Broadcast requests are the requests sent to all or a group of devices simultaneously.

The “Abrites Diagnostics for VAG” is able to send broadcast requests to all devices with a request to enter a desired transport mode, to clear all DTCs in all devices or to disable/ enable the communication of all devices. You can do this by selecting the corresponding button in the “CAN Broadcast panel”.

Here are the available functions:

Transport mode

Entering or exiting the vehicle from transport mode is used by the factory to place the cars into a “sleep” mode in order to conserve the battery charge during long periods of inactivity.

Disable normal communication

This function will disable the communication between units in the car. This can help you hold the current state of the as well as preventing disturbances in communication while performing a reflash.

Enable normal communication

Restoring the normal message transmition.

Clear all DTCs

Sending requests to all units in the vehicle in order to erase their DTCs.