How to install TIS2000 and GlobalTIS for GM Tech2 Scanner Tutorial: software install for SAAB, OPEL, GM, ISUZU, Suzuki and Holden, esp. Part 1: PC requirement and Windows XP install All of the Tech 2 software is intended to work with Windows XP Professional, 32-bit. It may be possible to use the software using another OS, but results are hit or miss. It may be possible to use the software over a simulated serial port such as a USB to serial adapter, but results are hit or miss. There are a couple specific adapters that are generally considered to work better than others perhaps someone would care to offer ones they have gotten working, and someone can update this post. For the purposes of this tutorial, we are going to use Windows XP Pro 32-bit running directly on a PC with a physical serial port. What I have: 1. Dell Vostro 320 — this is a c2010 all-in-one computer that still has native support for Windows XP and has a physical serial port. Chinese clone GM Tech 2, from. Three PCMCIA cards from the same place. Two are Saab-English 148 and one is GM-English 33. A 16gb flash drive. Believe me, you want this I need to assume you know how to install Windows XP on a computer. There are simply way too many variables to explain how to do this. As I write this, I am just finishing up installing Windows XP Pro SP3 on my Dell Vostro 320. Do I want to change my display settings? Do I want to turn on automatic updates? The first thing I am going to do is open Device Manager: 1. Click the Start menu 2. Right click on My Computer 3. Choose the Hardware tab 5. Click Device Manager and look at all the devices that have yellow question marks next to them, probably hanging out under Other Devices, indicating there are no device drivers. There are two things you are likely going to want to do: 1. Get a video driver installed so you can fully use the various applications and, most likely, WIS and EPC. You are going to need to know who you need to hit up to get your video driver. Make sure your chipset drivers are installed to ensure Windows is managing your chipset properly as otherwise, you could have serial port and USB issues. You need to know what chipset you have. If you have a Dell computer, getting drivers for your system is easy. Look on the back or bottom of your computer and find the 7-digit Service Tag. Click the Start Menu 2. Click All Programs 3. Click Command Prompt 5. In the black Command Prompt window that appears, type:wmic bios get serial number and press Enter. After Windows installs wmic it happens automatically it will return the Serial Number of your PC, which also happens to be your Service Tag. Type in the Service Tag you just obtained 4. Stick that 16gb flash drive into the computer and start downloading drivers 7. Once the drivers you need are downloaded, take that 16gb flash drive into your DeLorean… I mean old computer, and install them one by one. Part 2: How to disable Delayed Write for USB drive via Device Manager I would also go ahead and disable Delayed Write for your USB drive via Device Manager: 1. Click the Start menu 2. Right-click on My Computer 3. Click on the Hardware tab. Click on the Device Manager button. Right-click on the device and choose Properties. Click on the Policies tab. Uncheck Enable write caching on disk. Because delayed writes on removable drives are annoying. So, seriously, just disable it on your XP machine as well. Be sure you finish up your installation with a reboot. At this point, you should have a functional XP machine, c2008, so you have about seven years worth of updates to install. Fortunately, there is an easy way. Take your 16gb flash drive, plug it back into the other computer — the one with an internet connection Scroll down a bit to the Windows XP Unofficial SP4 Download Locations and download it from Google Drive. Remember, XP only supports USB 2. The second is Software, and you care very, very much about the contents of this folder. I know you want to. This is the software that makes Tech 2 work. Assuming you were smart and ordered a Saab-English 148 card with your Tech 2, you can safely ignore the files in this folder. If you did not, you will want to download the Saab 148. GlobalTIS: Contains a gigantic ZIP file which includes GlobalTIS and the crack for it. TIS2000: Contains a medium sized 7zip file which includes TIS2000 and the crack for it. Miscellaneous: Contains two subfolders. Tech 2 Card Writer is a cool little utility that allows you to write the BIN files we discussed earlier to a PCMCIA card installed in your Tech 2. Memory Card Explorer contains a utility that lets you look around on PCMCIA cards. This is probably not useful for most people. Do note that nobody bothered to ZIP up the Memory Card Explorer, so you need to download that entire folder by right clicking it and choosing download. WIS: Contains another huge file that is the Saab Workshop Information System installer. This version has been modified so it will run properly on later operating systems. You want this, start downloading. For the big ones — GlobalTIS and WIS — I would highly recommend downloading one at a time for maximum throughput. We need to do some things to these files before moving them over to Old Faithful. A old, awful computer running Windows XP SP3, fully patched and up to date using Unofficial SP4, with potentially a bare minimum of device drivers 2. To get that going, you need to download and install 7zip. Visit this site: and download the appropriate version of 7zip for the OS on your newer, internet connected computer. Once 7zip is installed, find 7zip File Manager on your Start menu and run it. In there you will find several folders and files. Plug in your trusty 16gb flash drive. Make a folder on that flash drive called TIS2000, then navigate into your new TIS2000 folder. Now, in 7zip File Manager select all six items and drag them into the TIS2000 folder you just made on your flash drive. It may take quite some time to finish EVEN AFTER THE STATUS WINDOW DISAPPEARS, be patient and wait for Windows to finish. Open up the flash drive on the old computer 2. Double click on the TIS2000 folder 3. Double click on the Saab TIS2000 2. Double click on