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Given that the HVAC, fuel gauge and the air suspension have problems on my new P38
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Blackbox Solutions have been around ages and are trusted. You can purchase their products in “Single Vehicle” mode, where they lock themselves to the VIN of your car.
You can add another two “single vehicles” for around £250 in the case of a P38. This means that if I sell this particular car and purchase a newer P38 or early L322, I will be able to add that car onto my hardware.
Even if I sell this P38 and purchase another P38, you can get it re-
Right: Faultmate MSV Extreme -
The official Dealer Kit is called “Testbook” or T4, which costs around £10k -
Essentially its a Dell laptop with specific hardware which allows probing for voltages and frequency.
Left: Official T4 system
Right:T4 Handheld system
(Photos from Omnitec website)
Autologic is a widely used system in the automotive arena. It supports many cars, not just Land Rover.
Very expensive and not really a DIY proposition.
Left: Hawkeye handheld unit. £249. Good price, but limited module support.
Right: Supported modules for P38
I decided against this unit due to the lack of modules supported.
Overall the product is good and it does everything they say it will. I’m pleased
with my purchase, but the registration process was somewhat frustrating, not helped
by the matter-
I’ve worked in IT for 25 years -
The supplied documentation is pretty brusk and to the point. With big red dire warnings about not reading the documentation properly. So I fully read the PDF’s cover to cover.
It starts by telling you to create an account at Black box, which can only be activated
during working hours -
The next step, which I got wrong is that you need to connect the faultmate to your
car so it can pull in all the module names (and serial numbers presumably) -
I omitted to notice that the process was described in the welcome email, which in my enthusiasm I failed to fully read.
This process is NOT documented in the included documentation or PDF’s, as they are more oriented around full licences not single vehicle users like me.
Please see the next page on the actual process of registration