kess v2 review

2. Software support multi-languages: English/ German/ Spanish/ Italian/ Portuguese/ French

3. No Token Limitation: can be used unlimitedly,no need to worry about tokens any more.

4. Powerful function, support much more ecu list than old version.

6. With coverage of all major brands and protocols including Line, CAN, EDC17 and MED17 and Ford J1850. KESS V2 is everything you need to work as a successful tuner at a very affordable price.

7. Read and write ECU via OBD2 port directly, no need disassemble ECU from the car, easy to use

The computer which you have installed KESS or KTAG software on cannot connect with internet anytime and anywhere. It's very important, connecting to internet may damage the hardware or CPU and can not repair by yourself, you have to send back and exchange new CPU for repair, in this case, you need to pay 20USD for repair

Update cost is 95.00USD, not including shipping cost. But not all of KESS V2 can be update via hardware. You need take picture of the QC mark on the main unit, then we will confirm with factory for you. If it is available, you can pay for update cost and send it back to us for update

With coverage of all major brands and protocols including Line, CAN, EDC17 and MED17 and Ford J1850, KESS V2 is everything you need to work as a successful tuner at a very affordable price.

1. Check of the battery voltage in real-time

2. Full Recovery function in case of problems

3. Automatic correction of the Checksum, (where available)

4. Boot-Loader mode supported

5. Management of the programming counters

6. ScanTool function to remove DTC

7. Several options of reading/writing speed

8. Option to write full file/section of the map

9. Full integration with ECM Titanium

When add tokens, do not connect the car, just connect like following picture shows:



PCB Board Display:



Comparison Among KESS V2 and KTAG:

How to Solve KESS V2 FW 4.026 "Protocol not compatible with version FW" Error?

Solution for KESS v2 FW protocol error (Win-7 and Win-XP)

To do this, you first have to uninstall the already installed software and the drivers. Afterwards we start with step:
1. Disable Internet connection

2. Install the K-Suite 2.06 Full Version including drivers (Microsoft Visual C ++ 2005 SP1 and USBDEVICEDRV 1.00.011).
The KESS device is not yet connected to your computer.

3. After successful installation, K-Suite will open automatically (no error message may occur during installation, otherwise you will have to repeat the installation). Select the desired language and exit the program.

4. Now you have to connect the KESS device via USB and wait for the automatic driver installation. (K-Suite not yet opens)

5. Right-click the K-Suite icon to open the file path. (Win-XP: right-click on the K-Suite icon, then open the properties, in the lower left you can open the file path) Marks the entire content in the folder and deletes it.

6. Opens the “Token Reset Folder” and copies the entire contents (it is the data from K-Suite 2.08). Now you change back to the already installed file path (here you just deleted all files) and insert the copied records. In addition, you copy the help folder (can be found on the supplied CD) and also paste it into the already installed file path. Now you can close all windows and start K-Suite.

The Kess V2 device will now be updated. This may take a little time. As soon as the main menu of K-Suite opens, version 2.08 should be visible. The message “Protocol not compatible with version FW” should no longer appear. If everything was successful, you can close K-Suite again and install the updates (2.10, 2.12, … etc) one at a time. The KESS v2 master clone device can remain connected to the computer. The important thing is that you only install the updates. Not the drivers (Microsoft Visual C ++ 2005 SP1 and USBDEVICEDRV 1.00.011).

How to Solve KESS v2 firmware 4.036 “External exception EEFFACE” error?
If the error message “External exception EEFFACE” appears, you must close the program. Now disconnects the Kess device, reinstalls the version at which this error occurred. This time with the USBDEVICEDRV 1.00.011, but without Microsoft Visual C ++ 2005 SP1. After installation reconnect the KESS device and start K-Suite.