TRNW-2: Forscan software

[Steve Everett]

  Huh ?   I just paid for a 1 year extended subscription ?

   Steve

On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM Fred Whitaker via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
wrote:

>  To me the software isn't that hard to navigate. What I hate is renewing
> the license every three months.  You used to be able to buy a subscription.
> But since the guy that runs/wrote it lives in Russia we can't legaly
> excange money.
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> *From:* trnw2-bounces at trnw.net <trnw2-bounces at trnw.net> on behalf of
> mervyn witherow via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, July 14, 2025 11:27 AM
> *To:* Steve Everett <severett61 at gmail.com>; Technical Discussion Forum <
> trnw2 at trnw.net>
> *Subject:* Re: TRNW-2: Forscan software
>
>
> Yes I changed about a year ago to this vlinker and it is a lot handier as
> you don't have to flick any switch it does it all automatically.  Mervyn
> On 14/07/2025 16:44, Steve Everett via trnw2 wrote:
>
>  I bought a vLinker FS adapter,  I figured out what the deal was with the
> 2 versions,   it wasn't two versions, it was two different sites that I
> could purchase the extended license from , confusing as to why they list
> two different ones,   now I've just got to hook it up to a vehicle and try
> to learn the software
>
>    Steve
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM Justin Merritt <justincmerritt5 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> [image: ex_store_image_sm.webp]
>
> OBDLink EX <https://www.obdlink.com/products/obdlink-ex/?ref=forscan>
> obdlink.com <https://www.obdlink.com/products/obdlink-ex/?ref=forscan>
> <https://www.obdlink.com/products/obdlink-ex/?ref=forscan>
> I have found this adapter works the fastest with forscan. You can buy it
> from the link on there website under products.
>
> Justin
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 14, 2025, at 9:22 AM, Steve Everett via trnw2 <trnw2 at trnw.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Guys,
>       I have not needed Forscan so far , as a rule all the units have
> simply relearned and drove out without entering the solenoid strategy,  we
> did need it on one 10r80 at the last shop I was at, it simply would not act
> right, so the guy that built it downloaded forscan and after entering the
> strategy it worked fine ,
>
>    I'm now doing some part time work at an Aamco that is let's just say
> "technically challenged"  they don't have a diag guy here,  so not only
> will I be building the units but I'll need to handle the weird diag cases
> as well,  so I want to go ahead and download Forscan to head off any
> issues,   problem is there are two different ways of doing it and I don't
> know which one I need ?  there is a version using "AKM software" ?   and
> another version , both for Windows ?    which one should I download ?
>
>    Steve
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