Looking for a HEX-COM

[Stephen Kormilo]

At 07:07 AM 27/03/04 -0500, quattro-request at audifans.com wrote:

>Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:02:48 -0500
>From: "Stephen Santoliquido" <santoli9 at cox.net>
>Subject: RE: Looking for a HEX-COM
>To: "'David Kavanagh'" <dak at rochester.rr.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
>Message-ID: <000a01c4139f$9b587550$6401a8c0 at LAPTOP1>
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>Sorry. Not done with mine. But if I were buying one today, I'd go with their
>new USB model. Laptops just don't come with serial ports anymore. And the
>PCMCIA-serial adapter is a minor inconvenience.
>Steve

Agreed that I would now go with a USB model interface, but I think that I 
would wait until the latest USB interface with CAN bus capabilities is 
available.  I understand the CAN bus is becoming the 'standard' in new 
Audis because the large number of controllers in the new cars is 'taxing' 
the 'old' bus.  This should be in the next month or two according to a 
recent post on the VAG-COM list.

The USB interfaces also promise faster data-logging capabilities for 
troubleshooting (tuning?) while the car is running.


Stephen Kormilo
Winnipeg, MB
CANADA

Silver 2002 Audi A4 3.0QM
Now departed:   Silver '98.5 Audi A4 2.8QM
                            Black '85 Mazda Rx7 GSL-SE

email: skormilo at rrc.mb.ca
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