The device is claimed to be compatible with Volvo's DICE hardware.
I chose to buy one of these rather than a DICE or DICE clone because (A) these are a bit cheaper than DICE clones, and (B) I have read that many people have had problems with faulty DICE clones.
I had to wait two months to receive the device from China, but this is fairly typical of deliveries during COVID-19 times.
I first tried to use it with a VIDA installation I had already done using a virtual machine image obtained from the swedespeed.com forums. It didn't work, I just kept getting an error message: "ERROR: SDK GetProcAddress!"
Eventually, I decided to actually follow instructions and installed VIDA 2014D from the installation DVD that came with the device. It worked first go.
I later tried again to get it working on the VM but without success. I suspect the problem may be due to the VM running Windows 10 and being 64-bit. The recommendation for VIDA is Windows 7 Professional 32-bit.
Using VIDA I can connect to the car and read it's details, fault codes and live data. I can also use the activate feature to turn on and off various systems for testing.
I have not tried any programming.
I also used the device with VDASH2 and it also works fine for reading information and fault codes. I have not tried any programming with VDASH2 either.
So aside from not being able to comment on programming, I can recommend the VX NANO as a cheaper alternative to a DICE clone. Just follow the instructions and know that it may not work on a VM.
UPDATE 17 May 2023
Update: I wanted to install VXDIAG and VIDA on another computer that has Windows 10 on it (not Professional version).
I tried the original instructions but ran into a few issues.
I ended up trying the Virtual Machine image I had. It was old so I had to use VirtualBox 6.1 rather than the current 7.0 version.
I installed the VXDIAG software and set the USB device as a filter in VirtualBox and amazingly it worked.
This seems easier than installing VIDA on Windows 10.
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