This is a complex of repair and diagnosis of agricultural, forestry, construction machinery brands John Deere. (All models of combines, tractors, loaders, and other techniques).
Software includes: Manuals, instructions, error codes John Deer, as well as their decision, electrical circuits, Diagnostics and Firmware Utilities, Maintenance Programs on-board computer John Deer ...
Activation of John Deere Service Advisorperformed on all versions of software, starting with version 2.5 and ending with John Deere Service Advisor 4.2.
License life - 10 years.
If the manual, instructions, circuits are updated during the time, you can update them officially, through the program directly from the Jonh Deere server.
There is also available , the electronic catalog of the original parts of the spare parts for the entire equipment produced by John Deere.
Several versions of the program are available:
Agricultural machinery;
Road construction equipment;
Forest and construction equipment.
Activation occurs:
- You have on your computer, you see, I work, connect via the Internet at any point in the world, and make an activation on your computer.
- Send me your device laptop / hard disk, I make installation by John Deere Service Advisor, I send back to you.
- Issu the generated key (license) for your laptop or computer to activate John Deere Service Advisor.
- If you have a weak Internet, or not the opportunity to dig up a large amount of data - I buy a flash drive or write images (files), send you mail (the cost of the flash drive and delivery you pay).
Modern agricultural machinery is not just a workhorse, but also a rather complicated computer system. Moreover, often computer functions are not at all boly for the end user. Thus, American farmers are forced to put up with significant restrictions that tractors manufacturers (John Deere and others) are laid in computer systems of their products.
For example, a farmer cannot independently fulfill a simple repair of the tractor or entrust it to employees of the nearest workshop. For this, you certainly need to call an employee of an authorized service center. Otherwise after independent repair The tractor will simply stop working. According to farmers, during the period of intensive agricultural work, they have no time to wait for the wizard from the manufacturer. In addition, in many cases, repairing new equipment is reduced to downloading the updated firmware. In addition, at its discretion, John Deere can remotely deactivate the tractor, and the farmer can do nothing with it.
Licensed john Agreement Deere, which has become mandatory for signing from October last year, introduces a ban on almost all repair and modification of agricultural equipment. In addition, it prohibits farmers to submit to the court to the manufacturer due to possible "crop loss, lost profits, loss of value, loss in the use of equipment ... which were due to the work or inaction of any kind software" The agreement applies to anyone who turns the key or otherwise uses the John Deere tractor with embedded software. Only dealers John. Deere and authorized repair workshops can carry out work with new tractors.
If the farmer need to repair the tractor, for example, replace the transmission, and it will turn to the nearest workshop, then the tractor will not be able to leave the workshop. For the resumption of the performance of the John Deere tractor, will require the amount of $ 230 and additional payment for the services of its technique in the amount of $ 130 per hour. And all he needs to do is connect special equipment to the USB port of the tractor to authorize the equipment.
Farmers do not intend to put up with such draconic restrictions and fight for their rights. They intend to judicially achieve the abolition of the current license agreement. In the meantime, the question is in suspended state, farmers resort to third-party wizard services, which bypass the limitations of machinery manufacturers using John Deere, which was hacked and modified by Ukrainian hackers. Local mechanics buy such software on closed forums, where you can only get by invitation. Then they use the software to bypass the tractor protection system. Farmers such an approach more souls, since in the event of equipment breakdowns, they do not need to wait for a certified John Deere mechanic, which is 40 miles or more from the farm. And the local mechanic with hacked can be only one mile from the requirement of the tractor service.
Most of the software distributed in such closed forums, hacked by craftsmen from Eastern European countries, such as Ukraine and Poland. But buyers are mainly farmers and mechanics from the United States. On the forums you can also find instructions for bypassing the built-in firmware, cables for connecting the tractor to a computer, license key generators, speed limit modifiers.
On the one hand, the use of such hacked software can be equated to computer piracy. However, in 2015 (Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA). As a result, actions to change the firmware electronic devices Condimated to be considered violations of the law on copyright protection. In particular, it was allowed to modify "Computer programs that control the work of motorized land vehicle, such as personal car, commercial car Or a mechanized agricultural vehicle ... when the bypass is a necessary step taken by the authorized owner of the vehicle for diagnostics, repair or legitimate changes in the vehicle function. " This means that the modification of the embedded software is legitimate, if after that the vehicle still may comply with the requirements for the emissions of harmful substances.