the cosids folder 5. Double click on SETUP. EXE there are several files named setup, or similar to setup — you need SETUP. EXE, it has the icon of a car connected to a Tech 2 which, you know, makes sense 6. The installer will ask a few questions. CHOOSE ALL THE DEFAULTS. The installer takes a while. After TIS2000 is installed, you need to install the dongle emulator. Open up the flash drive on the old computer 2. Double click on the TIS2000 folder 3. Double click on the Drivers folder 4. Double click on DDINST32. Choose Express installation 6. Click on the Start Menu 2. Open up the flash drive on the old computer 5. Windows will ask if you want to replace the existing file. Windows will ask if you want to replace the existing file. Click on the Start Menu 9. Choose Show the contents of this folder 12. Open up the flash drive on the old computer 13. Double click on the Dongle folder 14. Drag each of the files — GOODKEY. You have successfully installed TIS2000. There are more hoops to jump through here, so get ready. The first thing you need to do is locate the GlobalTIS. We can go ahead an unzip it on the newer computer: 1. Right click on the GlobalTIS. This is a new folder called GlobalTIS that contains all the files in GlobalTIS. First, locate Saab Global TIS 2010—1. What we do here depends on what operating system your newer computer is. If you are using Windows 8 or Windows 10, you can actually view the content of that ISO without burning it out to a physical disk. One you have access to the content, you can copy them to your 16gb flash drive and install from there. Windows 8 and Windows 10 still have the option to burn ISOs to physical media. The rest of the class is going to make a future plastic frisbee. Locate Saab Global TIS 2010—1. Right click on Saab Global TIS 2010—1. Select Burn Disc Image 5. After the Windows Disc Image Burner loads, click Burn This process will take a little while, so be patient. Click on your Start Menu and go find 7-zip File Manager from earlier. In 7-Zip File Manager, double click on the GlobalTIS FOLDER NOT the GlobalTIS. Double click on SAAB GLOBALTIS KEYGEN. Inside are two files — KeyGen. Open it up, and make a new folder called keygen. Drag the two files — KeyGen. Close 7-zip File Manage Finally, copy the Java 6 for global tis. Now, we have one last prepatory thing to do. Save it to the flash drive. You should now have: 1. A DVD with the GlobalTIS program 2. A flash drive with a folder called keygen that has two files in it 3. Java 6 for global tis. Open up the flash drive 2. Double click on Java 6 for global tis. Run through the Java installer — it will only take a second. Note the last screen after Java installs: Java will periodically check for updates. Click on the Start Menu, click on Internet. Now we need to install the PDF viewer software. Choose Not Now, exit Foxit. Autoplay should take over — after a few seconds you will get the InstallAnywhere window and a moving status bar. If you do not, you jumped ahead and turned off Autorun, shame on you. Run through the GlobalTIS installer, which primarily consists of clicking OK and Next a few times. OK and Next is all you do UNTIL you get to the Dealer Code. Type in a 6-digit number of your choosing. REMEMBER THE SIX DIGIT NUMBER. GlobalTIS takes an eternity to install, be patient. Lots and lots of tiny files. You can do anything you put your mind to. At long last you get to click Done, and GlobalTIS is installed. Now we need to crack GlobalTIS. First, locate the GlobalTIS icon on your desktop. Double click on it. Internet Explorer will load, and it will probably take a long time before anything happens. Be patient, let it sit there. You will get a warning dialog, click Yes. You will be returned to the GlobalTIS registration page. You need to pay attention here: 1. Click Edit Dealership Data 2. The data is going nowhere, use whatever information you like, BUT note the Dealership ID. Use the same ID you provided earlier. You will be notified the dealer data has been stored, click OK. IE will pop up asking for a place to save a file. The default is My Documents. Just leave it, click Save. Click Close to dismiss the download dialog 9. In the GlobalTIS window, click the Logout button. Confirm you wish to log out. Close Internet Explorer Next we need to get some information. Click on the Start menu 2. Click on My Documents 3. Foxit will open and display a PDF with a GM Europe Header. Scroll to the bottom and find the Request ID and the Software Key 6. Click on the Start menu 7. Click on All Programs 8. Click on Accessories 9. Click on Notepad 10. In the Foxit window, select the 64-character Software key. Right click on your selection and choose Copy 12. Click on the Notepad window. Your 64-character Software Key will appear in Notepad. Now, things are about to get real. Open up your flash drive, and double click on the keygen folder we made all that time ago. Be sure there are still two files in there — KeyGen. Click on the Start menu 3. Close the flash drive window. Click on the Start menu 9. Click All Programs 10. Click Command Prompt 12. Find your Notepad window, the one where we edited that 64-character Software Key 14. Select that entire 64-character key — BE SURE YOU SELECT THE ONLY THE KEY, NO SPACES OR RETURNS OR ANYTHING ELSE 15. Return to your Command Prompt window 17. Type:keygen DO NOT PRESS ENTER 1. Press the space bar ONCE 2. In the top left corner of the Command Prompt window, click on the little command prompt icon 3. The 64-character software key should appear on the command line 6. Type exit and press Enter Your command prompt window will close. You can also close Notepad. You do not need to save the file in Notepad. Look around in there for a text document called key and double click on it. Find the GlobalTIS icon on your desktop again, and double click on it. It should load much faster this time! Scroll to the bottom and locate Section 6, the Subscriber ID and License Key boxes. Copy and paste the strings from key. Scroll down further in the GlobalTIS registration window and click Register License Key 6. HAHA — fooled you! Press the logout button. Close all the windows. Hope this helps you out.
