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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Britprius, Feb 15, 2013.

  1. Britprius

    Britprius Senior Member

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    After purchasing a Mini VCI with the Techstream software I can confirm this does just about everything you need for the Prius.

    The device seems to be able to connect to all the ECU's, and is capable of reading and clearing fault codes, bleeding and flushing brakes, reading battery block voltages and resistance, in fact everything PC'ers are likely to want.

    John (Britprius)
     
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    and what about its cost John ?
     
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    In the UK with delivery £23, so a very good price. Using it just once to find a DTC or clear one would save it's
    cost x 4.

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    Great , can you please tell us the brand name and model number , i would like to get one , i may find it in ebay or something
     
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    Just look up Mini VCI on Ebay. Comes with "Xhorse (Techstream) software and drivers".

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    ahaaa , you mean the lite techstream , i though you talking about the big one that used by toyota dealers , really really hope to have a free edition or something , i mean , we cant spend 500 dollar per year just for checking our cars right ?
     
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    I do not know what comes with the one for the dealers but this version is substantial at over 100 mbytes for the program and covers engine, hybryd, HVbattery, airbag, body, transmission, ABS VSC TRAC Brakes, NAV RVCAM, security, AC, TPMS, ECU's and some I'm sure I've missed.
     
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    yah you are right , nothing left , i guess we can be toyota delar with that hhhhh , you are the best man , thanks alot :)
     
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    Glad to read that you've "drank the cool aid". LOL
    Glad you're happy with your purchase. I'm happy with mine got it from eBay.
     
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    Is this a workable solution in 2022 Does it work on a Mac?Thanks
     
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    Yes and yes, but you need to running it in a VM running Win 7. You can run Win10/11 if the VCI cable driver is a 64 bit driver. If it is a 32 bit driver you will save yourself a lot of grief just using Win 7 32-bit.

    Searching the Gen 2 forums will uncover a few threads that give instructions for downloading a preloaded VM that you can load into the free Oracle VirtualBox.
     
    #11 dolj, Nov 22, 2022
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