Diagnostic Software for VW-Audi Group Cars 881 Sumneytown Pike, Lansdale PA 19446, USA

VCDS Release VCDS-Lite

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Important Notes: Beta versions contain new features and functions that have not yet been as fully tested as have Release versions. If you use a Beta, you may find bugs or problems and you are expected to report them to Ross-Tech so that we can fix them before making a new Release.

Beta 24.8.0 included the following improvements:

• All new ROD data build
... DS358.0

• Automatically tries a new "Restricted" mode
  
... on 2024+ cars with Gateways that implement a diagnostic filter per UNECE ("SFD2"), this allows Auto-Scans, Measuring Value and Adaptation Maps, and perhaps some other functions as well without disabling the Diagnostic Filter in the Gateway first.

You can see when VCDS is using "Restricted" mode when the Protocol displayed in the upper left of the Open Controller screen shows "UDS-R" instead of just "UDS".




A "-R" will also be appended to the VCID field in an Auto-Scan, for example:
VCID: 005E5AFB2A8772DA637-8054-R

We've tested this on a few cars that need it, however we can't guarantee it will work on all of them, and we eagerly await feedback from customers.
• A number of other behind-the-scenes improvements

Beta 24.9.0 included the following improvements:

• All new ROD data build
... DS359.0

• Better detection and switchover to X-PA chassis
...Primarily MK8.5 type cars
• Improved handling of very large Adaptation packets
• Display Workshop ID for coding and Adaptation in AdvID
• Correctly use the Workshop ID for Adaptation in UDS Adaptation
• Included additional Immobilizer data in Advanced ID
• Improved enabling/disabling of DoIP protocol
• Display of VIN in title bar of certain screens and add it to some logs

Beta 24.9.1 included the following improvements:

• Additional improvements for X-PA chassis detection
...Primarily MK8.5 type cars
• Added detection (not yet decoding) of 32 more OBD2 Mode 9 types

Beta 24.11.0 includes the following improvements:

• Adds security access logging with success/fail result
• Only override incorrect data from gateway if a PA variation of the current chassis exists
• Added detection (not yet decoding) of 32 more OBD2 Mode 9 types
• New ROD dataset DS361

Release Notes:

• Beta 24.11 works only with Ross-Tech's current HEX-NET and HEX-V2 interfaces.
It will not work with any of our older, legacy interfaces.
Support for legacy interfaces will be included again in the next Release version.
• HEX-NET and HEX-V2 interfaces must be set to the Beta channel using VCIConfig.
CB v0.4656 or higher is required to use this version of VCDS.
Beta channel for your interface can be selected on the Advanced tab in VCIConfig.
Updating your interface should not affect compatibility with previous versions of VCDS.
• Default installation location is C:\Ross-Tech\VCDS-Beta\
If allowed to install to its default location, it will not overwrite or interfere with the use of the current Release version.
• Works on Windows 7 and newer, including Windows 11.
32-bit or 64-bit and ARM-64 versions of Windows are fully supported.
It might still work on XP as well, but we no longer consider any version of Windows older than 7 to be "supported."
• The Copyright Notice, Disclaimer, and Instructions posted on our main download page apply to this version as well.

Download:

Beta 24.11.0 Data Version 20241120 / DS361.1

Digitally signed self-installing .EXE file ~73 MB