Look for the “USB device is Connected” message on the screen. To begin operation, the software is launched and confirms the connection via the lit green USB tab on the bottom of the screen. When programming a vehicle, the OBDII port cable is connected from the interface to the vehicle at the OBDII port. The interface contains the necessary circuitry. Once the software has been loaded onto the laptop computer, the USB cable connects the interface to the laptop. The Chrysler Skim PIN Code Retrieval Tool is a software and hardware system designed to operate with a Windows based laptop computer using a USB and an OBDII cable.

This led to the development of the Chrysler Skim PIN Code Retrieval Tool, Lockmasters item number CHRYSKIM. Over time, the multi-manufacturer transponder programming device manufacturers began offering some of these same capabilities through software. For the 2004 model year, Chrysler introduced the CAN system that required a secondary code known as the Challenge & Response code. Over the years, aftermarket companies would provide the key code and PIN using the Vehicle Identification Number (V.I.N.). When locksmiths first began attempting to program these vehicles, they had to become creative in order to obtain the PIN.

Chrysler vehicles include Dodge, Plymouth, Eagle and Jeep. When Chrysler introduced their transponder-based anti-theft system for the 1996 model year, they required an individualized four-digit Personal Identification Number (PIN) in order to program additional transponder-equipped keys or erase and program transponder-equipped keys from each and every vehicle.

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