VCDS Wiki - Help needed :) - Advice wanted!

[KyleB]

Not been back out with the vcds but I'll have a go tomorrow mate.

All fairly straight forward. One thing I did notice hough that when I was increasing my DRL brightness mine was already at 51 compared to the 26 the wiki said it'd be at by default.

[jivemonkey]

Not been back out with the vcds but I'll have a go tomorrow mate.

All fairly straight forward. One thing I did notice hough that when I was increasing my DRL brightness mine was already at 51 compared to the 26 the wiki said it'd be at by default.

Ah interesting, was that for increasing the DRL brightness for sidelights/ low beam etc? Surprised VW set these different...wondering if your car's special? 

[KyleB]

Not been back out with the vcds but I'll have a go tomorrow mate.

All fairly straight forward. One thing I did notice hough that when I was increasing my DRL brightness mine was already at 51 compared to the 26 the wiki said it'd be at by default.

Ah interesting, was that for increasing the DRL brightness for sidelights/ low beam etc? Surprised VW set these different...wondering if your car's special? 

Yeah, now I'm wondering if I've changed the wrong option haha.

[noobmonkey]

The Site has had a bit of an overhaul! - http://vcds.greg-roberts.com/

Bit tidier and quite a few more functions etc.  Still a big todo list, and JiveMonkey is being awesome as per usual
We are up to 13 members, and have opened up to any car in the MQB platform range.

The site search now searches the entries. (Still working on a decent image upload
and the quality of some of the posts (21!) needs a bit of looking at! - but meh, i'm still tinkering

No response from ross tech , not surprising though!

[noobmonkey]

edit - lol got a response from them ...

Thanks for the links but based on the information available in your e-mail, I cannot find you in our customer records. What is the Serial Number on the About screen in VCDS (VAG-COM Diagnostic System) on your PC? What does ALL of the writing say on the part that plugs into the car?

If you purchased your system from one of our authorized distributors, please register for tech support here (it's free):

http://www.ross-tech.com/vca/hex-com-reg.php

If you obtained VCDS in some other way, please give us details so that we can determine what's necessary to get you registered.

Regards,
Andy

Meh - think he missed the point.... oh well (And anyway, borrowed cable)

[noobmonkey]

Hi Peeps,

Big updates since you all last visited:

• Live chat available on site (for registered people),
• vcds entries are a bit tidier (still not perfect!)
• MQB platform cars all included.
• forums and help....
• SSL / HTTPS:// now available

Oh and Jivemonkey, the legend he is

Still to come:

• A map allowing you to register your services, a cable, support, etc...

so either http://vcds.greg-roberts.com or https://vcds.greg-roberts.com

[matt2]

Sweet. Fantastic effort :-)

[karlak]

Brilliant,  excellent work

[JB GTI]

Good work 
There are a few I wouldn't mind doing when I get mine

[virginVWman]

Hi guys,

 Very keen to activate the reartail lights with DRLs on, but excuse my stupidness here...but how the hell do you access VCDS. I presume you need to hook a laptop up to your computer and have some software? Cheers