lowfat
Active Member
Well what can I say? connected it up, was expecting the worse as my P38 is a £600 fixer upper and..........
1 fault security comms. which explained why my other keys imobilised the engine, cleared the fault and all my keys work... :clap2:
Words cannot express how impressed I am with this tool...
I only hope like my AA membership I never have to use it again
1 fault security comms. which explained why my other keys imobilised the engine, cleared the fault and all my keys work... :clap2:
Words cannot express how impressed I am with this tool...
I only hope like my AA membership I never have to use it again
You will need two Faultmates then.
which would be no good to me. How is the Storey Wilson unit coming along? Is there any info on the SW Unit anywhere on the net?
P38_Ireland
Well-Known Member
no you dont, you can get a 2nd licence from BBS. i did as i bought a P38 4.6HSE and it worked a treat!
And does that second licence allow you to use the Faultmate on two vehicles then?
mattstevenson2005
Active Member
That is correct
So you are saying this second licence allows use the Faultmate on two vehicles. How much does this second licence cost?
mattstevenson2005
Active Member
You would have to check with BBS but I would have thought that it would be the same cost of the original unit, but without the hardware cost, (minus around £200 for the extreme unit)
Matt
P38_Ireland
Well-Known Member
the 2nd licence cost me a whopping £20....!
thanks for that, much appreciated. i thought you were slating this thread when it 1st started but all is well. When you paid the £20, how did you get the unit to accept another vehicle?
P38_Ireland
Well-Known Member
you have to connect the FCR and the laptop to your RR then add the new licence. only takes about 3 mins to do
Can i have one of my small sniggers there P38 Ireland
There seems to be just a small bit of confusion i need to set straight.
Seems to be in confusion between the two different FAULTMATE products, the MSV-2 and the FCR.
The FAULTMATE FCR is provided only in Single Vehicle form (Ie locked to VIN) and for one vehicle at a time only.
However as P38 Ireland has discovered and is explaining, that is no where near as restrictive as it may at first seem because for 20 quid, you can get a re licence file from us that will allow you to de lock the FCR from the vehicle you have it currently locked to and lock it to another. In P38 Irelands case he went from one P38 to another, but it would be the same if he went to an L322, Sport, Disco 3, Disco 4, Freelander II or any other model the FCR covers.
As he states, it's a real doddle to do to.
The FAULTMATE MSV-2, (in either NANO or EXTREME form) Is by design a traditional multi vehicle system (Not locked to VIN). However rather than having to buy software in Multi Vehicle form for the entire vehicle (all on board systems) all at the same time, we make it so you can buy licences on a Per vehicle system basis. ABS, Hevac, BeCM, EAS, Autobox, Engine Management. For example you could buy just EAS and Engine management.
More can easily be added at any future point if needed. Granted if you added up all the modules in MV form for a given vehicle, it adds up significantly but then the MSV-2 is the most capable and functionally superior system there is.
For repairers / businesses, we also provide a cheaper pack of licences to cover all P38 systems in all variants too.
However we do also offer a range of single vehicle licences (locked to VIN) for the MSV-2 system hardware that gives you full coverage of all the systems of any one vehicle at a discounted rate.
Just like the FCR, this is not as restrictive as it seems because if you want to change your vehicle, as P38 Ireland did from one P38 to another, again for a small admin fee, this is really easy to do.
However unlike the FCR, the MSV-2 can have up to 3 vehicles licensed on it in single vehicle form at the same time which gives the opportunity to add a second and third vehicle.
The cost for an additional P38 SV licence is 242.73 GBP.
I hope this makes it clearer and helps
Can i have one of my small sniggers there P38 Ireland
There seems to be just a small bit of confusion i need to set straight.
Seems to be in confusion between the two different FAULTMATE products, the MSV-2 and the FCR.
The FAULTMATE FCR is provided only in Single Vehicle form (Ie locked to VIN) and for one vehicle at a time only.
However as P38 Ireland has discovered and is explaining, that is no where near as restrictive as it may at first seem because for 20 quid, you can get a re licence file from us that will allow you to de lock the FCR from the vehicle you have it currently locked to and lock it to another. In P38 Irelands case he went from one P38 to another, but it would be the same if he went to an L322, Sport, Disco 3, Disco 4, Freelander II or any other model the FCR covers.
As he states, it's a real doddle to do to.
The FAULTMATE MSV-2, (in either NANO or EXTREME form) Is by design a traditional multi vehicle system (Not locked to VIN). However rather than having to buy software in Multi Vehicle form for the entire vehicle (all on board systems) all at the same time, we make it so you can buy licences on a Per vehicle system basis. ABS, Hevac, BeCM, EAS, Autobox, Engine Management. For example you could buy just EAS and Engine management.
More can easily be added at any future point if needed. Granted if you added up all the modules in MV form for a given vehicle, it adds up significantly but then the MSV-2 is the most capable and functionally superior system there is.
For repairers / businesses, we also provide a cheaper pack of licences to cover all P38 systems in all variants too.
However we do also offer a range of single vehicle licences (locked to VIN) for the MSV-2 system hardware that gives you full coverage of all the systems of any one vehicle at a discounted rate.
Just like the FCR, this is not as restrictive as it seems because if you want to change your vehicle, as P38 Ireland did from one P38 to another, again for a small admin fee, this is really easy to do.
However unlike the FCR, the MSV-2 can have up to 3 vehicles licensed on it in single vehicle form at the same time which gives the opportunity to add a second and third vehicle.
The cost for an additional P38 SV licence is 242.73 GBP.
I hope this makes it clearer and helps
So as i said earlier if you want to work on two vehicles you need two Faultmates is that correct?
The way i understand the above, if you have a Faultmate you can work on one vehicle. BUT if you buy a licence you can swop it to another vehicle, but you cannot without buying another licence and swopping it back use it on the first vehicle. Or can the two licences be alternated for whichever vehicle you wish to work on?
SpudH
Well-Known Member
With the MSV-2 you can chop and change between vehicles at will. I have a full single vehicle licence for my P38 on one identity and also a multi vehicle module for the Efi on my classic on another identity. Changing from one to the other is as simple as a login code. Its sweet really.
Don't know if the same applies to the FCR though.
Don't know if the same applies to the FCR though.
