Chaps, when I was awaiting my Ross Tech cable and thereafter, new to VAG-COM/VCDS, I did what many of you have done/are doing and perused the many excellent threads on this topic, collecting input from Aerodave, Loc and others into one place so I could reference it easily.
I've compiled this into the attached summary document - whilst it probably infringes all manner of copyright and hence may soon be pulled (
) I thought it might serve as a useful reference guide for A5/S5 owners seeking to make the most common change to their cars' operation through the excellent tool that is VCDS.
What I found was that whilst there was a wealth on information on this forum, it was a bit difficult anticipating how this would translate into actually modifying data through the VCDS interface before I'd actually seen it. Whilst those of you who have done so will know that it's not in fact terribly complex (and Ross Tech continue to do a great job of further removing the mysteries), I thought that a doc. such as this would make it very straightforward for anyone who doesn't know their Hexadecimal from their windscreen washers to quickly get up to speed.
It's a bit thrown-together and only deals with the basics, so don't get too excited. But if anyone thinks it is of any use, I could probably add to it and create some additional versions with a bit more detail?
As it's a bit of a hasty compilation, I'd appreciate any VAG-COM afficionados sanity-checking the doc - all suggestions for amendment/improvement cheerfully accepted!
(Click on image below to open doc - if this doesn't work, try right-clicking and selecting 'open in new window')
I've compiled this into the attached summary document - whilst it probably infringes all manner of copyright and hence may soon be pulled (
) I thought it might serve as a useful reference guide for A5/S5 owners seeking to make the most common change to their cars' operation through the excellent tool that is VCDS.What I found was that whilst there was a wealth on information on this forum, it was a bit difficult anticipating how this would translate into actually modifying data through the VCDS interface before I'd actually seen it. Whilst those of you who have done so will know that it's not in fact terribly complex (and Ross Tech continue to do a great job of further removing the mysteries), I thought that a doc. such as this would make it very straightforward for anyone who doesn't know their Hexadecimal from their windscreen washers to quickly get up to speed.
It's a bit thrown-together and only deals with the basics, so don't get too excited. But if anyone thinks it is of any use, I could probably add to it and create some additional versions with a bit more detail?
As it's a bit of a hasty compilation, I'd appreciate any VAG-COM afficionados sanity-checking the doc - all suggestions for amendment/improvement cheerfully accepted!
(Click on image below to open doc - if this doesn't work, try right-clicking and selecting 'open in new window')
