V9 - 13 Enhanced Activation Instructions

Feature Activation
AutoEnginuitys ScanTool has the ability to be expanded, often

without receiving new hardware or adaptor cables. Optional features can be activated by purchasing enhanced interfaces from an
authorized reseller or directly from AutoEnginuity.
To view a list of optional features currently supported, select
Help | Feature Activation. Enhanced Interfaces that you have purchased support and completed the activation process for will show
a status of "Activated". Those Enhanced Interfaces that you do not
have support for will show a status of "Not Activated".
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What do the Enhanced Interfaces do?
Enhanced Interfaces are, in most cases, software-only

updates that allow you to access non-OBD-II systems,
sensors, and actuations. For example, with generic
OBD-II, Ford only supports 30 - 40 sensors. However,
with the enhanced Ford interface, a typical Ford vehicle
will support 200 - 300 sensors from 55 systems, and a
dozen system tests. The Enhanced Interfaces allow you
to access the vehicle with the manufacturers proprietary
protocols while still using the OBD-II hardware; thus
giving you dealer-like capabilities using the ScanTool.
Activating Enhanced Options
If you would like to activate an enhanced feature that you have
purchased, click the Activate button on the Supported Features window. Feature Activation is a two part: 1) submitting the purchaser
name and hardware ID to the activation server to acquire an activation code; and, 2) entering the activation code. If the product was
purchased with enhanced interface options, your activation codes
should have been in the package. In that case, skip to Entering Activation Codes.
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Acquiring Activation Codes

1. Connect the OBD-II connector to your computing device and
the other end to any vehicles DLC.
2. Start the ScanTool program. The software should automatically
begin trying to connect to the vehicle, if not, select Vehicle | Connect or press F2.
3. Once connected to the vehicle, the ScanTool will require you to
select the vehicle model information. Select the correct make,
model, and year.
4. Select Generic OBD-II as the System.
5. Click OK once the vehicle model information and the system are
selected.
6. The software will now finalize the connection and ask you if you
want to retrieve trouble codes; please select None to bypass the
trouble code retrieval phase in this case.
7. Select Help | Feature Activation.
8. Select Activate. With a completed connection, subsection 2b is
filled in with the Hardware ID.
9. Email both the full Purchaser Name and Hardware ID to

[email protected]. You can create a new email or use
our website at http://www.autoenginuity.com/activation.html.
Though you must provide the full Purchaser Name and Hardware
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ID through email, you do not have to use the same computing

device that you will use to operate the software to send the email.
The email can be sent by any computing device that sends and
receives emails.
Its very important that the Purchaser Name match that of the
name on the original invoice. The server will match up the information in the database before responding with an activation code. If
any information is not accurate or does not match with an entry in
the database, the server will respond with an automated message
asking you to correct the submission and try again. If the submission is correct an activation code will be returned during business hours. The activation code will be emailed as a response to
the email you sent. The activation code will be at the top of the
email and will be a large number broken into four parts.
Entering Activation Codes
Activation codes are four segments of hexadecimal codes.
Enter all hexadecimal segments into the text entry fields of the Feature Activation window at Step 3. The text entry fields are not casesensitive. Unlike acquiring activation codes, no connection to a
vehicle is necessary during this step.
You will be required to restart the software for the new activa-
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tion codes to take effect. Please do not restart your computer, you
may lose your activation codes if the software is not closed first.
Once you restart the software, your new enhanced coverage will be
highlighted in green and show a status of "Activated."
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Feature Activation

AutoEnginuitys ScanTool has the ability to be expanded, often

AutoEnginuity ScanTool User Guide

What do the Enhanced Interfaces do?

Enhanced Interfaces are, in most cases, software-only

Acquiring Activation Codes

9. Email both the full Purchaser Name and Hardware ID to

AutoEnginuity ScanTool User Guide

ID through email, you do not have to use the same computing

AutoEnginuity ScanTool User Guide

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