I guess the google-fu is weak with this one today!


Does anybody know the minimum system requirements for the IDS software version 130?


I plan on dedicating a laptop to the task, since the USB boot drive that I was using has gone tango uniform. I still have the software, but it is a pain to reboot the machine that I'm currently using, and I figure I'll pick up an old (read: cheap) laptop with XP SP3 to run it directly...but I have no idea what the minimum specs are...except that I know I need USB2 for the Mongoose.


Any ideas?

 

https://www.fordtechservice.dealerco...quirements.asp

 

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/a...s2_jag_vci.pdf

 

For the 130, Dell...Those are the specs for the "ET PHONE HOME" V145 that I'm running on the Win 7 box.


I know I need Win XP SP2 or SP3, but don't know the memory or processor speed that I need...but a big Thanks, anyway!


The late-model SDD id overkill; I just need to program some options and modules, so the IDS will do the job just fine!

 

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/s...e-help-191597/

 

I have a Drewtech Mongoose interface by the way.

 

Found minimums in a blog post =


Unless noted otherwise by contributors, it is assumed that a PC laptop platform which meets the following minimal specs, is required ...


modest <1GHz P3 cpu, with about 1Gb RAM;
HDD of say 80Gb ... partitioned 20+60Gb ... the former for o/s and latter for data;
inbuilt SD Card Reader loaded with 32Gb micro SDs;
readily replaceable battery pack, 12VDC cig charger, and readily replaceable BIOS nvram battery;
operating system must be XP PRO SP3, (or later running in XP mode?);
software tools to include Adobe Reader, and not much else;
onto this platform, we bring our Jag diagnostic s/w and compendium of PDF reference files.

I will start to build a table of all known modules and functionality, which I will insert here as an attachment, then update by edit as contributors post.

 

Additionally =

Thanks to some great help from a forum member called bigbear, (http://www.jaguarforum.co.uk/members/bigbear/) and Police666's documentation, I now have a laptop, Mangoose and SDD V1.30 (with IDS) all working lovely. I used an old Lenovo R60 I had hanging around, 1.66Ghz centreno with 2Gig of RAM and a 60Gig HD

 

Kicking myself for ditching the old Dells now, but I have a line on a decent Toughbook for "cheap". I do have a clean licensed copy of 1.30 here, so we'll see how we do...everything already paid for itself on the 2002, where I actually had to flash the ECM...laptop plugged in, and a big Astron power supply floated across the battery. I was amazed at how much power the modules alone used under the SDD!

 

Found a decent Toughbook for a reasonable price, so I'll have a dedicated 'puter!

All in, about the cost of 3 hours of dealer time, so it will pay for itself in short order.

 

Well, that depends, after you drive to Utah to do mine, it may not be as economical as you assume :-) :-) :-)