Should I have a Kess V2 China clone or EU clone?

Q: How to know my Kess V2 is a China clone or an EU clone? What’s the difference?

A: It’s simple; just look purple PCB, then you can be 100% sure its build EU clone. China have green or red PCB.
But remember, full reworked green Kess V2from China also works well. And it is low budget clone for start business.

Kess v2 EU purple PCB and China green/red PCB can be found here:

http://blog.obdexpress.co.uk/2017/09/27/kess-v2-5-017-china-clone-vs-kess-v2-eu-clone/

It’s a good write-up of Kess V2 PCB.

But you have to know- no matter what the colour of the pcb is ist sa pcb
the main thing is good quality parts thats is all thats needed
a china kess/ktag fgtech or any other board if reworked will work exactly as it should

eu made/pcb is a gimmick in most sellers (would like to see proof otherwise)
all the eu boards i have seen have been china made pcb’s some reworked some not even changed but sold as eu made.
the purple eu made kess and ktags can someone proove where in the eu they are made?
poland maybe or germany etc but as i said before makes no diference whatsoever if the parts are good quality then the pcb’s are all the same

they all use the same project to make the pcb’s


http://www.obdexpress.co.uk/service/galletto-kess-ktag-review-12434.html

Kess V2 firmware 4.036 supports Trucks read/write?

My Kess V2 firmware 4.036 fails to read truck ECUs. Why? And how to rework?

I bought a KESS V2 CLONE, runs on cars and motorcycles, but the protocols are disabled TRUCK. LISTEN TO BE CHANGING NXP and change the firmware to operate in trucks. Could anyone help?

I LEAVE MY DATA KESS.

FW version: 4.036

Serial number: K10033818

Customer Code: C7514

Group Code: C7514

Reply: I guess you bought the wrong type. There are are many kinds of Kess 4.036.

Some cannot support trucks at all.

You should have a small part of kess supports lots of trucks and motorcycles (called truck version)

See this...

Kess 4.036: http://www.obdexpress.co.uk/search/?q=4.036&DirID=

In the item list, only SE87-K, SE87-CK can work for trucks.

Look at the chart below...details attached

Item No.	SE87-D	SE87-CK
Kess v2	Kess V2 v4.036 for CAR	Kess v2 v4.036 for TRUCKs
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Price	€165.00	€116.99
Firmware	Kess V2 v4.036	Kess V2 v4.036
Software	Ksuite v2.22	Ksuite V2.22/V2.08 (V2.22 version can not connect internet, V2.08 can works with internet)
Tokens	Unlimited tokens, with a renew button to add tokens	With 30 tokens,
Vehicles	For Cars only; No truck! No motorcycle!	Best for Trucks ! Motorcycle! Bike; Car;

Kess V2 4.036 Truck List:

                          

If you dont want to buy a new kess v2 programming tool. You can change the firmware to  v3.099 with a new nxp LPC2478, new serial and new update with trucks.
Also your china PCB must be preapred to handle the 24v

Personally, You are not advised to do so because of high risk and I hold no responsibilty.

http://www.obdexpress.co.uk/wholesale/kess-v2-master-manager-tuning-kit-truck.html

Kess V2 5.017 Christmas Sales: €105

Kess V2 firmware 5.017 drops price on Christmas Sales: 105 euro. (the original price: 149 euro)

Better price but same HQ quality

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PCB is improved a lot:

1.the left upper corner and the lower right corner notch size is not the same

2.More than buzzer

3.WFs = Infineon, BCR112 NPN Digital Transistor

4.27E = ON Semiconductor NUP2105LT1G

5.6DW = NXP BC817,215 NPN Bipolar Transistor

6.A6c =MMUN2113LT1G / MMUN2113LT3G

7.K5B = BC807-25-7-F PNP Bipolar Transistor

8.Using imported Japanese Murata filter NFE61PT472C1H9L

Look here:

     

Why should you have a new Kess 5.017 master?

Compared to KESS V4.036, the KESS 5.017 has been improved a lot:

1. 100% working
   2. No tokens limited
2. No network connection limitation
3. with original database
   5. supports Windows 7 & Windows 8, not only Windows XP
   6. supports more cars & bikes & trucks fully activated

Kess v2 master or slave? original or clone?

It all depends. Kess v2 good clone used be ok for older ecus only, but now also work great with newer ones. and with a slave you will have to rely on the master for your maps whaere as if you have a master you can write your own or choose where you get them from.

Kess V2 or Ktag?

KESS V2 is a ECU programming tool that is perfect for OBD use, while KTag is perfect for Jtag, BDM and all the Boot application (tricore and ST10).

With KESS V2 you programming directly through the OBD port of the vehicle, while with Ktag you need to take apart the ECU and open it, after you can make the read/write operation.

Many ECU has the advantage that can be read and write from OBD port (so KESS V2 is perfect), but there are lot ECU that need to disassemble from the car and open and this is the case for all the ECU that need to be programmed with Jtag, BDM and Boot protocols, so KTAG is needed.

http://www.mbstartool.com/