turbonos7

Where are you located? Maybe one of us is close to you and can help you.

Harrison Gough

Im near Southampton in the UK,

Ive just had a chat with Peter on the phone and ive got my plan sorted.

I will Order the Multiplexer he suggested, then im going to play around with star SDS for a while the normal verison, then i will end up buying Peters version which is luxury.

at the moment im not in a financial way to buy Peters gear just yet, but i hope too soon.

He has already paid for the fee in customer service! Thank you Peter, You are really a true hero for us DIY Mechanics getting into SDS!!!!

and thanks turbonos7 for your offer of help thats also appreciated.

im very happy that there are so many people around who want to help each other with problems with their car for the passion they have. Its truly amazing. Everyone says people are more concentrated on money and greed for themselves, but just tell them to visit a car forum and see the amount of experience and help the experienced are giving the newbies! Truly Amazing.


Thanks to you all for your assiatance in helping myself a 19 year old student try and maintain his 2003 E320 Cdi

turbonos7

Awesome!!! I'm glad we got you pointed in the right direction my friend!!! Keep us posted on your progress with your project! Also, don't lose patience. These cars can be tricky but, every hurdle you overcome, makes you smarter and wiser!

N_Jay

A few questions;
Will a Dell E6400 or E6410 do the job?
What is the best source for the interface? Are there some to stay away from?

And last, Anyone near Charlotte NC have one and a little time??

pmercury

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just pm me

chassis

Folks, what is the latest suite of service and diagnostic tools with Mercedes?

For 2020 and beyond models, such as V167 (GLE) and W223 (S-Class), do these new platforms use DAS/Xentry and WIS/EPC/ASRA?

I thought I read somewhere that EPC is being phased out. Is this correct?

pmercury

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Hi Chassis !

I build epc wis asra completely offline
but yes
its officially online only and you'll have to pay
and yes its still Xentry with a updated DAS

i'm here

pmercury

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you'll go nowhere with that, your cars has mixed ecus, some are k-line some not
if you can't afford a good system, better go for a Foxwell NT510
you will have basic features, but that corresponds to the money you spend

pmercury

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here you go
be aware it is very limited but you want just all ecus and basics
this is what you get for 100$
don't dream, but it might fit what you need
https://mbworld.org/forums/sl-class-...-review-2.html

pmercury

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L'Nt510 sembra essere migliore come dispositivo a basso costo

EA1DDO

Quick question for most experience members.
I own a 2013 W639 and I am thinking to install Xentry Passthru and get one of those J2534 interfaces.

Can I activate features like reverse camera, Command APS NTG 2.5 stuff, etc with above system?

Thanks, Martin

Harrison Gough

in main terms.... no. I’ve done exactly that at the start using the basic “pass thru” devices. And while you can use star. You can only tend to access half or less of the control units. As they use different command lines than the j2534 supports (why Mercedes have their own multiplexer)

I bought the proper multiplexer from alibaba and haven’t looked back. Enables you to access all control modules and supports everything star needs.

id say the answer to your question is possibly, but most likely no.

BenzNinja

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I do all that and more
email me on my site
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Ninety

Hi there ,
Signed up to the forum so I could get in touch with you. Im interested in getting something setup to diagnose w163 model..

BenzNinja

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he is not doing that, I am and I wouldn't post your phone number like that in forums for your own security, use PM

Ninety

Couldn't PM yet.

BenzNinja

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click my banner and use contact

nauticalx

Does anyone have a xentry code reader in the atlanta area and would be willing to let me bring my car by to see if there are any codes? thanks

Voyboost

Saw your post, regarding xentry software using tractrix open port 2.0, I am interesting in getting this setup need your help on what to get to get starting asap because i am working sprinter van diesel, looking forward hearing back from u

notthew211

Hello MBENZTECH,
Can the passthrough talk to SBC and ESP, complete Deactivate, Brake Bleed and Reactivate? Also code the new SBC unit once installed? And lastly, reset those pesky SBC Counters.
Very interested in this and would LOVE your help!
Kind Regards,
notthenew211

notthew211

I've submitted two contact requests to no avail...

Harrison Gough

no..... in order to talk to the SBC and ESP units, you require the star multiplexer as it has the correct communication protocols that J2534 doesn’t have.

you need a C4 ideally with the star system not pass thru to achieve this!

BenzNinja

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please send me a PM here with your email
must be a spam bug

Mbud

Hello guys,

So I'm sharing with you my experience for those who wanna perform offline coding/programming using Xentry DAS and Tactrix OpenPort 2.0. Actually, I bought a cheap Tactrix OpenPort module from China around $30 bucks and the issue is that the data rate exchange is not entirely compatible with DAS. It is working fine apparently using Xentry but not using DAS and as you know DAS is for MB cars mostly old (mainly between 2005-2006 I would say).
As a matter of fact, I bricked my instrument cluster (w169 car from 2004) while attempting to update the software module using offline coding (option: control unit adaptation). However, it may be possible to still use Tactrix (chinese clone) to perform updates but you would need to entirely remove the instrument cluster and perform some manual wiring setup.
Here is the video explaining the steps for those who want to experiment (subtitles in English):
So, I've ended buying another module to program my module which, hopefully, will not stop during upload of the update processing. Hope I can fix my dashboard for now I'm driving without any indications (totally black instrument cluster even the km/h are not moving)...
Cheers all

Mbud

Hello guys,

Some updates just to let you know that I finally fixed my car! If you search on google 'W169 bricked' on another forum you can see my journey into this somehow horrible and scary situation... driving without instrument cluster for a while mate it was crazy. Just to let you know, MB dealers were asking crazy amount of money (350EUR just to perform diagnosis then 170EUR/hour for labours for unknow time of labour and on top of that I would had to pay for the hardware even if it's a very old car = around 800EUR somewhere there). As you can imagine, that would have been crazy and MB dealers usually don't like to troubleshoot the issue 'out of the box' I'm pretty sure since they couldn't reflash the cluster they would have just ditched it.

So the issue was not entirely due to that Chinese Tactrix module, I skip the details but I reflashed my cluster on the bench using... that Tactrix device as per my previous post helped with some nice hints from MBCoding (MBCoding if you read this post, you are THE MAN!! Thanks buddy).