AE class is in session!
Post Fiend
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From: Blairsville, Pennsylvania
You can still log data and play it back, but you get the privilege of redefining your dataset every time you open it, LOL.
Laughing Gas
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From: Washington State
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I wonder if since you have the latest version, if it's possible to download a legacy version for free. I can tell you version 10 is the most stable version I'm aware of, but it does not work on Windows 8. I am unsure if legacy versions will work with the new OBDII adapter.
I wonder if since you have the latest version, if it's possible to download a legacy version for free. I can tell you version 10 is the most stable version I'm aware of, but it does not work on Windows 8. I am unsure if legacy versions will work with the new OBDII adapter.
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From: Puget Sound
I'm thinking more of a retrograde for others, if they don't use AE for very new vehicles. My version 10 was purchased in 2011, and my newest vehicle is 2007. It does everything I want it to very reliably, but I can't put it on my newest Win 8.1 computer. I had a notification long ago that I could update to version 11, but I saw people needing to adjust scale values to get the FIPW and speed correct... and I thought "Naaww."
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To add to the above, the version that came with my AE this month was v13.0.1, which is very buggy.
You can still log data and play it back, but you get the privilege of redefining your dataset every time you open it, LOL.
I guess I will need to see if I can make the new hardware work with old software.
I can get PM's now, but still don't seem to be able to add attachments.
Laughing Gas
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From: Washington State
Other than Session save, I haven't noticed all that many Bugs.....It never saved the Last vehicle, You had to save your setups before you closed the software down.I personally wouldn't want AE sending Audi Data into My PCM on startup.Might not be pretty. AE is Bi directional to the PCM A scanner is not....at least not the Cheap ones...
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It doesn't automatically make the connection to the previous vehicle, it just gives you the choice to select the previous vehicle, or a different one. I find that to be a real time saver when connecting and disconnecting multiple times during a troubleshooting session.
Laughing Gas
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From: Washington State
That's why it asks you to set up the new vehicle's profile, They all have different protocols,engine data, etc. Then you have no data collisions. And your only working on one vehicle at a time anyway. I agree with you, It would be convienient, if it stored the Vehicle Data for mutiple hookups. But most mechanics are leaving it hooked up and running thruout the Testing phase so they don't have to hook and unhook Multiple times. I'm just not sure you could call that a Bug.... Pulling Features, Graph Windows not working , Those are Bugs!
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The key should be off when connecting or disconnecting sensors, plug connections, etc. It does no good to leave AE running once the key is off. You will still have to go through the entire 'login' process to get reconnected. It would be so much easier if you could just reconnect to the last vehicle again.
All it would have to do is say, " Last connection was to XYZ vehicle, use again or select new?' No data collisions, no problems with bi-directional inputs to a wrong vehicle. Just faster, easier connections.
All it would have to do is say, " Last connection was to XYZ vehicle, use again or select new?' No data collisions, no problems with bi-directional inputs to a wrong vehicle. Just faster, easier connections.
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From: Puget Sound
Uhh?? I have left AE running and logging when I stop for fuel, snacks, and whatever else one does in a convenience store, then come back out, crank the key, and the data picks right up again. I can look at the log file for a long trip and see the potty breaks.
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If I turn the key off on the vehicle, AE loses the connection. I have to do the full vehicle 'login' again to get a connection. Is that because I don't have the 'Save Session' option? That is why I am griping about having to keep re-entering the vehicle info time after time.
Then I have to go back in, and select each of the items that I want to record. If the plug jiggles, I get to do it ALL again!
Then I have to go back in, and select each of the items that I want to record. If the plug jiggles, I get to do it ALL again!
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I'd be beating on their email inbox and phone on that one. This is like what happened with Windows 7: They had a good thing going, then touch screens became the dominant input method and everybody is "grinding gears", convulsing and repeatedly missing the target.
Torque pro is much more work to initially set up the vehicle and PIDs, but once it's set...
I use Torque Pro for daily monitoring/logging and AE strictly for troubleshooting and doing "checkups".
Torque pro is much more work to initially set up the vehicle and PIDs, but once it's set...
I use Torque Pro for daily monitoring/logging and AE strictly for troubleshooting and doing "checkups".
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va-sawyer, call or e-mail them back and try a previous software version like 10.* or one that will work with your adapter - they will give you the link to a previous version to download. I mostly run version 5.3 and 8 but I'm not sure if these are compatible with the newer OBD adapters.
Laughing Gas
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From: Washington State
If Your Plugged in and running, and you stop somewhere and turn off the key......You just hit Connect again it starts back up. You don't have to log back in. At least I haven't had to.
I just started and stopped X4 and It's been running. As long as You don't pull the adapter. I think your doing something out of sequence.
I just started and stopped X4 and It's been running. As long as You don't pull the adapter. I think your doing something out of sequence.
