[clubairth1]

Understood but I was pointing out that even if that's all you do SDD will still require the updates to keep it operational. At least it did for me.
I had all the updates so when updating it would just return no new files. But I still had to do that step to stop SDD from asking to be updated and then shutting down functions if I did not. That was my entire problem with my old Win7 Pro setup. It worked fine but since the program could not contact Jaguar servers it just went out of date and finally stopped working.

Don't know what I will do if this happens again as I maybe out of the SDD business for good?
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[666STR]

Understood but I was pointing out that even if that's all you do SDD will still require the updates to keep it operational. At least it did for me.
I had all the updates so when updating it would just return no new files. But I still had to do that step to stop SDD from asking to be updated and then shutting down functions if I did not. That was my entire problem with my old Win7 Pro setup. It worked fine but since the program could not contact Jaguar servers it just went out of date and finally stopped working.

Don't know what I will do if this happens again as I maybe out of the SDD business for good?
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Is it the later versions of sdd that need to update?

V130 could be run without Internet connection and it was advised to not update

 

[clubairth1]

I have V130 but have never used or installed it so I am not sure. My car is a 2014 so I wanted to use the latest SDD version before Jaguar went to Pathfinder. Yes I have seen that you can shut off the update process somehow on the earlier versions but I never could. I mean yes you can shut down the update software from automatically checking when SDD is loaded or opened but that never stopped SDD from nagging me to update manually.

Plus I was never sure if what I was downloading was even needed as I had read that Jaguar stops releasing any updates when the car gets a couple of years old or so. That does make sense because the later model would be their priority in repairing. I have always downloaded all updates for all models of Jaguar and LR just in case. When I first installed SDD it was a couple of days of downloading many GB's of stuff. I just kept updating until SDD told me there were no more files to download. This of course makes SDD a monster in size!
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[kult1977]

Hi all,
Despite downloaded all vbf files, VM Win7Pro act up. First time you connect to a car, and for example program KVM it works , and no downloads are needed. However, if you want to do more after that, let's say BCM unit, it will stop and asks to download files, connect to the network, however, all files have been downloaded, but won't let you work at all. So you have to have a virgin clone of VM and start copy of it to program modules without asking to download files! Local gateway test is ok, but has no connection to network even if you connect wi fi, it is red.
Now, WIn 10 Pro, connects to servers etc, but when you run service functions, it will exit and gives out reference warranty code, and won't program nothing for you! It applies to v164 and v165.
Any solutions for the above?

 

[TheMindBuddah]

The cut of date for V130 is 2012, so later car Vins are not stored in that version. Its one of the reasons i made a V160 as my present is a 2015 XF and previous was a 2014 XF. The Original posts and VM was created when I owned a 2004 X-Type Sportwagon.

V130 has supposedly all Jaguar and Land rover files included . Its why its the go to for most things for cars that fall below that date. JLR soon realised that the software (As its archaic in design) was easily cracked. So that is why with later versions, its tries to update to "The latest module or firmware" when your trying to program certain things. This needing a Topics subscription to access, and so it makes them JLR, money from garages.

All versions are what they are. An extra tool in your arsenal to try and keep our flaky cars operational.

Please don't expect full TOPIX subscription functionary for any version without paying for a TOPIX subscription.

But the functions it can perform even in the limited function of later versions, like reprograming the immobiliser because a garage did not let your car shut down before pulling both batteries (ARRRGH!!!). Can save you money. I have also used V130 to program the modules for a retrofitted screen and CD changer, to now be recognised by Jaguar Voice on a on a X-Type Sports Wagon.

Also i host this software as is! I just took the available isos and installed them in virtual machine for ease of Install. I don't tinker much unless I need to, and there are much more experienced members on here about SDD's daily use and capabilities. Please see them to help with any issues in using the software.

But please also be aware that when asking for help by members, they also don't want to waste hours being an IT technician.
If there are things you don't understand, then do a little research beforehand and it may already answer your questions. If not, then the members on here have a vast pool of knowledge and expertise.



Thank you

TheMindBuddah

 

[kult1977]

The cut of date for V130 is 2012, so later car Vins are not stored in that version. Its one of the reasons i made a V160 as my present is a 2015 XF and previous was a 2014 XF. The Original posts and VM was created when I owned a 2004 XF Sportwagon.

