VXDIAG Benz “Firmware is Older than Installed Program Version” Solution

Problem:

Had a problem with VXDIAG VCX SE Benz VCI and 2023.09 Xentry. VCI is not detected by the computer. It reported an error “Firmware is older than installed program version”.

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Solution:

Run XENTRY VCI Recovery program on the desktop.

Don’t connect via WiFi when recovering VCI. Connect the device via USB cable.

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Update Xentry Diagnostic VCI.

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Select VCI version as 202309 after the update is finished.

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If there is no 202309 version selection, check

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1).  if Benz C6 has been installed/updated in VX Manager.

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2).

Check if your VXDIAG Benz firmware is up-to-date or not.

We did a Teamviewer check and found he did not update the Benz VCI firmware to latest version.

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