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From: Ibadan, Nigeria
2009 GL450
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It is a difficult field to navigate. Every tool developer is tasked with copying the interfaces present in manufacturer-specific tools. Some get part way there, others further.
The best read-only tool I am aware of is the MBII ($200). The developers went to the trouble to learn how to query things like the pressure sensor reading in Airmatic. This is a huge leap beyond the simple OBD2 query tools ($10), which you ought to have anyway.
The best bidirectional - that is, reads from and writes to the various modules - tool that I am aware of is the Autel MP808 ($800) and higher. The benefit of this versus Xentry/STAR/DAS ($900) is that it is useful for makes other than just MB. The cost is that it is nowhere near as sophisticated, and one can never be quite certain of its veracity. But everything I have worked with and tested on it tells me it is legit.
The MB factory tool is dodgy, as it is a Chinese clone of the MB system, but that is the best one can do short of the genuine MB system, which costs more than the house you take photographs of air springs in.
The best read-only tool I am aware of is the MBII ($200). The developers went to the trouble to learn how to query things like the pressure sensor reading in Airmatic. This is a huge leap beyond the simple OBD2 query tools ($10), which you ought to have anyway.
The best bidirectional - that is, reads from and writes to the various modules - tool that I am aware of is the Autel MP808 ($800) and higher. The benefit of this versus Xentry/STAR/DAS ($900) is that it is useful for makes other than just MB. The cost is that it is nowhere near as sophisticated, and one can never be quite certain of its veracity. But everything I have worked with and tested on it tells me it is legit.
The MB factory tool is dodgy, as it is a Chinese clone of the MB system, but that is the best one can do short of the genuine MB system, which costs more than the house you take photographs of air springs in.
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To be fair, the Autel MP808 is sold through Amazon. But I get your point; there are innumerable THIS DOES EEEEEEVERYTHING tools, call 'em Autel clones, which terrify me. There is no way of knowing where they fall short without exhaustive testing.
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From: Ibadan, Nigeria
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It is a difficult field to navigate. Every tool developer is tasked with copying the interfaces present in manufacturer-specific tools. Some get part way there, others further.
The best read-only tool I am aware of is the MBII ($200). The developers went to the trouble to learn how to query things like the pressure sensor reading in Airmatic. This is a huge leap beyond the simple OBD2 query tools ($10), which you ought to have anyway.
The best bidirectional - that is, reads from and writes to the various modules - tool that I am aware of is the Autel MP808 ($800) and higher. The benefit of this versus Xentry/STAR/DAS ($900) is that it is useful for makes other than just MB. The cost is that it is nowhere near as sophisticated, and one can never be quite certain of its veracity. But everything I have worked with and tested on it tells me it is legit.
The MB factory tool is dodgy, as it is a Chinese clone of the MB system, but that is the best one can do short of the genuine MB system, which costs more than the house you take photographs of air springs in.
The best read-only tool I am aware of is the MBII ($200). The developers went to the trouble to learn how to query things like the pressure sensor reading in Airmatic. This is a huge leap beyond the simple OBD2 query tools ($10), which you ought to have anyway.
The best bidirectional - that is, reads from and writes to the various modules - tool that I am aware of is the Autel MP808 ($800) and higher. The benefit of this versus Xentry/STAR/DAS ($900) is that it is useful for makes other than just MB. The cost is that it is nowhere near as sophisticated, and one can never be quite certain of its veracity. But everything I have worked with and tested on it tells me it is legit.
The MB factory tool is dodgy, as it is a Chinese clone of the MB system, but that is the best one can do short of the genuine MB system, which costs more than the house you take photographs of air springs in.
Regarding the value of my house, I’ll take that as a joke.
