Many modern CPUs provide extensions for running virtual machines (VMs) more efficiently. This guide originally appeared on the official FORScan forum. Special thanks to the FORScan community and to mkillewald for compiling and verifying this guide. Caution: As of SDK Tools Revision 17, the virtual machine acceleration feature for the emulator is experimental be alert for incompatibilities and errors when using this feature.
Run the FORScan software on the Windows 10 VirtualBox machine. Plug in the OHP USB ELM device to your vehicle. This also has various In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is an emulation of a computer system. Restart the Windows 10 VirtualBox machine. VMware Fusion provides a safe way to run Windows on Mac. Go to the VirtualBox port settings and enable the USB 3.0 and the FTDI FT232R USB UART device.ĭownload and install the Windows 10 FTDI driver via the setup.exe package. Download it here: Ĭonnect the OHP USB ELM device to the USB port of your computer but DON'T plug it in yet on your vehicle. Install the latest version of VirtualBox Extension Pack for Mac OS X hosts. Install Xcode from the Mac App Store, its free, but its a big. Install the latest version of FTDI driver for Mac OS X. Assuming your VM is set up, open up the Mac App Store. In this guide, we'll show you how to run the FORScan software on your Mac OS X computer using the VirtualBox Windows 10 OS emulator. However, you can still run the software by using a Windows emulator on your Mac computer.
Currently, the FORScan software only runs with Windows OS and does not support Mac OS X computers.