Probably because John Deere has made changes to license agreement. Now the use of modified software is not a federal crime, but may be regarded as a violation of the license agreement and John Deere will be able to make complaints and claims to its customers.
John Deere itself declares that customers, being owners of technology, have the opportunity to conduct its diagnosis, repair, maintenance. At the same time, the use of modified software increases the risk of equipment failure or its work is not as planned. As a result, the equipment can cease to comply with safety and ecology standards.
In detail describing their own investigation, dedicated to a very unusual phenomenon - the black firmware market for agricultural machinery John Deere. It turns out that simple American farmers are forced to buy custom and semi-lifting firmware for their tractors on closed hacker forms.
The problem arose due to the fact that deere. & Company, as well as other manufacturers, began to ban "unauthorized" repair of their technology. But often farmers cannot wait when an authorized specialist arrives, and in service center The necessary details will arrive. After all, all this can take a very long time. In addition, the owners of the technique are seriously afraid that the manufacturer at any time can be deleted to turn off their tractor, and nothing can be done with it.
The John Deere License Agreement, dated October 2016, really prohibits the owners of agricultural equipment almost any repair and modification of technology. The company also reliably defended itself from possible lawsuits, as the agreement removes any responsibility from the manufacturer for the "loss of crop, the loss of profits, reputational losses, the loss of equipment performance" and so on.
Farmers are radically disagreeable with such a manufacturer's policy. So the farmer from Nebraska Kevin Kenny (Kevin Kenney), which is actively fighting for the free "right to repair" (Right-to-Repair) told reporters the following:
"If the farmer bought a tractor, he should be able to do anything with him. You want to change the transmission and turn the tractor to the private mechanics; He changes the transmission, but the tractor cannot even leave the workshop. Deere takes $ 230 plus $ 130 per hour for the departure of a specialist who comes, inserts the connector into their USB port and authorizes the item. As a result, you get technicians who drive around around the district with a hacked Ukrainian on John Deere, which was bought in the black market. "
Other farmers from Nebraski share the point of view of Kenny. Another owner of John Deere technique and part-time mechanic explained to journalists that if you search, you can find a suitable software for tractors. "I am not a big businessman, nothing, just, imagine that we have a local guy with a tractor, with whom something is wrong. The nearest representation [Companies] is 40 miles from here, but still I have a workshop in a mile from here. The only repair option for us is illegal repair, "he explains.
After that, the journalists went to closed hacker forums and began to look for pirate firmware for John Deere tractors. There they found dozens of topics created by perturbed farmers seeking a way out of this difficult situation. The illegal software also discovered there. Mainly firmware is modified in Eastern Europe (Poland or Ukraine) and resell to American agricultural workers.
At the underground forums, the researchers discovered hacked versions of the John Deere Service Advisor diagnostic-calibration tool; John Deere PAYLOAD files required for programming and configuration of certain machine components; John Deere Electronic Data Link drivers that allow the computer to "communicate" with the tractor. Also on forums, free or for money, you can find licensed key generators, speed limit modifiers and even special cables for connecting to tractors. YouTube can detect the demonstration of such software in the work.
"If the situation can be corrected, then the company like John Deere needs to be forced free to distribute the software that is now only from dealers. And prohibit them to limit the functionality of Engine Control Module. They do it in order to force you to use their services that they have a 100% monopoly, "said journalists one of the reverse engineers known under the Nick Decryptor Tuning.
On the one hand, such a modification is clearly illegal. On the other hand, according to the amendments made to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 2015, and the paragraph relative to vehicles (tractors are subject to this category), allowed: "Modification computer programswhich are part of and monitor the functionality of mechanized land vehicles, including personal cars, trucks or mechanized agricultural vehicles ... If it is a necessary step taken by the legal owner of the vehicle to carry out diagnostics, repair or permitted modification of the vehicle functions. " In fact, it turns out that the use of third-party, pirate firmware is legally, as long as the regulations of pollutants emissions are not violated.
That is why recently, representatives of John Deere forced buyers to sign the above-mentioned license agreement. Indeed, in this case, the farmer can be attracted to the court not even for the use of a pirate Ukrainian firmware, but for non-fulfillment of the terms of the agreement. That is, the company still retains the pressure lever in its arsenal. Representatives of Deere & Company declared journalists of the publication that "the modification of the software increases the risk that the equipment will not function as if it should." According to them, the use of third-party firmware threatens not only the operation of the machine, but also its owners serving its mechanics and other people, and the machine itself can no longer be considered relevant decisions and labor protection laws, safety and environmental protection laws.
