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Title: Trouble enabling DTE feature
Post by: hyperjase on November 16, 2013, 04:43:52 PM
Hi all,

Trying to get this enabled and have bought the VAG cable I need from eBay, installed the drivers successfully (actually got some problems I've found - I'll post separately).  I've had to dig a bit because the VAG Tacho software link doesn't work in the PDF but have got v2.2 elsewhere.

When I connect the cable up to the laptop and then the port in the car, all I get is a message at the top of the Vag Tacho window saying "USB to K-Line interface not found" - and the button I need to click is greyed out and I can't get the custer eeprom.

Has anyone else found this and if so how the heck do I make it work?

Cheers,

Jason
Title: Re: Trouble enabling DTE feature
Post by: Mirez on November 16, 2013, 08:56:13 PM
Sounds like the driver for the cable is missing, does it show up in windows device manager?
Title: Re: Trouble enabling DTE feature
Post by: SilverBeast on November 16, 2013, 09:26:10 PM
Apologies if you are already aware.

Did you get a VAG-TACHO cable or a VAG-COM/VCDS-LITE cable?

Are you aware that they are different and VAG-TACHO doesn't work with the VAG-COM/VCDS-LITE cable?
Title: Re: Trouble enabling DTE feature
Post by: plumbc007 on November 17, 2013, 05:42:53 PM
yes try a different version I had the same ship as that and changed the software, some cables work some don't ... try USB vagtacho version 2.50, that worked for me , there's vagtacho, and USB vagtacho
Title: Re: Trouble enabling DTE feature
Post by: hyperjase on November 19, 2013, 07:49:58 PM
I managed to find the USB VAG Tacho v2.2 - wasn't the easiest to find but hopefully I got the right version.  The cable does work with the VCDS Lite software but just refuses to be acknowledged in VAG Tacho.  Can anyone point me in the direction of a better version to check?  Maybe I have a cable which isn't supported.
Title: Re: Trouble enabling DTE feature
Post by: SilverBeast on November 19, 2013, 09:06:34 PM
See my earlier post.  You need a different cable for VAG-TACHO to the one used fro VCDS-LITE.

One of these ---> http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=vag-tacho&_sop=15 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=vag-tacho&_sop=15)
Title: Re: Trouble enabling DTE feature
Post by: hyperjase on November 20, 2013, 07:04:13 PM
Ah, no wonder I couldn't do it then :-)

Will get one ordered and try again ... keen to get DTE working.

Thanks for your help.
Title: Re: Trouble enabling DTE feature
Post by: SilverBeast on November 20, 2013, 09:31:58 PM
No problem.

It's not too difficult if you take it slowly and follow Mirez's instructions carefully.  Just remember to keep a copy of the original dash download just in case something isn't right when you reprogram.