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| - | ====== Overview ====== | + | ====== Counterfeit Copies ====== |
| - | When purchasing a used DSMLink package from a third party, you must be extra careful. Besides the typical concerns that the seller might send something entirely different from what was advertised or pictured (or never send anything at all), you have to also be concerned with counterfeit packages. Counterfeit packages will not be supported in ANY way by ECMTuning. This page is intended to document some of these issues in more detail so you, the potential buyer, can make a better decision. | + | When purchasing a used DSMLink package from a third party, you must be extra careful. Besides the typical concerns that the seller might send something entirely different from what was advertised or pictured (or never send anything at all), you have to also be concerned with counterfeit packages. |
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| + | Counterfeit packages will not be supported in ANY way by ECMTuning. This page is intended to document some of these issues in more detail so you, the potential buyer, can make a better decision. | ||
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| {{http://www.ecmtuning.com/images/forums/ouradapter.gif|Our adapter}} | {{http://www.ecmtuning.com/images/forums/ouradapter.gif|Our adapter}} | ||
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| + | ==== Counterfeit examples ==== | ||
| Below is a collection of a few of the **counterfeit** adapters and chips we have seen come through here in the past. | Below is a collection of a few of the **counterfeit** adapters and chips we have seen come through here in the past. | ||
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| {{http://www.ecmtuning.com/images/forums/boguschips.gif|Counterfeit chips}} | {{http://www.ecmtuning.com/images/forums/boguschips.gif|Counterfeit chips}} | ||
| - | More counterfeit chips. | + | More counterfeit chips. These guys can't even remember to put the label on the same way. Lame. |
| ===== 2GV2 ===== | ===== 2GV2 ===== | ||
| - | As of the time of this writing (11/01/2007), there are no known counterfeit copies of the 2GV2 package. So as long as the seller is actually providing a 2GV2 DSMLink OBDII adapter and a 2GV2 DSMLink chip, then you should be fine. To test, you can connect the laptop to the ECU (using the OBDII adapter with the DSMLink EPROM chip installed in the ECU) and then try to access the ''ECU->Airflow'' dialog. If you get a message about an unsupported operation, then it's not a 2GV2 package, it's an older 2GV1 package. Note that if you get any other message concerning connection issues, you may need to refer to the [[ConnectionProblem]] page first or it may be that you simply did not receive anything valid in your purchase at all. | + | As of the time of this writing (11/01/2007), there are no known counterfeit copies of the 2GV2 package. So as long as the seller is actually providing a 2GV2 DSMLink OBDII adapter and a 2GV2 DSMLink chip, then you should be fine. To test, you can connect the laptop to the ECU (using the OBDII adapter with the DSMLink EPROM chip installed in the ECU) and then try to access the ''ECU->Airflow'' dialog. If you get a message about an unsupported operation, then it's not a 2GV2 package, it's an older 2GV1 package. Note that if you get any other message concerning connection issues, you may need to refer to the [[ConnectionProblem|connection problems]] page first or it may be that you simply did not receive anything valid in your purchase at all. |
| ===== 1GV2 ===== | ===== 1GV2 ===== | ||
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