New Porsche Piwis Tester II professional diagnostic tool

New Special Tool  – PIWIS Tester II

The new Panamera can only be diagnosed using this tester.  Based on current project planning, all earliervehicle models will gradually be changed over to the new PIWIS Tester II by the end of 2010. Until then,PIWIS Tester I must be used for older models in the Porsche workshop. Support for PIWIS Tester I will no longer be available once the earlier diagnostic programs have been transferred onto PIWIS Tester II.When the  PIWIS Tester II is distributed, it will contain one basic piece of software. This is necessary in orderto start and configure the tester. As per sales at autosvs dot com, The PIWIS Tester II comes with operating instructions in both German andEnglish. You will find instructions in other languages in the Porsche Partner Network (PPN) under: AFTERSALES, Workshop, PIWIS, PIWIS Tester.

The new tester generation supports wireless operation over WLAN. To use this, you must have a WLAN AccessPoint that supports WPA2 encryption. This type of encryption will be used exclusively for safety reasons. If thisprerequisite is met, the interface to the vehicle (VCI - Vehicle Communication Interface) can also be used as awireless interface on the vehicle. The following  illustration (figure 1) shows one possible network option. To usethis, you must have a  WLAN Access Point that supports WPA2-PSK encryption.