SAIC MAXUS VCI 6520 User manual

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SAIC MAXUS Diagnostic Equipment
Quick Start
Contents
1. Product Overview ...................................................................................................................... 2
2. Environment configuration ........................................................................................................ 2
3. Hardware inventory ................................................................................................................... 3
4. Software installation ..................................................................................................................4
4.1 official address........................................................................................................................4
4.2 Installing GRADE-X and CVDS+ VCI Driver+ Adobe Air Installation Package................. 5
4.3 Test the VCI Manager connection.........................................................................................5
5. Active SAIC GRADE-X..............................................................................................................6
5. 1 Ensure that the computer and the Internet are properly connected (the network is
working properly):..........................................................................................................................7
5.2 Send Computer Hardware Information................................................................................. 7
5.3 After the activation, please click the “Refresh online”button in the figure below or
restart the SAIC Grade-X software..............................................................................................8
5.4 After successful activation, enter the diagnostic software page, as shown below: ..........9
5.5 Expiration date (It must be used once every 30 days in state of INTERNET available) ..9
6. VCI driver should be selected before using SAIC GRADE-X ................................................9
7. Software upgrade .................................................................................................................... 10
7.1 Checking Updates ................................................................................................................ 10
7.2 install updates automatically................................................................................................ 10
7.3 Manual update ...................................................................................................................... 11

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8. Interface description ................................................................................................................ 11
8.1【 】VCI set................................................................................................................ 11
8.2 Select Vehicles and Select ECUS....................................................................................... 12
9. Frequently Questions .............................................................................................................. 14
1. How to change the software language? ................................................................................. 14
2. What should l do if the software fails to open and encounters the following errors?............ 15
3. How does VCI set up wireless?............................................................................................... 15
4. How does the software activate and register? ....................................................................... 16
5. How to reset VCI?................................................................................................................... 16
6. How to do when software cannot diagnosis system? ............................................................ 18
7. When the ECU flashes the following situation as shown in the figure below, please solve the
problem as follows:....................................................................................................................... 20
1. Product Overview
This set of automobile after-sales diagnostic equipment is a professional instrument for
SAIC MAXUS auto sales and after-sales diagnostic, It can detect vehicle faults in real time
and is a necessary tool in the after-sale automobile repair process. The after-sales
diagnostic equipment is consisted of two parts: diagnostic software (SAIC GRADE-X) and
diagnostic hardware (VCI I / II)
2. Environment configuration
This software works in Windows 7 and Windows 10(recommended) operating system
environment. The computer configuration is as follows:
CPU
32-bit or 64-bit , 2.4GHz or higher(Intel i5 processor or above)
Memory
8GB or above , DDR3 or above
Hard disk
100G or above , HHD or SSD(recommended)
Graphics
Direct X9 WDDM 1.0 or above
Display resolution
1024*768 or more (1366*768 or 1600*900 recommended)
Required Environment
Adobe AIR and Adobe Reader Software Environment
For the first time when SAIC MAXUS Diagnostic Software (SAIC GRADE-X) was
installed , it was requested that both CVDS+VCI Driver and Adobe AIR Software be

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installed , if you need install the two software , please content your PC to the
internet ,download the relevant software , and follow the steps below:
1. Open your browser and enter the URL: https://obd.maxuscloud.com/download/
2. Select the CVDS+VCI Driver and Adobe Air software to download.(see picture below)
3. Click on the downloaded files to install.
3. Hardware inventory
Hardware name
VCI 6520
VCI VDI II
1.USB cable
2.Vehicle Communication
Interface Module
（VCI）
3.OBD interface cable
3.1 Explanation of the VCI indicator and interface
The following figure shows the indicator and interface for the 6520 and VDI II:
VCI 6520
VCI VDI II
1
Vehicle communication
indicator
2
Host communication
indictor
3
Fault indictor
4
Host power indictor

