Success!!
Let me see if I can post a legible synopsis of my experience with trying to get the TIS Techstream program to work. I'm using a MacBookPro with Mavericks v.10.9.4 and Parallels running Windows 7 32-bit.
I started off, thanks to other posts on this forum, with the cable and accompanying mini-DVD from
Amazon.
Unfortunately, I don't have a DVD player handy to either play or rip the mini-DVD that came with the cable. However, through many days of searching, and trial and error, I was able to download the latest software from this ft86club forum:
Toyota TechStream Ver V9.10.037 - Diagnostic Tools for FR-S/GT86/BRZ - Scion FR-S Forum | Subaru BRZ Forum | Toyota 86 GT 86 Forum | AS1 Forum - FT86CLUB
The primary issue I was having was after getting the program to open and past the registration screen, I could not get the program to connect to the mini-VCI cable. I tried several different versions and also installing on an old Netbook running Windows XP with the same errors.
Finally, I came across this guys upload site that had the driver I figured I was needing.
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=75C933EE49501E9A&id=75C933EE49501E9A!126
I followed his super easy instructions from the pdf file and started off using his latest version of the software listed, V7.10.30. Success! No connection errors :guitar2: BUT, it would only allow me to select a 2013 year model :smash:. My SR5 is a 2014. Nevertheless, now that I had the missing driver, I uninstalled the .30 version. . .
THEN I went back to the "onedrive" site and followed the instructions again verbatim, except running the .exe file for software V9.10.37 I had previously downloaded from the ft86club forum.
The "TISKEY" program will take care of the registration headache and the MVCI driver will take care of the issue connecting to the cable. Too easy!
Now, finally, after about a week of headaches, I can turn off the damn seatbelt chime. :whoo: