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	'''2.9 What's the Work Shop Code?'''		'''2.9 What's the Work Shop Code?'''
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	Every VW/Audi dealer in the world is assigned a unique Work Shop Code. A brand-new factory VAG-1551/1552 or VAS-5051/5052 scan tool will not function until a WSC is entered, and once it has been entered, it cannot be changed. Whenever a Control Module is [http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/recode_screen.html Re-Coded], or certain [http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/adaptation_screen.html Adaptations] are performed, the scan tool sends its WSC to the control module and the control module records it for posterity. Thus, if a scan-tool is used to do something like disable certain airbags, in principle, it should be possible to tell who (which dealer) did that. Like the factory scan-tools, VAG-COM will accept a WSC once on the Options Screen. If you enter a WSC there, it will be sent to the control modules exactly like it's supposed to be. If you leave the WSC on the [http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/option_screen.html Options Screen] at it's default of 00000, VAG-COM will operate in "stealth mode". Instead of sending a fixed WSC, it will put back whatever was already in the control module, with one exception: If it finds the "telltale" WSC (30011) that [http://www.baumtools.com/~~english/product_sheets/vds.cfm~~ VWTool/VDS-PRO] likes to leave behind, VAG-COM will replace it with something more innocuous.		Every VW/Audi dealer in the world is assigned a unique Work Shop Code. A brand-new factory VAG-1551/1552 or VAS-5051/5052 scan tool will not function until a WSC is entered, and once it has been entered, it cannot be changed. Whenever a Control Module is [http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/recode_screen.html Re-Coded], or certain [http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/adaptation_screen.html Adaptations] are performed, the scan tool sends its WSC to the control module and the control module records it for posterity. Thus, if a scan-tool is used to do something like disable certain airbags, in principle, it should be possible to tell who (which dealer) did that. Like the factory scan-tools, VAG-COM will accept a WSC once on the Options Screen. If you enter a WSC there, it will be sent to the control modules exactly like it's supposed to be. If you leave the WSC on the [http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/option_screen.html Options Screen] at it's default of 00000, VAG-COM will operate in "stealth mode". Instead of sending a fixed WSC, it will put back whatever was already in the control module, with one exception: If it finds the "telltale" WSC (30011) that [http://www.baumtools.com/ VWTool/VDS-PRO] likes to leave behind, VAG-COM will replace it with something more innocuous.

Andy at 20:56, 26 January 2006

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'''2.9 What's the Work Shop Code?'''
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Every VW/Audi dealer in the world is assigned a unique Work Shop Code. A brand-new factory VAG-1551/1552 or VAS-5051/5052 scan tool will not function until a WSC is entered, and once it has been entered, it cannot be changed. Whenever a Control Module is [http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/recode_screen.html Re-Coded], or certain [http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/adaptation_screen.html Adaptations] are performed, the scan tool sends its WSC to the control module and the control module records it for posterity. Thus, if a scan-tool is used to do something like disable certain airbags, in principle, it should be possible to tell who (which dealer) did that. Like the factory scan-tools, VAG-COM will accept a WSC once on the Options Screen. If you enter a WSC there, it will be sent to the control modules exactly like it's supposed to be. If you leave the WSC on the [http://www.ross-tech.com/vag-com/tour/option_screen.html Options Screen] at it's default of 00000, VAG-COM will operate in "stealth mode". Instead of sending a fixed WSC, it will put back whatever was already in the control module, with one exception: If it finds the "telltale" WSC (30011) that [http://www.baumtools.com/english/product_sheets/vds.cfm VWTool/VDS-PRO] likes to leave behind, VAG-COM will replace it with something more innocuous.

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