Directed Announces New Toyota Firmware Solution

Just in time for what promises to be a busy remote start season, Directed is rolling out a new TL5 firmware solution for the 2012/13 Toyota Camry and Yaris hatchback key-type models.

It covers the following vehicles:  -2011+ Scion TC
                                                        -2012+ Toyota camry (reg key)
                                                         -2012+ Toyota Yaris Hatch
                                                          -2010+ Toyota 4Runner (G key)  

The new firmware solution for DBALL from Directed, features full convenience functionality along with the data key override. The solution requires no scan tool or any special web key replicating tool to use. The solution is also Directed SmartStart 3.0.1 compatible and offers DTC codes and status alerts.

More details at http://www.xpresskit.com

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Could a car stereo dealer find himself in the coffee business one day?

Could a car stereo dealer find himself in the coffee business one day?

Fiat will be adding a new option to the upcoming 500L due in 2013: a built-in espresso maker developed with Lavazza.

Right in the cupholder of the 500L, the successor to the new Fiat 500, is a pod-style mini coffee maker complete with a spoon holder.  There’s no visible cables and it plugs directly into the power source between the seats, reports Autoblog in the UK.

The new 500L will also have some high tech infotainment with a next gen UConnect system with an audio system designed in conjunction with Dr. Dre.

Although the 500L (a larger version of the Fiat 500)  will be heading for the U.S. next year, there’s no immediate plans to bring the coffee maker to the U.S., said Fox News, which called the coffee maker, the first of its kind offered by an auto maker.

Midcity Engineering new releases for 2012 in red...

Model Number	Model	Year	Chassis
SKS164 (Keyless go vehicles require additional part# KG20)	ML	2006-2011	W164
	GL	2006-2012	X164
	R	2006-2012	W251
SKS166 (Keyless go vehicles require additional part# KG20)	ML	2012	W166
SKS164H (Keyless go vehicles require additional part# KG166)	ML HYBRID	2010-2011	W164
SKS220 (Keyless go vehicles require additional part# KG20) Swap pins on KG20 so that solid brown wire is in pin position 1 and brown/red is in pin position 2	S	2002-2006	All
	CL	2002-2006	All
	SL	2003-2011	All
SKS221 (Keyless go vehicles require additional part# KG20)	S	2007-2012	W221
	CL	2007-2012	W216
SKS204 (Keyless go vehicles require additional part# KG20)	C	2008 - 2012	W204
	CLS	2012	W218
	GLK	2010 - 2012	X204
	E SEDAN	2010 - 2012	W212
	E COUPE	2010 - 2012	W207
	SLK	2012	W172
SKS211	E	2004-2009	W211
	CLK	2004-2011	W209
	CLS	2004-2011	W219
	C	2003-2007	W203
	G	2004-2012	W463
	SLK	2005-2011	R171
	B	2005-2011	W245
	A	2005-2011	W169
SKS906	Sprinter*	2007-2012	All
	*Sprinter requires extended range transmitter for operation :      Order FLRF1 (1way) or FLRF2(2 way LCD)

Escort Live is going to change the way we drive and use radar detectors....

WEST CHESTER, Ohio, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ESCORT Inc (http://www.escortinc.com/) today announced the introduction of ESCORT Live™, the ultimate real-time ticket protection network.  ESCORT Live™ is the social network for the road where drivers share live alerts with other drivers so everyone in the network can drive smarter.

ESCORT Live™, now available directly from ESCORT, uses Bluetooth technology embedded in SmartCord Live™ cords and a unique app for the driver's smartphone. When alerts are detected, they are transmitted to the ESCORT Live™ "cloud" and then broadcast across the ESCORT Live™ network, notifying drivers of potential ticket threats.  In addition to these live alerts, ESCORT's industry leading Defender® database of fixed position cameras and speed traps is also provided.

"ESCORT can provide the most advanced radar and laser defense on the market by utilizing the power of real-time, cloud-based sharing among drivers," ESCORT President and CEO John Larson says. "ESCORT Live is the social network for the road so you can know sooner, react faster and Drive Smarter."

The key to ESCORT Live™ is real-time national reach and scale. Currently there are more than a million compatible ESCORT or BELTRONICS radar detectors on the road in the United States. Multiply this data gathering and sharing process by millions of miles and driving hours and the result is a nation of protected ESCORT Live™ drivers.  

Here's how it works: Imagine departing for the morning commute.  Your neighbor's ESCORT radar detector encounters a laser gun; that alert information is relayed immediately to the ESCORT Live™ network as a confirmed "laser detected" threat.  Later, as you head in the same direction, even when you are miles away from the waiting laser gun, your smartphone equipped with the ESCORT Live™ app displays a red "laser spotted" alert before you are in range.  

ESCORT Live™ alerts are displayed with band, signal strength and frequency.  Events spotted previously in the network are indicated by an "approaching live alert" message with directional location arrow and distance-to-arrive to the alert source.

Alerts appear at their coordinate location and are marked with an intuitive "heat map" decaying icon that changes color and transparency based on alert relevance.

The ESCORT Live app provides the latest available information on speed cameras, speed traps and speed limit data.  Important driving data is displayed for compass heading, vehicle speed and over-speed alerts.  Users are automatically updated with the latest detector software to optimize performance and eliminate false alerts.  The app features map and dashboard views with multiple alert settings based on user preference.  

"Following an ESCORT Live driver yields excellent information about what lies ahead because the first vehicle's alerts are seamlessly transmitted to other cars equipped with the ESCORT Live™ app," Larson says. "ESCORT Live is about drivers helping drivers in the ultimate live alert network."

