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RE: OrBit MacBook - jkua - 01-26-2026
(10-17-2025, 04:41 PM)asdfsadf Wrote: I am running Orbit with VMware Fusion on a M4 chip, connected to the car via a thunderbolt ethernet dongle, and 0 issues.
Can confirm with my M2 MacBook Pro and my AAOS XC60. I also installed Orbit with VMWare Fusion with Windows 11 (ARM). Used the regular download link that's on the Orbit FAQ page as instructed when I asked about getting the ARM installer. Note in the install process, you do have to follow the prompt to press a key in order to actuall
Downloaded the Windows 11 ARM ISO from Microsoft here. Purchased a Windows 11 Pro key from HypestKey.
I could not connect to my car with my Anker USB-C Gigabit Ethernet adapter (A8313). It came up as a 10 Mbps link and no packets were received.
I purchased this TP-Link USB-C Gigabit Ethernet adapter (UE300C) and it worked - came up with a 100 Mbps link, I saw broadcast packets from my car in Wireshark, and Orbit found my car. In both cases, I told VMWare to connect the Ethernet adapter to the Windows VM.
Purchased two OBD cables, the red OCHIKI VOD cable and the yellow Bluechock BMW Enet. I could not connect with the red OCHIKI, but that might have been due to the Anker Ethernet adapter. I successfully connected with the yellow Bluechock and that's the cable I'm going to keep. It has a higher quality OBD2 connector compared to the red OCHIKI, which has a pretty cheap plastic connector.
Haven't installed VIDA yet, that's for the future. I hear that should work in an Windows ARM VM as well.