Ross Tech VCDS / VAGCOM for my Audi A4 B7

[cindacone]

Hi
I was looking at purchasing a VCDS / VAGCOM cable from Ross tech and wondered what it would do for a 2006 B7 Audi A4 Avant 2.0TDi? Is it compatible? does anybody know of somebody on the forums with one near Manchester so I could try before I buy? Thanks

[Doovde]

You'll be needing the HEX-CAN-USB cable or HEX-CAN-COM if your laptop is really ancient and doesnt have USB ports.

Full list of functionality for your car is here -> http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/cars/applications...

[cindacone]

thanks for the advice. are the internet versions any use?

[Marshy]

Do you mean the third-party VAG-COM cables? If so, I have one, but you may end up in driver hell, and I think there are limits as to what it can do on later cars, and the speed/frequency with which it can fetch data from the car.

It'll possibly - if it's one based on a USB-to-Serial converter - limit the version of VAG-COM that you can use.

[Doovde]

If you mean the standard OBD2 cables available for a few quid on eBay etc, they are troublesome and also they 'limit' you to the earlier 4.x shareware versions of Vag-com, not the recent versions.

I'm not even sure if the cheap OBD2 cables or even the shareware version of VAG-COM supports CAN protocols which you will need.

[cindacone]

thanks all