As promised here is the update on my purchase.
Bottom line is: I’m delighted!
Delivery took a day or two longer than they'd stated, but still pretty quick.
It was supposed to have been delivered from the UK, but as far as I can tell it was shipped, via "4PX" (a Chinese shipping company), from the Czech Republic to DHL in Germany before being delivered by the French post office. No matter, it arrived safely in pretty good time and without my having been charged any import duties.
I received an "X-431 PROS MINI V3.0", which I believe to be the latest model. The packing list was dated 25th August 2020.
It is physically different from the previous model - no "selfie" camera, no volume controls, but twice the memory (2 GB) and storage (32GB).
As received it already had all the software modules loaded - including Maserati and Ferrari - I was able to do a DTC scan without registering it.
No problem registering it using the password number provided.
I updated ALL the software (took ages as there are so many makes and models).
As purchased the Maserati software was version V11.00 : updated to V11.15.
As purchased the Ferrari software was version V10.85 : updated to V10.95
The Alfa/Fiat group software was version V36.05 : updated to V36.30.
I have a December 2005 (2006 model year) 4200 coupé cambiocorsa.
I confirm that it was able to read all the cambiocorsa stuff (I read PIS, “New Closed Clutch Position” (NCCP), “Self-Calibrated Closed Clutch Position” (S-CCCP) and % Clutch Wear), and I looked to be able to write a PIS of my choice, but I didn't try that as my car drives fine - and "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" (!!!).
I'd seen that these measurements should be taken after a decent drive using the gears - so I measured everything twice (cold and hot). Also I read everything both using the Maserati Gransport/Coupé/Spyder module and using the Ferrari F430 module. My late 4200 is "CFC231" which the F430 module includes, whereas the Maserati module only has CFC 201. In all cases it gave me the same PIS (4.97). However the Clutch Wear percentage differed as between both hot and cold, and also between “CFC231” and “CFC201”. In both cases the CFC231 readings were more pessimistic but corresponded almost exactly to the "(S-CCCP minus NCCP) divided by 5.6" calculation. The CFC201 readings had the same S-CCCP and NCCP figures as the CFC231, but, it would appear, the wrong calculation. In all cases the hot readings were less pessimistic than the cold ones, due to a slightly lower S-CCCP. No idea why...
Taking the hot CFC231 readings I got 18.71, 18.39 and 5.71%, this latter being exactly in line with the "divide by 5.6" calculation. My clutch was replaced at 2885 kms ago, so that’s a rate of clutch wear of about 2% per 1000 km, which seems about right to me.
Hope I’ve not rambled on too much…
Cheers
Tony