VAG-COM software = Release 607.0 from Ross-Tech.Ĭomputer = Toshiba 8100 laptop with a Pentium 3 processor and 196 Mb RAM.
I believe that the USB version will not work with Linux because Wine only supports USB devices that are supported by the Linux kernel. IMPORTANT: This is the serial port version (not USB). VAG-COM Cable = HEX-COM+CAN cable from Ross-Tech. I have installed the recently released version 607.0 of VAG-COM under Ubuntu Linux. It was probably based on version 504 of VAG-COM but provided me with hope that I could get it to work. This HOW-TO ( ) from 2005 requires mozactivex and a couple of DLLs. VAG-COM has undergone many updates since then. This HOW-TO ( ) from 2001 is too old so I don’t know if it still works. This post ( ) states VAG-COM works under SUSE Linux but provides no description as to how to install it. However, others (with more experience than I) have used wine to get it working under Linux in the past. Ross-Tech explicitly state that it is only supported running under Windows. VAG-COM ( is an on-board diagnostic (OBD) scanner for Volkswagen Audi Group vehicles.
