But who cares, you paid, therefore, demand what you need and it’ll get sorted out. Again, they tend to only work with Dealers, and don’t seem overly keen about anyone else using their system.
VolvoTechInfo support is also not very pleasant to deal with. I imagine so very few people use VIDA/DiCE on their own that they simply overlooked a few items. I had to specifically open trouble-tickets with VolvoTechInfo to get a few packages unlocked that were initially dealer-only. – Not every package listed in the available software list can be installed.
– I’m not gonna go into great detail here, as this PDF pretty much says it much all: …e_ordering.pdf – Open “Vida All in One”, login with the username/password you assigned to VIDA via the VIDA-Admin setup process – If you haven’t already, reboot your machine (or virtual machine) to make sure everything is installed correctly and happy. Always make sure it’s updated to the latest version before attempting to download software. Aka, VIDA-2012D has at least 3-4 sub-revisions. – Allow VIDA to “eUpdate” to the latest sub-version. Also make sure your DiCE device is updated to the latest firmware with the DiCE firmware tool. – Make sure you have the DiCE software/drivers installed. (how to do this last step is not immediately obvious, but on VolvoTechInfo there are step-by-step guides to help)
– Via the VIDA-Admin, enter your login details you were emailed, change your password, and authorize the VIDA installation you plan to use with the subscription package you purchased
– Install VIDA (this may take some time, especially on older hardware) – Wait for your VIDA login details to be emailed to you – Either download the latest copy of VIDA from a torrent (making sure it’s a copy that doesn’t have a “crack” already installed) or wait for the official DVDs to arrive via snail-mail – Purchase a 3-day VIDA subscription from VolvoTechInfo (aka, Volvo Technical & Owner Bookstore)