The S1279 module is a completely separate add on interface which is needed for some commercial models and some vehicles shared with Fiat. The cheaper ones may not contain all the hardware components to talk to the latest cars, you get what you pay for. Diagbox contains both encapsulated versions of Lexia (Citroen) and Peugeot Planet 2000 (Peugeot), and will launch the version most applicable to your vehicle.Īs to where to buy one from? That is entirely your choice. The latest revision of the unit is a Revision C board to communicate with the newer vehicles.Īs for ‘versions’ this generally relates to the software part which is called Diagbox. This is the VCI that facilitates the communication between the Laptop and the vehicle’s diagnostic port. The diagnostic hardware part is a clone device of the original Actia unit used by PSA. I think you are misunderstanding what a Lexia is to be honest. What do you guys think? Lets get some discussion going about how much yours was? Where you bought it? Was it described as A1281Z ? And if it worked? The reason I ask is because if in 2013 when my car was sold the A1281 was not available that means I would not need that chipset on my lexia 3 This ebay listing shows the original Citroen part is called A1281.Z That was the first one I found in google search maybe I can find others too.Īnyone know when the A1281Z version became available from Citroen? Right now I'm most tempted by the ali express source. His price £118 But ebay possibly same thing from £40īut new version A.1281 Z, ebay listings that say this reference are minimum £100īut I found ali express same code A1281.Z = £55 I have done some searching on this forum and found that a guy called Jim is recommended.and this is his website. on the website below I see S.1279 module £29 sold out, maybe the Lexia 3 has replaced it. Explaining what leads come in the kits and what each lead is used for i.e. Pictures of the assembled article with leads and pictures of it connected to a car and being worked with. It would be good to have a sticky post on this board about what version is the latest version and what versions have gone before.

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