Look at the chart: what’s the difference between VCM IDS 3 (SP277) and Chinese VCM 2 knock-off (SP177)? and which better for Ford or Mazda diagnosis and programming?
| Ford diagnostic tool | VCM IDS 3 | VCM 2 clone |
| Image |  |
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| Latest software version | Ford IDS 113
Mazda IDS 112 |
Ford IDS 112
Mazda IDS v96 |
| Operating system | Windows Vista: No
Windows XP: Need luck Windows 7: Yes Windows 8: Yes Windows 10: Yes |
Windows Vista: No
Windows XP: Yes Windows 7: Yes Windows 8: Need luck Windows 10: Need luck |
| Language support | English, German, Spanish, Spanish(Mexico), Italy, French, French (Canada), Greece, Finland, Slovenia, Danmark ,Czechic, Chinese(Taiwan), Chinese(China), American English, Vietnam, Turkey, Thailand, Swedish, Russian, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Poland, Norwegian, Holand, Korea, Japanese, Indian, Hungary | It depends on that software is installed in the native or in the vmware machine.
VCM 2 china clone has different language support. |
| Diagnosis | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | Yes | Yes |
| Reprogramming | Yes | Yes |
| Conclusion | VCM IDS 3 works good with new operation systems like Windows 8 or 10. and it’s more friendly for different language users for the better language support.
VCM 2 cloned units esp. SP177-c1 is a decent Ford diagnostic tool for diagnosis, programming and reprogramming. Runs more stable with functions confirmed to work! |
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Note; VCM 2 clone language:
VCM 2 china clone has different language support.
VCM 2 VMware-install version supports:
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Netherlands, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Slovak
VCM 2 sp177 (ids v101 vm), sp177-2 (ids v98 vm)
Note: you should buy a disk with new software installed before delivery. but there is no many languages for use.
VCM 2 native-install version supports:
English, German, Spanish, Spanish(Mexico), Italy, French, French (Canada), Greece, Finland, Slovenia, Danmark ,Czechic, Chinese(Taiwan), Chinese(China), American English, Vietnam, Turkey, Thailand, Swedish, Russian, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Poland, Norwegian, Holand, Korea, Japanese, Indian, Hungary
The native-install ver. includes VCM 2 sp177-c1 (ids v86), sp177-c (ids 108), sp177-1
