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Old 05-27-2021, 07:45 PM   #29
ike84
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Originally Posted by JFP in PA View Post
It gets worse than that. The current version of the PIWIS is PIWIS III, and the last update I have seen for it was version 40.000. As all these units operate only when fully networked back to the fatherland, older versions cannot be updated to current standards, and the networking requirement also allows Porsche to literally kill any unlicensed versions remotely. This system is lease only; it was never offered for sale; first year's lease outlay is $20,000 for a legitimate system.
You are correct, without a network connection the systems cannot be updated. With that being said, piwis ii received support through 2018 so I think it's safe to say that any updates porsche wanted to push out for 986s or 987s would have been distributed by then. The software (at least for piwis ii v18.1) does not require network connectivity for full functionality though, so long as the tester is imprinted.

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