V130 has supposedly all Jaguar and Land rover files included . Its why its the go to for most things for cars that fall below that date. JLR soon realised that the software (As its archaic in design) was easily cracked. So that is why with later versions, its tries to update to "The latest module or firmware" when your trying to program certain things. This needing a Topics subscription to access, and so it makes them JLR, money from garages.

All versions are what they are. An extra tool in your arsenal to try and keep our flaky cars operational.

Please don't expect full TOPIX subscription functionary for any version without paying for a TOPIX subscription.

But the functions it can perform even in the limited function of later versions, like reprograming the immobiliser because a garage did not let your car shut down before pulling both batteries (ARRRGH!!!). Can save you money. I have also used V130 to program the modules for a retrofitted screen and CD changer, to now be recognised by Jaguar Voice on a on a X-Type Sports Wagon.

Also i host this software as is! I don't tinker much unless I need to and there are much more experienced members here on this forum about SDD's daily use. Please see them to help with any issues in using the software.
But also be aware that when asking for help by members, they also don't want to also waste hours being a IT technician because you did not install it correctly or understand basic IT.

Thank you

TheMindBuddah

I am not expecting anyone to be IT tech for me, work in cyber filed for many years. Just asking for experience with problems that's all. It is strange, that after downloading ALL calibration files, 53GB asks to download files when programming more than 1 module. When programming 1st module, it pulls files from downloaded vbf, then, if you want to program something else, complains needs to download , but it is already there. Anyhow, I sorted this with deep freeze, so when this happens, reboot VM, and it is back to normal state.

 

[TheMindBuddah]

I am not expecting anyone to be IT tech for me

Hi Kult

This was not directed to you or anyone in particular and I apologise if anyone belives the post was about them.

It was just a general post after reading back a few pages related to SDD.
To remind people that this software has limitations being as it is "Cracked" software.
It is self contained from the moment it was cracked. Any updating or allowing it to go live can and will stop it from being cracked, and will restore it to OEM SDD status.
One of the issues with VM's like with the V130. Your VM will take the date from the laptop. If that date is past the 2012 date, them SDD will ask to go live and update. Its one of the reasons I included an auto script to set the date of the laptop to 01/08/2012 for V130.

It was meant more as general post to ask members to do a little digging about general IT issues and how these cracked versions of SDD work, what you will be able to achieve with it!

As I said and I apologise if you thought this was posted because of you. No offence was intended.

 

[kult1977]

Hi Kult

This was not directed to you or anyone in particular and I apologise if anyone belives the post was about them.

It was just a general post after reading back a few pages related to SDD.
To remind people that this software has limitations being as it is "Cracked" software.
It is self contained from the moment it was cracked. Any updating or allowing it to go live can and will stop it from being cracked, and will restore it to OEM SDD status.
One of the issues with VM's like with the V130. Your VM will take the date from the laptop. If that date is past the 2012 date, them SDD will ask to go live and update. Its one of the reasons I included an auto script to set the date of the laptop to 01/08/2012 for V130.

It was meant more as general post to ask members to do a little digging about general IT issues and how these cracked versions of SDD work, what you will be able to achieve with it!

As I said and I apologise if you thought this was posted because of you. No offence was intended.

Apologies from my side too, i must be tired to missed your point it was a general post sorry mate!

 

[Mole99]

Thanks to TheMindBuddah for making the files available.

In case it helps anyone with the v138VM in future, some things I found with my install were:

On Gentoo Linux, VirtualBox wouldn't open the .ova file. I've previously had issues with spaces in virtual machine names; the .ova file can be untarred and spaces removed from the .vmdk file with sed:

sed -ie 's/XPJLR 138 Clone/WinXPJLR_138_Clone/g' WinXPJLR_138_Clone-disk001.vmdk

The .vmdk file can be added as a disk to a new XP machine created in VirtualBox, or presumably used in VMWare. Re-tarring the files (after changing the .ovf file to match) produced an ova file which wouldn't load with a checksum error.

VirtualBox did give some errors when loading the VM with the .vmdk file, it appeared to run OK but in the end I used a Windows 10 host to be safe.

WinXP doesn't have a USB3 controller, so I found USB sticks weren't recognised. On the VirtualBox forums it was suggested installing the RENESAS USB3 host driver, but that wasn't recognised in XP. If you need to transfer files to and from the VM with a USB stick, setting the guest controller to USB 1 allowed old, non-USB3 sticks to be used. The Mongoose cable worked fine with the controller set to USB3, so probably best to use that setting for any reprogramming.

