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Old Jan 10, 2013 | 12:24 PM
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Hi All,

I recently put my hands on an old Ford Portable Diagnostic Unit (PDU) without the docking station. The docking station I can live without, but the unit does me no good without the Jag WDS software.

I would appreciate any help in locating the correct software to make this unit work for me. I don't have anything to trade, but would be more than willing to reimburse for any time/effort/materials.

Thanks in advance!!!
 
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Old Jan 11, 2013 | 08:49 PM
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Without a docking station you will have to devise a way to load the software. I posted a solution a few years ago using a 40 pin to 44 pin IDE ribbon cable to adapt a CDROM drive to the PTU and a 2.5" Hard Drive.

It is here some where in the archives and I posted PICS of the setup. A power supply to the CDROM is required as well as the cable and software.

You can also find someone with a docking station to load the software and then just use the A204 DC cable and the OBDII cable to power the PTU.

Several of us have the software and can create CDs to load the Jaguar info to the HDD. I would suggest having several HDDs in case one gets corrupted or keep one for Ford and another for Jaguar.

Here are some pics I made to load software when my docking station failed.

bob gauff
 
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Old Jan 14, 2013 | 02:59 PM
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Hello Bob,

Those are excellent pictures of your setup to load the software! I checked your old post & find it was comprehensive and well written.

I have dug through my computer parts bin and have come up with everything I should need to load the software. Luckily I have extra hard drives from earlier laptop upgrades so I can save the original HD with the Ford setup on it.

Can I convince you to make software copies for me? As I stated on the original post I'm more than happy to reimburse you for any effort on my part.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 01:48 PM
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Hi all,

Bad news is: I have traded in my 2003 jaguar; but instead I bought a 2000 db7 in return. Anyway I also recently bought a Ford WDS. I think there may be experts here that do have both the jaguar and AM disk to operate the WDS. Can anyone help me? I will certainly pay for the disk if available.
Thanks in advance,
Robert
 
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 02:39 PM
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Aston-jag.......

See your first post.

Cheers,
 
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Old Nov 23, 2013 | 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by motorcarman
Without a docking station you will have to devise a way to load the software. I posted a solution a few years ago using a 40 pin to 44 pin IDE ribbon cable to adapt a CDROM drive to the PTU and a 2.5" Hard Drive.

It is here some where in the archives and I posted PICS of the setup. A power supply to the CDROM is required as well as the cable and software.

You can also find someone with a docking station to load the software and then just use the A204 DC cable and the OBDII cable to power the PTU.

Several of us have the software and can create CDs to load the Jaguar info to the HDD. I would suggest having several HDDs in case one gets corrupted or keep one for Ford and another for Jaguar.

Here are some pics I made to load software when my docking station failed.

bob gauff
Can you give me the link to your original post. My ptu stocking station cd- rom isn't reading the data from the disc even after replacing it, and i am going to try to upload the software using your method.
 
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Old Nov 23, 2013 | 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Mwise34
Can you give me the link to your original post. My ptu stocking station cd- rom isn't reading the data from the disc even after replacing it, and i am going to try to upload the software using your method.
Check your PM's
 
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Old Oct 10, 2022 | 07:53 AM
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Hi, where you find the software for this model and you can help me to?
 
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Old Oct 10, 2022 | 09:18 AM
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Maybe I can help you. What year, make, and model are you interested in and are you using WDS. Also where are you located? You can also reach me at gtoguru@gmail.com.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2026 | 02:14 AM
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Hello,
I need from pinout diagram of C-209 / 418-F237 pressure vacuum transducer (PVT).
Do You can help me?
Greetings.
 
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