by a guy in Russia so all of the english instructions are poorly translated. I'm not even sure I could recreate a functioning setup on another computer. I've got everything running stable and I don't dare to move any of the files around on my computer. Even then, ETACS decoder crashes sometimes and sometimes my cable needs plugged in and unplugged a few times.
So here is a summary. I can't really make a step by step guide since it'll be different for everyone's setup.
1) Buy yourself a ~$20 mini-VCI cable off ebay. I bought the cheapest one I could get. Came with some sketchy 32-bit drivers. I'm running 64-bit Windows 7.
2) There are some online tutorials for getting the 32-bit drivers to work with 64-bit windows. Your first step is to get your PC to recognize fully the mini-VCI cable. Check in device manager to make sure it's recognized properly
3) Once you get the cable reliably working with your PC, it should be smooth sailing from there. Get ETACS decoder up and running and remember you get free server requests so no need to pay for anything!
4) To enable cruise control, you need to be in the engine tab and make sure you program using the programming option that doesn't say "flow control". I forget what it is called exactly but it's the one recommended for use with VCI. At this time, only modify the engine tab.
5) To modify everything else, switch over to "flow control" and then you can do check engine codes and ETACS programming. This is the part that took me the longest to figure out. You can then turn off TPMS, enable fog lights, ambient temp, instant MPG, and some other stuff.
I hope that helps... Let me know if you have more questions.