Scania VCI 3 vs VCI 2 vs VCI1 truck diagnostic tool

There are some differences among Scania diagnostic tools VCI 1, VCI 2, VCI 3, in terms of connection, vehicles, software and language, etc. For details, please go on your reading.

About hardware compatibility
1)  Communication way 
Scania VCI1 and VCI2 can only be used USB for communication connection.
VCI3 is used via both USB and WIFI connection

2) Workable vehicles 
- VCI1 support vehicles from1995 to 2004:

trucks and buses SCANIA 4 and 3 series as well as marine engines SCANIA
- VCI2 can support vehicles after the year 1995:

SCANIA P, G, R, T, buses SCANIA series K, N, and other vehicles using engines SCANIA
- VCI3 support vehicles after the year 2004:

trucks, buses and other heavy vehicles, which produces the corporation SCANIA
4) Supported systems

- VCI 1 supports systems:

APS, ATA, WTA, CTS and AUS, BCS, BWS, EEC, EBS, EMS, COO, ICL, TCO, OPC and RET, RTI, SMS, TPM , LDW

- VCI-2 & VCI-3 support systems:

APS, ATA, WTA, CTS and AUS, BCS, BWS, EBS, EEC, EMS, COO, LAS and BBS, ICL, TCO, OPC and RET, RTI, SMS, TPM, LDW

About software compatibility

5) Software version

Scania vci1, vci2 & vci3 all runs with Scania diagnos & programmer.

- vci1 is designed to work with the older softwaredesigned to work with the program SD2 v2.32.004 (Scania Diagnos) and Scania SP2 v2.29.004 (Scania Programmer)

- both vci 2 & vci 3 works with the latest tested SDP3 V2.27

6) Language available

- vci 1:

English, Spanish

- scania vci2 & vci3:

German, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Romanian
7) Scania VCI 2 vs. VCI 3 
Only hardware difference, they can use the same software
Scania vci 3 diagnostic tool highlights its high-speed WI-FI connection

SOURCE:http://blog.obdexpress.co.uk/2016/11/22/scania-vci-3-vs-vci-2-vs-vci1-truck-diagnostic-tool/