Here are some engineer's opinions when VXDIAG MULTI diagnostic tool for Porsche and Land Rover came with the error "No VCI has been detected"
VXDIAG Porsche error message:
VCI configuration instruction:
No VCI has been detected.
please ensure that the VCI is correctly connected to the tester via USB.
Click on Find VCI to start the search.
engineer opinion:
It's normal.
This is VXDIAG diagnostic tool, not the original VCI
ONLY with original Porsche PIWIS tester 2, can you do VCI selfcheck