I used a Dell 6430u laptop that I had for a few years.
I didn't want to wipe off all that I already had on it so I bought a new disk drive to re-install a fresh copy of Win 7 on it before installing everything else required for the DRB III Emulator. The drive was pretty cheap ($22 - ) and I installed it as en external eSATA drive so I could boot to it, rather than the internal drive, when I wanted to use the emulator. It looks a bit funky (see pix below) but only when I need to use the emulator. I think there is a more elegant way to do this but I just wanted to get the new sensors "learned". I'll consider elegant alternatives when I get around to upgrading my laptop to Win 10.

Drive is velcroed on the cover of the laptop

 

Art, Very happy to hear everything worked out for you. You are the second person I personally know of who has successfully used the DRB III emulator with Micropod II, after reading about it here on this great forum. There are some places that say it can't be done, but that is incorrect.

 

Great Job Art!

 

The re-furbished Dell laptop I bought from an eBay Seller arrived yesterday. Cost me all of $90 with a virgin Windows 7 operating system. Ordered a Micropod 2 earlier this past week. Plan to get an Autel TS501 Scan Tool to scan the 2 new VDO REDI-Sensors that were installed on the DS earlier this fall. PS still has the OEM Schrader wheel sensors. Once I get the hardware, I'll get the DRBIII Emulator software setup. Want to clear the TPMS warning light and return system to normal operation.

 

What language are you speaking? TS501

 

What language are you speaking? TS501, VDO REDI, DS,PS, DRBIII, TPMS mean nothing to us that use words to form a sentence. I guess the younger generation and the computer geeks understand this stuff, but not the older generation. If you can't take the time to spell it out I have to ask, what's the hurry?

 

Seems clear enough to me, DS is driver side and PS is .... get the drift?
Autel TS501 Scan Tool. Pretty obvious to me.
VDO REDI-Sensors. Tire pressure sensors also pretty obvious.
TPMS. See above.
DRBIII. How can this be explained more.

 

It would be helpful if one of the Forum's AAs would generate an ATC PDF for the aid of FNs; the ATC would contain CUAs in use on the forum. Any volunteers?

 

What you are doing sounds very good to me, although I use the Autel TS 601 to "chirp" the sensors. You should get excellent results. Feel free to give us a holler if we might be of any help.

 

I doubt it, WYSIWYG. 😉

 

Computer GEEKS! Very funny! Shorthand for the folks in a rush. WDYBMYAOTWTOH.

 

So where do you get the DRBIII Emulator software? Still somewhat "cloudy" on this.

 

A CD with most of the software you need, along with the MicroPod 2 and USB cable comes with this purchase: V17.04.27 wiTech MicroPod 2 for Chrysler Diagnosis & Programming Tool Multi-language
There are also links in the ad for additional updates that are needed.
At least, that's how I got it working following these instructions:
How to install DRBIII Emulator for Micropod 2 on Windows 7 Pro 32-bit | OBDII365.com Official Blog

 

Yes, I agree with Art. This is essentially what I ended up also using. And it works great.

I initially made the mistake of purchasing the emulator software separately on eBay for about $250, because I thought that was necessary. Fortunately I never opened the package and was able to get a refund. It is not necessary to purchase any additional software.

Looks like the Micropod II, with all the software and cable, is now on sale for $135 (20% off). I paid about $170.

 

I'm interested in this..... like really interested in this.

Has anyone explored all of the capabilities of this system?

We know it will help with the TPMS re-learn, I want to know what else it can do!!

Jared

 

I put together this PDF showing the emulator capabilities for the ABS system. There are seven additional systems listed on the menu, but I haven't had a chance to go through and document the emulator capabilities for them all.

 

Thanks for this. I was hopeful that more can be done with it but was only concerned with TPMS at the time. I did wander through some of the menu items when I first got it running and saw that there was other functionality available to me but also that there were items that weren't available for some reason (probably because it's only an emulation of the DRBIII tool).

Jared, if you have specific functionality that you're interested in, I'll be glad to connect mine and see if I can access it.


Art

 

The Autel TS501 Scanner arrived yesterday, which was the last piece of hardware I needed to proceed with setting up to clear the TPMS fault. I'll start the upload of software today & see if I can clear that light.

 

Sounds like you have everything you need. If the laptop has audio, you will hear a beep after each wheel's ID is accepted by the TPMS system. Four beeps and you are done. On screen instructions will guide you through the process. Good Luck!

 

So I've loaded the software & the Autel TS501 TPMS scanner works fine, recognizing all the sensors, both OEM & new. But I don't see how I get the new wheel sensor IDs into the TPM Module using the DRB3 Emulator. I'm missing a step somewhere. Could use a little help.