Farmers, meanwhile, worry about what happens if the business John Deere will acquire another company, or if the manufacturer itself is one day decides to stop serving outdated models of tractors. Agricultural machinery is bought not for a couple of years, and in the future the situation can really become even worse.
Journalists of Vice Motherboard published an article describing their own investigation in detail, dedicated to a very unusual phenomenon - the black firmware market for agricultural engineering John Deere. It turns out that simple American farmers are forced to buy custom and semi-lifting firmware for their tractors on closed hacker forms."What happens in 20 years if new tractors come out, and John Deere will no longer want to repair these? What should we do then, just throw off your tractors, what? ", - says one of the farmers who use ukrainian firmware.
The problem arose due to the fact that Deere & Company, as well as other manufacturers, began to ban "unauthorized" repair of their technology. But often farmers cannot wait for an authorized specialist, and the necessary details will arrive in the service center. After all, all this can take a very long time. In addition, the owners of the technique are seriously afraid that the manufacturer at any time can be deleted to turn off their tractor, and nothing can be done with it.
The John Deere License Agreement, dated October 2016, really prohibits the owners of agricultural equipment almost any repair and modification of technology. The company also reliably defended itself from possible lawsuits, as the agreement removes any responsibility from the manufacturer for the "loss of crop, the loss of profits, reputational losses, the loss of equipment performance" and so on.
At the underground forums, the researchers discovered hacked versions of the John Deere Service Advisor diagnostic-calibration tool; John Deere PAYLOAD files required for programming and configuration of certain machine components; John Deere Electronic Data Link drivers that allow the computer to "communicate" with the tractor. Also on forums, free or for money, you can find licensed key generators, speed limit modifiers and even special cables for connecting to tractors.
On the one hand, such a modification is clearly illegal. On the other hand, according to the amendments made to the Digital Millennium Copyright ACT in 2015, and the paragraph relative to vehicles (tractors are subject to this category), allowed: "Modification of computer programs that are part of and control the functionality of mechanized land vehicles, Including personal cars, trucks or mechanized agricultural vehicles ... If this is a necessary step taken by the legal owner of the vehicle to carry out diagnostics, repair or permitted modification of the functions of the vehicle. " In fact, it turns out that the use of third-party, pirate firmware is legally, as long as the regulations of pollutants emissions are not violated.
That is why recently, representatives of John Deere forced buyers to sign the above-mentioned license agreement. Indeed, in this case, the farmer can be attracted to the court not even for the use of a pirate Ukrainian firmware, but for non-fulfillment of the terms of the agreement. That is, the company still retains the pressure lever in its arsenal. Representatives of Deere & Company declared journalists of the publication that "the modification of the software increases the risk that the equipment will not function as if it should." According to them, the use of third-party firmware threatens not only the operation of the car, but also its owners serving its mechanics and other people, and the machine itself can no longer be considered relevant decisions and labor protection laws, safety and environmental protection laws.
To circumvent the blocking of software from John Deere, American farmers crack their tractors with the help of a naked Ukrainian firmware, which is sold at various forums.
IN modern tractors There are a lot of electronics, and when problems start with technology, you need to call the service to repair. It is very expensive and for a long time, and most farmers are used to everything alone. In order for no additional breakdowns, the tractor software blocks any possibility of independent repairs, but very often the technique breaks suddenly, and many farmers are trying to bypass the blocking to fix everything with their own hands.
According to the farmer from Nebraski Danny, glad, when the tractor breaks, there is a chance that we will not wait for us while the employee of the representative office comes and fix the situation. In addition, in the case of "unauthorized" repair, many American agrarians fear that John Deere can remotely turn off the tractor, and the farmer will not be able to do anything about it.
All that we have to repair the tractor is a hacked Ukrainian software John Deere, which our techniques bought in the black market
says to bend.
For such radical measures of farmers, licensed agreement with John Deere
Such a breakdown of software equipment is completely legal
On the one hand, piracy is illegal, but in 2015 there was a precedent, according to which you can modify
computer programs that are contained and controlling the work of the agricultural vehicle when bypass is a necessary step undertaken by the authorized owner of the vehicle for the diagnosis, repair or legal change in the function of the vehicle.
This means that the modification of the embedded software is legal, since it can still meet emission requirements. But after the subsection entry into force, John Deere began to demand that farmers sign license agreements.
Hacked John Deere Pld Files version.