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3.2 Equipment connection diagram
Equipment name
Connection diagram
Connection method
VCI 6520
（Support wired
and wireless）
（Windows 10
does not support
wireless
connection）
1. Use the OBD cables to connect
computer and VCI devices
2. Use the USB cables to connect
computer and VCI devices
VCI VDI II
（Support wired
and wireless）
1. Insert the USB WIFI dongle in an
available USB port on your PC (Wait
for USB driver to be automatically
configured during 1st time the USB
dongle is inserted in PC USB Port.)
2. Power-up VCI by connecting the VCI to
the vehicle using DLC cable.
3. Start the VCI Manager software by
doubleclicking the icon on the PC
desktop.
4. Select the VCI with green bars in the
VCI Manager Explorer tab and click
“Connect” button. Once connected, a
green check mark will replace the
green bars.
4. Software installation
Before installing the diagnostic software, you need to install the VCI Manager software to
check if the VCI is working properly, so we need to make sure that the both software have
been installed: 1. CVDS+VCI Driver software; 2. Adobe Air software.
4.1 official address
If you install the software on your computer for the first time, you need to install the
installation package on the official website.
Download link: https://obd.maxuscloud.com/download/

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4.2 Installing GRADE-X and CVDS+ VCI Driver+ Adobe Air Installation Package
4.3 Test the VCI Manager connection
(1) Make sure that the connection of VCI Manager, the vehicle and the computer correctly,
as shown in Figure:
VCI 6520
VCI VDI II
(2) Run the VCI Manager
[connect]
设备名称
连接方式
连接状态

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VCI 6520
VCI VDI II
[Disconnect] or close the software
Note: After the test shows normal, you must exit the VCI manager software, otherwise
it will affect the normal use of the diagnostic software!!!
5. Active SAIC GRADE-X
SAIC GRADE-X software registration procedures are as follows:

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5. 1 Ensure that the computer and the Internet are properly connected (the network is
working properly):
When running SAIC GRADE-X software , the page will pop up the computer
hardware information (This page only appears when the user opens the installation for the first
time. It will not be displayed after the activation is successful), as shown below:
5.2 Send Computer Hardware Information
Please copy the numbers in the red box above and send back to the Maxus
administrator via email. The Maxus administrator will notify you when you are activated. Please
also provide your repair station name and code, contact telephone number, contact email
address, VCI serial number to Maxus administrator, the registration table as shown:
)

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Sample
序
号
NO
序列号
Computer hardware
information
注册人单位
Maintenance
station
部门
Departm
ent
维修站代码
Maintenance
station code
注册人
姓名
Name
联系邮件
E-mail
联系电话
Telephone
number
VCI 序列号
VCI serial
number
申请时间
Time of
application
1
1e0c301a-c545-3474-
95fc-86c8160343ff-
19ku3ks69b97a
DIVEMOTOR
DE PERU
AS
123
JULIO
jochoa@divemotor.
com.pe
00519418664
10
1321-
22302520
2018/4/17
Maxus administrator email address: [e-mail]
5.3 After the activation, please click the “Refresh online”button in the figure below or
restart the SAIC Grade-X software
Note: If you still can't enter the main page of the diagnostic software after receiving the
activation notification, please check the following three points:
1. Whether the computer serial number in the submitted activation registration table is
correct;
2. Whether the computer network can be used normally, i.e. whether it can browse the
web normally;
3. Whether the local time of the computer is set correctly. If the date and time are
abnormal, please adjust it back to the correct date and time.

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5.4 After successful activation, enter the diagnostic software page, as shown below:
5.5 Expiration date (It must be used once every 30 days in state of INTERNET available)
Each time you open SAIC GRADE-X, you will directly enter the main page of the
diagnostic software; the user must use SAIC GRADE-X once in a computing-networked state
within 30 days; if the user does not use the SAIC GRADE-X within 30 days, the system will
force the user to connect only use diagnostic software.
Note: After the use changes the computer, the original software will not be able to enter.
Please provide Maxus administrators with new computer hardware information
displayed by the software.
6. VCI driver should be selected before using SAIC GRADE-X
1. Open SAIC GRADE-X software
2. Select the correct use driver (as shown below)

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7. Software upgrade
Note: Software update prompts can only be received after the diagnostic software has been
active.
7.1 Checking Updates
When your computer is connected to the network, if your computer is not installed with the
latest version of the software, you will receive a software update message automatically, as
shown below:
7.2 install updates automatically
Click on the icon pop-up interface upgrade tips, click the [install update], update the software