He did. The immobilizer light on the dash blinked once, then went solid for two seconds, then turned OFF. That meant the key was accepted.
Marco looked at his trusty on the passenger seat. The tablet was thick, heavy, and ran on an old version of Windows CE. It wasn't pretty, and it wasn't fast. But for immobilizer work on cars from 2005 to 2015, it was a beast.
He plugged the main 16-pin OBD-II cable into the car's port under the dash. A green LED blinked on the DS708’s main unit. Good. Power was stable.
Marco exited the Immobilizer menu and tapped just to wipe any "lost communication" codes that might have appeared during the process. autel maxidas ds708 key programming
Marco did exactly that. The dashboard lights lit up, but the engine didn't crank. The green key light on the dash blinked rapidly.
Marco tapped .
The tool displayed: "Writing immobilizer data…" for 10 seconds. Then: "Key 1 registered successfully. Turn ignition OFF for 5 seconds." He did
The DS708 churned for 18 seconds. A progress bar crawled across the screen: Reading EEPROM data… Decrypting…
Then, success.
The Honda sat dead in the bay. Marco grabbed the DS708 from its chunky plastic case. The 8-inch screen flickered to life. He tapped the screen twice to wake it up from its old-school sleep mode. Marco looked at his trusty on the passenger seat
Marco’s phone buzzed at 11:47 PM. It was a tow truck driver. "Got a Honda Accord 2010. Customer lost both original keys. Immobilizer light is flashing like a Christmas tree. Can you get it running?"
After the second key was registered, the DS708 asked: "Perform key verification?"