INPA setup help

[garfield81]

I have been a little curious to all the supposed programming that can be done to a BMW so I got a K+DCAN USB cable. I have searched and spent hours going through tutorials on the web and pretty much every tutorial goes a different route (different software combinations, different versions, different platforms, etc.).
So long story short, I think I have all the software installed but when I launch INPA both the battery and ignition show OFF. However when I run D-CAN.exe (command line utility) and select K+CAN it seems to connect and work fine but can't get it to work with INPA
I do see a red light when on the USB cable when I plug it into the car.

Here is a short list of what I have done. (Running under Window 7 64 bit)

1.) make sure the port is set to COM1 in Device Manager and Latency is set to 1 msec.
2.) Add a 'path' environment variable with a value pointing to EDIABAS\BIN on the hard drive.
3.) Run OBDSetup and it says 'All done.'
4.) obd.ini in EDIABAS\BIN has the following: (first few lines)
[OBD]
Port=Com1
Hardware=USB
Retry=ON
....
5.) Ediabas.ini has the following
Interface = STD:OBD
...

6.) Also tried setting the RemoteHost and Port to 192.168.68.1:6801.

But have had no luck.

Any help would be appreciated.

[puddinboo]

what software are you using?

[garfield81]

Originally Posted by puddinboo

what software are you using?

INPA - Loader Version 5.00

[e30cabrio]

I tried for two months & bought 4 (yes FOUR) cables including BMW Scanner. To get INPA/GT1 working I ended up with the Romanian deal from eBay and even after installing it needed the seller to remote in to get it going.

I strongly suggest you skip to the Romanian deal.

[puddinboo]

I just ordered from the romanian yesterday for the cable and software. (my xmas present yeah) I hope it all goes well when I install it.

[swissfrank]

the Romanian deal sounds good, but just in case you want to try it on your own, i got mine working following this guide.

good luck

Successful Install of INPA and EDIABAS on Win 7 - BMW M5 Forum and M6 Forums

[e30cabrio]

That gives INPA but not DIS/GT1, SSS/PROGMAN NcsExpert etc.

You need virtual machine for most of the rest which adds to the difficulty.

[garfield81]

Originally Posted by swissfrank

the Romanian deal sounds good, but just in case you want to try it on your own, i got mine working following this guide.

good luck

Successful Install of INPA and EDIABAS on Win 7 - BMW M5 Forum and M6 Forums

Thanks. Not doing anything critical and just wanted to mess around so I'll give that guide a try first.

[xRide]

how much GB of space we need for this to run properly? I am getting ready to contact the romaian buy since i purchsed from him to help me. I am only getting error msg when i hook it to the vehicle.

[puddinboo]

Your PC requirements:

- works on Win XP, Vista & Win7 both 32bits and 64bits

- USB port

- at least 35Gb free hdd space, 1Gb Ram, 1.5Ghz CPU

- just copy and run DIS & SSS without wasting time installing from scratch