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Originally Posted by Irace86.2.0
My PC is a Mac. Does that matter for the software? Sometimes PC means Windows to people instead of personal computer.
So the $25 cable is $350? The $10 usb stick, sorry dongle, is another $350 too or is it included? I ask because people seem to be selling used cables and dongles or just cables, and I am trying to figure out what all is needed. Then a software license key is bought for another $350? Then a tune from a shop or Delicious is another $350? Someone can't sell their license, right? Unless they haven't used it to flash anything, or never? And someone could or couldn't sell their flashed ECU?
Reading the OP gave me a headache, as a series of unconnected facts seem to be assembled in a convoluted way. I'm guessing it is my sleep deprivation than his typing. I will attempt to reread the OP tomorrow.
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Cable kit includes your dongle and your cable. The “dongle” is a DESkey which is a form of software security key, similar to the old software key codes system but much more sophisticated. Prevents coping of the software.
The license file is a string of code that gets embedded into your cars ecu. Can’t be taken out of ecu and sold. It starts off stores to your software and your specific dongle identified software. You can sell it before flashing to your vehicle but only as a kit with the dongle and license, cannot remove and sell only license.
Ingredients to tune a car that’s never been touched by ecutek before are:
Cable kit (dongle and obd ii cable)
Ecutek license
Tune file (from your chosen tuner)
PC in this case is indeed referring to a Windows device (although it does indeed stand for personal computer). Not Mac or Linux compatible.
Can sell a flashed ecu and will work fine in your car if you sync it properly.
Second hand cables are worth Jack shit, the “dongle” allows use Of the ecutek proecu software.