Using XPROM V5.60 with USB Dongle to Install on Win7 Procedure

Using XPROM V5.60 with USB Dongle to Install on Win7 Procedure

XPROG-M V5.60 XPROG M Programmer with USB Dongle is the 2016 Latest Version. Its software can be installed on Windows XP and windows 7. It is very popular among European market. One of my customers shared me that he used XPROM V5.60 with USB Dongle to install on Win7 procedure. Here is the details below:

1) He installed Adobe Reader.
a. He inserted CD and double clicked "My Computer".
b. Then he opened CD and copied the compressed file "XP 5.60 English" to Desktop.
c. He decompressed "XP 5.60 English", then opened "XP5.60" and installed Adobe Reader file.

2) He registried editor.
a. He right clicked "Registry Editor", then chose "Merge" and click "Yes" and "OK" when the alert dialog boxs are showing.

b. He did copy the folder “XPROG-BOX 5.60 English file” to Local Disk "C".

3) He installed driver. Here is the steps:
a. He connected X-Prog Box to the computer and get message “Installing device driver software", if it failed to automatically install driver on win7 shown as follows, please manually installed the driver by following below steps.

b. He right clicked "My Computer" and chose option "Manage", then "Device Manager", then right clicked "Xprog-box" under "Other devices" then "Update Driver Software".

c. He got a dialog box and clicked "Browse my computer for driver software".
d. He selected browse location: Desktop-XPROG-BOX drive-WINDOW XP (Note: Select the driver software from folder "WINDOW XP" is okay.)
e. He clicked "Next" to go on and got a Windows security warning message, clicked "Install this driver software anyway".

f. He right clicked "USB Serial Port" to choose "Update Driver Software". He  got a message and clicked "Browse my computer for driver software". Then he chose browse location "WINDOW XP", and ignored windows security warning message.

g. He found "Xprog-box programmer (COM4)" and "USB Input Device", finally the driver software was installed with success.

h. He selected the Xprog-BOX 5.60 English file folder at Local Disk "C" and opened "XprogDesktop" application file. Then agreed Adobe Reader's protocol.

4) He copied read write device data.
a. He did click "Device" option at the toolbar of V5.60 and select Type-Serial EEPROM, Subtype-Atmel, and Device-AT93C66.

b. He clicked "New" at toolbar and got a noname file, next clicked "Read" and moved mouse to read codes.

c. Note: For the next time use with convenience, you are advised to send "XprogDesktop" to desktop.

XPROM V5.60 with USB Dongle installed suceessfully on Win7.

Xprog-M and UPA USB Comparison Form

Xprog-M and UPA USB Comparison Form

As we know that Xprog-M and UPA USB are a very popular ECU Programmer Tool. Many customers ask me to recommend a ECU programmer tool for them. Xprog-M and UPA USB, which one is better? Here is the comparison form below:

Item Number	TSS-E006	TSS-E004
Item Name	XPROG-M V5.55 XPROG M Programmer with USB Dongle	UPA USB V1.3.0.14 With Full Adaptors
Software Version	V5.55	V1.3.0.14
Hardware Version	2015	2014
Update	No	No
Language	English	English/Russian
With Dongle	Yes	No
With Laptop	Yes	No
OS	32Bit/64Bit WinXP/Win7 System	32Bit/64Bit WinXP/Win7 System
Function	Read/Write ECU/MCU Chip,Eeprom programming	Read/Write ECU/MCU Chip,Eeprom programming
Special function	Decypte New BMW CAS4；Add New Authorization: AUTH-0025 Authorized	support MC9S12HY64/HA32and NEC function
Support List	depends on ECU Chip Types	depends on ECU Chip Types
Note：XPROG-M V5.50 or older version can be updated to Xprog-M V5.55 via ATMEGA64 Repair Chip. UPA USB Programmer can realize NEC function with NEC adapter.

From the above form, the differences between Xprog-M and UPA USB is the software version and language. Which one is better depends on your choice.