VAS 5054A ODIS over VAS-PC V19

Here are some interesting opinions of more experienced users with VAS 5054A ODIS VAS-PC.


1) Need (or no) to install VAS UDS additional exe files ?
Answer : (For VAS-PC v19 and WinXP)
For old Adapter = VID_077E&PID_0220 = Not Need
Device Name = Softing Vehicle Interface \ VAS5054
DRV = C:/SIDIS/home/DBaseSys2/Driver/EDIC/win2000 (Default VAS-PC v19)
For new adapter ( v2.05 ) = VID_0403&PID_6001 = Need !!!
Device Name = VAS5054 BUS
DRV = REQUIRED = VAS5054A UDS Redist Drivers Package
After Install Drv Path = C:\Program Files\VCI\USB
2) Default D-PDU API = v1.10 (for Vas-Pc v19.01.01) ...
Need (or no) update it to v1.23 ?
Answer : (may be for ODIS only ...)
Good China adapter must work to API 1.35
Bad China adapter don't work after API 1.20 ... 1.23
Version reduced if the adapter can not communicate with the car ...
For change path = may be here ? : pdu_api_root.xml
3) Will both of these programs work on the same PC ?
Answer : Yes, if the condition is fulfilled ...
3a = Adapter VAS5054 have the same setting in both soft's
3b = ImporterID , DealerID have the same setting in both soft's
3c = If VAS-PC v19.01.01 = It should be no problem ...
3d = If VAS-PC NOT v19.01.01 = Install VAS-PC, ODIS, Re-Install VAS-PC (or recovery)
4) What should I do before starting the installation ?
Answer : for ODIS ; nothing special ... Clean new OS Win7 ...
Install Java j2sdk-1_4_2_15 or j2re-1_4_2_15 (reccomended by VAG)
Edit License (to match to PC)