Here comes a similar question:
“I’m new to the world of JLR and looking for some advice on diagnostics and programming. I currently have a 2017 XF R-sport (Falls under the 2018 year group however) which means I will need to use the newer pathfinder software. Is there any cheap / clone versions are as all I can seem to find are all > £300 in price!”
Solution:
The VXDIAG VCX SE for JLR appears to support Pathfinder.
You can get a preinstalled on a HDD for $69.
It works great when use for diagnostics. All works apart from seems to have no access to topix.
Pros & Cons of the VCX SE JLR
Pros:
- Supports USB, WiFi and WLAN and DoNET connection
- Compatible both SDD and Pathfidnre for new and old JLR
- Allow being added with more car brands license to the device
- Supports DoIP protocol
- fully diagnose any potential issues.
- Able to change CCF
- can be used as passthru device with OEM software
- affordable
Cons:
- cannot access Topix to do online programming (JLR officially banned 3rd party devices, so it is not the device issue)
- software installation is challenging