![]() So here we go again, a slew of China imports that are knocking off the Nexiq USB Link 2. However, the China manufacturers are smart people, and they figured out a workaround: Use the circuit board and cables from the original USB Link, place them in a case that looks like the USB Link 2, and sell it as the USB Link 2. With a positive side for Nexiq, they are now able to charge whatever price the market will bear for the cables, since there are no other options for customers. China is no longer able to produce the cables since they can’t get the authentication chip, thus they can’t create a clone of the Nexiq USB Link 2. Second, it means that the Nexiq USB Link 2 can now only be used with cables that have this authentication chip. First, it now means that Nexiq can use software instead of hardwired cables to take care of the problem of having multiple OBDII cables. #Using an adaptor on serial cloner serial#Inside the serial port end of each USB Link 2 cable, there is now a security and authentication chip. Nexiq “fixed” these issues with the new USB Link 2. To make matters worse, China manufacturers were able to create “clones” of the Nexiq USB Link original, and sell them for $300 versus the $700 that a genuine one cost. ![]() The reason was that they were trying to get $250 for a replacement 6/9-pin cable, while in the meantime a slew of China manufacturers were selling them for $30-$40 each, and they worked just as well. The other issue was that Nexiq never really sold a lot of these cables, along with the replacement cables. ![]() Besides the fact that Nexiq is worried about USB Link 2 clone, one of the nagging issues that Nexiq had with the original design was that several different OBDII cables were needed (Regular OBDII, Volvo/Mack HD OBDII, CAT in GMC/Chevy Truck OBDII, etc…). The Nexiq USB Link 2 came out around mid-2014 and is the number one selling commercial truck adapter in the market. The Nexiq USB Link original adapter came out around 7 years ago and sold more than 130,000 units before it was discontinued and replaced by the Nexiq USB Link 2. ![]()
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