Version 166 works natively in Windows 11, with the softwareupdate file renamed and a relevant patch it could go online and download files needed to reprogramme modules without any issues.

 

[Vauxi]

TheMindBuddah: I installed 164native. it is 163 as pre filename says.

 

[chris.wrigleysrus]

Open notepad, paste:


date 01-08-2012

save as DATE.bat

Copy to

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
or
C:\Documents and Settings\[Username]\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

To run at startup.

Sometimes it resets, therefore also store on desktop to double click it when it sets.

Hi mrmut,
I downloaded SDD V138 from TheMindBuddah.
I chose 138 because this link SDD/IDS release date compendium - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum suggests it came out in June 2014, my XF was registered 28/03/2014 so I assumed V130 would not work.

Then I tried your date tip in the virtual machine but wrote, "date 30-06-2014".
I saved it as DATE.bat, changed the file type from .txt to All files and left the Encoding as ANSI.

I then copied it via the all users thread above, closed the virtual machine and opened it again. The date remained at 16/04/2014, which is where I had previously set it plus the 6 days since.

I did the same thing all over again and saved it via the Default User thread (which is the only other user file). When I opened the virtual machine the date remained at 16/04/2014.

Any ideas where I am going wrong?

Any help gratefully appreciated.
Regards
Chris

 

[Vauxi]

Virtualbox uses Host time unless it is decoupled. Type following in command prompt:
"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" setextradata "your virtualdrive" "VBoxInternal/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/GetHostTimeDisabled" 1

That disables time sync to host to typed virtual hdd.

 

[chris.wrigleysrus]

Virtualbox uses Host time unless it is decoupled. Type following in command prompt:
"c:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe" setextradata "your virtualdrive" "VBoxInternal/Devices/VMMDev/0/Config/GetHostTimeDisabled" 1

That disables time sync to host to typed virtual hdd.

Thanks Vauxi.
Am I right in assuming I type that into the host machine not the virtual machine?
Regards
Chris

 

[Vauxi]

Yes. Host.

 

[chris.wrigleysrus]

Yes. Host.

Thanks Vauxi,
Regards
Chris

 

[chris.wrigleysrus]

Thanks Vauxi,
Regards
Chris

Hi All,
Thanks to The Mind Buddah, Mrmut and Vauxi, I succesfully installed V138 for my XF 2.2 Sportbrake registered March 2014. According to this thread, SDD/IDS release date compendium - Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum V138 was released May 2014 so, my virtual machine boots up at 1st June 2014 every time.
I then bought a Mongoose Pro clone from China, ignored the V165 disk that came with it and flashed it from V138.
Since then, the Mongoose Pro (clone) rarely shows it is connected to SDD 138 unless I plug it in to the host machine before I open Virtual Box. If I plug it in before opening Virtual Box, it always shows as connected by SDD 138. So far so good.
When I plug it into the car and press the start button, SDD says the Mongoose Pro is disconnected and I start getting error messages e.g. Gearbox fault and Air suspension fault.
My first thought is faulty Mongoose Pro clone but I just wondered if anyone knows better?
Regards
Chris

 

[Vauxi]

Especially abs and esp are systems that do "beep" every time when tester is either trying to connect or is connected to it. Others do not say anything. When they do, then there is issues with the module.
I'm quessing that your mongoose clone do only work with the 165 firmware because it is somewhat cracked. Now when you have updated it to legit v138 firmware, it will not work.
It is always a lottery with chinese modules.

 

[chris.wrigleysrus]

Especially abs and esp are systems that do "beep" every time when tester is either trying to connect or is connected to it. Others do not say anything. When they do, then there is issues with the module.
I'm quessing that your mongoose clone do only work with the 165 firmware because it is somewhat cracked. Now when you have updated it to legit v138 firmware, it will not work.
It is always a lottery with chinese modules.

Thanks Vauxi,
Makes sense,
Regards,
Chris

 

[TheMindBuddah]

Added Jaguar SDD 167 (Untested) Native install

 

[TheMindBuddah]

Added Jaguar Maps 2020 for Gen 2.1 InControl Touch (Need Keygen)
Added Ghost Spectre Windows 11 (Light weight Windows 11 Choose Superlight not Compact install )