Roger Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 I have sadly sold my CTLSi, and have a supply of spares and accessories available. As a Rotax certified technician - Stage 2 B.U.D.S dongle with software, used only a couple of times. Cost $1095.00 $650.00 Brand new boxed complete Rotax oil tank. $375 pm me cjbjer(at)gmail.com Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Gee Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 Do you have the part number of the oil tank? Might be interested. Edit: Also, sorry to hear you sold the CTLS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Lee Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 You could sell that dongle in short order on the Rotax Owner forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted November 14, 2021 Report Share Posted November 14, 2021 I'll take the BUDS dongle, email sent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 I'm sure there's a reason this is wrong, but the BUDS just looks like a USB-A to DB9 adapter cable. If one got the pinouts couldn't that cable be replicated for about $11 instead of $1100? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 35 minutes ago, FlyingMonkey said: I'm sure there's a reason this is wrong, but the BUDS just looks like a USB-A to DB9 adapter cable. If one got the pinouts couldn't that cable be replicated for about $11 instead of $1100? There is more to it than that. The dongle has a serial number, and the software needs to recognize the dongle and serial number to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warmi Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 10 minutes ago, Tom Baker said: There is more to it than that. The dongle has a serial number, and the software needs to recognize the dongle and serial number to work. I think this is just like the old style "dongle" available for various high end software ( costing thousands of dollars per license ) like Lightwave 3d, Maya or 3d Max ( before they all moved to cloud based authentications which , for obvious reasons, it not an option for the Rotax dongle ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMonkey Posted November 15, 2021 Report Share Posted November 15, 2021 19 minutes ago, Tom Baker said: There is more to it than that. The dongle has a serial number, and the software needs to recognize the dongle and serial number to work. So, it's just unnecessary proprietary software bullshit to justify a 100x price markup. Got it. I bet a clever person could spoof that with the right chip and a known good serial number. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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