Intel Serious About Car Security

Intel labs is working on a full car security platform that can tap into the car’s built-in cameras and use them to send you live video of the area around your car.

The video can be sent from the vehicle’s parking assist cameras to your smartphone with only a 5 second delay. And its compressed enough to work easily over 3G. So you can periodically check in on your car by tapping on a smartphone to view near-live video.

In the case of a theft, you would be sent video up-to-and-around the time of the break in.

It’s just one of the features that Intel Labs is cooking up for a ‘redefining platform’ it hopes to see in new cars.

We spoke to Victor Lortz, a lead researcher on the project. He explained another nifty feature of Intel’s platform.
The car’s dash screen could display a barcode to let you know there’s a new smartphone app available for your car. You scan the code and the app appears on your phone. You are now linked into the car’s electronics system in a secure fashion, without having to download an app from a typical app store.

The feature would give the car companies a seamless and secure way to deliver apps.

“The bar code is something we stumbled upon on in a way. When we were building our demo, we realized we had this whole question of how do you get the app in the phone,” Lortz said, noting that not every driver wants to go through a multi-step process to download an app.

The system could also perform tasks including remote start and locking and unlocking doors.
Intel Labs works with Intel’s commercial departments. The Lab’s job is to create the basic architecture and then it’s up to Intel to develop it.

But Lortz believes we will see his technology in new cars.

“It’s fair to say that Intel is serious about this,” he said. “Once cars get connected there’s a lot of issues around security so that’s another area we’re trying to address.”

Intel aims to create a super secure platform so that car makers and car owners don’t need to worry about hackers—a threat that’s already making headlines.

Source: CEoutlook

KLON is now available ! KLON est maintenant disponible !

Introducing KLON – the next breakthrough in immobilizer bypass technology for vehicles traditionally limited to ‘key-in-a-box’ applications. Using our award-winning Weblink Updater online interface, an OEM key* and an iDatalink module, KLON creates unique firmware that enables installations with no replacement keys, no dealer scan tool and no pin code required.

Make KLON work for you!


From the market leaders in remote start integration comes KLON a unique ‘immobilizer bypass’ solution designed to facilitate the installation of aftermarket remote starters on vehicles equipped with highly encrypted engine immobilizer (i.e. anti-theft) systems.

In conjunction with ADS’ award-winning iDatalink remote start data integration modules, our proprietary Weblink Updater online programming interface and state of the art cloud computing infrastructure, KLON is a software service that instantly creates a ‘virtual copy’ of an OEM key. This virtual copy gets programmed onto an iDatalink module and enables the vehicle’s engine to be started remotely.




Voici KLON – une révolution en matière de contournement de transpondeur pour véhicules traditionnellement limités aux solutions «clé-à-bord». Avec un module iDatalink, une clé originale et notre interface Weblink Updater, KLON programme un logiciel unique directement à votre module iDatalink, vous permettant d’effectuer votre installation sans sacrifier une clé, ni de programmer de transpondeur chez le concessionnaire.


Mettez KLON au défi !


Développé par ADS, les chefs de file en produits d’intégration de démarrage à distance, KLON est une solution de contournement de transpondeur unique adressant les véhicules à systèmes d’anti-démarrage hautement encryptés.


À l’aide d’un module iDatalink, de notre interface web Weblink Updater et d’un système infonuagique de fine pointe, KLON permet de créer une copie «virtuelle» de la clé originale, permettant ensuite de compléter la programmation du module sans sacrifier une clé et de démarrer le véhicule à distance..

2011 Toyota Sienna Recall

Installers read this !


Toyota is recalling approximately 94,000 2011 Model Year Sienna vehicles produced before early November 2010. No other vehicles are affected by this recall.

Due to the proximity of the stop lamp (brake light) switch bracket to the parking brake pedal when the parking brake is fully applied, the bracket could, in limited circumstances, be deformed by the driver’s foot during parking brake operation.

Depending on the amount of bracket deformation, this condition could cause the brake lights to remain on. If the deformation is significant, the brakes could become partially engaged due to contact from the bracket, resulting in brake drag with associated brake noise, brake vibration, and/or illumination of the brake warning light.  If this condition is not noticed and the vehicle continues to be driven, braking effectiveness could be reduced. 

For more details check out the following link...


http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota/customer-faq-for-sienna-stop-lamp-188667.aspx?link_page_rss=188667&siteid=DMG_rss_201012_RLA_explan_toynew_Toyota+Vehicles:+Customer+FAQ+for+Sienna+Stop+Lamp+Switch+Bracket+Recall
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Installateurs veuillez lire ceci !

Toyota fait actuellement un rappel d approximativement 94,000 Sienna 2011 produites debut Novembre 2010.  Aucun autre vehicule ne fait parti de ce rappel.

Due a la proximite de l interrupteur de lumiere de frein et de la braquette de frein d urgence, lorsque cette derniere est enfoncee pleinement elle pourrait (selon certaines circonstances) deformer et par consequent causer les lumieres de freins a rester allumees en permanence.  Si la deformation de cette braquette est significative, elle pourrait meme causer les freins a etre partiellement engages, a causer une vibration, illumination possible de la lumiere de frein dans le panneau d instrumentation et meme une possible degradation de la performance du freinage.

Pour plus de details visitez le lien suivant (anglais seulement):

http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota/customer-faq-for-sienna-stop-lamp-188667.aspx?link_page_rss=188667&siteid=DMG_rss_201012_RLA_explan_toynew_Toyota+Vehicles:+Customer+FAQ+for+Sienna+Stop+Lamp+Switch+Bracket+Recall