Help! check engine light on

[dijinn]

What software do you use with the PIWIS clone?

[Pdwight]

I had one of the China Clone PIWIS or whatever it is called...never worked...$25 thrown away. The least expensive thing you can get to read general codes in the Porsche is a program called "Torque". It is an APP for a Android or IPhone and you will need a Bluetooth adapter that cost around 10 bucks

The full APP is around 6 to 10 bucks.....Money well spent. Before I got my Durametric and I had a engine light come on while driving I could stop and read the code (usually a Catalytic error) and I had no worries about driving it home. The App will even go online and look up the code for you and you can store them on your phone (cloud) and retrieve them later . While it is nowhere a full diagnostic setup for 20 bucks it is money well spent. Forget the Chinese Cable that hacks durametric software...if you want one I have one you can have if you pay shipping....but a coat hanger is just (perhaps more) useful.

Oh and the little blue ELM 327 are so cheap I have one in each car and setup profiles in my phone for each.

V1 5 ELM327 OBD2 Bluetooth Car Wireless Scanner Diagnostic Tool for Android | eBay

[Timco]

I use Dash Command. Great app. Works with BT. Apple version is wifi only and not as reliable.

Originally Posted by Pdwight

I had one of the China Clone PIWIS or whatever it is called...never worked...$25 thrown away. The least expensive thing you can get to read general codes in the Porsche is a program called "Torque". It is an APP for a Android or IPhone and you will need a Bluetooth adapter that cost around 10 bucks

The full APP is around 6 to 10 bucks.....Money well spent. Before I got my Durametric and I had a engine light come on while driving I could stop and read the code (usually a Catalytic error) and I had no worries about driving it home. The App will even go online and look up the code for you and you can store them on your phone (cloud) and retrieve them later . While it is nowhere a full diagnostic setup for 20 bucks it is money well spent. Forget the Chinese Cable that hacks durametric software...if you want one I have one you can have if you pay shipping....but a coat hanger is just (perhaps more) useful.

Oh and the little blue ELM 327 are so cheap I have one in each car and setup profiles in my phone for each.

V1 5 ELM327 OBD2 Bluetooth Car Wireless Scanner Diagnostic Tool for Android | eBay

[jdraupp]

Why do I get the feeling these two guys are neither real nor cayenne owners. I have a feeling there's going to be continuous threads about chinese clone cables until they're banned.

[Pdwight]

Here is an easy one...if you own one of the Kung Pow Cables go to Durametric and download the latest software ...because when you do it locks the software dongle in the Chinese cable and it will no longer communicate with the Car.

[jdraupp]

Before we anyone else falls for their crap and to hopefully run them off, gwee and guesswecan777 are the same person. Here are their "intro" threads to try and convince us they are real. Too bad they claim to both own Cayennes on a Boxster forum.

http://986forum.com/forums/intro-porsche-boxster/53839-hello-all.html

http://986forum.com/forums/intro-porsche-boxster/53773-hi-everyone.html

[guesswecan777]

Originally Posted by jdraupp

Before we anyone else falls for their crap and to hopefully run them off, gwee and guesswecan777 are the same person. Here are their "intro" threads to try and convince us they are real. Too bad they claim to both own Cayennes on a Boxster forum.

http://986forum.com/forums/intro-porsche-boxster/53839-hello-all.html

http://986forum.com/forums/intro-porsche-boxster/53773-hi-everyone.html

Haha, you must be proud of your intelligence. If I am gwee, it would be too dumb to create similar account names and claim both have cayennes.

[epapp]

Originally Posted by Pdwight

Here is an easy one...if you own one of the Kung Pow Cables go to Durametric and download the latest software ...because when you do it locks the software dongle in the Chinese cable and it will no longer communicate with the Car.

NO wonder mine broke after the first use ... 'lets try the NEW software, I bet it works better!'

[guesswecan777]

Originally Posted by epapp

NO wonder mine broke after the first use ... 'lets try the NEW software, I bet it works better!'

Hmm..never tried to update cheap chinese cables.

[guesswecan777]

Originally Posted by dijinn

What software do you use with the PIWIS clone?

Durametric