Mini Vci J2534 Cable Standard Obd2 Communication Interface for TIS Techstream V17 V18 Toyota Lexus Scion OBD2 Scanner Diagnostic USB Vehicle Scan Tool

Works perfectly. Watch the video. He includes a sheet where you can email him for the drivers if the cd doesn't work. I had an old portable dvd player i was able to rip the contents from. Driver installation is slightly convoluted, but thats because this cable shouldnt even be working with windows 11, but it does, thank God.Installed drivers and it fired right up and detected my 2005 Camry. WATCH THE VIDEOI cant speak to the quality of the quality of the other software included, I am using a version specifically for the laptop I have.

Seller is great, I ran into some issues and he was willing to help but I ended up just figuring it out on my own. Read the other reviews they are very helpful.

The only way to install the aoftware is to disable antivirus. The worm installs a backdoor that makes your system a bot for internet hackers to use.If you have a system you can dedicate, or sandbox setup, you could use this.All versions of the 64-bit techstream drivers for this type of dongle available online have this backdoor code. There are other, expensive brands that use different drivers.Also, this device is not safe for ECU formware updates because it is known to drop offline periodically.

This cable does indeed work with Toyota Techstream v18 and I have used it on a 2020 Lexus NX 300. However, the setup is a bit tricky but thanks to the other reviews on here, I found a way to make this reliably work.First, you can search online for an OVA image file that someone has out there for Toyota Techstream v12 running on Windows XP. You will use this as the base image for your virtual machine. The reason for this is that you'll want to use a 32-bit operating system only!I could never get the MVCI drivers to work on a 64-bit operating system (such as Windows 10) so I gave up and decided to use something older like Windows XP where it can be 32-bit.Once you deploy the Windows XP OVA file into a virtual machine, you will then want to uninstall the existing Techstream v12 and then install Techstream v18 - which can also be found if you search online.The base OVA image file also has MVCI Firmware installed, with drivers, which will already work with this cable on Techstream v18. Because of this, you do not need to mess around with other MVCI drivers online, or the one they include on the CD with this cable.Before launching Techstream, make sure you have the cable plugged in and that your virtual machine recognizes it. Check the virtual machine device manager to verify as well. The 'MVCI Fireware Update Tool' from the OVA file also has a tester to recognize the cable and the driver used.Once this is all done, you'll be able to reliably use this cable with the Windows XP virtual machine for years to come, even with some of the newest Toyota & Lexus models! Just make sure to disable your virtual network adapter to keep the virtual machine exposed to accessing the internet once all set.Hope this helps!

The CTobd Mini Vci J2534 Cable has been a game-changer for me! As someone who enjoys working on cars, this compact tool makes diagnostics so much easier. It functions as described. The build quality is amazing. Great value for your money. I had an issue with my Toyota 4Runner with the collision avoidance system and I was able to recalibrate with this tool.

Let me start with this. I’ve been doing IT work for 25 years so I know my way around computers. Even with that, this was somewhat of a challenge to make work. I can see why it says “frequently returned item”. It does work though. There is a short video on setting this up on the included CD and could be much better if it was in English and not in Chinese. Things to do before installing the software and you can Google how to do each step depending on your OS. I will write this for Windows. Turn OFF Windows defender and any other antivirus software you have running. Turn off Windows firewall. This allows communication between port and laptop. Optional thing would be to get a USB extension cable. The cable they send is short and you will need extra to close door with cable plugged in. After installing software they send on a mini-CD and choosing the driver to use from the drop down menu, make sure key in the car is set to ON. This will let the software import the model number and engine type. The car does not need to be running in order to use the software but can be. If you have done everything correctly you should be able to make changes to your cars internal settings. Pro tip: there is a short explanation of what setting you are changing in the lower left hand box on the settings screen. I’ve only started fiddling with this but for $38 it only takes one setting to change to pay for itself. It would be much nicer and easier if Toyota/Lexus would sell a home version of this software without having to do all this monkey business. I guess if they did that, then people would not have to go to the dealer to change settings and buy a new car. Last words of advice. Take your time. Read as much as you can about how to do this and why. I can’t wait to get in deep and changing settings. Good luck if you end up buying this cable.

In the CD, there is an installation video. You need to have basic information about computers and you can install Techstream 18. BUT, if you get an error message says "Unable to connect VIM", when you click "Techstream Partch 64bit", its because driver isnt installed correctly even though you try to install driver using "Autokent MVCI multidriver". Here is how to fix:Go to device manager - find Mvci (Probably it will have warning icon). It will be there when you plug the cable in. - Right click, update driver. Browse my computer for drivers, and choose the "C/program files x86/ Autokent mvci multidriver x64 / 1.4.8"When you do this, that means you install driver manually, and it worked for me.

I was able to turn off my Solterra backup sound without paying the dealership