Originally Posted by trosty

I am currently running a Win 7 64 bit Virtual PC that , has been running win xp SP3 32bit in a virtual mode.

I have installed SDD vers 125 (the last version used for X350) and it seems to work perfectly. Now that's great.

My intention now is to see if I can copy, zip and transfer the .VHD (which is the whole virtual OS HDD to another pc running virtual pc and install it and see it works. If it does I will upload the file , allowing everyone else to download it for their easy installation and use. There is still a lot to look into like, final file size (zipped) etc.

Watch this space.

Originally Posted by trosty

I was going to do a comprehensive write up with pictures for the Mongoose JLR (clone) and my X350, but have identified a couple of issues that I have with my Win 7 32bit OS and the SDD version 1.42.06

They are as follows: (mongoose is connected and disconnected in some pictures, but all tasks were tried with the mongoose connected and the vehicle running to provide stable power).

Screen 1.
After connecting the mongoose and starting SDD I can automatically collect my VIN (only with the veh running though and it is still unauthenticated), run through the dealer screens, The no internet screen, the internal modules selection screen, limited functions screen (no internet to TOPIX) and then go to settings screen to select my unit variables (MPH,PSI etc) and then in this instance I select the service functions to collect all my current vehicle data and am left with this screen.

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It took a while but I now have all the module abbreviations down and can identify what they are so all well and good (so far).

Screen 2 & 3.
I check some system settings for the PC and get this. I see nothing wrong with this screen and my unit settings screen:

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Screen 4.
After going through a few separate screen selections using the tabs along the top of each session module, a lot of my screens say words similar to this.

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Screen 5 & 6.
So finally I get to see some DTCs.

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I notice that there are rather a lot of them :-( . One I see is for a suspension issue I just repaired so i decided I would run a DTC reset and managed to figure it out by selecting the next tab and there are two options to "RUN"

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I run the DTC reset and that works.

Wow, this SDD is cool stuff, let me see what other things I can calibrate, change or adjust via the software.

Well after many frustrating hours of clicking, selecting, tabs, restarting the laptop, the car and all manner of things. It would appear the only things I can do with this is:

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Read the service checklist (which actually doesn't work because at every step I get this message).

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I have clicked on the diagnostics and drilled down through the selections to provide and answer on how to fix the relevant DTC issue but when I get to the end of the selections and select continue (which I presumes would give me an answer) it just returned to the original list of DTCs at the beginning. Where's the extras tab?

Miffed is a polite way of saying how I feel about all this.

So to say this whole venture is and has been a waste of time and money on my behalf is quite the understatement.

So for the $42 for the clone Mongoose JLR and the cheap laptop (32bit CPU) and hours of installing 3 or 4 ( I can't remember exactly now how many versions of SDD), Installing an OS for a 32bit laptop without updates.
I get to read my DTCs that my previous old OBD2 reader could read anyway.

What am I doing wrong to not get any of the calibration screens or run screens that I see others getting, like this:

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