Updates are $50/yr per continent (that's $50 for Ford or domestic, $50 for Asian, and $50 for Euro if you buy all of their options). The updates on a Solus/Modis are about $1000/year, and that's without flash files! AE has more Pids available than Snappy does on their tools. Try a Snap-On scanner sometime on a Ford CAN vehicle- you'll find the same problems, perhaps even more, and a price tag big enough to choke a horse. All of them, bar none, refer to paragraph 2. There will be glitches present on Pids available, occasionally connection problems and other problems, too, but that's how aftermarket scan tools are. This will be reflected in the clunkiness of the graphs compared to IDS.

The update rate on the IDS is about 20 times per second with 5 Pids selected, the AE will update only about once every 3-5 seconds with 5 Pids selected. I hear the new Chrysler WiTech is better than the IDS, but I haven't used one yet.Ĭomparatively, slow? Yes, absolutely.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, you guys don't realize the IDS is a frigging rocket ship in scan tool technology with almost nothing comparing to it. Remember you're paying 1/6th the amount of money for it, too. AE will do about 75% of what an IDS will do on a SCP vehicle and about 30% of what an IDS will do on a CAN vehicle. I never said it was a good replacement for the OE tool, I said it is a good value for what you pay and what it does. Yes, if you compare AE (or any other aftermarket scanner) directly to the IDS (or any other OEM tool) you will be terribly disappointed.

I just purchased the autoenginuity scan tool due to the upgrade they did januwith the new proline connecter.I have talked with them quite a bit and they have told me they will be releasing power balance in about 6 weeks.I hope that it happens.It will also do pats key programming and an amazing amount of self tests such as air bag,antilock brakes,instument cluster,tire pressure sensor,stability system,air ride suspension,climate control,4x4 system,and many others.I compared it to the IDS on several vehicles and it found all the same codes in every area including u codes every time.Lots of new bidirectional controls which alow you to control solenoids such as ipr and egr.I really was amazed at how close the new version comes to oem manufacture scan tool quality.Release 8.1 is out but has a couple of bugs.They have given me release 8.2 to experiment with which has not been released yet but fixes most of the bugs.It has alot of 6.0l and 6.4l stuff now but was told they were getting ready to release a bunch more on powerstroke diesels in a few weeks.

Autoenginuity scan tool (st-06)