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Originally Posted by Shit Luck
not true... the software isnt married to the cable its married to the ecu on our cars.
also they appear to be the exact same cable in construction.
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Not true? You're the one asking the question. If it's not true than you already have your answer.
Fact remains, ECUtek needs their cable. I have 3 OBD2 connectors, one from ECUtek, a VCI from some Chinese techstream knockoff, and one is a standard ELM that I use with torque. Only the ECUtek works with ECUtek software. Only the VCI works with techstream, and torque doesn't see ECUtek or VCI.
In summary, ECUtek software requires their cable and their dongle. It requires a license married to your ECU to flash. It won't work with anything else.
It's basically a multilayered protection scheme to make it harder for someone to leverage their work and provide their own ECU tuning options.
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