Porsche Piwis 3 clone software

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I am trying to setup a Porsche Piwis 3 clone and I am missing some files to access the hidden functions. Is anyone running a Piwis 3 clone and would be able to let me know if they have the files on their clones? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

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If you say your general location you may find someone local that can help .

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Thank you. I’m just looking to see if the software they are using has the missing files or is it just a Chinese clone issue.

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It may be worth noting that the Chinese PIWIS "clones" are actually just pirated copies. And from what I've heard it's not unusual for them to be broken or incomplete.
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I was afraid of that. Might be time to go a different route.

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Do a Google search for " the 75 dollar piwis " . Plenty of discussions that started just about the hardware but then progressed to the software . Lots of guys have their Piwis clones working just fine . Hope that helps .

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Do a Google search for " the 75 dollar piwis " . Plenty of discussions that started just about the hardware but then progressed to the software . Lots of guys have their Piwis clones working just fine . Hope that helps .

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Thank you for your reply. I have a cloned Piwis that I have set up and works fine for the basic functions but I needed the hidden functions to reset my air suspension control module.. I read on another forum that it was in the hidden functions of the Piwis. I tried all the ways that it said to access them but to no prevail I could not get it to work. I dug deeper into the files and saw that there were no files in the hidden functions folder. After further research I read that a lot of the cloned Chinese Piwis systems are missing some files. I contacted a guy in the Ukraine and he claims that his software includes all the files along with online access. After the holidays I may end up going with his software.

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